The holy source of Saint Alexis, Metropolitan of Moscow (Nizhny Novgorod) is among the Orthodox places marked for the location of Nizhny Novgorod. The age of the spring at the ancient Annunciation monastery is calculated for many centuries. On the site of the source before the revolution of 1917 stood a chapel in the name of St. Alexis, Metropolitan of Moscow.
Since the resumption of the Annunciation Monastery in the middle of the XIV century, the consecrated waters of the spring began to be revered not only healing, but also life-giving. Before the trip, it is useful to clarify the state of the access road and the current access mode.
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The landmark is Nizhny Novgorod. Address: Nizhny Novgorod, Pokhvalin Congress. The staircase-descent from the Pokhvalinsky Congress leads to a pipe from the retaining wall, through which spring water flows, the spring itself, since the nineteenth century is under the carriageway of the congress, closer to the slope of the right root bank of the Oka River. Near the holy spring built a small chapel, a little further, closer to the river, a beautiful wooden bath with a font with a tent roof, crowned with a cupola with a cross. A large bow cross has been erected. For navigation, use the coordinates 56.324444, 43.979444.
