Uspensky Vyshensky Convent
The history of the Vyshensky Uspensky Monastery is known both from legends and from documents presented in the book by Igumen Tikhon Tsiplyakovsky, published in Tambov in 1881. It is believed that the monastery was found…
Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ at the Uspensky Vyshensky Convent
The Cathedral in honor of the Nativity of Christ was laid in the Vyshensky Desert in 1874 under Archimandrite Arkady, and construction was completed sixteen years later. This warm church was planned to be the largest in …
Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
The Kazan Cathedral is a true adornment of the Holy Assumption Vyshensky Monastery. Its construction began in 1831 under the abbess Tikhon, as there was a need for a new, more spacious church. The funds for the construct…
Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Church of the Assumption of the Mother of God was the first temple in the Vyshensky Desert, which gave the monastery its name Holy Assumption. According to the deed of the abbess Martha Ioannovna, the church was orig…
Church of the Epiphany at the Uspensky Vyshensky Convent
In 1867, a wooden extension was built for the residence of St. Theophan above the stone prosphora building, which was soon faced with brick and plastered. The saint's cells housed an extensive library, but the furnishing…
Skopin Dimitrievsky Men's Monastery
There are several legends about the founding of the monastery, which differ in details. According to one of them, there was a wooden chapel in honor of Saint Great Martyr Dimitri of Thessalonica and a hermit's cell at th…
Church of St. Demetrius of the Dimitrievsky Monastery
The construction of the church dates back to the time of Donskoy, the founder of the monastery. In 1752, the abbot of the Dimitriev Monastery, Theodorite, along with the brotherhood and the elders of the estate villages,…
The Annunciation Cathedral in Kozelsk
The Annunciation Cathedral was built in 1810 by Lieutenant Fyodor Ivanovich and Yevdokiya Avraamovna Rakhmanov in the style of Russian classicism. This church is known for having served the now-canonized saint, confessor…
Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh in the Dmitrievsky Monastery
The stone Sergius church was built in the early 19th century on the site of a previous wooden church thanks to the efforts of landowner Alexey Fokich Kareev. On July 20, 1863, a chapel in honor of the holy equal-to-the-a…
Belfry of the Dmitrievsky Men's Monastery
The first mention of the monastery dates back to 1676, when its churches and monastic cells were wooden. In the 1760s-1770s, the monastery was rebuilt in stone thanks to donations from merchants. From 1752 to 1763, the s…
