The Holy Dormition Pskovo-Pechersky Monastery is one of the largest and best-known male monasteries in Russia with a centuries-old history.
It originated in caves on the bank of the Kamenets brook, discovered by local people in 1392. According to a legend, the caves were inhabited by monks who ran away to the Pskov Land from the south from Crimean Tatar raids.
In 1470, Hieromonk Jonah, a former priest of the St George's Church in Jurjev-Livonian (presently Tartu), settled in a cave. In 1473, a cave church of the Dormition of the Theotocos dug out by Reverend Jonah in a sandstone hill was consecrated here. This year is considered the year of the Monastery foundation. The hill where the Dormition Church and the caves are located is named the Holy Mountain.
The Monastery survived many attacks by Swedish, Lithuanian and Polish conquerors, who took advantage of the internal problems of the Russian state and terrorized its western borders.
The monastery has never been closed during its history. The priest-archimandrite is Arseny Metropolitan of Pskov and Porkhov.
The block of stamps provides a general view of the Holy Dormition Pskov-Pechersk Monastery.
| Paper |
Printing method |
Perforation |
Format of the block |
Format of the stamp |
Edition |
| Chalk surfaced |
Offset + bronzed paste + figure cutting + security system |
Frame 11¾ |
123 × 98 mm |
65 × 32,5 mm |
18 thousand blocks |