Founded by monks Antonius and Theodosius three km south of where Kiev stood in 1051, the Caves Monastery was Kievan Rus first and for a long time most famous monastery. Spread across wooded slopes above the Dnipro river, it is a unique array of gold-domed churches, underground labyrinths lined with mummified monks, and elegant monastic buildings turned museums. Architectural-artistic complex and museum borough united here with sedation of the imperishable powers of God’s sycophants on Near and Distant caves. Full name of the priory points to its main of the shrines. The Miraculous image of the Blessed Virgin’s Assumption formed the temple icon of the Assumption Cathedral on territory of Upper Lavra. The oldest and the most honoring Lavra on Rus is Kiev’s. Architectural ensemble of Kiev-Pechersk Lavra is contributed in UNESKO list of the worldwide heritage.