Svyatogorsk Assumption Monastery6 photos

Until 1918 - Svyatogorsk Uspenskaya Hermitage. The first monks settled here according to various sources in the XIV, XV or even in the XI centuries. The first written mention of the area & laquo; Holy Mountains & raquo; dates back to 1526.

In 1787, by decree of Empress Catherine II, the Svyatogorsky Monastery was abolished, and the villages, lands and lands belonging to him were taken to the treasury. In 1790, Prince Tavrichesky, Grigory Potemkin, became the new owner of Svyatogorye. Under the decree of the Holy Synod, the temples of the Assumption of the Mother of God and St. Nicholas are turned into parishes on the rock, and the rest are dismantled and taken away.

In 1844, by decree of Emperor Nicholas I, the Svyatogorsky Monastery was restored and over the next 70 years it reached an unprecedented heyday, becoming one of the largest in the Russian Empire. Already during this period, the question of granting the status of the Monastery of the Svyatogorsk monastery was raised more than once. Before the First World War there were about 600 monks in the monastery.

The events of 1917 and the arrival of the new Soviet government tragically responded to the further fate of the Svyatogorsky monastery, the looting of which began in January 1918. In 1922 the monastery was liquidated, and in its place a Rest House for Donbass workers was established.