Cherepovets Resurrection Monastery, Former Orthodox monastery in Cherepovets, Russia
Cherepovets Resurrection Monastery is a former male monastery at the confluence of the Yagorba and Sheksna rivers. Its oldest surviving building is the five-domed Resurrection Cathedral, built in 1752–1756 with side chapels to John the Baptist, Afanasy and Feodosy of Cherepovets, and Philip of Irap; its frescoes date from 1851. The Trinity Cathedral and its three-tier bell tower, added in 1792, were destroyed in the 1930s.
Monks Feodosy and Afanasy, disciples of Sergius of Radonezh, founded the monastery; its date is not precisely known and local historians place it during the episcopate of Ignatius (1355–1365). From 1449 it is regularly mentioned in documents. In 1764 Catherine the Great's secularization abolished the monastery, and in 1777 the monastery settlement and the village of Fedosyevo were merged into the town of Cherepovets.
The monastery gave rise to the city: in 1777 the monastic settlement and the village of Fedosyevo merged to form Cherepovets. The monastery itself was abolished in 1764 during Catherine II's secularization. The Resurrection Church, painted in 1851, is the oldest surviving building in the city.
The monastery was abolished in 1764, so there is no active monastic community to visit; the surviving five-domed Resurrection Church stands on the hill above the Yagorba's mouth at the Sheksna. It is the oldest building in Cherepovets, and its frescoes date from 1851. The Trinity Cathedral and its three-tier bell tower, built in 1761–1792, were destroyed in the 1930s.
During World War II, the monastery was repurposed as a warehouse and repair workshop for aircraft engines before returning to religious service in 1946. This wartime transformation and restoration represents an often-overlooked chapter in the site's more recent past.
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