Voskresensky Convent, Orthodox monastery in Torzhok, Russia.
Voskresensky Convent is an Orthodox women's monastery on the left bank of the Tvertsa in Torzhok, near the road and pedestrian bridges. Its grounds hold the 1796 Resurrection Cathedral, the 1766 bell tower, the 1840 Church of the Beheading of John the Baptist designed by Ivan Fyodorovich Lvov, the 1824 abbess's cells, a sister's cell block, the 1778 Chapel of the Image of Christ Not Made by Hands, and fragments of 18th-century walls. The buildings are in poor condition and need restoration.
The convent was first mentioned in 1584, founded in the 16th century. Its first stone church was built in 1702 under abbess Sofia and stood until 1796, when the present Resurrection Cathedral was erected. In 1812 the convent gave money to the militia, and in 1842 it opened a shelter and school for poor girls of clerical background. It was closed in the 1920s.
The convent's name comes from its Cathedral of the Resurrection, built in 1796. Inside was kept an icon of the Resurrection of Christ of old painting, donated by the nun Tsarina Marfa Ivanovna, mother of Tsar Mikhail Fyodorovich. In 1842 the convent opened a shelter and school for poor girls of clerical rank, and two parish schools in Novotorzhsky Uyezd were funded by it.
The convent stands on the left bank of the Tvertsa, close to the road and pedestrian bridges, so it is easy to reach on foot from central Torzhok. Several buildings are in poor condition and await restoration, and as of 2021 a sewing factory occupied part of the grounds. Expect scaffolding and closed sections rather than a fully restored complex.
Since 2021, a sewing factory has occupied part of the convent buildings, so the site is not solely religious. The surviving 1778 Chapel of the Image of Christ Not Made by Hand and fragments of 18th-century walls stand alongside the cathedral and bell tower, and the buildings' exterior condition is poor and in need of restoration.
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