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Monastery of the Korsun Icon of the Mother of God in Dumerak (France)

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The monastery dedicated to the Korsun Icon of the Mother of God is an Orthodox women's monastery of the Korsun diocese, located in the village of Dumerak near Grassac in the Charente department, 30 kilometers from Angoulême in France.

The foundation of the monastery took place in 1987 with the blessing of Metropolitan Vladimir (Sabodan), the exarch of the Moscow Patriarchate in Western Europe. In 1994, the construction of a stone church began, which was solemnly consecrated on April 27, 1996, by Bishop Guriy (Shalimov) of Korsun in honor of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos.

Services at the monastery are conducted in French and Church Slavonic. The spiritual guidance is provided by Archimandrite Varsonofy (Ferrier), the abbot of the Skete of the Holy Spirit in Le-Ménil-Saint-Denis, who took monastic vows under the influence of the famous iconographer Monk Grigory (Krug).

As of 2012, the elder sister of the monastery is Sister Glykeria, a native of Paris, who joined the monastery in 2000.

Priest Ioann Dimitrov noted that the monastery's routine remains unchanged despite external circumstances: neither parishioners nor priests can alter it. At the same time, the sisters always remain hospitable and joyful. In their youth, with the blessing of Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh, they were novices in various monasteries in Serbia and Finland to study monastic life from within before founding their community. In his opinion, they succeeded wonderfully. The monastery is filled with an atmosphere of peace, tranquility, and prayer, free from fuss and the pursuit of miracles.

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Монастырь Корсунской Иконы Божией Матери в Думераке (Франция)

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