The Znamensky Monastery is located on the left bank of the Klyazma River, in its floodplain, on the so-called Red Mane (hence the name Krasnogrivsky). It is the oldest monastery in Gorokhovets. It was founded in 1598 as a men's monastery. Its initial buildings were wooden, built with funds from Pyotr Lopukhin on the Gorokhov land of the taxpayers. In 1670, Semyon Yershov built a stone Church of the Sign of the Virgin Mary. A bell tower was added later (after 1733) and a heated church dedicated to the Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian. The wooden Church of the Apostles Peter and Paul, built in 1685, has not survived to this day.
The entrance to the monastery was on the western side of the fence. The Holy Gates were built in 1720, with four massive round pillars on rectangular bases and a wide archway. The cell block has two stories. The lower floor is stone, built in 1720; the upper floor is wooden, dating from the second half of the 18th century. A stone fence, built in the 18th century, enclosed the monastery on all sides. The monastery's life was short-lived. In 1723, by decree of Peter the Great, due to the small number of brethren, the monastery was assigned to the Florishcheva Hermitage, where the brethren lived a strict monastic life, working and praying. From then on, it served as its dependency.
The monastery was closed in 1923. During the Soviet era, the monastery was devastated. The greatest destruction of the Znamensky Monastery occurred after the 1960s. The monastery fence was destroyed.
In the second half of the 20th century, There was a state farm on its territory, and the Church of the Sign housed a stable. The monastery was reopened in 1999 as a convent.
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