Verkhotursky St. Nicholas Monastery with the Holy Cross Cathedral
Russia, Verkhoturye, Military Street, 1a.
Description:
Verkhotursky St. Nicholas Monastery with the Holy Cross Cathedral is located on the Military Street of the city of Verkhoturye. St. Nicholas Monastery in the early twentieth century by the number of visiting pilgrims became the most popular pilgrimage center in Russia. Attracted pilgrims relics of St. Simeon, kept in the monastery. For the needs of believers, the Holy Cross Cathedral was erected, which can simultaneously accommodate 8,000 parishioners.
The cathedral was laid on September 12, 1905, the temple was built with stone, three-chroned, in the Russian-Byzantine style. Since the laying of the first stone, the temple was assigned a cathedral status. The consecration took place on September 11, 1913.
During the Soviet period, a children's correctional colony was located on the territory of the monastery. Since 1991, the monastery and the Church of the Cross were returned to the ownership of the Orthodox Church.