[{SlideShowNav}] !!!Kyiv Monastery of the Caves (1) [{Image src='240up.jpg' width='800' alt='Kyiv Monastery of the Caves (1)' class='image_left' height='600'}] [{SET customtitle='Kyiv Monastery of the Caves (1)'}] \\ Part of the historic Kyiv Pechersk Lavra (Kyiv Monastery of the Caves) [{GoogleMap location='Kiev Pechersk Lavra, Lavrska Street, Kiew, Ukraine' zoom='15'}] complex. Since its founding as a rock-hewn cave monastery in 1015, the site has been a preeminent center of Orthodox Christianity in Eastern Europe.