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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
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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
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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
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Sergius Lavra, have provided not just the usual round of Sunday liturgies, but also baptisms and even a wedding.
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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
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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
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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.
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They want a long-term state plan to preserve the Lavra for future generations.
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They want a long-term state plan to preserve the Lavra for future generations.
Archive 2007-03-01 2007
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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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