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	Kiev Pecherski Monastery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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		Kiev Pecherski Monastery, also known as Kiev Cave Monastery, Kievo-Pecherskaya Lavra, Kiev Pecherska Lavra, is an ancient underground, cave monastery in the vicinity of Kiev.
		The word lavra'' is used for monasteries of high rank in Eastern Orthodox Church.
	www.abacci.com /wikipedia/topic.aspx?cur_title=Kiev_Pecherski_Monastery (111 words)

	Imperialtravel.net - Plases: Kiev
		Kiev is the capital of Ukraine and known as "the mother of all cities of Russ".
		By the 9th century, Kiev was the capital of Kievan Russ, the first centralized feudal state of the Eastern Slavs.
		Among several outstanding architectural monuments of the Kievan Russ that are still standing St. Sophia's Cathedral, the Vidubetsky Monastery, the Gate Church of the Trinity at the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, the Church of the Savior at Berestove, St. Cyril's Church and the Golden Gates.
	www.imperialtravel.net /kiev.shtml (391 words)

	Monastery of the Kiev Caves - OrthodoxWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The monastery was further restored and improved by Archimandrite Peter Mogila, later metropolitan, who in 1631 opened the Kiev-Pechersk Monastery school with a "western" curriculum.
		The heart of the monastery remained the two underground labyrinths of tunnels, cells, and catacombs, from which the name of the monastery is derived and in which monks lived and were buried.
		Thereafter the council was appointed by the Metropolitan of Kiev.
	orthodoxwiki.org /Monastery_of_the_Kiev_Caves (1581 words)

	Monastery
		The communal life of a monastery is called cenobitic, as opposed to the anachoretic life of an hermit.
		The word monastery comes from the Greek "monasterion", from the root "monos" = alone (originally all Christian monks were hermits).
		Benedict of Nursia founded the monastery of Monte Cassino in Italy (529), which was the seed of Roman Catholic monasticism in general, and of the order of Benedict in particular.
	www.xasa.biz /wiki/en/wikipedia/m/mo/monastery.html (731 words)

	Holy Dormition Kiev-Pechersk Lavra +++ Official site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		During the abbotship of the Venerable Theodosius, in 1060-1062 the wooden monastery was built over the Far Caves, where the brethren had moved from the caves.
		The monastery was in need of its statute, that is the rules governing the life in the monastery.
		It is known that in 1091 the monks of the Pechersk Monastery had transferred the relics of the Venerable Theodosius to the Dormition Cathedral and afterwards in 1240 the relics were concealed due to threat coming from Baty-khan hordes.
	www.lavra.kiev.ua /en/main.php?id=94 (2080 words)

	Orthodox World
		The monastery, which became an inexhaustible source of devout prayer, was founded by the miraculous order of the Queen of Heaven, who appeared to the Venerable Anthony’s spiritual Father hegumen of Esfigmenou Monastery Theoktist on the far Holy Mount Athos, and by the blessing of the Venerable Theodosius.
		In 1764 the monastery was deprived of all it's peasants and lands by edict of impress Ekaterina II.
		In 1924 the monastery was closed by decree of Soviets and museum was formed on the monastery territory.
	www.orthodoxworld.ru /english/monachestvo/2 (1453 words)

	Monastery - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
		For a discussion of the history and development of monasteries see monasticism and abbey.
		Mar Saba organized the monks of the Judean Desert in a monastery close to Betlehem (483), and this is considered the mother of all monsteries of the Eastern Orthodox churches.
		Small monasteries are often called “sketes” and usually only have one elder and 2 or 3 disciples.
	www.music.us /education/M/Monastery.htm (964 words)

