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10 Hryven Pochaiv Lavra
| Issuer | National Bank of Ukraine |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a detailed panoramic view of the Holy Dormition Pochaiv Lavra monastery complex, depicting its characteristic ensemble of churches, bell tower, and monastic buildings set amid landscaped grounds with trees in the foreground. Above the architectural scene, a nimbed figure of the Virgin Mary is shown in glory upon clouds, her veil outstretched in the orans posture. The Cyrillic inscription СВЯТО-УСПЕНСЬКА ПОЧАЇВСЬКА ЛАВРА curves along the left and right periphery of the field in bold relief lettering. |
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| Reverse lettering | СВЯТО-УСПЕНСЬКА ПОЧАЇВСЬКА ЛАВРА |
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Pochaiv Lavra, situated in Ternopil Oblast in western Ukraine, is one of the few Eastern Orthodox monasteries to have survived Soviet anti-religious campaigns with its monastic community largely intact — a result of its location within interwar Polish territory, which delayed full Soviet control until 1939. The monastery was forcibly transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church during Soviet rule and only returned to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in 1991.
This coin was issued as part of the National Bank of Ukraine's ongoing Orthodox shrine series, released in the early years following ecclesiastical independence. The Lavra's UNESCO candidacy was active at the time of minting.