Pskov Caves Monastery

Pskov-Caves Monastery or The Pskovo-Pechersky Dormition Monastery or Pskovo-Pechersky Monastery is a Russian Orthodox male monastery, located in Pechory, Pskov Oblast in Russia, just a few kilometers from the Estonian border. Pskov-Caves Monastery is one of the few Russian monasteries which have never been closed at any point in their existence, along with during World War II and the Soviet regime. The monastery has been an critical spiritual centre for the Seto humans. The monastery became based within the mid-15th century, when the primary hermits settled in nearby caves. The first cave Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos became built in 1473.
After the monastery have been destroyed with the aid of the Livonian feudals, it was rebuilt with the aid of a Pskovian dyak Mikhail Munekhin-Misyur in 1519. A posad turned into constructed subsequent to the monastery, which could later develop into a metropolis. In 1550s-1560s, Pskovo-Pechorsky Monastery and its posad have been surrounded by using a wall with towers. The monastery became an important outpost for protecting the western border of Russia. In 1581–1582, it withstood the siege laid by means of Stefan Batory’s army. In 1611–1616, the monastery repelled the attack of the Polish army led through Jan Karol Chodkiewicz and Aleksander Jozef Lisowski and Swedish army led with the aid of Gustav II Adolf.