The functioning monasteries of Russia are not only a cultural heritage of world significance, but also an important institution of Orthodoxy, where a special energy is born, the fundamental teachings of the holy miracle workers.

In the cloisters, the elders and monks pray for the sinful souls of the whole world. To visit the active monasteries of Russia is not just to enjoy the ancient temples and icons, everyone can touch the amazing life of the saints and absorb a drop of wonderful, monastic energy.

After the collapse of the USSR, many monasteries resumed their work again, some were restored later by the parishioners. All of them are open to pilgrims and parishioners, in some you can stay for several weeks as a volunteer, worker and novice.

Women's monasteries in Russia, where you can come and live

You can come to many women's monasteries in Russia to live for several weeks and become a worker or a volunteer, that is, to work and pray in the name of the Lord. Often women and girls come who are in difficult life situations, stand at a crossroads or want to help the monastery with their work.

According to many volunteers, this is an indescribable experience that lasts a lifetime and protects from all hardships and difficulties.

Intercession Monastery

The Intercession Women's Stauropegial Monastery, where the relics and the miraculous icon of the Old Lady Matrona are located, can be called the most famous in Moscow.

Pilgrims and parishioners from all over Russia come here to touch the relics and the icon of the Reverend Matrona. The saint favors girls, so pregnant girls or those who cannot find a life partner often come here. Here you can stay for a few weeks and work in the monastery.

Holy Trinity Seraphim-Diveevsky Monastery

The monastery suffered greatly during the Soviet era, many nuns were forced to hide from the authorities, and lived as nuns in the world.

It was here that the Monk Wonderworker Seraphim of Sorov lived, where his relics are kept. Many parishioners talk about the miracles that happened to them after worshiping the relics and the icon. After the collapse of the USSR, the monastery was restored and gained fame as a healer of diseases. Pilgrims come to pray for health, for the strength of faith, for healing from illnesses.

The monastery is located in the city of Diveevo near Arzamas.

St. Peter and Paul Convent

The monastery was founded in the 13th century, but later abolished by Catherine the Great, later reopened.

Various workshops worked here: icon-painting and chased, a parochial school and a hospital. During the years of the USSR, the monastery was closed and revived only in 2002.

The monastery is located near Khabarovsk, where a special bus runs.

The largest Orthodox monasteries in Russia

The largest monasteries are not just separate monasteries, they are a whole, closed world with many complexes, temples, cathedrals and courtyards. Pilgrims, novices and volunteers from all over the Orthodox world go to such monasteries to pray for the health of their families, for the Glory of God and peace on earth.

Trinity Sergius Lavra

One of the oldest complexes, which is located in the city of Sergiev Posad, not far from Moscow.

It was founded in the 14th century. Now it is a large ensemble of cathedrals and temples, where anyone can come. The relics of 9 saints are kept in the Lavra, including Sergius of Radonezh and Maxim the Greek.

Now the Lavra, in addition to the spiritual, religious life, conducts social projects and charity. Activists help people in military service, who are in prison and in a difficult life situation.

Pskov-Caves Monastery

The famous monastery, whose life is described in the book "Not the Holy of the Saints."

An ancient monastery-fortress, one of the few monasteries that continued its work in the USSR. There are miraculous icons, lives and relics of the Saints, the famous Archimandrite John Krestyankin lived in the monastery. You can come here on an excursion and remain a novice and volunteer.

In addition to the main temples, there are caves on the territory where the monks lived and prayed. They can be visited by special appointment.

The monastery is located in Pskov.

Valaam Monastery

The monastery is located on the island of Valaam on Lake Ladoga, not far from the border with Finland.

A large courtyard and a complex of temples and cathedrals are visited daily by thousands of people. Here you can stay as a novice and volunteer, as well as pray for the health of the family or go on an excursion.

The most famous monasteries in Russia

Almost every inhabitant of Russia knows about these monasteries, centuries-old history, miraculous icons and Miracle-Working Saints who served in the monasteries made them immortal.

Optina Pustyn

One of the most famous and revered monasteries in Russia. People come here from all over Russia for help and advice from the elders.

Miraculous icons and prayer help to gain health, faith and love. You can get to the monastery from the city of Kozelsk, which is located in the Kaluga region.

Novodevichy Convent in Moscow

A large courtyard is located in Moscow and has a long history.

It was here that Princess Sophia, the elder sister of Peter I, spent the rest of her days. You can visit the convent as a parishioner, as well as become a novice. Single girls often come here to pray in search of help in finding a life partner.

Alexander Svir Monastery

The men's monastery was founded in the 15th century by the saint, Reverend Alexander of Svir among dense forests, in the habitat of the pagan tribes of Korells, Vepsians and Chuds.

The saint is famous for his religious exploits, which are described in his life and are told in the temple. In the temple, special places of worship and the appearance of the holy spirit to Alexander Svirsky are marked.

Here lie the relics of Alexander Svirsky, a consecrated copy of the famous Shroud of Turin, which over time began to stream myrrh. People from all over the country come to see and pray at the great shrine.

Stauropegial monasteries of Russia

Stauropegial monasteries are those monasteries that report directly to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, as well as to the synod, and are not subject to local dioceses.

Donskoy Monastery

The monastery is one of the oldest monasteries in Russia; it was founded in the 16th century by the Tsar of All Russia Fedor Ivanovich.

The cultural and architectural monument has a long history. It was plundered during the French invasion, closed during the Soviet period, but it is working again and accepting parishioners into the temple. The monastery is located near the center of Moscow. Here is the miraculous Don Icon of the Mother of God.

