Trinity Monastery (Chernihiv)
Chernihiv, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine | |
| Geographic coordinates | 51°28′38″N 31°16′47″E / 51.47722°N 31.27972°E |
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The Trinity Monastery (Ukrainian: Троїцько-Іллінський монастир, romanized: Troits’ko-Illins’kyi monastyr) is a former Orthodox monastery in the city of Chernihiv in northeastern Ukraine.[1]
Description
The original monastery of St. Elijah the Prophet on
The new Trinity monastery was founded nearby by Bishop Lazar Baranovych in 1649 as it was rebuilt in 1649 at the expense of Chernihiv Colonel Stepan Pobodail; from the second floor. The 17th century was the department of Chernihiv archbishops. In the neighbouring city of Novhorod-Siverskyi, Baranovych founded a printing press, which was rare at the time. He later transferred the printing press to the Trinity Monastery. The monastery's adjacent printing press was famed for their production of engravings, and its library — for containing more than 11,000 books.
The main church, or the
After the monastery was closed in 1786, the Trinity cathedral was considerably rebuilt, losing four domes and most Baroque details. In 1942, a nunnery was established. The monastery operated as a maiden vow until 1962. " Its current appearance is the result of a 1980s reconstruction campaign. It has been the seat of a local bishopric since 1991.
In 1679, the Novgorod-Siversky printing house was transferred to the monastery. At the initiative of Archbishop Lazar Baranovich, at the expense of Chernihiv Colonel Vasyl Dunin-Borkovsky, with the help of Hetman Ivan Mazepa, built in 1679-1689 (1695 finally) by the Great Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, and since then called the monastery Trinity-Ilyinsky.
In 1786, the monastery was closed and turned into a bishop's house. Under Soviet rule, the monastery, as a church center, was liquidated.
From construction have remained and operate for the purpose:
- Church of St. Elijah (second half of the 12th century);
- Holy Trinity Cathedral (work of architect Ivan Baptista);
- Vvedenskaya refectory church (1677-1679);
- The bell tower (1775).
On the territory of the monastery, near the Holy Trinity Cathedral, the grave of Leonid Ivanovich Glibov. Not far away, on
Gallery
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See also
- List of Churches and Monasteries in Chernihiv
References
- ^ "Trinity-Elias Monastery". www.ukraine-kiev-tour.com. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
External links
- Vlasenko, Petro. "Troitsko-Ilinskiy Monastyr, 11th-18th centuries". Monuments of architecture of the Ukrainian SSR (in Russian). p. 274. Retrieved 2007-05-14.
- Klymenko, Serhiy. "Troitsko-Illinskyi monastyr". Photo tour: Chernihiv; 2002, 2004, and 2006. Retrieved 2007-05-14.