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Chapel over the Grave of Nun Miropia at the Ascension Monastery in Tambov

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In the first half of the 19th century, monastic life was marked by the arrival of nun Miropia Adenkova, whose name is associated with the glorification of the miraculous Vyshenskaya Kazan Icon of the Mother of God. In gratitude for her great gift, the archimandrite of Vyshensk, Arkady, erected a monument in the form of a four-sided iron chapel over Miropia's grave, made by the St. Petersburg firm S.-Gali, costing about five thousand rubles.

In 1906, reconstruction and expansion of the Ascension Church began, and the southern wall encroached upon the grave of nun Miropia. The chapel had to be moved further south to the general monastery cemetery, and a new crypt for Miropia's coffin was created under the church. However, Bishop Innocent, who passed away as the Exarch of Georgia, forbade the relocation of the coffin and ordered an arch to be made in the wall above it. Thus, the nun's coffin ended up in a niche in the southern wall of the church. After the completion of the finishing and consecration of the church in 1907, with the blessing of His Grace Innocent, a cave with a stone descent was built, allowing for memorial services to be held right by the coffin. The coffin, severely damaged by time, was covered with a special case made of thick iron with a copper crucifix. The entrance to the cave inside the church was fenced with a grate and closed with a wooden lid.

After the monastery was closed, the old chapel was destroyed. In the revived monastery, a chapel over the grave of nun Miropia reappeared in 1998. This stone structure is of the type eight on four with an octagonal dome and a cupola on two drums tapering upwards.

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Часовня над могилой монахини Миропии Вознесенского женского монастыря в Тамбове

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