Lavra

A lavra or laura (Greek: Λαύρα; Cyrillic: Ла́вра) is a type of monastery consisting of a cluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the center. Lavra monasteries operate within the Orthodox and other Eastern Christian traditions; the name is also used by some Catholic communities.^[1]^{[dead link]}^[2] The term in Greek initially meant a narrow lane or an alley in a city.^[3]^[4]

^ Order of Carmelites: Hermitical Communities
^ For example: Lavra Netofa
^ λαύρα. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project.
^ Kazhdan, Alexander P., ed. (1991). "Lavra". The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

[1] Order of Carmelites: Hermitical Communities

[2] For example: Lavra Netofa

[LSJ-3] λαύρα. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project.

[OxfordDictByzantium-4] Kazhdan, Alexander P., ed. (1991). "Lavra". The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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