Monastery address: Donskaya Square, 1-3.

Ioannovsky Stauropegial Convent

John of Kronstadt founded a monastery at the beginning of the 20th century in honor of St. John of Rylsky. The holy abbot spent his whole life and found peace in the cloister of the monastery. In Soviet times, the monastery was closed.

The monastery was restored in the 90s and acquired the status of a stauropegial. The nuns talk about the amazing miracles and healings that have been happening in the monastery over the past 30 years.

The oldest monastery in Russia

The Murom Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery in the city of Murom is mentioned in the annals earlier than other monasteries in 1096, the date of foundation is attributed to 1015, that is, 25 years after the Baptism of Russia.

Founded by the son of Grand Duke Vladimir, Gleb, the monastery has come a long thousand years. In Soviet times, it was closed; a military unit was located there until 1995. Now it has been restored and is open to all parishioners.

The Murom Monastery is part of the Golden Ring of Russia and is a monument of ancient Russian architecture of the early Christian period.

The most remote monasteries in Russia

The Solovetsky Monastery is one of the most ancient and remote monasteries in Russia, located on the Solovetsky Islands in the Arkhangelsk region. It is a stavropegic monastery.

The relics of the founders, the Monk Zosima, Savvaty and Herman are kept here. Included in the UNESCO World Heritage List as a monument of ancient Russian architecture.

During the Soviet era, the monastery was a prison for political prisoners and clergy.

The harsh climate makes it a limited trip to the monastery in autumn and winter. It is most convenient to go in the summer by sea from the city of Kem.

Temples were often founded far from worldly life, alone with harsh nature. The Solovetsky and Valaam monasteries are hard-to-reach monasteries for parishioners. In addition to them, far from the settlements is the Kozheozersky Epiphany Monastery. It is located in the Arkhangelsk region on Lake Kozheozero.

The monastery was founded in the 16th century, here was hegumen Nikon, the future, famous Patriarch of All Russia.

The monastery invites pilgrims, sisters in obedience and volunteers.

Monasteries of Russia with miraculous icons

The Vysotsky Monastery was founded in the 14th century by Sergius of Radonezh.

In the monastery there is the famous miraculous icon "The Inexhaustible Chalice", which relieves alcoholism. People from all over the country come to the monastery to pray for the health of loved ones and in search of help from a terrible addiction. The Vysotsky Monastery is located in the city of Stupino, not far from Moscow.

Tikhvin Mother of God Dormition Monastery

The monastery was founded in the 16th century on the banks of the Tikhvinka River.

Here is one of the main shrines of the Orthodox religion - the miraculous Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God. She was revered and considered his patroness by Ivan the Terrible.

The icon has healing and military properties. According to legend, she protects the Russian troops.

According to legend, during the Great Patriotic War, the icon was taken by plane around Moscow, protecting it from the Nazi attack.

Cave monasteries of Russia

Rock monasteries are special monasteries that were founded by hermit monks, leaving the worldly life. They cause admiration and amaze with their interior decoration, because they literally cut through the rocks.

Trinity Scanov Monastery

In the 19th century, hermit monks withdrew from worldly life and built a small chapel in the cave.

There are 2.5 km of passages deep into the rock to the lowest tier, where there is a source of pure, holy water. In Soviet times, the temple was looted and dismantled, as a result of which many passages collapsed. In recent years, active restoration work has been carried out.

Holy Dormition Monastery in Bakhchisarai

The monastery was founded in the VI century in the rock according to the research of scientists.

She went through a difficult period, being on the territory of the Crimean Khanate, and was subjected to persecution. For a long time it was in oblivion, revived in the XIX century.

Now the monastery is open to the public, parishioners can go on an excursion and draw water from the holy springs.

The Solovetsky Monastery is an independent monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church. It is located in the White Sea on the Solovetsky Islands. The foundation of the monastery falls on the 40s of the XV century, when the Monk Zosima and his friend chose the Big Solovetsky Island as a place of residence. He made such a choice not by chance - the reverend dreamed of a church of unprecedented beauty.

Recognizing his dream as a sign from above, Zosima set about building a wooden temple with a side chapel and a refectory. By erecting it, he honored the Transfiguration of the Lord. After a short period of time, Zosima and Herman built a church. With the advent of these two buildings, which later became the main ones, the arrangement of the monastery territory began. Subsequently, the archbishop of the Novgorod monastery issued a document confirming its eternal ownership of the Solovetsky Islands.

Svyato-Vvedenskaya Optina Pustyn is a stauropegial monastery, the ministers of which are male monks. Its creator was the robber Opta, or Optia, who at the end of the XIV century. repented of his deeds and accepted monasticism. As a clergyman, he was known under the name Macarius. In 1821, a skete was built at the monastery. The so-called hermits settled in it - these are people who have spent many years in complete solitude. The mentor of the monastery was an "elder". Over time, Optina Pustyn has become one of the leading spiritual centers. Thanks to numerous donations, its territory was replenished with new stone buildings, a mill and land. Today the monastery is considered a historical monument and has a different name - "Museum of the Optina Hermitage". In 1987, he entered the list of objects of the Russian Orthodox Church.

