Pochaev Lavra of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Ukrainian: Почаївська Свято-Успенська Лавра; Russian: Свято-Успенская Почаевская Лавра) has for centuries been the foremost spiritual and ideological center of the Orthodox Church in what is now Western Ukraine. The monastery is located on the top of a 195-foot (60-meter) hill in the town of Pochaev in Ternopil Oblast, 28 miles (18 km) southwest of Kremenets and 80 miles (50 km) north of Ternopil.