Pochaiv Lavra

Ukraine / Ternopilska / Pochaiv / vulysia Lypova, 51
 monastery, Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Moscow Patriarchate

Holy Dormition Pochayiv Lavra (Ukrainian: Свято-Успенська Почаївська Лавра; Russian: Свято-Успенская Почаевская Лавра) has for centuries been the foremost spiritual and ideological centre of various Orthodox denominations in Western Ukraine. The monastery tops a 60-metre hill in the town of Pochayiv, Ternopil Oblast, 18 km southwest of Kremenets and 50 km north of Ternopil.
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Coordinates:   49°59'41"N   25°32'45"E
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