Pechersky Ascension Monastery is a monastery in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. It is the principal monastery of the Nizhny Novgorod Eparchy and the seat of the Bishop of Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas.
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In the refectory section of the Ascension Cathedral
Saint Dionysius I was the metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church from 1384 to 1385.
Pechersky Ascension Monastery
…diocese) and the seat of the Bishop of Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas. Pechersky Voznesensky Monastery is said to have been founded ca. 1328-1330 by St. Dionysius, who came to Nizhny Novgorod from Kiev Pechersk Lavra (i.e., Kiev Monastery of the Caves, pechery meaning 'caves') with other monks, and dug a cave on…
Icon of Dionysius