Description of the attraction
The Luzhetsky monastery was founded in 1408 by the Monk Ferapont Belozersky, a disciple of Sergius of Radonezh, and the Mozhaisk prince Andrei Dmitrievich, the son of Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy and Princess Euphrosyne of Moscow. At the expense of Patriarch Joachim (Savelov), the existing tent-roofed bell tower with the Savelov's tomb, stone cell buildings and a fence with towers were built. The monastery was severely ruined during the Time of Troubles and in 1812, finally closed in 1929, occupied by housing and production. In the 1960s, some of the buildings were restored. Returned to believers in 1993.
In the center of the monastery ensemble there is a five-domed brick cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin, crowned with light drums, built in 1520. During the restoration, the remains of ornamental and subject frescoes of the 16th century were found in the interior of the temple. Near the temple there is a tent-roofed bell tower, built in 1673-1692. with the tomb of the Savelovs in the lower tier.
The brick refectory with the Vvedenskaya church and the gateway Church of the Transfiguration were built in the second half of the 16th century and rebuilt two centuries later. The Transfiguration Church contains the relics of the Monk Ferapont recently returned to the monastery.
