Remains of the walls of the Capuchin monastery. Volodymyr, Volyn oblast.

One of the interesting monuments of architecture in Volodymyr-Volynsky is the walls of the former Capuchin monastery. They are in the park near the Church of the Saints Yakym and Anna.
The Order of the Capuchins has a long history dating back to the 16th century. He was founded as a beggar for the purpose of opposing the Reformation, which at the time heightened his influence in Europe. The Order was legalized in 1529 by Pope Clement VII. At first, Capuchins were part of the Franciscans, but subsequently began to act on their own.
Capuchins actively defended the spiritual power of the pope, engaged in missionary work.
Capuchins function in our time. Their indispensable attribute is the hood, hence the name of the order and the name of the order (Latin cappuccio - means a spire capture).
Let's try to investigate the history of the Capuchin monastery in Volodymyr-Volynsky. According to the statute of this order, monks must adhere to the promise of silence, therefore little is known about the activity of capuchins in the city. Capuchin archive is stored in Krakow. However, on the basis of separate archival documents, one can imagine a general picture of the foundation of the local capuchin monastery. It was founded in 1751 at the expense of Bishop Adam Voina Oranski. Capuchin monks used to serve two side altars in the Church of the Saints Yakym and Anna, as they were decorated with the means of the Order. A proof of this is the document entitled "Description of the parish church in Volodymyr-Volynsky ...", which is stored in the State Archives of Zhytomyr region.
The Capuchin monastery was bordering with the churchyard - it is clearly seen from the city maps of the XVIII century. The monastery itself was separated from the church by a wooden fence - as it was written in the visitation from 1856, which is still kept in the State Archives of Zhytomyr Oblast.
In 1831, Polish General Dvernicki organized landlords and petty gentry in Porytsk for a revolt against the Russian Empire. Dvernitsky himself was counting on the support of the pupils of the Kremenets Lyceum.
The rebel detachment under the command of Stetsky was occupied by Volodymyr-Volynsky, but was pushed out of the forces of the Tsar's Colonel Davydov. These events did not go unnoticed from the side of the Russian royal authorities: in 1832 the Capuchin monastery in Volodymyr was closed, and the monks left for Krakow, taking with them an archive. The house of the former monastery was transferred to the state department.
What kind of monastery building could we imagine from the historical document stored in the Central State Historical Archives: "The Capuchin Monastery is a two-storied building with a pub with 345 square feet of square, with three brick buildings - three storerooms, two stables, one barn, one kitchen and well. This house is almost completely without a ceiling, doors and windows, with walls in some places disintegrated in some places, the roof of the debris, has fallen, in one of the rooms there is a non-commissioned officer of the Volodymyr Invalid team ... This building without repair can not be applied to any use. "
This description dates back to 1846. Subsequently the monastery burned down.