Kiev-Pechersk Lavra on the high hills of the right bank of the Dnieper rises majestically crowned with golden domes of Kiev-Pechersk Lavra - the inheritance of the Blessed Virgin, the cradle of monasticism in Russia and the stronghold of the Orthodox faith.
Pechersk Lavra Monastery was founded in the eleventh century and was built during the next nine centuries.
The name "Pechera" ("Pechersk") comes from the word "cave", which were found in this territory and in which the first monks settled. Lavra - that honorable title, which was given a very large and important monasteries.