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The '''Kiev-Pechersk Lavra''' was established in 1051 A.D. – ten years earlier than St. Mark's Basilica in [[Venice]], three centuries before the world-famous [[Notre Dame Cathedral]], and four centuries before the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in [[Florence]]. The [[Russian Orthodox]] shrine is twice as old as [[St. Peter's Basilica]] in the [[Vatican]].

The '''Kiev-Pechersk Lavra''' was established in 1051 A.D. – ten years earlier than St. Mark's Basilica in [[Venice]], three centuries before the world-famous [[Notre Dame Cathedral]], and four centuries before the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in [[Florence]]. The [[Russian Orthodox]] shrine is twice as old as [[St. Peter's Basilica]] in the [[Vatican]].

In the 13th century the church leadership of [[Kievan Rus]] was transferred from Kiev to [[Moscow]] due to the [[Mongol invasion]] and became the [[Moscow Patriarchate]].

In the 13th century the church leadership of [[Kievan Rus]] was transferred from [[Kiev]] to [[Moscow]] due to the [[Mongol invasion]] and became the [[Moscow Patriarchate]].

The monastery has survived the [[Mongol]] invasion, persecution of [[Orthodox Christian]]s by [[Poland|Polish]] [[Catholic]]s, the [[Western civilization|Western invasions]] of [[Napolean Bonaparte]] and [[Adolf Hitler]], and the rule of the fiercely [[atheist]] [[Bolshevik]]s.  The monastery's 1,000 year history is inseparably bound up with the [[history of Russia]].

The [[monastery]] has survived the [[Mongol]] invasion, persecution of [[Orthodox Christian]]s by [[Poland|Polish]] [[Catholic]]s, the [[Western civilization|Western invasions]] of [[Napolean Bonaparte]] and [[Adolf Hitler]], and the rule of the fiercely [[atheist]] [[Bolshevik]]s.  The monastery's 1,000 year history is inseparably bound up with the [[history of Russia]].

 

The monastery is where the [[Bible]] was translated into [[Russian]] and the burial site of its translator, [[St. Cyril]].

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