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'''Alexander Nevsky Lavra'''. located in St. Petersburg, Russia, is the principal [[monastery]] of the [[Church of Russia]] for men in the [[Eparchy of St. Petersburg Eparchy]]. The monastery was founded by Tsar Peter I in 1710 as he began building his new capital on Neva River. The monastery is dedicated to the [[Holy Trinity]] and Saint [[Alexander Nevsky]].
==History==
In 1797, the monastery was designated a [[Lavra]], indicating its high status among the monasteries in Russia, with the [[Monastery of the Kiev Caves|Monastery of the Caves]] in Kiev and the [[Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra|Trinity-Sergius Monastery]] near Moscow.
The Lavra developed into a center of theological education. A printing shop was opened in 1720, and in 1726 the Slavonic-Greek-Latin Seminary was founded on the grounds of the monastery which became the foundation of the [[St . Petersburg Theological Academy]]. In addition to an archive and a large library, the Lavra supported the Alexander Nevsky Orphanage and the Isidorovskoe Eparchy School.
After the Bolshevik takeover of the government of Russia in 1917, the Lavra was closed. It’s facilities and assets, including the archives and library, were nationalized. In 1923, the [[monk]]s were exiled. The buildings of the Lavra were turned into civil institutions, hostels, and industrial facilities. By 1936, all the churches of the Lavra were closed.
