Assumption Church description and photos - Russia - Central District: Tver (Topic)

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The Assumption Church is the only surviving building of the ancient Assumption Otroch Monastery, the mention of which is first found in the chronicles of the early 13th century. In 1238 it was ruined by the Tatar-Mongols, but in 1265 it was restored under Prince Yaroslav Yaroslavich. Under Ivan the Terrible, the monastery also served as a prison. The prisoners here were Metropolitan Philip, who condemned the tsar's cruelty, Maxim the Greek, an expert on the Holy Scriptures. In 1918 the monastery was closed, in the mid-1930s. the buildings of the monastery were destroyed and the River Station was built on this site.

The Assumption Church stands on the site of a dismantled ancient stone church and was built at the expense of the monastery and parishioners in 1722. The temple is architecturally executed in the Baroque style with a high figure eight and in the plan is an equilateral cross. In 1850, the interior was decorated with a theme-based tempera mural painting. In 1868, the sacristy was placed in the southern annex, which in 1904 was turned into a side altar in the name of Seraphim of Sarov (at the expense of the Kashin bourgeoisie N.V. Yegorova). Services have been held in the church since 1994.

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