Lavra monasteries

[Francoise Rosset]

Dear SEELANGers:

I had always heard there were only four monasteries designated as "Lavra" in
Russia (or to be exact in the former Russian empire). The obvious ones are
Kievo-pecherskaia, the one named after Aleksandr Nevskii in StP., and the one
in Sergiev Posad.
I assume the fourth is the one near Pskov, but what is its formal name and is
it dedicated to any one saint?
And are there others?

Many thanks,
-FR


Francoise Rosset
Russian and Russian Studies
Wheaton College
Norton, MA 02766
Office: (508) 286-3696
FAX:    (508) 286-3640

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