Nizhny Novgorod

Assumption temple with refectory chamber

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The refectory chamber with the Assumption Church and the bell tower is the second surviving construction of the Makariev Monastery (1654). On the first floor of the refectory, goods were stored during fairs. There was also a kitchen, whose ovens were mounted in the floor of the second floor, and heated the room itself, where the monks ate. On the second floor there was a ceremonial hall with high 5-meter vaults, and in the secret rooms between the refectory and the Assumption Church there was a sacristy for storing the most valuable things: certificates awarded by the king for monastic possessions and privileges. The treasury was also kept there.

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