🏛 Vysotsky Monastery

Серпухов, Калужская ул., 5/3

A men's monastery founded in the late 14th century with the blessing of Sergius of Radonezh; the Conception Cathedral and the Intercession Church with icons of the 15th–17th centuries.

The monastery was founded in 1374 by Prince Vladimir of Serpukhov, the very man who commanded the ambush regiment at the Battle of Kulikovo.
After the Battle of Kulikovo the prince buried the fallen Serpukhov soldiers at the monastery; the burial place can be seen in the undercroft of the Conception Cathedral.
The Vysotsky Deesis, a row of icons believed to have influenced Andrei Rublev's manner, comes from here.
The Intercession Church keeps the icon “The Inexhaustible Cup”, to which people travel to pray for deliverance from drinking and drug addiction.
In 1878, for the monastery's 500th anniversary, the Church of Athanasius of Athos and Sergius of Radonezh was built over the grave of Athanasius Vysotsky the Younger.
The Byzantine-style Church of All Saints was built in 1896 with money from the factory owner Nikolay Konshin to a design by Roman Klein.
The monastery was closed in 1928–1931 and revived by a Synod decision on 25 March 1991.

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Serpukhov: bison, the kremlin and Vysotsky Monastery