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Monastery of Dormition of the Theotokos (Himmelsthür)

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with a retracted polygonal closing chancel and roof turret. Under the church there are two basement floors, which originally served as ironing and sorting rooms for the diaconal facility. The last Protestant service was celebrated in the old asylum church on September 9, 1977.
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Despite the opening of the diocesan office in Munich, the monastery remained the seat of the then Central European Diocese. It often hosts church gatherings and symposiums, exhibitions of paintings and lectures. The Assembly of Serbian Youth of Western Europe is held regularly.
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In 1972, the Serbian Orthodox Church opened the Diocesan Center in the renovated building of the former Evangelical Church in Düsseldorf. Together with the church, in 1978 two buildings were bought in Himmelstir. With the blessing of Bishop
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The monastery 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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The church was built from 1902 to 1904 by Adelbert Hotzen built as a chapel of the
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22170 / geschichte_diakonie_himmelsthuer.pdf History of the Diakonie Himmelsthür
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bought the church and the adjoining buildings and set up their bishopric with a
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built at the end of the 19th century. In 1979, it became the spiritual point of
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Monastery of the Assumption of the Most Holy Mother of God in Himmelsthür
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In 2015 the church lost its status as an episcopal church. Meanwhile,
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and meeting center there. After the redesign for the
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Kirche der Entschlafung der Gottesmutter, Himmelsthür
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Kirche der Entschlafung der Gottesmutter, Himmelsthür
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Front view of Monastery
Denomination
Serbian Orthodox
Neo-Gothic
Style
Brick
Saalkirche
German
Serbian Orthodox
Diocese of Düsseldorf
Himmelsthür
Germany
evangelical church
Serbs in Germany
Lavrentije Trifunović

Iconostasis
Protestant Church
Neo-Gothic
Brick
Saalkirche
Serbian Orthodox Diocese for Central Europe
monastery
Orthodox Liturgy
Iconostasis
Icon
Dormition of the All Holy Theotokos
consecrated
parish church
Gregorian

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