The cave complex of the Monastery of the Holy Trinity-Skanovo
   Photo: The cave complex of the Monastery of the Holy Trinity-Skanovo

A few kilometers from the Trinity-Skanovo monastery (in the north-east side) at the foot of the mountain Plodskoy (previously - town) is a three-level cave complex with a healing spring Kiev-Pechersk miracle workers - Anthony and Theodosius. The founder of Cave Monastery was Arseny II, removed in an underground cell in 1826. Since 1866 to 1880 on the top of the mountain a few hermits, of acceding to Arseny was built a stone church and a chapel at the entrance to the cave. At the beginning of the century the main entrance to the cave monastery was laid ornaments, walls and vaulted ceilings whitewashed niches in front of each keley burning candles, illuminating the passage length of more than 2, 5 km. Deep under the ground, at the lowest level of the cave (according to legend, there were seven) beat spring with clean water.

In the thirties, a church and a chapel completely destroyed, and the cave in time dismantled the bricks on the needs of the local state farm workers, because of which formed the rubble of the lower tiers. Currently, underground facilities consist of a maze of caves and cells, length of over 600 meters on three tiers. The height of the main connecting corridors - about two meters.

Over the last decade under reconstruction and strengthening works of some parts of the cave, but, in fact, a unique historical object that exceeds the length of underground structures famous caves of Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, remains not fully understood.

From the main entrance to the cave stretches up the long staircase to the top of the mountain, had previously served for raising a chapel, now offers an amazing panoramic view of the scenic surroundings. Visit a cave monastery can be as a group with a local novice and independently.

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