Pilgrims praying and asking for alms in front of Refectory Church in Pechersk Lavra Cave Monastery in Kiev, Ukraine. The Refectory Church, UNESCO world heritage, is a refectory and an adjoining church of Saint Anthony and Theodosius of the medieval cave monastery of Kiev Pechersk Lavra in Kiev, Ukraine. It was built in 1983-1895 and it was a place, where the Lavra monks had their meals. That times more than a thousand monks were living within the monastery. In 1911 following the assassination of Pyotr Stolypin, the Russian politician's funeral was held in the Refrectory church and his grave is located there.
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