The Kiev Caves Lavra was also formerly a monastery for males and females. The earliest official written record of nuns, eldresses and an abbess at the Monastery of the Caves dates back to 1159.

Arriving in Kiev, Anthony made the rounds of the various Greek monasteries there, but finding none of them to his liking—for he was accustomed to the more austere Athonite tradition—he discovered a ...

Kremlin Caves on Kiev, but No Break in Battle It is increasingly obvious that despite his recent military setbacks around Kiev, President Putin is still intent on carving up Ukraine to the best of his ...

Inspired by the Monastery of the Caves in Kiev, these caves at Kholki struggled through most of its history before being restored and resurrected by a former Communist Party official in 1990.

Attending the Yalta European Strategy conference in Kiev last Friday as knowledge about the controversial government decision spread, Timothy Ash, a strategist at Nomura, wrote in a note to investors: ...

The Kiev Caves Monastery is the oldest monastic institution of Russian Orthodoxy, dating back to the mid-11th century under the principality of Jaroslav the Wise, son of Prince-Baptist Vladimir ...

The church of St. Andrew in Kiev, near the Caves, has already been indicated as the seat of the patriarchal Stavropegion that will deal with the autocephaly procedure sanctioned by the synod of ...

Kiev-Pechersk Lavra Caves and Monastery The other UNESCO Heritage site in Kiev, this still startling monastery complex, dates from the 11th century and is considered the cradle of Ukraine ...

The cave was discovered in 1972 by speleologists of Kiev Section of Speleotourism and Laboratory of Speleological Research. The cave consists of alternating vertical shafts with a depth of 20-95 ...

Kiev, Ukraine: a cultural city guide Sara Evans offers an essential cultural guide to Kiev, the Ukrainian capital and the birthplace of eastern Slavic civilisation.

This complex, inspired by the Monastery of the Caves in Kiev, struggled through most of its history before being resurrected in 1990 by a former Communist Party official. One of the interesting ...