Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Glinskaya Pustyn ( Ukrainian: Rizdva Bogoroditsі Glinskaya Pustin ) is a stauropegial monastery of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate , located in the village of Sosnovka, Glukhovsky district, Sumy region , several kilometers from the Russian - Ukrainian border .
| Monastery | |
| Glinsky Desert | |
|---|---|
 Gate Church in Honor of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God | |
| A country |  Ukraine |
| Location | Sosnovka village, Glukhovsky district , Sumy region |
| Diocese | stavropegial monastery of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate |
| Type of | male |
| Established | 1557 |
| Relics and Shrines | The Icon of the Savior of the Holy Cross, a list of the Glinsky icon of the Mother of God and the relics of the venerable elders of Glins. |
| Abbot | Anthony (Kripak) , Bishop of Putivl, Vicar of the Kiev Metropolitanate |
| Site | glynskaya-pustyn.church.ua |
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History
According to legend, the Glinskaya desert is based on the site of the appearance in the beginning of the 16th century to local beekeepers on a pine of the miraculous Glinskaya icon of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary .
At the end of 1689, at the request of the monks of the Molchensky Pechersky Putivl Monastery, the patriarch Joachim assigned the Glinsky Desert to their monastery [1] , which was once again confirmed by the corresponding decree of Tsars Peter Alekseevich and John Alekseevich of 1693 .
In 1703, Peter I granted the Krupetskaya volost (the Glinsky desert also belonged to it) to hetman Mazepa , who in the same year transferred the volost to the jurisdiction of the Kiev diocese ; not being formally separated from the Molchensky Pechersky Putivl Monastery, the Glinsky Desert in reality regains independence. In 1708 , after the betrayal of Hetman Mazepa, the Krupetskaya volost was granted by Peter I to A. D. Menshikov , who becomes a generous benefactor of the Glinsky desert. In 1715, at the request of the monks of the monastery, and with the permission of Menshikov, the deserts again came under the jurisdiction of the Kiev diocese.
After the disgrace of A.D. Menshikov ( 1727 ), the Glinskaya Desert was again officially transferred to the authority of the Molchensky Pechersky Putivl Monastery (decree of Tsarina Anna Ioannovna from 1731 ). The final separation from the Putivl Monastery followed in 1764 , when the Glinsky Desert was declared an independent state-owned monastery.
XIX century - the heyday of the Glinsky desert, which is famous for its elders.
The monastery was closed in 1922 . The miraculous Glinsky icon was taken to the village of Shalygino , after which it disappeared without a trace (now only lists are known). On the territory of the former monastery there were alternately a children's town, an agricultural artel, a collective farm, and an industrial complex.
During the Great Patriotic War, deserts, located on the territory captured by the Germans, were reopened in 1942 .
The communist government again closed the monastery, on July 12, 1961, the monks were evicted from the monastery, the buildings and all the property of the former monastery were transferred to the Sosnovsky house of invalids.
In August 1994, the Glinsky Desert was rediscovered.
Monastery today
Today, the monastery rises from the ruins and strengthens its spiritual life. The gate church is being rebuilt, the St. Nicholas Church built after the opening of the monastery is expanding, new buildings are being built. Monks live by the ordination of Mount Athos (as it was before the monastery was closed). Early rise, long worship and obedience. On the territory of the monastery there are also factories - dairy, candle-making - and an icon-painting workshop.
Rectors
- Rev. Father Superior Filaret (Danilevsky) († 1841)
- Scheme Archimandrite Ioannikius (Gomolko) (1888 - March 12, 1912)
- Viceroy of the monastery of Luke (Kovalenko) , archimandrite, then bishop
- Viceroy of the monastery Anthony (Kripak) , from December 23, 2010 archimandrite, from May 13, 2012 bishop.
20th Century, Glin Saints' Glorification
After the collapse of the USSR and Ukraine gained independence, in August 1994 the Glinsky Desert was rediscovered, and its reverend elders, as well as the clergyman Seraphim (Mazhuga) , who began his monastic journey in this monastery, were numbered [2] .
On May 8, 2008, the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate decided to canonize 13 ascetics of the Glinsky Desert. On March 25, 2009, the Holy Synod of UOC blessed adding three more names to the Glinsky Saints Cathedral [3] [4] .
Gallery
Near monastery in honor of the God-Father Joachim and Anna (1997-1998) | Gate Temple in the name of icons of the Iberian Mother of God | Monks of the Glinsky Desert (1958 photo) |
Notes
- ↑ Glinskaya-Christmas-Theotokos Deserts // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- ↑ "The grace of the prayer that the Glinsky elders carried was transmitted to those around them." Conversation with Archpriest Alexander Chesnokov
- ↑ Glinsky Saints Cathedral
- ↑ Cathedral of the Reverend Fathers of Glinsky // Encyclopedia "Tree".
Links
- Glinskaya Desert Monastery (inaccessible link) on the site of the Glukhovskiy district state administration
- Glinsky Desert , Official site of the Stavropoginal Monastery Glinsky Deserts.
- Glinskaya in honor of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary male deserts // Orthodox Encyclopedia
- Glinskaya desert. Sketch a lie. status of the cloister. With a view of the monastery and portr. will notice. clay. ascetics. In 2 hours - Kursk: Diocese. typ., 1912.
Literature
- Alexander Chesnokov, Zinovy Chesnokov. Feat of holy life: The holy elders of the Glinsky desert. XX century. - 1st edition. - Moscow: Publishing House of the Sretensky Monastery, 2013 .-- 288 p. - ISBN 978-5-7533-0754-5 .