Assumption convent

The Assumption Women's Monastery in Perm was founded in 1873 on the outskirts of the city, near the village of Danilikhi, where by this time a women's community had formed. The construction of the monastery was carried out at the expense of benefactors - brothers Fyodor and Gregory Kamensky. In 1882, by the decision of the Holy Synod, the community gained official status and was renamed "a public monastery without any maintenance of the treasury."

The main monastery building was the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Most Holy Mother of God, which was able to accommodate simultaneously about three thousand worshipers. In 1905-1908, the cathedral was repainted by the artist V.M. Vasnetsov. At the same time, the construction of another church began - in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God. N.K. Roerich took part in the design of the Kazan church, and the carved wooden iconostasis was made by the artist S.I. Vashkov. The interior decoration of the Kazan church was a beautiful example of the ancient Russian church. Another monastery building is a small wooden church of the Wives of Myrrhos, which is distinguished by its amazing elegance of architectural forms.

In 1923, there were tragic events in the history of the monastery - all the monastery premises were confiscated, and the Assumption Cathedral and the Church of the Myrrhbearers' Wives were blown up. Civilian buildings are now located in their place. From the once beautiful monastery complex, only two buildings and the church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God remained. The revival of the monastery began in 1985, when restoration work was initiated by specialists of the Perm Scientific and Restoration Workshops. In 1993, the monastery reopened. Today, services are held daily in the Kazan Church, and the doors of the church are open to everyone.