Status Largely destroyed Disestablished 2014 | Completion date 2001 Diocese Mariupol Groundbreaking April 1997 | |
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Founder(s) Hilarion (Szukało) (uk) Similar Ahat Jami Mosque, Valday Iversky Monastery, Iviron monastery, СВЯТО‑НИКОЛАЕВСКИЙ КАФЕДРАЛЬНЫЙ СОБОР, Lenin Comsomol park | ||
The Iversky Monastery (Ukrainian: Іверський монастир, Russian: Иверский монастырь) was a monastery of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) in Donetsk, Ukraine. It was built between 1997 and 2001, and was closed in 2014 due to the War in Donbass. The monastery was largely destroyed by Ukrainian Ground Forces shelling during the Second Battle of Donetsk Airport in January 2015.
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History
The first stone of the Iversky Monastery was laid down by Hilarion (Szukało) in April 1997. The monastery was built on a vacant plot in northern Donetsk, close to the airport. The monastery was opened in December 2001, and it was a subsidiary of the Monastery of St. Nicholas in Nikolskoye before it became independent in December 2002.
War in Donbass
The monastery was severely damaged during the War in Donbass. The sisters evacuated the monastery in 2014. In January 2015, the building was shelled by the Ukrainian Ground Forces while fighting the Donetsk People's Republic during the Second Battle of Donetsk Airport. The monastery and its cemetery were almost completely destroyed in the fighting, with only a bullet-ridden shell remaining.
In October 2015, Donetsk People's Republic authorities announced that they will repair the monastery, and combat engineers began to clear the debris.
Architecture
The monastery consisted of a church with a bell tower, a convent building housing the sisters and a number of other buildings. A cemetery, an orchard and a vegetable garden were located within the grounds of the monastery.