The Novodevichy Convent, built in the 16th century, was at that time located on Samson's Meadow. Now this area is called Maiden's Field. The cathedral church at the monastery was built in the likeness of the Assumption Cathedral - the "neighbor" of the Moscow Kremlin. The monastery walls and towers were built in the 16th-17th centuries. In general, the architecture of the monastery conveys the Moscow Baroque style. The monastery owes its fame to the Godunov family. Before being elected king, Boris Godunov lived here with his sister Irina. Irina Godunova took the tonsure with the name of Alexander and lived in separate chambers with a wooden tower. At the end of the XVI century. the territory of the monastery was replenished with stone walls and a dozen towers. By their appearance, they resembled the Kremlin buildings (there were square towers in the walls, and round ones in the corners). Their upper parts were trimmed with teeth. Today the Novodevichy Convent combines both a museum and a monastery.

Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery is located on the shore of Lake Siversky. It owes its appearance to the Monk Cyril, who founded it in 1397. Construction began with the arrangement of a cell-cave and the installation of a wooden cross above it. In the same year, the consecration of the first shrine took place - it was a wooden church rebuilt in the name of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos. By 1427 there were about 50 monks in the monastery. In the first half of the XVI century. a new life begins at the monastery - all Moscow nobles and tsars began to regularly gather in it on a pilgrimage. Due to their rich donations, the monks quickly built up the monastery with stone buildings. Its main attraction is the Assumption Cathedral. Appeared in 1497, it became the first stone building in the North. The monastery complex underwent various architectural changes until 1761.

The Valaam Monastery is a stauropegial institution of the Russian Orthodox Church, which occupied the islands of the Valaam archipelago (Karelia). The first mention of it is found in the chronicles of the XIV century. So, the "Legend of the Valaam Monastery" informs about the date of its foundation - this is 1407. After a couple of centuries, 600 souls of monks lived in the monastery, however, due to repeated invasions of the Swedish troops, the island began to fall into decay. After another 100 years, the territory of the monastery began to be filled with cell buildings and auxiliary premises. But the main buildings of the monastery courtyard were the Assumption Church and the Transfiguration Cathedral. Wishing to create New Jerusalem from their own monastery, the Valaam ascetics used the names of the period of the New Testament when arranging its plots. Over the years of its existence, the monastery has undergone many changes, and to this day it remains one of the attractive historical monuments of Russia.

The Alexander Nevsky Lavra was founded in 1710 at the junction of the Monastyrka River with the Neva. The decision to build it was made by Peter I himself, who wished to perpetuate the victory over the Swedes in 1240 and 1704 in this area. In the XIII century. Alexander Nevsky fought with hordes of Swedes, so he was later canonized for good deeds before the Fatherland. The monastery built in his honor was popularly called the Alexander Church, and the expansion of the territory of the Holy Trinity Alexander Nevsky Monastery, or Lavra, began with its construction. It is noteworthy that the monastic buildings were located "in peace", i.e. in the shape of the letter "P" and decorated with churches in the corners. The landscaping of the yard was a garden with a flower garden. September 12 is recognized as the main holiday of the Lavra - it was on this date in the distant 1724 that the holy relics of Alexander Nevsky were transferred.

Trinity Sergius Lavra

Trinity-Sergius Lavra was founded in the first half of the XIV century. Reverend Sergius of Radonezh, the son of an impoverished nobleman. According to the plan of the clergyman, the monastery courtyard was arranged in the form of a quadrangle, in the center of which the wooden Trinity Cathedral rose above the cells. A wooden fence served as a fence for the monastery. Above the gates was a small church dedicated to St. Dmitry Solunsky. Later, such an architectural plan was adopted by all other monasteries, which confirmed the opinion that Sergius was "the head and teacher of all monasteries in Russia." Over time, the Holy Spirit Church appeared near the Trinity Cathedral, the building of which combined a temple and a bell tower (“like under the bells”). Since 1744, the majestic monastery was renamed Lavra.

The Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery is a monastic monastery in Murom, founded by the Passion-Bearer Prince Gleb. Having received the city as an inheritance, he did not want to settle among the pagans, so he decided to equip the princely court upstream of the Oka. Having chosen a suitable place, Gleb Muromsky built his first temple on it - this is how he immortalized the name of the All-Merciful Savior. Later, he supplemented it with a monastic cloister (the premises were used to educate the Murom people). According to the chronicle, the “Monastery of the Savior on the Bor” appeared in 1096. Since then, many clergymen and miracle workers have visited its walls. Over time, the Spassky Cathedral appeared on the territory of the monastery - through its construction, Ivan the Terrible immortalized the date of the capture of Kazan. To arrange the premises of the new temple, the king allocated icons, church utensils and literature, clothes for ministers. The Church of the Intercession with chambers, a bakery, a mucoseine and a cookhouse was built in the second half of the 17th century.

Seraphim-Diveevsky Monastery is a convent founded in the 2nd half of the 18th century. The foundation of the Kazan Church was first laid at Mother Alexandra's own expense. Pakhomiy, a master famous for the construction of the Sarov Desert, was engaged in its consecration as the construction was completed. The church premises were equipped with 2 chapels - in the name of Archdeacon Stephen and St. Nicholas. Then the Trinity and Transfiguration Cathedrals appeared in Diveevo. The latter was built on solid donations, because reinforced concrete was used in its construction for the first time (previously such material was not used in the construction of shrines). But the main temple here is the Trinity Cathedral, in which the relics of Seraphim of Sarov are buried. Everyone who wants to receive grace-filled help and healing specially gathers at the shrine with the relics of the saint.

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Orthodox monasteries in Russia are not just a list of church buildings, they are a storehouse of shrines of architecture, Orthodox relics, each of which is carefully guarded as a historical monument, as a great heritage for posterity, as the most sacred thing that every Christian has. And what is characteristic, everyone is active, which means that faith lives and will live in the hearts of people forever.

