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Holy Spirit Monastery in Timashevsk
The monastery began its history as an architectural structure with the construction of a church. In 1987, Archimandrite Georgy (Savva), with the blessing of Bishop Isidor, who was then a bishop, headed the parish of the …
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Transfiguration Church of the Holy Spirit Monastery in Timashevsk
The church began construction in the late 1980s under the guidance of Archimandrite Georgy (Savva) as a new parish church for the city and was completed in 1991. In 1992, a men's monastery was established at the church. …
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Monastery of the Icon of the Mother of God 'Unbreakable Wall' in Apsheronsk
The Unbreakable Wall is a special epithet usually assigned to images of the Mother of God Oranta. It is borrowed from the Akathist to the Mother of God, where it says: "Rejoice, unbreakable wall of the kingdom" (Ikos XII…
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Cathedral of the Icon of the Mother of God 'The Unbreakable Wall' in Apsheronsk
The church, built in the style of southern Russian architecture, is a three-altar, single-domed, three-apsidal, and two-story building, whitewashed after construction was completed. It features a tall square base with a …
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House Church of Prophet Elijah at the Monastery of the Icon of the Mother of God 'Inexhaustible Cup' in Apsheronsk
On December 9, 2001, Metropolitan Isidor (Kirichenko) of Ekaterinodar and Kuban blessed the site for the construction of the monastery in Apsheronsk and contributed the first 30,000 rubles for its erection. On March 12,…
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Desert of St. Theodosius of the Caucasus in Gorny
The desert of St. Theodosius of the Caucasus is located in the village of Gorny in the Krasnodar Krai, not far from Anapa and 30 kilometers from Novorossiysk. Geographically, this place is known as the Kashinskaya Gorge.…
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Temple in Honor of the Holy Icon of the Mother of God 'Life-Giving Spring' in the Desert of St. Theodosius of the Caucasus
The small desert, founded in the 1910s by the locally revered saint St. Theodosius of the Caucasus, had a chapel and existed until 1927. In the 1990s, the healing spring was restored, and a chapel and other buildings wer…
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Monastery of the Icon of the Mother of God 'All-Merciful' in Krasnodar
The women's monastery of the Icon of the Mother of God 'All-Merciful' in Krasnodar was transformed from a parish established in April 2003. The initiator of the construction of the church and the founding of the monaster…
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Monastery of the Icon of the Mother of God 'All-Merciful' in Plastunovskaya
The All-Merciful Monastery has a farmstead with 25 hectares of arable land in the Dinsky District, north of the Plastunovskaya stanitsa, on the banks of the Stavok River. This place was previously occupied by a collectiv…
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Annunciation Cathedral of the Holy Mother of God in Plastunovskaya
This majestic cathedral, the main structure in the architectural complex of the courtyard, is located in the eastern part of the yard, near the central gates. In 2009, the foundation for the main cathedral was laid, whi…