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| | Monastery - Open Encyclopedia |
 | | Mar Saba organized the monks of the Judean Desert in a monastery close to Betlehem (483), and this is considered the mother of all monsteries of the Eastern Orthodox churches. | | | The word monastery comes from the Greek "monasterion", from the root "monos" = alone (originally all Christian monks were hermits). | | | Mar Awgin founded a monastery on Mt. Izla above Nisibis in Mesopotamia (~350), and from this monastery the cenobitic tradition spread in Mesopotamia, Persia, Armenia, Georgia and even India and China. |
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| | Kiev Pecherski Monastery - definition of Kiev Pecherski Monastery in Encyclopedia |
| | The word lavra is used for monasteries of high rank in Eastern Orthodox Church. | | | It was founded in 1051 by monks Antoni and Feodosi and has become an important center of Orthodox Christianity in Kievan Rus'. | | | Kiev Pecherski Monastery - definition of Kiev Pecherski Monastery in Encyclopedia |
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| | Kiev Pecherski Monastery -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
| | The word lavra is used for monasteries of high rank in (Derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites) Eastern Orthodox Church. | | | Kiev Pecherski (The residence of a religious community) Monastery, also known as Kiev Cave Monastery, Kievo-Pecherskaya Lavra (&;), Kiev Pecherska (Click link for more info and facts about Lavra) Lavra, is an ancient underground, cave monastery in the vicinity of (Capital and largest city of the Ukraine; a major manufacturing and transportation center) Kiev. | | | Kiev Pecherski Monastery -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
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