Among the huge list of cloisters, a significant part is occupied by women. At one time, each of them was opened in order to shelter young girls and women in their cloisters to search for the meaning of life, get rid of suffering, provide assistance and support in difficult life situations. After all, as a rule, women who have experienced a lot of suffering in life or those for whom this path was a vocation from birth went to monasteries.

In temples of this type there is a single charter, canons and rules. And each novice, crossing the threshold of the monastery, putting on church clothes and taking tonsure, completely renounces everything worldly, devotes herself to serving God and entrusts herself to his reliable hands in order to become closer, to receive the main thing - salvation, peace and eternal grace.

It should also be noted that, despite the severity of this charter, women lead a fairly active lifestyle, devoting themselves to serving the monastery, namely:

• spend a lot of time in prayer;
• participate in worship;
• carry out all the work on the arrangement of the temple;
• gardening, cooking, sewing
• devote themselves to various types of creativity;
• provide charitable assistance to various organizations and individuals.

Quite often, such communities open hospitals, rehabilitation centers, boarding schools, as well as schools and orphanages. Novices work there (many have specialized education), helping the sick and suffering to improve their physical health and morale. Such activity is very necessary for those around and useful for the nuns themselves, for the former gain hope for salvation, while the latter devote themselves to the necessary work - they give their help and carry the words of the Lord to everyone who needs them.

Men's communities

Another rather important role in the Orthodox life of the country is played by the monasteries of Russia. In their way of life, they are similar to women's, but still have their own distinctive features, including:

• complete renunciation of earthly life and worldly comforts (after all, very often men come to the monastery who in the past had problems with the law or were addicted to alcohol and drugs);
• faithful service for the good of the Lord and the church (strict adherence to all disciplinary rules);
• participation in worship services on various topics;
• unquestioning performance of any type of activity related to everyday life;
• active engagement in carpentry, in particular, participation in the restoration of various types of church buildings.

In communities of this type, woodworking workshops are often created, which become famous all over the world, as they are called to help in the construction of various churches on the territory of Russia. And novices often have the recognition of many of the most famous masters around the world.

The common and most important feature of the life of every monastery, whether male or female, is the strict observance by its novices of a single charter and designated rules of life in a team, for this is precisely the right path to oneself and to the blessing of the Lord.

Monasteries of Russia, Orthodox, active, with miraculous icons

There are Orthodox monasteries in Russia that are still active today. But the main thing is that they contain miraculous icons that have been faithfully worshiped by Christians all over the world for centuries. These are the following shrines:

• The Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God, which is located in the church of St. Nicholas in Tolmachi;
• Tikhvin - in the temple of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God;
• the icon “Search for the Lost” - the temple of the Ascension of the Word;
• "Merciful" - Zachatievsky convent;
• Iberian Icon of the Mother of God - in the eponymous chapel;
• Ugreshskaya icon of St. Nicholas;
• “Satisfy my sorrows” - the temple of St. Nicholas, Blacksmiths.

All these icons are of great importance and are truly miraculous, because each of them helps to strengthen physical health and cope with moral problems, bestows long-awaited humility, faith and God's grace. Orthodox people from all over the world come to them every year in order to learn the word of the Great Teacher and find their true purpose in life.

Orthodox operating monasteries in Russia are not only the greatest monuments of architecture and the history of Christianity, known both in Russia and around the world, but also a great power over which time has no power, because it contains the main thing - unshakable faith in the Lord, which illuminates a righteous path to the true and real meaning of being - eternal life.

Active monasteries in Russia, list:

