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Monastery Refectory

Монастырская трапезная

Located on the right in front of the bell tower gate. They serve simple food on long common tables at low prices. Also, you can buy pirozhki, pizza, and kvass in the tents between the bell tower and the monastery square.

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Hours: 12ː00-14:00 (roughly)

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Sacred gates with Bell tower
From the monastery entrance you can descend a wide stone staircase to go down to the Holy Gate, erected in 1708. Restored frescoes depict biblical themes. The bell tower above was built in the second half of the 19th century, of which only the lower tier survived the Soviet era - the upper tier was destroyed and then rebuilt in the early 2000s.
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"Reunion" Monument
Памятник «Воссоединение»
Erected in 2015 on the monastery square in honor of overcoming the split of the Russian Orthodox Church in 2007, which had developed during the years of the Russian Revolution. The bronze sculpture depicts Alexey II, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, and the Metropolitan Laurus, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, holding in their hands the Kursk Root Icon. Alexey II called the Kursk Root Hermitage the third spiritual center of Russia after the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius in Sergiev Posad and the Diveyevo Convent in Diveyevo. In December 2015, a similar sculpture was commemorated in the U.S., in the state of New Jersey.
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Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Храм Рождества Пресвятой Богородицы
On the main square to the left of the cathedral, this church was erected in 1819, originally as the All Saints Church, which was used as the main winter church. A long refectory for the brethren of the monastery is built into the building.
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Street market
Before entering the monastery around the Monument to the Discovery of the Icon there is a shopping arcade. Here you can buy souvenirs for every taste: not only magnets and matryoshka dolls, but also painted plates, beaded icons, homespun clothes, bast shoes and other handicrafts.
09ː00-17ː00 daily (individual tents may close earlier)