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The Gorne-Uspensky Convent ((ロシア語:''Горне-Успенский монастырь'')) or simply Gorny Convent (in English: ''Convent of the Assumption on the Hill'') is a monastery in Vologda, Russia. It was active between 1590 and 1924. It is situated in the historic part of the town, named Upper Posad, in the area bounded by the Zavrazhskaya, Burmaginy and Mokhov streets. Several of its buildings are preserved or have been restored, while others are partially or completely in ruins. It comprises complex of monuments that have been protected by the federal government. ==History== The convent received its name from its raised location and from the city's Cathedral of the Assumption.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.cultinfo.ru/arts/architecture/vologda/000026/report.htm )〕 The convent was established in 1590 by the Abbess Domnikia during the reign of Czar Feodor I and under the aegis of the Archbishop of Vologda, Iona Dumin. Domnikia was the first Mother Superior of the convent. The date of the convent's founding is based on two surviving letters, one of them a petition from 1613 from an abbess of the convent to the Archbishop Sylvester.〔 The first stone building in the convent was a single-storeyed hospice, constructed in the second half of the 17th century. Between 1692 and 1699, the Assumption church was constructed with a belfry, as well as the winter chapel of St Sergius of Radonezh. From 1709-1714, the barbican church of Alexius was built. In the 1790s, a stone wall with four towers at the corners then was built to surround the convent.〔 In 1792, a fire destroyed all the wooden structures within the convent. Many documents were destroyed too, which is why there is insufficient information on the history of the convent before the 19th century.〔 In 1824, Czar Alexander I visited the convent. With his financial support, a two-storeyed structure was constructed. In 1860, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church decreed that the Nikolaevsky-Ozersky church (previously attached to the eponymous monastery) be assigned to the Assumption convent.〔 Between 1870-1890, an orphanage and a women's religious school were constructed. To the end of the 19th century, the convent remained a place of exile for women convicted of prostitution or adultery. In 1880, the bell tower was rebuilt.〔 In 1888, the bishop Theodosius converted a shelter in the convent to a diocesan school for girls, which in 1903 moved to new outside premises.〔〔 In 1918, the convent was closed, but several nuns remained till 1923-1924, when it was commandeered by the Red Army. The Assumption church remained in use till 1924. After their eviction, some of the nuns moved into homes next to the convent. In the Soviet period, the monastery housed a transit prison and a cantonment.〔 1995 saw the restoration of the Assumption church, and services began the following year. The abbot's residence and the convent's sanctuary now house shops and warehouses.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Храм в честь Успения Божией Матери )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gorne-Uspensky Convent」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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