Pskov-Pechory Holy Dormition Orthodox Monastery

Contact details
Adress: Mezhdunarodnaya st. 5, Pechory, Pskov region
Tel.: (81148 ) 21839
E-mail: pсkoвинфo@свс.ру

Distance from the nearest town:
50 kilometers to the west of the city of Pskov, near the very border of Estonia.

In Pechory one of the oldest Pskov-Pechory Holy Dormition Orthodox Monastery with an in-cave necropolis is functioning. The monastery is located in a scenic dale with sand caverns and is a large spiritual and cultural center, one of the largest Russian monasteries centuries-old with an uninterrupted history and a wonderful historical architectural ensembleof the 14-19th centuries.

Today in the monastery there are 11 temples, 3 of them in the caves. It is in the oldest gold-domed Dormition church that one can see and venerate the miracle-working icon of the Dormition of the Most Pure Mother of God and the relics of the Holy Martyr Cornelius. Currently the monastic community numbers over 90. The brethren celebrate daily morning and evening services, perform perpetual psalter reading and spiritually guide a large number of people seeking their wise spiritual counsel. The monks also labour in the monastery fields and stable. There are an icon-painting and an icon-restoration workshops and a Sunday school. The monks run a House of Mercy which comprises a Pilgrim's house and a hospice for aged monastery workers. The monastery is also renowned for its children's choir.