Dormition Monastery, Tikhvin
The Tikhvin Monastery of the Dormition of the Mother of God is a Russian Orthodox monastery founded in 1560. The monastery is located in the town of Tikhvin, on the left bank of the Tikhvinka River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Monastery
- Denomination: Russian Orthodox
- Description: Russian orthodox monastery founded in 1560 in Tikhvin
- Also known as: “Tikhvin Assumption Monastery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Monastery of Presentation of Mary (Tikhvin).
Monastery of Presentation of Mary (Tikhvin)
Monastery
Photo: Belliy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Monastery of Presentation of Mary (Tikhvin) is situated 700 metres west of Dormition Monastery, Tikhvin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tikhvin.
Tikhvin
Town
Photo: Δημήτριος, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tikhvin is a town and the administrative center of Tikhvinsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on both banks of the Tikhvinka River in the east of the oblast, 200 kilometers east of St. Petersburg.
Dormition Monastery, Tikhvin
Latitude
59.6528° or 59° 39′ 10″ northLongitude
33.52018° or 33° 31′ 13″ eastOpen location code
9GFMMG3C+43OpenStreetMap ID
way 302601721OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=monasteryOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=religiousOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=russian_orthodoxWikidata ID
Q4458458
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In Other Languages
From Bashkir to Western Frisian—“Dormition Monastery, Tikhvin” goes by many names.
- Bashkir: “Тихвин монастыры (Тихвин)”
- Bashkir: “Тихвин монастыры”
- French: “monastère de la Dormition de Tikhvine”
- French: “Monastère de la Dormition de Tikhvine”
- Polish: “Monaster Zaśnięcia Matki Bożej w Tichwinie”
- Russian: “Тихвинский Богородичный Успенский монастырь”
- Russian: “Тихвинский Богородичный Успенский мужской монастырь”
- Russian: “Тихвинский монастырь (Тихвин)”
- Russian: “Тихвинский Успенский мужской монастырь”
- Tatar: “Тихвин монастыре”
- Ukrainian: “Тихвінський Богородичний Успенський монастир”
- Western Frisian: “Untsliepeniskleaster fan Tichvin”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Церковь Покрова Пресвятой Богородицы and Звонница.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Dormition Monastery, Tikhvin”. Photo: Olga1969, CC BY-SA 4.0.