1. Adrianov Poshekhonsky Monastery, Yaroslavl region, Poshekhonsky district, village Andrianova Sloboda, date of foundation: 1540
2. Alexander-Afonskaya Zelenchukskaya male hermitage, Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Zelenchuksky district, pos. Nizhny Arkhyz, foundation date: 1889
3. Alexander Nevsky Convent, Moscow region, Taldom district, village Maklakovo, date of foundation: 1906
4. Alekseevskaya Hermitage of the Pereslavl Feodorovsky Monastery, Yaroslavl region, Pereslavl district, village Novoalekseevka, date of foundation: the end of the 19th century
5. Amvrosiev Nikolaevsky Dudin Monastery, Nizhny Novgorod region, Bogorodsky district, village Podyablonoye, foundation date: no later than the 2nd half. 14th century
6. Andreevskaya Hermitage of the Solovetsky Monastery, Arkhangelsk Region, Primorsky District, Solovetsky Islands, date of foundation: beg. 18th century
7. Artemiev-Verkolsky Monastery, Arkhangelsk region, Pinezhsky district, pos. New Way, founded: 1649
8. Annunciation convent, Astrakhan, north-west. corner of st. Soviet and st. Kalinina
9. Annunciation Iono-Yashezersky Monastery
10. (Yasheozerskaya desert) Republic of Karelia, Prionezhsky district, ur. Yashezersky monastery, date of foundation: end. 16th century
11. Annunciation Krasnoyarsk Convent, Krasnoyarsk, st. Lenina, 13-15, date of foundation: 1995
12. Annunciation Monastery in Dunilovo Ivanovo region, Shuisky district, with. Dunilovo, date of foundation: no later than the 1st half. 17th century
13. Bogolyubskaya men's kennel of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, Moscow region, Sergiev Posad, st. Novoogorodnaya, 40A, date of foundation: 1859
14. Bogoroditse-Milostivsky Kadom Convent, Ryazan region, Kadom district, Kadom, date of foundation: 1868
15. Epiphany Convent, Altai Territory, Kamen-on-Obi, st. Dekabristov, 19, date of foundation: 1997
16. Borisoglebskaya hermitage in Resurrection, Yaroslavl region, Pereslavl district, p. Housewarming, date of foundation: 1888
17. Brusensky convent, Moscow region, Kolomna, Sovetsky per., 3, date of foundation: no later than the 1st half. 16th century
18. Vazheozersky monastery (Zadne-Nikiforov desert), rep. Karelia, Olonetsky district, pos. Interposelok, date of foundation: ca. 1520
19. Valaam Monastery Republic of Karelia, Sortavalsky district, about. Balaam
20. Valdai Iversky Svyatoozersky Monastery, Novgorod region, Valdai district, Valdai, island, Iversky Monastery, date of foundation: 1653
21. Varlaamo-Khutynsky Spaso-Preobrazhensky convent, Novgorod region, Novgorodsky district, Khutyn village, foundation date: end. 12th century
22. Varsonofievsky Intercession-Selishchensky Convent, Republic of Mordovia, Zubovo-Polyansky district, with. Pokrovskiye Selishchi, founded: 1996
23. Vvedeno-Oyatsky Convent (Vvedensky Ostrovskiy Monastery), Leningrad Region, Lodeynopolsky District, village of Oyat, date of foundation: not later. early 15th century
24. Verkhne-Chusovskaya Kazanskaya Trifonova female hermitage, Perm Territory, Chusovskoy district, village Krasnaya Gorka, date of foundation: 1996
25. Vladimir Skete of the Valaam Monastery, Republic of Karelia, Sortavalsky district, about. Valaam, date of foundation: early 2000s
26. Vladychny convent, Moscow region, Serpukhov, st. October, 40, date of foundation: 1360
27. Vorontsovsky Annunciation Monastery, Tver region, Toropetsky district, Vorontsovo village, date of foundation: 1898
28. Resurrection Novodevichy Convent, St. Petersburg, Moskovsky pr., 100, date of foundation: 1740s
29. Resurrection skete of the Pavlo-Obnorsky monastery, Vologda region, Gryazovetsky district, village Yunosheskoye, date of foundation: 1867
30. All Saints Shuisky Edinoverie Convent, Ivanovo Region, Shuya, [corner of st. Soviet and st. 1st Metallistov], date of foundation: 1889
31. Vysokopetrovsky Monastery, Moscow, st. Petrovka, 28, date of foundation: XIV century.
32. Germogenova male hermitage, Moscow region, Sergiev Posad district, ur. Germogenova Pustyn (2 km from the village of Alferevo), founded: 1913
33. Gethsemane male skete of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, Moscow region, Sergiev Posad, st. Spring, date of foundation: 1843
34. Gledensky Trinity Monastery, Vologda region, Velikoustyugsky district, Morozovitsy village, foundation date: turn of the 12th - 13th centuries.
35. Golgotha-Crucifixion Skete, Arkhangelsk region, Primorsky district, Solovetsky Islands, about. Anzer, Golgotha-Crucifixion Skete, date of foundation: 1713
36. Tithes Nativity Convent, Veliky Novgorod, Tithes St., foundation date: no later than the 1st third of the 14th century.
37. Divnogorsky Assumption Monastery, Voronezh region, Liskinsky district, hut. Divnogorie, date of foundation: 1653
38. Dmitrievsky Dorogobuzh Convent, Smolensk region, Dorogobuzh district, Dorogobuzh, st. International, 16, date of foundation: 1998
39. Catherine's Convent, Tver, st. Kropotkina, 19/2, date of foundation: 1996
40. Elizabethan women's community, Tver region, Zubtsovsky district, ur. Elizavetino (1 km to the northwest from the village of Starye Gorki), date of foundation: beg. 20th century
41. Convent of All Saints, who shone in the Russian land, Trans-Baikal Territory, Chita district, pos. Atamanovka, date of foundation: 2001
42. Women's skete of the Icon of the Mother of God of Jerusalem, Kaluga region, Lyudinovsky district, ur. Maninskiy Khutor (3 km NE of the village of Kretovka), date of establishment: 1917
43. Zadonsky Bogoroditse-Tikhonovsky Tyuninsky convent, Lipetsk region, Zadonsky district, with. Tyunino, date of foundation: 1867
44. Zaikonospassky Monastery, Moscow, st. Nikolskaya, 7-9, date of foundation: end. XVI - early. 17th century
45. Zaonikievskaya Bogoroditse-Vladimirskaya male hermitage, Vologda region, Vologda district, village Luchnikovo, foundation date: 1588
46. Zolotnikovskaya Uspenskaya hermitage, Ivanovo region, Teikovsky district, with. Zolotnikovskaya Hermitage, date of foundation: 1624
47. Ivanovsky Vladimir Monastery, Ivanovo, st. Lezhnevskaya, 120, date of foundation: 1916
48. Iversky Vyksa convent, Nizhny Novgorod region, Vyksa, st. Krasnoflotskaya, 58, date of foundation: 1887
49. Icons of the Mother of God Joy or Consolation women's community, Moscow region, Domodedovo district, p. Dobrynikh, date of foundation: 1898
50. Innokentievsky male monastery, Irkutsk, st. Academician Obraztsova, 1, date of foundation: 1872
51. John the Theologian Monastery, Ryazan region, Rybnovsky district, with. Poshchupovo, date of foundation: 1st third of the 13th century.
52. Ioanno-Kronstadt Convent, Altai Territory, Pervomaisky District, p. Kislukha, date of foundation: 1996
