Pochaev

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Pochaev

an urban-type settlement in Kremenets Raion, Ternopol’ Oblast, Ukrainian SSR. Located 25 km from the Kremenets railroad station, it is the terminus of a branch of the L’vov-Zdolbunov line. Pochaev has a bread-baking plant, a plant that produces dried and canned fruits and vegetables, factories that manufacture household appliances and plastic articles, and a poultry hatchery. The former Pochaev Laura (monastery) is now the Museum of Atheism.

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His eulogy in the Primary Chronicle was the first indication of his saintly status, but till now he remains only a local saint of Pochaev.

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(40) The tendency in the second period was connected with the decisions of the Zamosc Church Council and was reflected in publications of the Pochaev Lavra and Suprasl' Monastery.