Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. Rizdva Bohorodytsi (the Nativity of Mary, the Theotokos) Church. The church was built in 1696 on the site of an earlier church of the same name. A wooden iconostasis was built in 1784. The engraved silver Royal Doors of the iconostasis were designed by the artist H. Chyzhevsky, and artist I. Kvyatkovsky painted the interior in 1817.

This church is also seen on the picture of the Far Caves





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