Donetsk Iversky Monastery is a convent of the Donetsk diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate , located in the north of the Kiev district of Donetsk , near the Donetsk airport .
| Monastery | |
| Donetsk Iversky Monastery | |
|---|---|
| Iversky Monastir | |
 Monastery in the spring of 2015 | |
| A country |  Ukraine |
| City |  Donetsk |
| Denomination | Orthodoxy |
| Diocese | Donetsk and Mariupol diocese of the UOC MP |
| Type of | female |
| Founder | Scheiarchimandrite Zosima (Sokur) |
| Founding date | year 2001 |
| Abbot | Mother Superior Michael (Shevchenko) |
| Status | acting |
| condition | destroyed |
He suffered greatly in 2014 during the war in southeastern Ukraine [1] .
History
The monastery was opened in December 2001 at the cemetery church in honor of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God as a courtyard of St. Nicholas Convent .
In December 2002, the monastery received independent status by the decision of the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate [2] .
At the beginning of the 2010s, the monastery consisted of the St. Iversky Church with a bell tower, a sister building and utility rooms. Also in the monastery there was a fruit garden and a berry plant, part of the plants from which was donated by the Donetsk Botanical Garden [2] .
The monastery kept a list of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God, which was written on Mount Athos [2] , by the monk Janis from the Russian Panteleimonov monastery [3] . This list was brought to Donetsk in 1999. Prior to this, the icon for six months moved by procession in different temples [4] [5] .
In March 2015, a video appeared on the network of how Ukrainian security officials shot the cemetery of the Iversky Monastery near Donetsk, where hundreds of city residents were buried. After this shelling from the monastery and graves, there was practically nothing left. The video was posted on his Facebook page by Petro Poroshenko's assistant, Yuri Biryukov. Shooting, apparently, was conducted in the fall. The appearance of the recording caused a flurry of indignation among Internet users. First of all, because of the cynical off-screen comments of security officials [6] .
| External video files | |
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| Monastery in the spring of 2017 (bird's-eye view) | |
Notes
- ↑ Marina the Great. Asleep in flesh: A monastery that no longer exists . PravMir.ru (November 10, 2014). Date of treatment April 6, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Holy Iversky Nunnery (Unavailable link) . Archived December 2, 2012.
- ↑ Alexander Khairulin. To the history of the Iversky monastery // Donbass Orthodox. - 2006. - March ( No. 3 ).
- ↑ Holy Iveron monastery prayerfully celebrated the patronal feast . Archived December 2, 2012.
- ↑ Feast of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God (Unavailable link) . Archived December 2, 2012.
- ↑ The Ukrainian military abused the graves of the Holy Iversky Monastery - News - Orthodox Encyclopedia Church Scientific Center
Publications
- Alexander Khairulin. To the history of the Iversky monastery // Donbass Orthodox. - 2006. - March ( No. 3 ).