Refectory Church (Pechersk Lavra)
- Refectory Church (Pechersk Lavra)
The Refectory Church ( _uk. Трапезна Палата, "Trapezna Palata"; _ru. Трапезная церковь, "Trapeznaya tserkov’") is a refectory and an adjoining church of Saint Anthony and Theodosius of the medieval cave monastery of Kiev Pechersk Lavra in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. In the refectory, the Lavra monks had their meals.[cite book | first=Ruta | last=Malikenaite | year=2003 | title=Guildebook: Touring Kyiv | publisher=Baltia Druk | location=Kyiv | id=ISBN 966-96041-3-3] The churches adjoining the refectory were constructed in 1893-1895 at a time when more than a thousand monks were living within the monastery.][cite book | first=Ruta | last=Malikenaite | year=2003 | title=Guildebook: Touring Kyiv | publisher=Baltia Druk | location=Kyiv | id=ISBN 966-96041-3-3] ]The sturdy dome of the church incorporates some aspects of ancient Byzantium. The interior decoration of the building was directed by the architect A. Schusev. The marble icons are in the Neo-Russian style. The paintings in both the refectory and the church, painted in the beginning of the 20th century by Ivan Yizhakevych, G. Popov, among many others, contain a Modernist influence.[cite book | first=Ruta | last=Malikenaite | year=2003 | title=Guildebook: Touring Kyiv | publisher=Baltia Druk | location=Kyiv | id=ISBN 966-96041-3-3] In the rear of the refectory is viewing area, providing visitors with a panorama of the Near and Far Caverns, the Dnieper River, and the left-bank of the city.]In 1911 following the assasination of Pyotr Stolypin, the Russian politician's funeral service was held in the Refrectory church and his grave is located in the Lavra.
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