In Orthodox Christianity and certain other Eastern Christian communities, Lavra or Laura (Λαύρα; Cyrillic: Ла́вра) is type of monastery consisting of a cluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the center; the term in Greek initially meant a narrow lane or an alley in a city. ==History== The Lavri... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavra