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Refectory Church, Kyiv Pechersk Lavra

Refectory Church, Kyiv Pechersk Lavra

V. N. Nikolayev & Aleksey Shchusev

Photo: ЯдвигаВереск · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Location
Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, Kyiv, Ukraine
Client / Owner
Kyiv Pechersk Lavra
Year
Completed 1895
Access
Public
Typology
Spiritual

The Refectory Church of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra was designed by V. N. Nikolayev, according to the infobox, while the text names no architect. Aleksey Shchusev designed the interior decoration. It was built from 1893 to 1895 for the Lavra cave monastery, replacing a 17th-century refectory, when more than a thousand monks lived there. The text calls the style Russo-Byzantine and names no building materials.

It has a refectory for the monks with an adjoining church dedicated to Saints Anthony and Theodosius, and a sturdy dome that incorporates some aspects of ancient Byzantium.

Pyotr Stolypin's funeral service was held here in 1911. It is an Immovable Monument of National Significance of Ukraine. The infobox lists the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) as the user, but the text says its continued use was questioned after its lease expired on December 31, 2022. The article gives no hours.

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