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Churches, monasteries, sights of pilgrimage Sumy region

Sofroniivskyi Monastery

Sofroniivskyi Monastery is one of the oldest monasteries for men of Slobozhanshchyna, located among the majestic oak forests on Mt. Chudna.

About the place

The official date of the founding of the monastery is 1630, but there is an evidence that the first caves appeared here in the XI century. The icon of the Mother of God, which was taken by the monks from the burned by the Mongol-Tatars Kyiv, attests to the age of the monastery.

At the end of the last century, the monastery destroyed and looted during the Soviet era was transferred to the religious community of Ukrainian Orthodox Church and restored.

Today one can admire the Gateway Church of the Intercession, built in the style of the Ukrainian Baroque, visit the caves where the monks used to pray, and also taste the healing water from the holy spring and relax in the shadow of giant oaks, which are more than several hundred years old. Everyone can have physical and mental rest on the territory of the monastery.

Travellers' impressions

Reviews 6

Любов Назаренко

5 February 2019

Есть ли здесь монах, который лечит людей?

Ihor Vusyk

19 May 2018 · From Google

Полное название Софрониево-Молченская Печерская пустынь. Утверждается, что монастырь был основан ещё в эпоху крещения Руси. Также возможно, что его основали греческие монахи, прибывшие с митрополитом Михаилом. По другой же версии, монастырь был основан уже на время прихода на Русь православия в правление князя Владимира (980—1015 годы). Но еще более загадочное, это пещеры. Многие подземные ходы, в своё время засыпанные большевиками, до сих пор остались не изученными.

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