53. John the Baptist convent, Moscow region, Ramensky district, with. Denezhnikovo, date of foundation: 2000
54. John the Baptist Monastery, Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan, st. Baumana, 2, date of foundation: 1564-1568
55. Kinovia of the Trinity Alexander Nevsky Lavra, St. Petersburg, Oktyabrskaya Embankment, 16-20, date of foundation: 1820
56. Krasnogorsk Bogoroditsky Monastery, Arkhangelsk region, Pinezhsky district, Krasnaya Gorka settlement, date of foundation: 1606
57. Krasnoselsky John the Baptist Monastery, Perm Territory, Solikamsk, st. Privokzalnaya, 35, date of foundation: 1890
58. Krasnokholmsky Nikolaevsky Anthony Monastery, Tver region, Krasnokholmsky district, village Sloboda, date of foundation: 1461
59. Krasnoyarsk Znamensky Skete, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Divnogorsk, st. Quay, foundation date: 1888
60. Exaltation of the Cross Monastery, Nizhny Novgorod, Oksky congress, 2a, date of foundation: XIV century.
61. Exaltation of the Cross Skete, Perm Territory, Nytvensky district, with. Govyrino,
62. founding date: ca. 2000
63. Mikhailo-Arkhangelsk Ust-Vymsky Monastery, Komi Republic, Ust-Vymsky district, with. Ust-Vym, st. Zarucheynaya, 36, date of foundation: con. 14th century
64. Mikhailo-Afonsky Monastery (Mikhaylo-Afonskaya Trans-Kuban Hermitage), Rep. Adygea, Maikop district, pos. Victory, date of foundation: 1877
65. Monastery "Work and Prayer" Tver region, Rameshkovsky district, Volkovo village, date of foundation: 1910s
66. Monastery of Gabriel the Archangel in Blagoveshchensk, Amur Region, Blagoveshchensk, st. Gorky, 133, date of foundation: 2003
67. Monastery of Elisaveta Feodorovna Martyr, Kaliningrad, st. Poletsky, 8, date of foundation: 1996
68. Monastery of the Icon of the Mother of God of the All-Tsaritsa, Krasnodar, st. Dimitrova, 148, date of foundation: 2005
69. Monastic women's community of the Icon of the Mother of God Az am with you and no one else is with you, Kaluga region, Meshchovsky district, with. Serebryano, date of foundation: 2006
70. Nikitsky Monastery, Yaroslavl region, Pereslavl district, p. Nikitskaya Sloboda, st. Zaprudnaya, 20, date of foundation: XII century.
71. Nikolo-Modensky Monastery, Vologda region, Ustyuzhensky district, with. Fashionable, date of foundation: first third of the 16th century.
72. Nikolo-Stolpenskaya Hermitage (Nikolo-Stolbenskaya Hermitage), Tver region, Vyshnevolotsky district, with. White Omut
73. Nikolo-Chernoostrovsky Monastery, Kaluga region, Maloyaroslavets, st. Kutuzova, 2, date of foundation: con. 16th century
74. Nikolo-Shartomsky Monastery in Vvedenye, Ivanovo region, Shuisky district, with. Introduction
75. Nikolsky Tikhonov Monastery, Ivanovo region, Lukhsky district, with. Timiryazevo, date of foundation: 1498
76. Nilo-Sorskaya hermitage, Vologda region, Kirillovsky district, metro station Pustyn, date of foundation: 1480s
77. Novodevichy convent, Moscow, Novodevichy pr., 1
78. Olgin Monastery in the Volgoverkhovye, Tver region, Ostashkovsky district, with. Volgoverkhovye, date of foundation: 1649
79. Parfyonovsky Bogoroditsky Monastery in Parfyonovo, Vologda region, Cherepovets district, village of Parfyonovo, date of foundation: 1904
80. Peryn Skete, Novgorod, date of foundation: no later than the beginning. 13th century
81. Pskov Monastery of St. John the Baptist (Ivanovsky Monastery from Zavelichye), Pskov, date of foundation: about 1240
82. Hermitage Paraclita, Moscow region, Sergiev Posad district, pos. Smena, date of foundation: 1858
83. Holy Ascension Skete of the Solovetsky Monastery, on Sekirnaya Hill, Arkhangelsk Region, Primorsky District, Solovetsky Islands, foundation date: mid. 19th century
84. Holy Spirit Alatyrskaya Hermitage, Chuvash Republic, Alatyr, microdistrict Arrow, ur. Oak grove, foundation date: beg. 17th century
85. Holy Trinity Alexander Nevsky Lavra, St. Petersburg, emb. Monastyrki River, 1; sq. Alexander Nevsky, date of foundation: early. 18th century
86. Skete of St. Andrew the First-Called on Agafonov Meadow, Leningrad region, Vsevolozhsk district, Koltushskaya vol., near the village of Korkino, Genetika massif on Agafonov Meadow, foundation date: 1998
87. Skete of All Saints of the Joseph-Volokolamsky Monastery, Moscow Region, Volokolamsky District, p. Teryaevo, date of foundation: 1855
88. Skete of Tryphon Vyatsky in Pyskora (Pyskorsky Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Savior), Perm Territory, Usolsky district, p. Pyskor, date of foundation: 1570
89. Solotchinsky monastery, Ryazan region, Ryazan district, pos. Solotcha
90. Sofronieva Pustyn, Nizhny Novgorod region, Arzamsky district, Sofronieva Pustyn
91. Spaso-Stone Monastery Vologda region, Ust-Kubinsky district, about. Kamenny, foundation date: ser. 13th century
92. Spaso-Kukotsky monastery, Ivanovo region, Gavrilovo-Posad district, with. Serbilovo, date of foundation: last third of the 17th century.
93. Spaso-Preobrazhensky Mirozhsky Monastery, Pskov, Mirozhskaya Embankment, 2, foundation date: ser. 12th century
94. Spaso-Preobrazhensky Solovetsky Monastery, Arkhangelsk region, Primorsky district, Solovetsky Islands, foundation date: first third of the 15th century.
95. Spaso-Preobrazhensky Ust-Medvedetsky Monastery, Volgograd region, Serafimovich, foundation date: 1652
96. Trinity-Odigitrievsky Zossimova female hermitage (Trinity-Odigitrievsky Zosimov convent; Zosimova hermitage), Moscow region, Naro-Fominsk district, pos. Zosimova Pustyn, date of foundation: 1856
97. Trinity-Sergius Lavra, Moscow region, Sergiev Posad, Trinity-Sergius Lavra, foundation date: 1340s
98. Trinity Antoniev Siysky Monastery, Arkhangelsk region, Kholmogorsky district, with. Monastery, date of foundation: 1520
99. Uspenskaya Rdeiskaya hermitage, Novgorod region, Kholmsky district, ur. Rdeyskaya Pustyn, date of foundation: no later than the beginning. 17th century
100. Assumption Pskov-Caves Monastery, Pskov region, Pechora district, Pechory, st. International, 5, date of foundation: 1473
101. Ferapontov-Belozersky Mother of God-Nativity Monastery, Vologda region, Kirillovsky district, with. Ferapontovo
102. Florishcheva male hermitage (Assumption monastery), Nizhny Novgorod region, Volodarsky district, pos. Frolishchi, date of foundation: ser. 17th century
103. Nativity of the Iberian Convent, Kirov region, Vyatskiye Polyany, st. Lenina, 212A, date of foundation: 1996
104. Shestakovskaya Resurrection community, Yaroslavl region, Nekouzsky district, with. Sheldomez, date of foundation: 1887
105. Yugskaya Dorofeev desert, Yaroslavl region, ur. Yugskaya Hermitage (the flood zone of the Rybinsk Reservoir), date of foundation: 1620s
106. Yuriev Monastery, Veliky Novgorod, p. Yuryevo, date of foundation: XI century.
107. Yaransky Prophetic Monastery.

