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  • Vysotsky monastery experienced a certain decline in the XVIII century., But to the XIX century. it flourished and fame. In the 1920s. the monastery was closed.
  • At the beginning of the twentieth century, due to contemporaries' opinions, Vysotsky monastery was one of the most comfortable abodes of the Fatherland.
  • The main church of the Vysotsky Monastery, the Conception Cathedral was built in the 16th century shortly after destruction by the Crimean Tatars.
  • The Vysotsky Monastery was founded in 1374 by the Monk Sergius of Radonezh and Prince Vladimir Andreevich the Brave.
  • On March 25 of 1991, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church took a decision to revive the Serpukhov Vysotsky Monastery.
  • Vysotsky monastery was founded with the blessing of St. Sergius of Radonezh in 1374. ... In ancient times, the monastery was used as a fortress.