History and Culture: The exhibition “On the Wondrous Mountain…”, dedicated to the Trinity Cathedral, presented in Uglich

The exhibition On the Wondrous Mountain…, presented by the Uglich State History, Architecture and Art Museum, is dedicated to the Trinity Cathedral, located in the Divnaya Gora (Wondrous Mountain) village “eight versts from Uglich”. It tells about the history of construction of the incredible church, uniting in itself various architectural styles, about its exterior and interior, as well as the fate of Divnogorsky poustyn in the XVIII-XXI centuries.

Divnogorsky poustyn, founded in 1674 by metropolitan Jonah Sysoyevich, was abolished in 1764. The cathedral church was converted into a parish one, and the village cemetery was placed around it. As a functioning village church, the Trinity Cathedral continued to exist after the revolution, until its closure in the beginning of 1960s. In 1995, the church, being in an awful condition, was returned to the believers. On September 8 of the same year, the first Christian Liturgy, lead by archbishop Micah, took place. Later, the reconstruction of the Trinity Cathedral’s exterior and interior, the revival of parish life, continued for many years. The short film On the Wondrous Mountain…, prepared by the specialists of the Uglich Museum, marking the 325th anniversary of the Trinity Cathedral (2019), tells all about it.

Visitors to the exhibition will have an opportunity to learn the history of the Divnogorsky church, read the manuscript The Past of the Trinity Divnogorsky Poustyn, written in 1929 by Director of the Uglich Museum A. K. Gusev-Muravyovsky, and see artifacts and images associated with the Trinity Cathedral: drawings and photographs of the church’s interior and exterior.

The exhibition will run in the Uglich Museum’s department – the gallery Under the Blessed Veil until October 10, 2022.