Zhyrovichy Monastery

Phone:
+375 1562 96-460

Address:
Sobornaya 57, Zhyrovichy 231822, Belarus

Zhyrovichy Monastery is an Orthodox monastery in Belarus, in the village of Zhyrovichy . The monastery was founded in the 16th century. Due to a belief, an icon of Virgin Mary was found in the local woods. A church was built on the place where the icon was found, but soon it was burned by fire and the icon was lost. Many years later the icon was found again with mysterious imprints on it – presumably those of Virgin Mary’s palm and foot. The icon is considered miraculous and the stone became part of the altar in the church of Exaltation of the Cross. Since then the Zhyrovichy monastery is a major place of pilgrimage in Belarus. The Saint Ascension monastery in Zhyrovichy existed even during Soviet times and in 1989 it became a clerical seminary – a highest religious educational institution, accepting entrants from all the countries of the former USSR.
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24. Свято-Успенский Жировичский монастырь (XVI век) - Путешествие по Беларуси

Свято-Успенский Жировичский монастырь (белор. Жыровіцкі манастыр) — мужской ставропигиальный монастырь Белорусской православной церкви, расположенный в деревне Жировичи Слонимского района Гродненской области. Один из главных центров белорусского православия и крупнейших в стране архитектурных ансамблей XVII—XVIII веков.

Zhyrovichy Monastery (Belarusian: Жыровіцкі манастыр) is an Orthodox monastery in Belarus, in the village of Zhyrovichy (Slonim rajon, Hrodna voblast).

The monastery was founded in the 16th century. Due to a belief, an icon of Virgin Mary was found in the local woods. A church was built on the place where the icon was found, but soon it was burned by fire and the icon was lost.

Many years later the icon was found again with mysterious imprints on it – presumably those of Virgin Mary’s palm and foot. The icon is considered miraculous and the stone became part of the altar in the church of Exaltation of the Cross. Since then the Zhyrovichy monastery is a major place of pilgrimage in Belarus.

GOLDEN RINGS of BELARUS - Памятники архитектуры Беларуси. Путешествия по Золотому кольцу, отдых, кафе и рестораны, национальная кухня, туристы и туристические маршруты.

Свято-Успенский Жировичский монастырь.

Православный монастырь возник на месте, где, согласно преданию, в 1470 году была явлена Жировицкая икона Божией Матери.
Видео от: Кирилл Кубрак.

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