Monks have been seeking spiritual enlightenment at these sites on steep cliffs, inside caves and atop an extinct volcano for ...

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Believers also gathered in Kyiv at Ukraine’s oldest monastery, the Monastery of the Caves, designated as a lavra, a major monastery. Normally, the acting head of the lavra, Metropolitan Pavel, would ...

Known as Airivank, or ‘Monastery of the Caves’ Geghard was partially carved out of the cliffs of the Azat Valley. As you approach, you’ll see intricate ‘khachkars’-Armenian crossstones ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. The Monastery of the Caves, also known as Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, one of the holiest sites of ...

Follow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. People walk at Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, also known as the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves, a historical Eastern Orthodox Christian monastery in Kyiv, ...

He meditated in one of the caves for three months! (Some source says he meditated for 3 years, 3 months, 3 weeks, 3 days, and 3 hours!) The monastery was built around the cave and became a symbol of ...

The monastery holds special significance for Tibetan Buddhists as it is believed Guru Padmasambhava had meditated in the caves around Rizong. Located 73 km from Leh in Ladakh district in Jammu and ...

All the rooms in the monastery were either carved out of the mountain or existing caves made into rooms. All the walls and the roof are made of rocks. Hence, the locals call the monastery Takthok ...

The ASI has done a good job in restoring them. The facade is made of teak wood and there is a Ashoka pillar in the front. The ...