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10 oldest monasteries in Russia

Despite the fact that in the 20th century, after the revolution, atheism reigned in our country, even in this difficult time there were people who never renounced their faith. Thousands of monasteries and churches were destroyed, but some of them survived. And now millions of pilgrims come to these holy, prayerful places to feel the grace and be healed from serious illnesses.

10. Mother of God-Christmas Monastery

It is located in Vladimir. The monastery was founded in 1191, by order of Grand Duke Vsevolod Yurievich. During the reign of Alexander Nevsky and more than 100 years after his death, it was one of the most influential monasteries in Russia.

It was here that Alexander Nevsky was buried in 1263, and his relics were kept in this monastery until they were transported to St. Petersburg.

After 1917, the VChK was located in this building, and in 1930 it was decided to demolish the monastery. In the same year, the cathedral and the bell tower were destroyed, and detention centers were built on this territory. They kept representatives of the clergy, some of whom were sentenced to death.

All temple buildings were destroyed, with the exception of the Church of the Nativity. Since 1993, the revival of the monastery began: the surviving temple was reconstructed, and the cathedral began to be built. Now it is a functioning monastery, which has its own shrines.

9. Pskov-Caves Monastery

This is one of the largest monasteries in Russia. He was in Estonia. Because of what he was able to resist in the difficult post-revolutionary period and never closed. But his parishioners were still discriminated against. The year of its foundation is considered to be 1473, when the cave church of the Assumption of the Mother of God was consecrated. The famous archimandrite John (Krestyankin) once labored here.

It was about staying within the walls of this monastery that the book “Unholy Saints” was written by Bishop Tikhon (Shevkunov), which became one of the most read among believers.

8. Annunciation Monastery

Off the banks of the Oka, in Nizhny Novgorod, this monastery has been standing since 1221. He had an unfortunate fate. In 1229, Prince Purgas ravaged it, killing all the monks. Only after 100 years it was possible to revive it, but in 1369 the monastery suffered from a snow fall. Again, many buildings collapsed, people died.

Metropolitan Alexy was able to revive him. He went to the Golden Horde and promised that if his visit ended well, he would rebuild it. The metropolitan cured the khan's wife, and he refused to raid. In 1370 he was able to fulfill his vow. Before the revolution, a list of the Korsun Icon of the Mother of God was kept here, which could survive 3 fires. But then the monastery was closed, the list disappeared. After that, the planetarium was located here. In the 90s began its revival.

7. Spaso-Preobrazhensky Solovetsky Monastery

It is located on the Solovetsky Islands, located in the White Sea. Starting from the 16th century, it served as a prison, which was visited by more than 500 people. After 1883, when the prison was closed, some representatives of the church who were guilty of something were still exiled to the monastery.

In 1920, the monastery was liquidated, the Solovetsky prison appeared there, where the intelligentsia, officers of the White Army and the clergy were imprisoned. In 1967, a museum-reserve appeared here, and in 2007 it was taken out of the territory of the monastery.

