Monastery of St. Nicholas in Terebeni
Monastery of St. Nicholas (, "Nicholas Terebeni pustyn") is a Russian Orthodox monastery located in Truzhenik settlement (former Terebeni) in Tver Oblast, Russia. History In 1492, the landowner Mikhail Obudkov built a wooden church in the village of Terebeni in honor of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker. According to legend, the image of St. Nicholas, kept in it, repeatedly left the church by itself transporting to the spring on the banks of the Mologa River. At this place, a wooden church was erected, around which the pustyn was subsequently formed. In the 16th century, the village belonged to Vladimir the Bold, prince of Serpukhov. Information has been preserved that by the Time of Troubles the monastery already existed, but it was ravaged by the Poles and completely destroyed. The site remained empty until in 1611 a monk named Onuphrius dug a cave with the help of the landowner Artemy Mozovsky. However, Onuphrius later left this place. In 1641, the hieromonk Abraham from Zaonezhye, who was helped by the same Artemy Mozovsky, built a chapel on the site of the burnt church. During its construction, the icon of St. Nicholas was discovered intact, in whose honor the original church was built in