Attractions of Kozelshchyna

The majestic Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin in Kozelshchyna was built in 1906 on the site of the first church founded in 1882. Emperor Nicholas II visited the construction site.

Paintings by Oleksandr Murashko, iconostasis have been preserved. The main shrine is the miraculous Kozelshchyna icon of the Mother of God, which was brought from Italy in the 18th century by the Kozelsky nobles and inherited by the Counts of Kapnist. In 1880, after a fervent prayer near this icon, the seriously ill daughter of Count Volodymyr Kapnist Mariya, who could no longer be helped by doctors, was healed.

In 1886, the Nativity of the Virgin Convent was founded. After the construction of the new cathedral, a hotel for pilgrims, a hospital building, an icon-painting workshop, men's and women's schools, a brick factory, a waterworks, workshops and utility rooms were also built.

After 1917, the property of the monastery was nationalized, a theater was built in the cathedral.

Since 1992, the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin has been restored, the Kozelshchyna Nativity of the Virgin Convent has been revived.