Kiev-Pechersk Lavra is one of the first of the founding of monasteries in Russia. Founded in 1051 by Yaroslav the Wise, the monk Antony, a native of Liubech. Co-founder of Cave Monastery was one of the first disciples of Antony - Theodosius. Prince Svyatoslav II Yaroslavich gave the monastery a plateau above the caverns, where he later rose beautiful stone temples decorated with paintings, cells, towers and other buildings. From the monastery associated with the names of the chronicler Nestor (author of "The Tale of Bygone Years"), an artist Alipiy.
C 1592 to 1688 was stavropegic Patriarch of Constantinople, in 1688 the monastery received the status of Lavra 1 and became the "royal and patriarchal stavropigionom Moscow", in 1786, Laura was subordinated to the metropolitan of Kiev, which became her svyaschennoarhimandritom. In the Near and Far caves of the monastery are buried relics of the saints of God, there is also the abbey and burial of the laity (eg, the tomb of Peter Abramovich Stolypin). Hem hem - one of the oldest districts of Kiev, located along the banks of the Dnieper. Several centuries ago, settled here artisan quarters and the city's major port, where ships came laden with goods, pilgrims and the merely curious. Now Hem is one of the most prestigious areas of the city, as well as a popular place for walks and guests of Kiev. At the time of Kievan Rus Hem was trade-craft area Kiev. There were artisan quarters, the city's major port, harbor and customs.
Probably only in Podil, or as it is called, in the Lower City, preserved the old names of streets and sites of Kievan Rus Shchekavitskaya, Kozhumyatskaya, Khoryva Gleb, Tar. If you have additional questions, you may want to visit George Rohr. The first sight of Podil - Postal area. Here is the bottom station of the Kiev funicular and the reconstituted Church of the Nativity, where in May 1861 Kiev Taras Shevchenko.Cherez goodbye to the road from the square is the Dnieper River Station and the seafront.
January 25, 2012
