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Among the noted lavras Lavra's is the '''Monastery of the Great Lavra''' on the Athos Peninsula. This [[monastery]] which was founded by the [[monk]] St. Athanasius the Athonite in 963, is the earliest and the mother monastery of the [[Mount Athos]] communities.
In the Slavic world (under the Moscow Patriarchate :[[Church of Russia]], [[Church of Ukraine]]) there are three lavras five Lavra's of particular note:
*'''Kiev-Pechersk Lavra.''' in Kiev, Ukraine. This monastery, often called the Monastery of the Caves, was founded in 1051 by [[Anthony of the Caves]] and Theodosius
*'''Pochayiv Lavra''' has for centuries been the foremost spiritual and ideological centre of various Orthodox denominations in Western Ukraine. The monastery tops a 60-metre hill in the town of Pochayiv, Ternopil Oblast, 18 km southwest of Kremenets and 50 km north of Ternopil. It was established a Lavra in 1833.
*'''Trinity Lavra of St Sergius''' at Sergiyev Posad, Russia. This monastery was founded in 1345 by [[Sergius of Radonezh]], the most venerated of Russian [[saint]]s. Czarina Elizabeth elevated the monastery to the dignity of a Lavra in 1744.
*'''Alexander Nevsky Lavra''' in St Petersburg, Russia. This lavra was founded as a monastery in 1710 and was not finished until 1790. The monastery was elevated to the status of a Lavra in 1797.
*'''Uspensko-Svyatogorskaya Lavra''' which has been a Lavra since 2004
==External links==
*Lavra @ Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavra]
*Monastery of the Great Lavra [http://www.macedonian-heritage.gr/Athos/Monastery/great_lavra.html]
*Kiev_Pechersk_Lavra:Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/]
*Kiev-Pechersk Lavra [http://www.lavra.kiev.ua/en/main.php?id=90]
*Pochayiv Lavra @ Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pochayevsko-Uspenskaya_Lavra]
*Troitse-Sergiyeva_Lavra:Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/]
*Alexander Nevsky Lavra [http://www.saint-petersburg-hotels.com/alexandernevskiylavra.htm]
[[Category:Monasteries]]