	Russian Medieval Medicine
		The monastery was endowed and funded in 1136 by Emperor John II Komnenos (1118-1148) and his wife Irene.
		The founding of the Pecherski Monastery near Kiev has a lengthy 1051 entry in the Primary Chronicle about its founding, and numerous other entries in the Primary Chronicle and also the very valuable Kievo-Pecherskij Paterik, a collection/synthesis of written and oral works attributed to 3 Pecherskij monks, Nestor, Simon and Polikarp.
		The most illustrius were the Trinity-Sergius Monastery (45 miles NE of Moscow) and the Kirillo-Belozerskij (forests around Beloopzero, 300 miles N of Moscow), which actively practiced medicine and served as modest repositories of medical knowledge.
	www.strangelove.net /~kieser/Russia/medicine.html (1900 words)

	Kiev Ukraine News Blog
		KIEV, Ukraine -- The shop windows of Kiev are being cleaned, the boats that take tourists up and down the river have been given new coats of paint and even the golden domes of the churches seem to be shining brighter than they ever did in the time of former President Leonid Kuchma.
		Kiev is beautiful in May. This is the time when the chestnut trees and lilac are in bloom in the city's many parks and squares.
		Kiev, the capital of Ukraine is one of the most beautiful and charming cities in Europe.
	blog.kievukraine.info /2005/05/song-for-europe-in-wake-of-revolution.html (1321 words)

	Kievo-Pecherskaya Lavra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Among them were even Kiev princes and nobility who donated money for constructing over groundtemple and monastery for the growing brotherhood of monks.
		Soon after the overground monastery was built and the monks moved there, the caves were used as a burial place for the members of brotherhood.
		Gradually Kievo-Pecherskaya Lavra became the largest monastery on the territory of Russia: its' total area reached 30 hectares (1 hectare is 10,000 square meters).
	www.kiev.info /culture/lavra.htm (623 words)

	Weekend Kiev 3 days/2 nights
		Founded three km south of where Kiev stood in 1051, the Caves Monastery was Kiev Rus first and for a long time most famous monastery.
		Spread across wooded slopes above the Dnipro, it is a unique array of gold-domed churches, underground labyrinths lined with mummified monks, and elegant monastic buildings turned museums, one of which has a hoard of Scythian gold to rival that of the Hermitage in St. Petersburg.
		Kiev Pechersk Lavra Monastery was founded in 1051 as the first Ortodox Monastery in Kiev Rus.
	www.hotels-kiev.com /eng/tours/tour/37.htm (144 words)

	MyKiev — Kiev-Pechersk Lavra (Kiev Cave Monastery)
		The name of the monastery comes exactly from the caves (the word “pechera” in Ukrainian means a “cave”), the word "lavra" means status, it received large and influential monasteries, which size was like small towns with streets (lavra means “street" in Greek).
		From the 70th of XI century in the monastery intensive building had begun, here was constructed Uspenskiy Cathedral, Troitskaya Church and refectory.
		Kiev-Pechersk Lavra became the largest monastery on the territory of former Kievan Rus, its total square was almost 30 hectares.
	www.mykiev.info /block/1/8 (390 words)

	Kievan Rus\' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In the 11th century and the 12th century, the princes and their retinues, which were a mixture of Slavic and Scandinavian elites, dominated the society of Kievan Rus′.
		There was recorded a large wave of migrations from Kiev region northward, to escape continuing excursions of the Turkic nomads from the "Wild Steppe".
		In 1299, in the wake of the Mongol invasion, the metropolitan moved from Kiev to the city of Vladimir, and Vladimir-Suzdal′ replaced Kiev as a religious center for the northern regions.
	kievan-rus.iqnaut.net (1961 words)

	Excursion around Kyiv .National Kiev-Pechersk Cave Monastery Historical and Cultural Reserve. Kyiv
		The Kiev-Pechersk Caves Monastery (Lavra), which is situated on the pictorial hills of Dnipro river, is one of the most interesting architectural and historical monuments in Ukraine.
		This monastery is called Lavra as it looks like a small monastic city, that is governed by clearly defined laws and procedures of monastic life.
		The pearl of the Monastery is the Dormition Cathedral.
	www.uatourist.com /corporative/cave_eng.htm (232 words)

