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Observe the Birds at the Birds’ Yard
hunterV Says: The monks keep dozens of birds and they are exhibited in the cages that are located behind Holy Assumption Cathedral. There are several kinds of birds:parrots, songbirds, golden pheasants, diamond pheasants, King doves, Mandarin ducks Coati (Nasua rufa) .When you walk around...
hunterV Says: Cathedral of the Protecting Veil of the Most Holy Mother of God with a large belfry was dedicated in 1850.After the monastery was closed by the Soviet power in the twenties of the last century there was a hydropathical establishment inside the former church and the mud bath...
City Cafes and Restaurants: A Big Choice
hunterV Says: There are also other cafes in the town:Irina (17 Ostrovsky Street)Tel. +38 06262 5 42 74;Absolute (6 Ostrovsky Street);Krylo ("Wing") at 1 Ostrovsky Street;Korchma ("Ukrainian Inn") at 12 Kamyshev Street;Cossacks’ Farmstead at Donets Embankment;Golden Font at Lake Bannoye...
hunterV Says: The restaurant's name is Zolota Kupel' in Ukrainian.It is located in the Seversky Donets Embankment in front of the city beach and Mount Artem.The restaurant has a big common hall and several detached log cabins that serve as private banquet halls.The restaurant has a gate...
Military: Young People's Favorite
hunterV Says: This is one of the two nightclubs in the town, very popular among the young people.”Military” nightclub in SvyatogorskMilitary is the only military style nightclub in the open in Ukraine.Its visitors enjoy the loud stylish club music, moderate prices and quality...
hunterV Says: You can get to this destination if you leave the Kharkiv-Rostov motorway at Slavyansk and follow to Svyatogorsk.You can also get to Svyatogorsk by train from Kiev. We took a bus from Luhansk and it took us more than three hours to get there.
hunterV Says: There is a big red bus that will take you to the Laura from the railway station or take you to the railway station from the Laura.It departs every hour from the railway station square.There are transit trains at the railway...
Central Market: Small and Modest
hunterV Says: The central market is in Shevchenko Street.It's a small one, but big enough for such a small town as Svyatogorsk.You can buy both food and clothes there.Also, there are several stores in the market area.There is also a snack bar at the market. food and drink 50-100 UAH
hunterV Says: There is a poultry yard at the territory of the monastery behind Holy Assumption Cathedral.Lots of pilgrims and travelers like visiting this place.The monastery monks keep dozens of birds that are exhibited in the cages that are located behind Holy Assumption Cathedral....
hunterV Says: The monastery and the parish celebrate Patron Saints’ Days during the year.One of the first big holidays of the year is St.Arsenius the Blessed Day on May 21 with a cross procession. The cross procession heads for St.Arsenius Hermitage.The cross procession also takes place...
hunterV Says: Svyatogorsk is a city where you feel like coming back again and again.It’s the center of Orthodox pilgrims, a resort city and a paradise for forest and river lovers…However, epidemiologists keep reminding us of the possible dangers you might experience during your stay in...
hunterV Says: This is not a danger, but a simple warning.There are no English inscriptions or advertisements in Svyatogorsk.You have to be able to read some Russian.It can help you find an apartment or a good service there.Here is what the pictures...
hunterV Says: We spent about two hours standing in line to get an entrance to the caves.People standing in front of us were buying twenty or thirty tickets each. It must have been for the entire pilgrims' group.In the long run we could buy a ticket to enter the caves, but only for 1 p.m.,...
hunterV Says: Buying some souvenirs or other goods at the embankment market, please keep in mind that the prices are a bit too exaggerated there. Well, most of the goods there are unique and cannot be bought at any other market.Hence the monopolists dictate their own prices.If you don’t...
hunterV Says: The monument to Artiom can be seen from afar.Artiom was the Communist party pseudonym of the Communist functionary Fiodor Sergeyev (1883-1921).He was the Prime-Minister of DKSR (Donetsk-Kryvyi Rih Socialist Republic) in 1918-1920.The huge monument was commissioned by the...
hunterV Says: The Village of Bogorodichne is on the way to/from the monastery.We passed this large village whose cathedral also belongs to the monastery complex.You can see a small chapel by the road and the big cathedral up the hill. It's St. Alexander Nevsky Chapel. This is where...
hunterV Says: War Memorial is on the way to the hermitage.It is dedicated to Lieutenant Vladimir Kamyshev (1923-1943) who was an artillery officer and a gun layer during the battle at the Holy Mountains in 1943. He perished at his post and is buried there. The monument at his grave...
hunterV Says: One of the entrance gates of the Skit was built in this famous style of the old Russian architecture and looks very attractive and nice, doesn't it?There are seven monks in All Russian Saints Hermitage and five in the other one - St.Antonius and St.Theodisius Hermitage that...
hunterV Says: The Armenian community of Donetsk region is one of the biggest in Ukraine. The community members, the Armenian Church called Surb Hau and the Armenian consulate employees from Kiev erected this memorial cross at the territory of the monastery, being the only non-Ukrainian...
hunterV Says: Having you, the Most Holy Mother of God, as a wall of salvation, we are saved; do not neglect, our Sovereign, and heed our prayers.These words from an Orthodox prayer are inscribed at the pedestal of the statue of the Mother of God.The statue was erected at the entrance to...
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You can see and buy works of local artists (pottery, souvenirs, pictures, embroidery, etc.) at the improvised markets: - at the Embankment located on the left...
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