• It rivalled the Vladychny Monastery as the most important shrine of Serpukhov and welcomed rich patrons wishing to be buried within the monastery walls.
  • At the beginning of the twentieth century, due to contemporaries' opinions, Vysotsky monastery was one of the most comfortable abodes of the Fatherland.
  • Vysotsky Monastery is a walled Russian Orthodox monastery commanding the high left bank of the Nara River in Serpukhov, close to its confluence with the Oka.
  • The Vysotsky Monastery was founded in 1374 by the Monk Sergius of Radonezh and Prince Vladimir Andreevich the Brave.
  • Vysotsky monastery was founded with the blessing of St. Sergius of Radonezh in 1374. ... In ancient times, the monastery was used as a fortress.
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  • Vysotsky Monastery is located at the southern end of old Serpukhov. Its name came from the raised, vysoky, position above the Nara river.