Ascension Convent (Kyiv)

Ascension Convent
Ukrainian: Флорівський монастир
The katholikon and bell tower
Ascension Convent is located in Ukraine Kyiv
Ascension Convent
Ascension Convent
Ascension Convent is located in Kyiv Oblast
Ascension Convent
Ascension Convent
Ascension Convent is located in Ukraine
Ascension Convent
Ascension Convent
General information
LocationKyiv, Ukraine
Country Ukraine
Coordinates50°27′45″N 30°30′53″E / 50.46240°N 30.51471°E / 50.46240; 30.51471
Construction started1732
OwnerUkrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)
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The Ascension Convent (Ukrainian: Флорівський монастир, Russian: Флоровский монастырь) in the Kyivan neighbourhood of Podil, also known as the Florivsky, originated in the 16th century as the wooden church of Sts. Florus and Laurus. Its buildings occupy the slopes of the Zamkova Hora. Address: vulytsia Frolivska, 8.