Pechersky Ascension Monastery
| Печёрский Вознесенский монатырь | |
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 Location within Nizhny Novgorod
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| Full name | Pechersky Ascension male Monastery |
| Order | Orthodox |
| Established | 1328 |
| Diocese | Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas |
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| Founder(s) | Dionysius |
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| Location | Nizhny Novgorod, Russia |
| Coordinates | 56°19′22″N 44°02′59″E / 56.32278°N 44.04972°ECoordinates: 56°19′22″N 44°02′59″E / 56.32278°N 44.04972°E |
| Visible remains | church, cloister, inner court and earthworks |
| Public access | yes |
Pechersky Ascension Monastery (Russian: Печёрский Вознесенский монастырь, Pechyorsky Vozensensky Monastyr) is a monastery in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. It is the principal monastery of the Nizny Novgorod Eparchy (diocese) and the seat of the Bishop of Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas.
Pechersky Voznesensky Monastery is usually said to have been founded ca. 1328-1330 by St. Dionysius, who came to Nizhny Novgorod from Kiev Pechersk Lavra (i.e., Kiev Monastery of the Caves, pechery meaning 'caves') with several other monks, and dug for himself a cave on the step Volga shore some 3 km southeast of the city. Later on, he founded at that site a monastery with a church of Resurrection of the Lord.
The monastery soon became an important spiritual and religious center of the Principality of Suzdal and Nizhny Novgorod.
The monastery was destroyed by a landslide on June 18, 1597; surprisingly, no one died. The same year the monastery was rebuilt about 1 km upstream (north) of the old site.
Although there are no caves in the modern monastery, the appellation Pechersky, linking it to the old Kiev cloyster, has been preserved. Moreover, the entire section of Nizhny Novgorod surrounding the monastery, occupying uplands above the Volga south of the city center, is known as Pechery.
The monastery was closed by NKVD in 1924, and reopened in 1994.
The principal buildings of the monastery include:
The belfry of the Ascension Cathedral (which also serves as a clock tower) is noticeably out of plumb. It has been leaning almost since the time it was originally constructed.
The monastery is surrounded by a red brick wall with small towers, making it look like a small kremlin.
The diocesal archeological museum and a book and icon shop operate in the monastery. In the latter, one can request a variety of prayers for the living and dead, in accordance with the posted fee list.
56°19′22″N 44°02′59″E / 56.32278°N 44.04972°E
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