The churches of this church complex have received new domes! You could even touch the domes while they are still on the ground!
The monastery itself is a huge complex of buildings and caves where the ancient monks used to live in their hand-made cells and pray. They are buried in those cave corridors and their coffins are a place of pilgrimage of many Orthodox Christians.
Kiev Laura is one of the oldest in Ukraine and Russia. It was founded in 1051 by monks Antonius and Theodosius in caves
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