Krypetsky Monastery

Local nameКрыпецкий монастырь
LocationPskov Oblast, Russia

Krypetsky Monastery is a Russian Orthodox monastery situated 23 km from Pskov.

The monastery was founded in 1485 by St. Savva Krypetsky, a Serbian monk from Mount Athos, in what was then described as an impracticable mire. Two years later, the Pskov veche supported his establishment by granting a large plot of land to the monks. Prince Obolensky had a road for pilgrims built through the mire to the monastery. St. Savva died on 28 August 1495 and was interred in the then timber cathedral, which was rebuilt in stone in 1547 and still stands.

Famous monks of the Krypetsky Monastery included Basil, who described the life of St. Savva in the 1540s; St. Nilus, who founded the Nilov Monastery on Stolbnyi Island; and the former chancellor Afanasy Ordin-Nashchokin, who had the monastery grounds greatly expanded and improved.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krypetsky_Monastery

Official Website https://krypetsy.ru/

Address (Unnamed Road), Russia

Coordinates 57°59'25.306" N 28°29'36.272" E

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