Sviatohirsk Lavra
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Holy Mountains Lavra of the Holy Dormition | |
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Ukrainian: Свято-Успенська Святогірська Лавра | |
General information | |
Type | Lavra |
Location | Sviatohirsk, Donetsk Oblast |
Country | Ukraine |
Coordinates | 49°01′41.2″N 37°34′03.2″E / 49.028111°N 37.567556°E |
Opened | 1526 |
Owner | Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) |
The Holy Mountains Lavra of the Holy Dormition (
The monastery is near the town of Sviatohirsk (so named for the monastery in 2003), in Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. The monastery also forms the centrepiece of the Holy Mountains National Nature Park (established 1997). The Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) proclaimed it a lavra in 2004.
History
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The first written mention of the monastery dates from 1627, although Sigismund von Herberstein had alluded to the "Holy Mountains" area as early as 1526. It is likely that the first monks settled the area in the 15th century. At the time it was a minor monastic establishment in the Wild Fields regularly ravaged by the Crimean Tatars.
In 1787,
Soviet closure
Before the
Before
Restoration in independent Ukraine
After the
On October 25, 2005, the National Bank of Ukraine issued its 10-hryvnia commemorative coin depicting the Sviatohirsk Lavra.[2]
2022 Russian shelling
During the
Gallery
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The Sviato-Pokrovska Church of the Lavra
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The Sviato-Pokrovska Church from the right side
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The Skete of All Saints, an all-wood church within the Lavra, in 2010.
See also
- Persecution of Christians in the Soviet Union
- USSR anti-religious campaign (1917–1921)
- USSR anti-religious campaign (1921–1928)
- USSR anti-religious campaign (1928–1941)
- USSR anti-religious campaign (1958–1964)
- USSR anti-religious campaign (1970s–1990)
References
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- ^ "NBU releases the Sviatohirsk Lavra on the "chervonets"". ForUm (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-04-27.
- ^ Авиаудар по Святогорской Лавре (svlavra.church.ua), 13 March 2022. "Russian airstrike damages historic Ukrainian monastery". CNN. 13 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "Thursday, May 5. Russia's War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine". Forbes. 2022-05-05.
- ^ "Россияне обстреляли храм в Богородичном Донецкой области: в подвале прятались монахи и дети" (in Russian). 24 Kanal. 2022-05-21.
- ^ "The invaders destroyed the Georgievsky Skete of the Svyatogorsk Lavra". The Times Hub. 2022-05-09.
- ^ "Хроника войны в Украине" (in Russian). Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 2022-05-08. Archived from the original on 2022-05-12.
- ^ "Войска РФ снова стреляли по скитам Святогорской лавры: есть раненый" (in Russian). Korrespondent. 2022-05-10.
- ^ "Clues to the Fate of Five Damaged Cultural Heritage Sites in Ukraine". Bellingcat. 2022-06-07. Archived from the original on 2022-06-09.
- ^ "Russian troops kill 7 civilians in Donetsk Oblast, including 3 in a monastery". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
- ^ "US supports international inquiry into war crimes in Ukraine – as it happened". The Guardian. 4 June 2022.
A church in Donetsk has been hit by Russian shelling and has caught fire, with footage and photos circulating of the aftermath.
- Vlasenko, Petro. "Sviatogorsky Uspensky Monastyr 17th-19th centuries". Monuments of architecture of Ukrainian SSR (in Russian). p. 138. Retrieved 2007-04-26.
- "Sviato-Uspenska Sviatohirska Lavra". Ukrainian Orthodox Church (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2007-04-26.