	Praise and worship music, church choir music
		Origin of this kind of liturgical music is in XI century in the monastery, founded by inok Antony arrived from Aphona.
		By the report of eyewitnesses, Kiev Pechersk Lavra praise and worship hymns are notable for solemn harmony, spiritual touching, prayer inspiration and peculiarity.
		By the report of eyewitnesses Kiev Pechersk Lavra worship hymns are notable for solemn harmony, spiritual touching, prayer inspiration and peculiarity.
	www.origenmusic.com /academychoir.html (308 words)

	Nestor the Chronicler
		1114), the reputed author of the earliest Ruthenian chronicle, was a monk of the Pecherski Lavra (Monastery) of Kyiv from 1073.
		The only other fact of his life is that he was commissioned with two other monks to find the relics of St Theodosius, a mission which he succeeded in fulfilling.
		The reputed body of the ancient chronicler may be seen among the relics preserved in the Kiev Pecherski Monastery.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/n/ne/nestor_the_chronicler.html (356 words)

	Kursk region
		Kursk is connected with Moscow, St-Petersburg, Kiev, and cities in the Crimea and the Caucasus by railroads.
		Now this monastery with its wonderful springs is a place of pilgrimage for religious people.
		The monastery was opened at the decree of the Tsar Fiodor Ioannovich in 1597 and dedicated to the icon of the Sign of Our Lady of Kursk-Korennoy, which the tsar ordered returned from Moscow to the hermitage where it had been found in 1292 according to legend.
	www.moscow-city.ru /regions/en/kursk_region/kursk_eng.html (1727 words)

	MONASTERY DE KIEV PECHERSKI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Il monastery de Kiev Pecherski, anche conosciuto come il monastery della caverna de Kiev, Kievo-Pecherskaya Lavra, Kiev Pecherska Lavra, è un underground antico, monastery della caverna nelle vicinanze di Kiev.
		Il lavra di parola è usato per i monasteries del Rank di high in chiesa ortodossa orientale.
		It is licensed under the GNU free documentation license.
	www.facteri.com /wiki/it/mo/Monastery%20De%20Kiev%20Pecherski.htm (102 words)

	Kiev Photo Report
		Kiev is quieter and more modest than Moscow.
		The government buildings in Kiev are rather provincial in character and don't smack of imperialism.
		is Kiev's main square consists of an eastern and western side with Khreschatyk running in between.
	www.npointercos.org /Kiev.html (495 words)

	JewishEncyclopedia.com - PECHERSKI, FEODOSI: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		According to the so-called Nestorian chronicles, while superior of the Kiev monastery he was in the habit of visiting at night some learned Jews, with whom he indulged in argument, and whom he upbraided for their faith.
		We are not Abraham's children, we are of the children of Jesus." It should be remembered, however, says Harkavy, that notwithstanding his heated arguments with the Jews on matters of religion, Feodosi preached that they should not be denied Christian charity.
		The importance of the letter quoted above lies in the fact that it contains further proof of the existence of a considerable Jewish community in Kiev at the time of its author.
	www.jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=137&letter=P (177 words)

	Ukraine Tours and Excursions
		Kiev is considered to be one of the oldest cities in Europe, what is proved by the great quantity of invaluable historical monuments (more than 2000), dating back to 10th 11th centuries and preserved for the descendants.
		Kievo-Pecherskaya Lavra is one of the most interesting architectural and historical monuments (1051), it was the centre of Christianity in the time of Kiev Rus and the complex possesses a number of active churches and unique caves with the remains of Saints.
		The monastery was set up in the mid XI century A.D. It is one of the most ancient monasteries on the territory of Eastern Slavonic states.
	www.southtravels.com /europe/ukraine/citytours.html (1651 words)

	General Agency for Tourism «Intours-Kiev», Ukraine \| Ukraine \| Kiev
		Kiev is the capital of Ukraine, the administrative, economic and cultural center of the country.
		Kiev-Pechersk Lavra Monastery, the sacred place of the Orthodox world, brought fame to Kiev.
		The National Opera of Ukraine, the House of Organ Music, the State Philharmonic Society, numerous theatres, museums and art galleries are the centers of the capital’s cultural life.
	intours-kiev.com /en/ukraine/kiev (143 words)

