Gilliatt in Kiev
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Copyright © 2009 - All rights reserved - Absolutely stunning in winter's coat at sunset is the main complex of the 1000 year old Dormition Cathedral and the "newer" Great Lavra Bell Tower (built in 1731-1745, and was designed by the architect Johann Gottfried Schädel) of the world famous Kievo Perchersk Lavra overlooking the Dniper river.
This ancient catacombs and burial site for Ukrainian Orthodox Saints, the Lavra, originated in the early 11th century by Antony, a Greek Orthodox monk from Esphigmenon monastery on Mount Athos, originally from Liubech of the Principality of Chernigov, returned to Rus' and settled in Kiev as a missionary of monastic tradition to Kyivan Rus'. He chose a cave at the Berestov Mount that overlooked the Dnieper River and a community of disciples soon grew. Prince Iziaslav I of Kyiv ceded the whole mount to the Antonite monks who founded a monastery built by architects from Constantinople (historical information courtesy of Wikipedia). - Kyiv, Ukraine 2009
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Copyright © 2009 - All rights reserved - Absolutely stunning in winter's coat at sunset is the main complex of the 1000 year old Dormition Cathedral and the "newer" Great Lavra Bell Tower (built in 1731-1745, and was designed by the architect Johann Gottfried Schädel) of the world famous Kievo Perchersk Lavra overlooking the Dniper river.
This ancient catacombs and burial site for Ukrainian Orthodox Saints, the Lavra, originated in the early 11th century by Antony, a Greek Orthodox monk from Esphigmenon monastery on Mount Athos, originally from Liubech of the Principality of Chernigov, returned to Rus' and settled in Kiev as a missionary of monastic tradition to Kyivan Rus'. He chose a cave at the Berestov Mount that overlooked the Dnieper River and a community of disciples soon grew. Prince Iziaslav I of Kyiv ceded the whole mount to the Antonite monks who founded a monastery built by architects from Constantinople (historical information courtesy of Wikipedia). - Kyiv, Ukraine 2009