12/19/2002: Moonastery

Undertoad · 12-19-2002, 02:36 PM

This is an old MSNBC image. I have a few of these saved up that I just flick in here once in a while because they're great photographs.

This one shows the big ol' moon rising over what is described as the golden domes of the Orthodox Monastery of the Caves in Kiev.

There, it's known as the "Pechersky Lavra", built in the 11th century and the largest monastery since then. But here's why it's called the Monastery of the Caves: there are multiple networks of underground caves beneath it. These caves contain, amongst other things... dead people. The mummified bodies of more than 100 monks. As well as six subterranean churches. Wild.

12-19-2002, 02:36 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	12/19/2002: Moonastery This is an old MSNBC image. I have a few of these saved up that I just flick in here once in a while because they're great photographs. This one shows the big ol' moon rising over what is described as the golden domes of the Orthodox Monastery of the Caves in Kiev. There, it's known as the "Pechersky Lavra", built in the 11th century and the largest monastery since then. But here's why it's called the Monastery of the Caves: there are multiple networks of underground caves beneath it. These caves contain, amongst other things... dead people. The mummified bodies of more than 100 monks. As well as six subterranean churches. Wild.

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