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Monks vow to defy Zelensky and remain at Kiev monastery
The Pechersk Lavra, or Monastery of the Caves, began in 1051 with monks simply digging caves into the side of a hill in Kiev. Zelensky has ordered two hundred Orthodox monks to vacate the site […]