Zadonsky Christmas-the Mother of God monastery

Zadonsky Nativity-Theotokos monastery is considered a male monastery, located in the Lipetsk region in the city of Zadonsk, where the Don River flows.

Its founder was Cyril and Gerasim, immigrants from the Sretensky monastery, who brought a copy of the icon of the Mother of God, which is known as miraculous. The first name of the monastery sounded like Zadonsky Teshevsky Bogoroditsky Monastery.

At the beginning of the XX century, a whole district was built, where there were 6 temples, various types of bell towers, houses, pharmacy points, brick factories, hospitals. About 300 people lived in the monastery.

When the revolution took place, the monastery turned into a "brothel", and in 1990 its buildings passed to the Russian Orthodox Church, where the first divine service was held soon on August 26, 1990, this day was considered the day of memory of St. Tikhon of Voronezh, the Zadon wonderworker.