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⛪ Pochayiv Lavra
Ukraine
About This Sacred Site
The Holy Dormition Pochayiv Lavra is a fortified monastery in western Ukraine's Ternopil region and the second most important Orthodox monastery in Ukraine after Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. Founded in 1240, it is famous for its wonder-working Pochayiv icon of the Mother of God and a rock bearing an impression said to be the footprint of the Virgin Mary. The monastery resisted Ottoman and Tatar sieges and remained a bastion of Orthodoxy through centuries of changing political control.
Key Facts
- •Founded in 1240, with major expansion in the 16th and 17th centuries
- •Venerates a rock impression said to be the footprint of the Virgin Mary
- •The Pochayiv icon of the Mother of God is one of the most revered Marian icons in Eastern Orthodoxy
- •The Baroque Assumption Cathedral was built in 1771–1783
- •The monastery withstood a Turkish siege in 1675 — attributed to the Virgin's miraculous intervention
Location
Coordinates: 50.0043, 25.5093
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