St. Nicholas Chernoostrovsky Monastery - Orthodox monastery in the city of Maloyaroslavets, Kaluga region .
| Monastery | |
| St. Nicholas Chernoostrovsky Monastery | |
|---|---|
| St. Nicholas Chernoostrovsky Monastery | |
 St. Nicholas Cathedral | |
| A country |  Russia |
| City | Maloyaroslavets |
| Denomination | Orthodoxy |
| Diocese | Kaluzhskaya |
| Type of | Female |
| Founding date | XIV century (?) |
| The abbot | Abbess Nicholas (Ilyin) |
| Status |  No. 4010127000 No. 4010127000 |
| condition | Active monastery |
| Site | stnikolamon.ru |
About the time of the foundation of the monastery there are two versions. According to one of them, the monastery was founded in the XIV century by the princes Obolensky ; according to another, they only built the original building of St. Nicholas Church, and a monastery attached to the temple was built in the 16th century .
The monastery is located on the high bank of the river Puddle (a tributary of the Protva ), on the top of the so-called Osobnaya Gora, otherwise called the Black Ostrog. Hence the name of the monastery ( Chernoostrozhsky eventually transformed into Chernoostrovsky ).
In the Time of Troubles, the monastery was ravaged by the Lithuanians and restored only in 1659 . In 1775, the monastery was abolished due to poverty.
At the beginning of the 19th century, the Maloyaroslavsky merchant Tselibeyev filed a petition for the restoration of the monastery, promising financial assistance. During the 1810s, he invested a lot of money in the restoration of the monastery. In 1810, the refectory chamber and the superior building were built (now one of the buildings of cells).
The monastery suffered greatly in 1812 during the battle for Maloyaroslavets . By personal order of Emperor Alexander I, traces of French shrapnel were left over the monastery gates. These traces of bullets and shells of that time are still preserved. It is interesting that the face of Christ written in 1812 over the gates of the monastery was not damaged, although it was surrounded on all sides by potholes. In 2009, a new icon of the Savior “The Savior was Not Made By Hand” was installed above the gate.
In 1813, at the order of Alexander I, a new restoration of the Chernoostrovsky Monastery began - now as a monument to the events of 1812 . In 1813 the building of the brotherly cells was built, in 1814 - the Korsun church, in 1821 - the Holy Gates with a bell tower. During 1813-1839s , the monumental Nikolsky Cathedral (architect - Vitberg) was consecrated and in 1843 consecrated.
In 1918 the monastery was closed .. From December 26 to January 8, the local Emergency Commission conducted several searches here, as a result of which all property of the monastery was confiscated. The abbot of the monastery, Archimandrite Elijah, was placed under house arrest and in March 1919 evicted from the monastery. Until 1926 only Nikolsky Cathedral remained in force. In the 1920s, it was located pedagogical college, and in the building of the cathedral - a museum. After 1950, the buildings of the former monastery were turned into apartments.
In 1991, the buildings of the Nikolaev Chernoostrovsky Monastery were transferred to the Kaluga diocese . Now it is a functioning monastery.
In 1992, the Maloyaroslavets City Art Gallery named after E. A. Chernyavskaya (Lenin Square, 12) was opened in the former country house of the Chernoostrovsky Monastery (Lenin Square, 12), where paintings by Maloyaroslavl artists were displayed.
In 2005 , Chernoostrovsky monastery carries out the restoration of ceilings and interior decoration of St. Nicholas Church.
In 2006, the bell tower was restored (recreated) (architects Andrei Anisimov and Vladimir Sharapov).
In 2007, a white stone carved iconostasis was installed (architect Andrei Anisimov and Olga Ermakova, artist Alexander Brusov).
In 2009, they restored the main gate of the monastery and installed a white-stone water-hallowed chapel (a gift from architect Andrei Anisimov to the orphanage “Joy”), by Andrei Anisimov and Natalia Blednova, artists Alexander Brouss and Anna Verdi from the Restoration Partnership. Restoration work carried out in the monastery from 2005 to 2009, also performed by experts from the "Association of Restorers" under the leadership of Andrei Anisimov.
Currently, the monastery has opened an orphanage 'Joy' in which girls from dysfunctional families and children of monastic sisters are brought up. Pupils of the orphanage study at an Orthodox gymnasium and at a branch of the Russian State Social University established at the monastery. See the site of the monastery http://stnikolamon.ru
Architectural and planning image of the monastic ensemble
The present appearance of the monastery was formed by the middle of the XIX century. Includes 3 churches: St. Nicholas Cathedral, built in memory of the victory of Russian troops in the war with Napoleon , with the temple in honor of All Saints and the temple in honor of the Korsun Icon of the Mother of God . The cathedral began to be built by Archimandrite Makarii (Fomin) in 1812. The cathedral was built for more than 30 years and was built in 1843 at the head of St. Anthony of Optina . On August 26, 1843, its main chapel was consecrated. The height of the cathedral is 47 meters. The dome rests on four columns of the Corinthian order , the middle of the temple forms a large rotunda .
In the choir of the cathedral there is a chapel in honor of the Transfiguration of the Lord.
The porch adjoins the cathedral, there is a staircase from it to the lower platform of the monastery and the entrance to the Church of All Saints.
The Church of All Saints was a monastery shrine.
The monastery also has a temple in honor of the Korsun Icon of the Mother of God. Double decker. In the choirs there is a chapel in honor of St. Anthony and Theodosius of Pechersk.
In addition to the temples in the monastery complex there are: a three-tiered bell tower over the Holy Gates, hospital cells, 3 two-storeyed monastic buildings, a hostel and a stone wall with towers.
Previously, outside the territory of the monastery there were 2 stone houses, a cattle and equestrian courtyards, a cloth factory, a brick factory, a bakery and ponds.
Cultural Influence
The chorus of the Otrada Shelter at the St.Nicholas Black-East Island Monastery is widely known in European countries, where, on the initiative of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, goes to performances. See the site of the monastery.
Links
- The history of the monastery on the site of Maloyaroslavetsky deanery
- Maloyaroslavets. Nicholas Chernoostrovsky monastery
- Monasteries of the Kaluga diocese
- Priors of the Chernoostrovsky Monastery
- Location of Maloyaroslavets Chernoostrovsky Nicholas Monastery
- History of the Chernoostrovsky monastery foundation
- The history of the Chernoostrovsky monastery from the first written information at the beginning of the 17th century to its abolition in 1775.
- History of the Chernoostrovsky Monastery from the restoration in 1800 to 1862
- Churches and other buildings of Chernoostrovsky Nikolaevsky Monastery
- Possessions of the Chernoostrovsky Monastery from the beginnings until 1863
- Philanthropists and means of the Chernoostrovsky monastery
- The official website of St. Nicholas Chernoostrovsky nunnery