St Michael Pelageevsky Сonvent
St. Michael`s Monastery is a jewel Pelageevsky rocky riverbanks Inhul occurring on the territory of the landscape park "Priingulsky" .
Merchant Durilin decided to build a monastery in honor of his wife - Pelagia, who passed away as a young. Embodied the idea of his father after his death his sons - cornet and Collegiate Councillor Michael and process engineer Andrew. In the temple premises and arranged the parish school. The building was built in the Art Nouveau style, which was fashionable in the late 19th - early 20th centuries. Mirror crosses twelve-crowned church.
However, after the revolution the church was looted, mirror crosses removed and from the family crypt Durilinyh thrown coffins of the dead. It is surprising that the church was able to survive the Second World War, despite the shell caught in the building, but left little damage.
In the 90s of the last century the church was restored, and when it founded the convent of the Moscow Patriarchate. Most valuable relic of the monastery - the icon of the Savior, "Life-giving Spring", written by a master of the 17th century. Over time, it became apparent not noticeable earlier parts.
The farm monastery - 90 hectares of land, inhabited by different animals, friendly apiary, garden, park. In summer it attracts students of Sunday schools.
