Ascension Caves Monastery - Monastery in Nizhny Novgorod. Founded in St. Dionysius years 1328-1330 .
Pechersk monastery was restored in 1994. Since 1999, the governor of the monastery is the Archimandrite Tikhon ( Zatekin ).
Cave Monastery Abbot is the ruling bishop of the Diocese of Nizhny Novgorod .Them since 2003 the Bishop of Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas George.
brethren of the monastery by 2004 numbered 14 people. The monastery is a museum of history of Nizhny Novgorod diocese.
The monks of the monastery in August began shooting documentaries on the life and work of Patriarch Sergius Stragorodsky .The idea and the script became the vicar of the monastery , Archimandrite Tikhon ( Zatekin ), director and operator - economy , Fr Oleg ( Osipov). Each episode of the film will be 40 minutes , will remove cheryrehseriynuyu picture. The first series will be presented to the 140th anniversary of the Patriarch (September 2007).This series is dedicated to the youth of St. Sergius , his first studies in the Arzamas religious school, then in the Nizhny Novgorod Seminary and admission to the St. Petersburg Theological Academy. Series ends nun future patriarch.
At the beginning of December 2007 established a framework of the iconostasis in the Church of the Assumption , and was carried out assembly of its parts , and in the refectory of the church were carried out plastering work . December 31, 2008 Archbishop of Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas George Assumption Church consecrated .
In 2009, for the feast of the Assumption of the XVIII century restored icon of the Assumption of Our Lady. During the restoration on the donations of people had made a new salary .
During the 4- day visit to Nizhny Novgorod land Patriarch Cyril visited the monastery several times .During the first visit September 10, 2009 Patriarch Cyril donated to the monastery of Our Lady of Kazan icon of the memorial inscription with .
March 15, 2010 with the blessing of Archbishop George's Church of the Assumption for the first time in 80 years was made vows. Vicar of the monastery , Archimandrite Tikhon was ordained to the minor schema monk Ignatius (Novikov).
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