Henichesk Museum of Local Lore
It was created in 1956 as the Museum of the People’s Friendshipon a ...
The only religious building that has survived in Henichesk to this day is the Church of the Nativity of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It rises on a rather rare hill in the Kherson steppes, shining with white and blue colors.In terms of architecture, the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a single-dome cross-shaped structure in the Byzantine style. Its faceted dome is raised on a high drum, and a two-tier bell tower with a gilded cupola rises above the antechurch.
The only religious building that has survived in Henichesk to this day is the Church of the Nativity of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It rises on a rather rare hill in the Kherson steppes, shining with white and blue colors.In terms of architecture, the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a single-dome cross-shaped structure in the Byzantine style. Its faceted dome is raised on a high drum, and a two-tier bell tower with a gilded cupola rises above the antechurch.
It was created in 1956 as the Museum of the People’s Friendshipon a ...
The creation of the cloisteris associated with the name of the elderly monkSozonti, a former merchant, an officer who participated in the Crimean War and then took the spiritual eldershipand had the gift of providence. One day, when he came to a meeting of city deputies in the Zemstvo (city board), he asked for a land plot for him to set up a cloister.The idea of the elderly monkwas met with suspicion, but the land was allocated. He first settled as a hermit at the foot of a hill in adughole and began to raise funds for the construction of the monastery.Shortly, he was supported by Orthodox local residents, and on Day of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary on September 21, 1904, the first stone was laid in the foundation of the future church. The construction was ended in 1907, and a year later, the elderly monkSozonti died and was buried in the church crypt.
The monastery became a beautiful island among the arid steppe: a temple and a refectory stood on top of a hill and at its foot, there was a basin, flower beds, a stable, and vegetable gardens. The alley leading to the temple was decorated on both sides with flowering rose bushes, and peacocks were walking in the courtyard.In the chapel at the entrance to the monastery, one of the monks constantly read the Psalter, and from the side opposite from the entrance were monastic cells dug in the ground.
This entire splendor was devastated by the arrivalof Soviet power, the temple was closed, and a warehouse was located in the monastery premises. The grave of Sozonti was destroyed.
The church services in the temple were resumed only in 1941 during the Second World War. The service led father Constantine. When Soviet troops liberated Henichesk in 1944, he was arrested and died in prison.Shortly afterthe arrest of Constantine, the temple was closed again. In the postwar years, there was a gym for militiamen. The church building was returned to believers only in 1989. The restoration of the temple was started on donations. In 1990, the dome of the church was restored.
The creation of the cloisteris associated with the name of the elderly monkSozonti, a former merchant, an officer who participated in the Crimean War and then took the spiritual eldershipand had the gift of providence. One day, when he came to a meeting of city deputies in the Zemstvo (city board), he asked for a land plot for him to set up a cloister.The idea of the elderly monkwas met with suspicion, but the land was allocated. He first settled as a hermit at the foot of a hill in adughole and began to raise funds for the construction of the monastery.Shortly, he was supported by Orthodox local residents, and on Day of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary on September 21, 1904, the first stone was laid in the foundation of the future church. The construction was ended in 1907, and a year later, the elderly monkSozonti died and was buried in the church crypt.
The monastery became a beautiful island among the arid steppe: a temple and a refectory stood on top of a hill and at its foot, there was a basin, flower beds, a stable, and vegetable gardens. The alley leading to the temple was decorated on both sides with flowering rose bushes, and peacocks were walking in the courtyard.In the chapel at the entrance to the monastery, one of the monks constantly read the Psalter, and from the side opposite from the entrance were monastic cells dug in the ground.
This entire splendor was devastated by the arrivalof Soviet power, the temple was closed, and a warehouse was located in the monastery premises. The grave of Sozonti was destroyed.
The church services in the temple were resumed only in 1941 during the Second World War. The service led father Constantine. When Soviet troops liberated Henichesk in 1944, he was arrested and died in prison.Shortly afterthe arrest of Constantine, the temple was closed again. In the postwar years, there was a gym for militiamen. The church building was returned to believers only in 1989. The restoration of the temple was started on donations. In 1990, the dome of the church was restored.