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  • Lavra, that is, the First-Class Monastery of the Kieff Catacombs, the chief monastic institution and goal of pilgrims in all the country, of which we had caught a glimpse from the opposite shore of the river, as we approached the town.

    Russian Rambles Isabel Florence Hapgood 1889

  • However, it is a significant fact from Russian Trinity -- Sergius Lavra illustrating that three to five persons are possessed among the hundreds of those that regularly attend Liturgy.

    Sasa Milosevic: The Secrets Of Orthodox Exorcists Sasa Milosevic 2011

  • However, it is a significant fact from Russian Trinity -- Sergius Lavra illustrating that three to five persons are possessed among the hundreds of those that regularly attend Liturgy.

    Sasa Milosevic: The Secrets Of Orthodox Exorcists Sasa Milosevic 2011

  • Sergius Lavra, have provided not just the usual round of Sunday liturgies, but also baptisms and even a wedding.

    The Orthodox Antarctic 2009

  • He presented me with his personal invitation to the Mount Athos monasteries of Vatopedi, Coutloumous, Iviron, Great Lavra and Gregorion.

    Rev. Malcolm Boyd: My Trek To A Holy Mountain Rev. Malcolm Boyd 2012

  • A grand complex with striking belltowers, resplendent churches, chapels, gates, monuments and seminary buildings, the Lavra was founded by monks near the the Dnieper river in 1051.

    Archive 2007-03-01 2007

  • A grand complex with striking belltowers, resplendent churches, chapels, gates, monuments and seminary buildings, the Lavra was founded by monks near the the Dnieper river in 1051.

    Ukraine Orthodox treasure crumbles, monks seek help 2007

  • They want a long-term state plan to preserve the Lavra for future generations.

    Ukraine Orthodox treasure crumbles, monks seek help 2007

  • They want a long-term state plan to preserve the Lavra for future generations.

    Archive 2007-03-01 2007

  • On a visit to Leningrad I discovered Cavos 'tomb in the Lavra, an open-air cemetery which is the Russian equivalent of Poets' Corner.

    An Autobiography Peter, Ustinov 1977

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