The word pechera means cave. The word lavra is used to describe high-ranking male monasteries for monks of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Kiev Pecherska Lavra is an old Orthodox monastery. The first monastery founded in the eleventh century by monks Anthony and Theodosius. In the eleventh century Theodosius decided to enter the special Byzantine rule which foresaw monastic community life and the constant returning to prayer and work. In 1990 Kiev Pecherska Lavra has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is divided into Upper and Lower Lavra. There are many beautiful and rich monastyres. In Upper Lavra the buildings mostly used as museums and exhibition halls. Were built here: Temple Cathedral of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Uspenski Cathedral), church of the Holy Trinity (Troitskaya), from the years 1106 to 1108, printing was made about 1606, the church of All Saints over the gate Trade Fair at the end of the seventeenth century, the United Belfry from the period 1731-1744 , the Orthodox Church of the Annunciation (Blagowiszczenska) from 1904-1905, the monastery of St. Michael, (the dome of the total area of 782 m²) and others. Lower Lavra was transferred to the management of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate. It consists of Near and Far Caverns, where, among others, Church of the Exaltation of the Cross (Chrestowozdwizenska) built in 1700 which houses the entrance to the caves Anthony, the church of All Monks Peczerski built in 1839, the church Presentation of the Lord (Stritenska), 1854 (the governor Relatives church Caverns), the Orthodox church, Warlaam the church. In the basement Lavra were buried many famous princes, metropolitans, bishops and other people.