XVII c. engraving of the entrance to the Far Caves.
Plan of the Far Caves, 1638.
Drawing of the Far Caves by I. Gizel, 1674.
Plan of the Far Caves printed in the book "Kyiv's Caves and Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra," Kyiv, 1864.
Contemporary plan of the Far Caves.
Staircase to the Far Caves from the Church of the Conception of St. Anna (looking up).
Staircase to the Far Caves from the Church of the Conception of St. Anna (looking down).
Church of the Annunciation (church dates to ca. 1056). Coffin containing the uncorrupt relics of Metropolitan Pavel of Tobolsk and All Siberia (+1768) in the foreground.
Iconostasis in the Church of the Annunciation (reconstructed in XVIII c.)
Beautiful (Royal) Gates of the Iconostasis in the Church of the Annunciation.
Altar of the Church of the Annunciation.
Church of the Nativity (church dates to ca. 1058-1062).
Iconostasis in the Church of the Nativity (1802).
Iconostasis in the Church of St. Theodosius (church dates to 1st-half of the XVII Century; iconostasis to XVIII c.).
Icon of St. Anthony of Pechersk, XVIII c. Located in left-most panel of the iconostasis in the Church of St. Theodosius.
A monk's cell.
The cell of St. Theodosius of Pechersk.
Coffin containing the uncorrupt relics of the monk Gerontii who asceticised during the XIV Century (commemorated 01 April).
A coffin containing the incorrupt relics of a Kiev Pechersk Father.
Underground street lined with coffins containing the incorrupt relics of the Kiev Pechersk Fathers.
Underground street lined with coffins containing the incorrupt relics of the Kiev Pechersk Fathers.
Underground street with burials in loculus.
An underground street location away from the area open to pilgrims or tourists. At burial niche (loculus) is visible.
Part of the Varangian caves.
Part of the Varangian caves.
A passage in the Varangian Caves.