Holy Mother of God Monastery of Kazan is a man’s monastery in the Samara diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church , operating in the village of Vinnovka, Stavropol District, Samara Region. It was created in 2003 as a courtyard of the Samara Holy Resurrection Monastery , and in 2006 it was transformed into an independent monastery.
| Monastery | |
| Holy Mother of God Kazan Monastery | |
|---|---|
 view of the monastery | |
| A country |  Russia |
| Village | Winnivka |
| Diocese | Samara |
| Type of | male |
| Established | December 26, 2006 |
| Abbot | Father Superior Aristarchus (Bezlapov) |
| Website | xn - 90asgav.xn - p1ai |
Content
- 1 History
- 2 Properties
- 2.1 Temples
- 3 Brotherhood
- 4 notes
- 5 Literature
- 6 References
History
In 2003, the restoration of the Vinnovsky Church in the name of the Icon of the Mother of God of Kazan began by the brotherhood of the Samara Holy Resurrection Monastery . On October 5, 2003, the first liturgy was celebrated in the church, at the same time a decision was made to create the Voskresensky Monastery on the base of the church [1] .
On May 7, 2006, a monastery hotel was founded [1] , and on December 26, 2006, the courtyard was transformed into an independent monastery [2] .
The architect of the monastery complex construction was the famous Samara architect Yuri Ivanovich Kharitonov. Two new temples were built, fraternal buildings, a strange house, a 47-meter bell tower in the form of a lighthouse. The coastal strip was strengthened, a pier was equipped, which can serve 4 deck ships [1] .
The monastery has a library and a museum of the history of Vinnivka and the monastery [1] . Also, young sterlet are bred in the monastery for release to the Volga by enterprises as compensation for harm for the use of water resources [3] .
Holdings
Temples
The first temple in Vinnivka appeared in the 1770s, it was consecrated in the name of the icon of the Kazan Mother of God . In 1839, it was destroyed by fire [4] . In the early 1840s, the construction of a new stone temple begins. The initiator and sponsor of the construction was Anna Alekseevna Orlova-Chesmenskaya , but in 1843 she sold her estate on Samarskaya Luka , and the temple was being built with public money. Consecration took place in 1851 [1] .
The temple is a quadruple with a semicircular apse , refectory and a bell tower . The temple was very beautiful, made of red brick on a white stone base, with the same cornice slabs. Entrance portals were made of curly brick masonry; pattern brick was used in the design of the platbands. Outside, the temple was plastered and painted [1] .
The temple was closed by a resolution of the Samara district executive committee. The bells were removed and destroyed, the temple itself was planned to be blown up, but this idea was abandoned. It was used as a granary , a dining room , and later a stable [1] .
Two new temples were built in the created monastery. One was consecrated in honor of Sergius of Radonezh , the second - in honor of the Holy Trinity . In the ceremony of consecrating the Trinity Church on June 2, 2014, in addition to Metropolitan Sergius of Samara and Syzran, Metropolitan of Petr and Herronis of Cretan Archdiocese of the Patriarchate of Constantinople Nektarios took part [5] .
Brotherhood
The monastery is a bishop’s monastery, and its rector ( archimandrite ) is the Archbishop of Samara and Syzran, Sergius [6] . Hieromonk Aristarchus (Bezlapov) is the viceroy of the monastery from its foundation [2] .
The brotherhood of the monastery consists of 9 people, 5 novices and workers [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Icons of the Mother of God "Kazan" Monastery . Virtual pilgrim. A guide to the holy places of the Samara province. Date accessed August 23, 2015.
- ↑ 1 2 Journals of the meeting of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church of December 26, 2006 . Moscow Patriarchate (December 26, 2006). Date accessed August 23, 2015.
- ↑ From the walls of the monastery - into free swimming . Russia 1. Samara (06/24/2015). Date accessed August 26, 2015.
- ↑ Holy Mother of God Monastery of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God. Samara region, the village of Vinnivka . Radio "Vera" (February 26, 2015). Date accessed August 23, 2015.
- ↑ The hierarch of the Orthodox Church of Constantinople visited the Samara Metropolis . Moscow Patriarchate (June 18, 2014). Date of treatment August 30, 2015.
- ↑ The Holy Synod approved a number of ruling bishops as rectors of especially significant monasteries . Moscow Patriarchate. Date accessed August 23, 2015.
Literature
- Solonitsyn A.A. Lighthouse over the Volga . - Samara , 2010 .-- 54 p. - 500 copies.
Links
- Holy Mother of God Kazan Monastery in with. Vinnivka, Samara region . The way of the pilgrim . Soyuz TV Channel (August 8, 2014). Date of treatment August 30, 2015.
- Holy Mother of God Monastery of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in s. Winnivka . The way of the pilgrim . TV channel "Union" (May 14, 2014). Date of treatment August 30, 2015.