Dormition of the Theotokos Serbian Orthodox Monastery (Himmelsthür)
Hildesheim, Germany
The Dormition of the Theotokos Serbian Orthodox Monastery (Serbian: a, Srpski pravoslavni manastir Uspenja Presvete Bogorodice, Kloster der Entschlafung der Gottesmutter) is an Eastern Orthodox Christian monastery located in Himmelsthür, Germany. It is under jurisdiction of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Düsseldorf and Germany of the Serbian Orthodox Church. It is the first Serbian Orthodox monastery in Germany and the spiritual point of ethnic Serb community in Germany. The parish near the monastery, which includes Hildesheim, Hameln, Goslar and Holzminden, has about 150 registered households, which help the monastery permanently or occasionally. The monastery often hosts church gatherings and symposiums, exhibitions of paintings and lectures. The Assembly of Serbian Youth of Western Europe is held regularly. It also has a workshop for making candles, and the whole complex is decorated with a gate with a tree line and a garden.
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