{{short description|Eastern Orthodox convent in Kholodnyi Yar, Ukraine}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox monastery | name = Motronynskyi Monastery | native_name = Мотронинський монастир | native_name_lang = uk | image = Холодний Яр аерофото.jpg | coordinates = {{coords|49|09|13|N|32|15|20|E|display=inline,title}} | map_type = Ukraine Cherkasy Oblast##Ukraine | full_name = Motronynskyi Women's Monastery of the Holy Trinity | established = Before 1568 | reestablished = 1991 | location = Kholodnyi Yar | country = Ukraine | denomination = Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) }} The '''Motronynskyi Women's Monastery of the Holy Trinity''' ({{langx|uk|Мотронинський Свято-Троїцький жіночий монастир|translit=Motronynskyi Sviato-Troitskyi zhinochyi monastyr}}) is a convent of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) located in the Kholodnyi Yar forest in Ukraine's Cherkasy Oblast.
== Overview == The Motronynskyi Monastery was created at some point prior to 1568,<ref name="OIPOPP">{{Cite web |title=Історична довідка |trans-title=Historic sources |url=http://oipopp.ed-sp.net/?q=node/531 |access-date=14 April 2024 |website=Communal Learning Centre |language=uk}}</ref> though the history of a religious community in the area dates back to the 12th century. It was initially a men's monastery, and it received support from several political figures in the Zaporozhian Sich such as Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny, Pavlo Teteria, Petro Doroshenko, and Ivan Skoropadsky.<ref name="Marynovskyi">{{Cite web |last=Marynovskyi |first=Yurii |date=2010 |title=Мотронинський Свято-Троїцький монастир |trans-title=Motronynskyi Holy Trinity Monastery |url=http://resource.history.org.ua/cgi-bin/eiu/history.exe?&I21DBN=EIU&P21DBN=EIU&S21STN=1&S21REF=10&S21FMT=eiu_all&C21COM=S&S21CNR=20&S21P01=0&S21P02=0&S21P03=TRN=&S21COLORTERMS=0&S21STR=Motronynskyj_monastyr |access-date=14 April 2024 |website=Institute of History of Ukraine |language=uk}}</ref> During the Ruin, the monastery was destroyed by the Ottoman Empire, Crimean Khanate, and Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.<ref name="OIPOPP"/>
The monastery played an important part in the religious life of southern Kyiv region during its early existence, and it was an organisational centre during the Koliivshchyna uprising. Taras Shevchenko depicted the monastery in his 1845 watercolour work ''{{ill|Motryn Monastery (painting)|lt=Motryn Monastery|uk|Мотрин Монастир (картина)}}''.<ref name="IEU">{{Cite web |title=Motronynskyi Trinity Monastery |url=https://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CM%5CO%5CMotronynskyiTrinityMonastery.htm |access-date=14 April 2024 |website=Encyclopedia of Ukraine}}</ref>
In 1911, Motronynskyi Monastery's status changed from a male monastery to a nunnery. Following the Russian Revolution and the Ukrainian–Soviet War, the monastery was initially allowed to continue operating, but with 250 dessiatinas (273.13 hectares) confiscated by the Soviet government. On 21 November 1929 the monastery was fully abolished, with a commune being established in its place. The monastery was reestablished under the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) in 1991.<ref name="Marynovskyi"/>
In addition to the monastery itself, the monastery's territory contains a {{ill|Monastery Spring|lt=spring|uk|Монастирське джерело}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Мотронинський монастир і джерело |trans-title=Motronynskyi Monastery and spring |url=https://dyvokray.com.ua/uk/motronynskyj-monastyr-i-dzherelo/ |access-date=14 April 2024 |website=DyvoKrai |language=uk}}</ref> and a {{ill|Haidamak Pond|lt=pond|uk|Гайдамацький став}}.<ref name="OIPOPP"/>
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Category:1568 establishments in Europe Category:Christian monasteries established in the 16th century Category:Monasteries of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) Category:Nunneries in Ukraine Category:Eastern Orthodox nunneries