6. Rizopolozhensky Convent

This monastery, founded in 1207, stands in Suzdal. He became famous thanks to Saint Euphrosyne. In the world, she was Princess Theodulia of Chernigov, who took tonsure in this monastery, and then became its abbess. She performed many miracles during her lifetime, as well as 2 posthumous miracles, about which monk Gregory wrote.

In 1923, the monastery was closed, its bells were sent for melting down, and the guards of the political isolator settled in the buildings. Only in 1999 it was returned to the church and it was revived.

5. Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery

Its other name is Kirillov Monastery. It is located near Siversky Lake in Kirillov. The heyday of the monastery fell on the 15th-17th centuries, when it was the largest and richest in Russia. His charter was particularly strict. It was one of the Russian book centers.

It is believed that here the royal couple begged for an heir, who later became Ivan the Terrible. After the revolution, the monastery was destroyed, its abbot was shot. They took everything out, and also took away the monastery library. It could have been destroyed and demolished if a museum-reserve had not been opened here in 1924. Until now, believers are trying to revive the monastic life within its walls.

4. Vvedenskaya Optina Pustyn

This one of the oldest monasteries is located near the town of Kozelsk. According to legend, it was founded by a repentant robber named Opta.

In 1821, a skete appeared here, hermits settled in it. People from all over Russia were drawn to them, trying to get answers to their questions and healing. After the death of his son F.M. Dostoevsky stayed in the skete for 3 days.

The monastery became famous for the Optina Elders, who became the comforters of the people. After the revolution, Optina Pustyn was closed; a rest home, a concentration camp, and a hospital were located here. In 1987 it was returned to the church.

3. St. Yuriev Monastery

Yuryev Monastery is located near the Volkhov River, on the outskirts of Veliky Novgorod. It was founded in 1030, once it was considered the spiritual center of the entire Novgorod land. After the October Revolution, all the valuables were taken out of the monastery, and after 1932, it housed a home for invalids. Later, people lived here, a post office and other institutions were located. Only in the 1990s began its revival.

2. Valaam Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery

It is located on the island of Lake Ladoga, surrounded by water on all sides. It is considered one of the most beautiful monasteries. It is called Northern Athos. It was attacked and ravaged more than once, but the monks never took up arms and did not defend themselves, preferring to die.

The monastery flourished in the 19th century. After the revolution, he remained in Finland, thanks to which he was able to resist, but was discriminated against by the Finnish authorities. Until 1940, Valaam belonged to Finland, but then again went to Russia after the Russian-Finnish war. Now pilgrims flock to it, who are attracted not only by the history of the monastery, but also by the most beautiful landscapes.

1. Murom Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery

It is located on the banks of the Oka, in Murom. He was patronized by Ivan the Terrible, on his orders the main cathedral was built, and extensive estates were presented to him. After the revolution, its abbot was accused of participating in the uprising and the monastery was closed. It worked as a temple, and in the 1920s it was given to the museum, and later to the NKVD. The monastery began to be revived in the 1990s.

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The Murom Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery (“Spassky on Bor”) is a monastery located in the city of Murom, on the left bank of the Oka River. The oldest monastic monastery in Russia was founded by Prince Gleb (the first Russian saint, the son of the Baptist of Russia, the great Kievan prince Vladimir). Having received the city of Murom as his inheritance, the holy prince founded the princely court higher up the Oka, on a steep bank overgrown with forests. Here he built a temple in the name of the All-Merciful Savior, and then a monastic monastery.

The monastery is mentioned by chronicle sources before all other monasteries on the territory of Russia and appears in the "Tale of Bygone Years" under 1096 in connection with the death of Prince Izyaslav Vladimirovich under the walls of Murom.

Many saints lived within the walls of the monastery: St. Basil, Bishop of Ryazan and Murom, Holy Princes Peter and Fevronia, Miracle Workers of Murom, St. Seraphim of Sarov visited his companion, the holy elder of the Spassky monastery, Anthony Groshovnik.

One page of the history of the monastery is connected with Tsar Ivan the Terrible. In 1552 Grozny went to Kazan. One of the paths of his rati lay through Murom. In Murom, the tsar arranged a review of his army: from the high left bank, he watched how the warriors crossed to the right bank of the Oka. There Ivan the Terrible made a vow: if he takes Kazan, he will erect a stone temple in Murom. And he kept his word. By his decree, in 1555, the Spassky Cathedral of the monastery was erected in the city. The emperor donated church utensils, vestments, icons and books to the new temple. In the second half of the 17th century, the second warm stone Church of the Intercession was built in the monastery.

The reign of Catherine the Great did not have the best effect on the life of the monastery - she issued a Decree, according to which the monasteries were deprived of property and land plots. But Spaso-Preobrazhensky survived. In 1878, from the Holy Mount Athos, the rector Archimandrite Anthony brought to the monastery the icon of the Mother of God "Quick Hearer". Since then, it has become the main Shrine of the monastery.

After the revolution of 1917, the reason for the closure of the Transfiguration Monastery was the accusation of its rector, Bishop Mitrofan (Zagorsky) of Murom, of complicity in the uprising that took place in Murom on July 8-9, 1918. Since January 1929, the Spassky Monastery was occupied by the military and partly by the NKVD department, at the same time the destruction of the monastery necropolis began, and civilians were denied access to its territory.

In the spring of 1995, military unit No. 22165 left the premises of the Spassky Monastery. Hieromonk Kirill (Epifanov) was appointed viceroy of the reviving monastery, who was met with complete devastation in the ancient monastery. In 2000-2009 the monastery was overhauled with the support of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation.