monastery
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The Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, an 11th-century monastery with emblematic golden domes, is venerated by both the Russian and Ukrainian wings of the Orthodox Church as one of their most important spiritual centres.
From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026
The night sky glowed orange and smoke billowed from the Dormition Cathedral in the Monastery of the Caves, also known as the Pechersk Lavra monastery complex.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026
Even at the New Camaldoli Hermitage, a Benedictine monastery above Lucia, the road’s reopening and coming summer season have made a difference.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
The American historian then announces that she has found the prized volume languishing in a monastery archive.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Once, he had carried Robin to another part of the monastery, and showed him where records of everyday living were written and poems and psalteries copied.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
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