Russian monastery on the forest outskirts of Sydney

In a wooded area on the outskirts of Greater Sydney, hid a small women's monastery in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, or the New Shamordino. A small temple with a blue dome, several wooden buildings, a one-story building with cells of the monastery sisters. It seems time has stopped here, getting here you are transported 60 years ago, in 1959, when this monastery was founded.

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