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The '''Kursk Root Hermitage''', also the '''Korennaya Hermitage''', or '''Monastery of the Birth of the Theotokos "The Wonderworking Kursk Root Icon of Our Lady of the Sign"''' is a [[monasticism|monastic]] community located in the village of Svodoba, about 21 miles (30 kilometers) from the city of Kursk, Russia. The [[monastery]], consisting of the [[hermitage]] for men and a [[skete]] for women, was built upon the site where the [[Kursk Root icon]] was found and the Life-bearing Spring that arose at the place of its discovery.