	RELIGION \| HISTORY \| THEOLOGY \| CULTURE \| POLITICS + Pravoslavie.Ru
		Damascene (Christensen), an American from the Monastery of St. Herman of Alaska in Platina, California, which belongs to the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Western America.
		This monastery is well known in Russia as the home of Fr.
		The brutal murder of two Serb young men and the wounding of two others on 27 August in southern Kosovo has highlighted the lack of progress in decentralizing the province, a process seen by Kosovo Serbs as key for their survival in the Albanian-dominated province.
	www.pravoslavie.ru /enarticles (743 words)

	Agapit №1
		The Kiev-Pechersk monastery, the first one created in Christian Russia in the middle of XI century, became known as a prominent political and socio-cultural center outside the state.
		The date of Agapit's birth remains unclear but we know that he was one of the first persons to come to the monastery and take the monastic lows from Antony, the first Farther-Superior of the monastery.
		It is interesting to note that traces of copper and pollen from the sea cost of former Byzantine have been found on St.Agapit's palms.
	www.histomed.kiev.ua /agapit/ag1/ag01-25e.html (833 words)

	Austin Texas Real Estate Directory Austin Home for Sale Austin Real Estate Directory REALTOR-Reference Desk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In the Eastern Orthodox Church, a highest-rank monastery is called lavra.
		The centre of Orthodox monasticism is Mount Athos in Greece, an isolated peninsula containing over a dozen ancient monasteries.
		St Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai See also: monasticism, abbey, priory, cloister Look under the specific monastic order you are interested in, e.g.
	www.austinrealestateshopper.com /a.php?title=Monastery (413 words)

	Kiev Things To Do - Travel Guides - VirtualTourist.com
		Kiev Pechersk Lavra also known as the Kiev Monastery of the Caves, is an ancient cave monastery in Kiev.
		Currently, the Kiev Pechersk Lavra also serves as the residence of Metropolitan Volodymyr (Viktor Sabodan), the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
		The majority of scientists attribute this event to the year of 1051, which is considered to be the date of the Kiev-Pechersk Monastery foundation When 12 monks had gathered about the Monk Anthony, new cells were built and the reconstruction of the present Far Caves began.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Ukraine/Kyyivska_Oblast/Kiev-707621/Things_To_Do-Kiev-BR-11.html (1228 words)

	The Shepherd's Guild
		In 1908, the Blessed Nektarios, at the age of 62, retired from the Rizarios Ecclesiastical School and withdrew to Holy Trinity Convent in Aegina.
		The monastery adopted the rule of the Studium monastery of Constantinople and also served the poor.
		He was born about 579 and came to the monastery at Mount Sinai when he was sixteen, learning from his spiritual father Martyrius who tonsured him a monk at about age twenty.
	www.shepherdsguild.org /index.html (9828 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Many cities with population of over a million (Novosibirsk, Gorkiy, Sverdlovsk and others) have only one house of worship each; in the eastern part of the country the Churches are dispersed thousands of kilometers from each other.
		The New Rule, solemnly accepted by the Local Council (1988), is still ineffective in the provinces because of resistance from the representatives of the Council on Religious Affairs.
		Obtain the removal of limitation on residence permits for the entrants to monasteries.
	www.georgefox.edu /academics/undergrad/departments/soc-swk/ree/CHRISTIA.doc (1283 words)

	Oris Kiev Travel Page - VirtualTourist.com
		The monastery alongside with the first churches of Kievan Rus had become a fulfilment of the Apostle’s prophetic vision.
		In 1911 the land of the monastery took the relics of Peter Stolypin — a prominent state personality of the Russian Empire.
		First Kiev Metropolitan Mikhail, Prince Theodore of Ostrog, Elisey Pletenetsky, St. Peter Mohyla, Innokentiy Gizel and other outstanding personalities repose on the territory of the holy monastery, in its churches and caves.
	members.virtualtourist.com /m/8d877/acc25 (1288 words)

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