The Trinity Monastery ( uk, Троїцько-Іллінський монастир, Troits’ko-Illins’kyi monastyr) is a former Orthodox
monastery
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in the city of
Chernihiv in northeastern Ukraine.
Description
The original monastery of St. Elijah the Prophet on
Boldina Gora seems to have been founded by Saint
Anthony of Pechersk in the 11th century, but was abandoned after the
Mongol invasion of 1239. It fell into disrepair in the 14th century, was partially destroyed, part of the passages and the temple with the church were filled up. One tiny church survives from that period.
The new Trinity monastery was founded nearby by Bishop
Lazar Baranovych in 1649 as it was rebuilt in 1649 at the expense of Chernihiv Colonel Stepan Pobodail; from the second floor. The 17th century was the department of Chernihiv archbishops. In the neighbouring city of
Novhorod-Siverskyi, Baranovych founded a
printing press
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, which was rare at the time. He later transferred the
printing press
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to the Trinity Monastery. The monastery's adjacent printing press was famed for their production of
engraving
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s, and its
library
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— for containing more than 11,000 books.
The main church, or the
katholikon, was constructed between 1679 and 1695 to designs by Johann Baptist Sauer, a master builder from
Wilno
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. This church has seven pear-shaped
cupola
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The word derives, via Italian, f ...
s. It is considered a high point of
Ukrainian Baroque architecture (as practiced under the auspices of Hetman
Ivan Mazepa).
After the monastery was closed in 1786, the Trinity cathedral was considerably rebuilt, losing four domes and most Baroque details. In 1942, a nunnery was established. The monastery operated as a maiden vow until 1962. " Its current appearance is the result of a 1980s reconstruction campaign. It has been the seat of a local bishopric since 1991.
In 1679 the Novgorod-Siversky printing house was transferred to the monastery. At the initiative of Archbishop Lazar Baranovich, at the expense of Chernihiv Colonel Vasyl Dunin-Borkovsky, with the help of Hetman Ivan Mazepa, built in 1679-1689 (1695 finally) by the Great Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, and since then called the monastery Trinity-Ilyinsky.
In 1786 the monastery was closed and turned into a bishop's house. Under Soviet rule, the monastery, as a church center, was liquidated.
From construction have remained and operate for the purpose:
* Church of St. Elijah (second half of the 12th century);
* Holy Trinity Cathedral (work of architect Ivan Baptista);
* Vvedenskaya refectory church (1677-1679);
* The bell tower (1775).
On the territory of the monastery, near the Holy Trinity Cathedral, the grave of Leonid Ivanovich Glibov. Not far away, on
Boldina Gora, is the tomb of Mykhailo Kotsyubynsky.
Gallery
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See also
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List of Churches and Monasteries in Chernihiv
References
External links
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Tourist attractions in Chernihiv
Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Ukraine
Buildings and structures in Chernihiv
Baroque architecture in Ukraine
Tourist attractions in Chernihiv Oblast
Monasteries in Chernihiv
Religious buildings and structures in Chernihiv
Tourism in Chernihiv
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