Sviatohirsk Cave Monastery

Local nameСвятогорська Свято-Успенська лавра
LocationSviatohirsk, Ukraine

The Holy Mountains Lavra of the Holy Dormition is a major Orthodox Christian monastery on the steep right bank of the Seversky Donets River near the town of Sviatohirsk in Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine. The name comes from the surrounding Holy Mountains.

Today, the monastery forms the centrepiece of the Sviatohori National Nature Park. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church proclaimed it a lavra in 2004.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sviatohirsk_Lavra

Coordinates 49°1'39.872" N 37°34'4.938" E

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