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{{Short description|Russian Monastery}}
[[Image:Горицкий Успенский мужской монастырь в Переславле-Залесском.jpg|thumb|right| Goritsky Monastery]]
The '''Goritsky Monastery of [[Dormition]]''' ({{langx|ru|Успенский Горицкий  монастырь}}) was a [[Russian Orthodox]]  [[monastery]] in  [[Pereslavl-Zalessky]], [[Russia]]. <ref name=home> [http://museum.pereslavl.ru/ Peraslavl-Zalessky Historical Museum website] {{in lang|ru}}</ref>
It was supposedly established in the early 14th century during the reign of [[Ivan I of Moscow]] (Ivan Kalita). In 1382 [[Tokhtamysh]] Khan destroyed the town and the monastery with it. According to the legend, Grand Princess [[Eudoxia of Moscow]] arrived as a pilgrim the day before the attack and managed to escape the Horde on a raft, covered by fog of the [[Lake Pleshcheyevo|Pleshcheyevo lake]]. In gratitude for the miraculous salvation, she rebuilt the monastery and established a tradition of [[Procession#Christian processions#Eastern Orthodox|Easter rides]] on rafts across the lake.{{sfn|Kuksina|2001|p=387}}
All the monastery's manuscripts were destroyed by a fire on June 12, 1722, which is why little is known about its history.{{sfn|Plishkin|2004}}
No original architecture was preserved. The oldest parts of the preserved ensemble date to the 17-18th centuries.<ref name=home/>
The monastery was closed in 1788. In 1919 the [[Pereslavl-Zalessky Historical Museum]] was established within its territory.<ref name=home/>
==See also==
*[[Goritsky Monastery (Goritsy)]]
==References==
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== Sources ==
*{{cite book
|last=Plishkin
|first=P.
|year=2004
|title=Историческое, географическое, типографическое и политическое описание города Переславля-Залесского
|trans-title=History, Geography, Politics and Typology of Pereslavl-Zalessky
|language=ru
|url=http://pki.botik.ru/books/pliskin.pdf
|location=Moscow
|publisher=MelanarE
}}
*{{cite book
|last=Kuksina
|first=E. I.
|year=2001
|title=Славянская энциклопедия: А-М
|trans-title=The Slavic Encyclopaedia. Letters A-M
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kNNEiqIIouwC&q=%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9+%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%80%D1%8C+%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%8F+%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0&pg=PA388
|location=Moscow
|publisher=OLMA-Press
|page= 387
|isbn=5-224-02249-5
}}
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