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Lavra

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Lavra (Gk., laura, ‘street’ or ‘alley’). In the early Christian Church, a gathering of anchorites who lived in separate dwellings or cells, and assembled only on Saturdays and Sundays. The term has also become the name of important coenobitic monasteries and especially to the ‘Great Lavra’ or simply ‘Lavra’ on Mount Athos founded by St Athanasios the Athonite in 962.

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lavra

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lavra (Greek for a street or alley). In the early Church a colony of anchorites who, while living in separate huts, were subject to a single abbot. The oldest lavras were founded in Palestine in the early 4th cent. In modern times the term has been used of important coenobitic communities.

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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "lavra." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "lavra." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-lavra.html

E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "lavra." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-lavra.html

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