Kyiv Pechersk Lavra
historic Orthodox Christian monastery in Kyiv
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Summary
Kyiv Pechersk Lavra is an eastern orthodox monastery[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of eastern orthodox monastery entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,836 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Religion or worldview: Eastern Orthodoxy[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Kyiv[4]
- Country: Ukraine[5]
- Instance of: religious complex[6], cultural property[7]
- Founder: Saint Anthony of Kyiv[8]
- Architectural style: Ukrainian Baroque[9]
- Part of: Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra[10]
- Commons category: Kyiv Pechersk Lavra[11]
- Has part(s): Great Lavra Bell Tower[12], Refectory Church[13], Near Caves[14], Church of the Saviour at Berestove[15], Pechersk Lavra fortification[16], Gate Church of the Trinity[17], All Saints Church[18], Church of the Life-Giving Spring[19], Conception of St. Anne Church[20], Dormition Cathedral[21], Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross[22], Nativity of the Theotokos Church[23], St. Nicholas Church[24], Church of the Resurrection[25]
- Inception: 1051[26]
- Coordinate location: 50.434148, 30.558323[27]
- Significant event: list of World Heritage in Danger[28]
- Official website: http://www.lavra.ua/[29]
- Topic's main category: Category:Kyiv Pechersk Lavra[30]
- Commons gallery: Kyiv Pechersk Lavra[31]
- Time of earliest written record: 1051[32]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[33], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[34], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[35], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[36], Subterranea Britannica[37], Subterranea[38], Meyer’s Universum, Siebenter Band[39]
- Heritage designation: part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[40]
- Category for people who died here: Q9219467[41]
- Native label: Києво-Печерська лавра[42]
- Category for people buried here: Category:Burials at Kyiv Pechersk Lavra[43]
- Area: 29[44]
- World Heritage criteria: (i)[45], (ii)[46], (iii)[47], (iv)[48]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Ukraine[49]
Why It Matters
Kyiv Pechersk Lavra has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] It is known by 74 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]