Inyi ( French Igny ), also known as Val d'Igni ( French Val d'Igny ) or Notre Dame d'Igni ( French Notre-Dame d'Igny ) - the former male Cistercian , and now female Trappist abbey in northeastern France . Located 3 km south of the village of Arcy-le-Ponsard ( department of Marne ) and 25 kilometers south-west of Reims . Founded in 1128 , liquidated during the revolution in 1792 . Monastic life was revived since 1875 , since 1929 - the female abbey of the Order of Trappists. The historical buildings of the monastery were almost completely destroyed by the German army during the First World War , in the 20s of the XX century the monastery was rebuilt.
| Monastery | |
| Iny | |
|---|---|
| Igny | |
 Modern look | |
| A country |  France |
| The Department | Marna |
| Denomination | Catholicism |
| Diocese | |
| Order affiliation | Cistercians , Trappists |
| Established | 1128 year |
| Status | Active monastery |
| Website | abbaye-igny.fr |
Content
- 1 History
- 2 Current status
- 3 notes
- 4 References
History
In 1126, the abbot of the Cistercian monastery of Clairvaux, St. Bernard of Clairvaux , mediated the settlement of disputes in Champagne around the figure of the Reims Archbishop Reno de Martigny. In gratitude, the archbishop allocated land for the founding of a new Cistercian abbey in Champagne. The charter of the monastery, named Val d'Igni or simply Inyi, was written in 1126, but the first monks from the Abbey of Clairvaux, which became Inna's mother abbey, arrived in Inyi in 1128 [1] .
Humbert became the first abbot of Inya, who had previously been prior to St. Bernard in Clervaux. After his death, the abbey was led by Gerrick of Iny ( en: Guerric of Igny ). In 1130, the first church was consecrated. The monastery quickly grew and became rich, already in the XII century, he began to found subsidiary abbeys, the number of monks reached 300 people [1] .
In the XIV century, the construction of the main buildings of the monastery, including the large monastery church, was completed. Since the Hundred Years War the gradual decline of the abbey began.
In the years 1448-1465, the abbot of the monastery was Thibault de Luxembourg , the future cardinal . In 1545, the abbey fell under the commandment regime, and was plundered by the Huguenots during the religious wars in France .
The abbey was closed, and the buildings were auctioned during the French Revolution in 1792. By the time the abbey was closed, there were only six monks left. The buildings were bought by the Reims family for the sole purpose of preventing their transformation into a quarry [1] .
In 1875, the Archbishop of Reims Benoit-Marie Langeigno initiated the ransom of Innya from private property in order to revive the monastic life there. About 30 trappists, monks and converts from the abbey of Sainte-Marie-du-Deser ( fr: Abbaye Sainte-Marie du Désert ) near Toulouse arrived in the revived monastery. Since that time, Inyi has become the abode of the Trappists, the order of Cistercians strict observance [1] .
In 1914, 22 monks of the abbey were evacuated in front of the approaching German troops. In 1918, after a defeat in the battle of Marne, the Germans blew up a monastery, from which a pile of ruins remained [1] .
The last male abbot of the monastery of Augustin Marre during the war was a refugee in Laval . After the war, having learned that the Laval female trappist community had plans to establish a new monastery, he proposed the revival of Inyi. The construction of the new monastery in Inyi was carried out in 1928-1929. The buildings of the ancient Cistercian monastery of Lok Dieu in the south of France were taken as a sample, and the surviving stones and fragments of the buildings of the old monastery were used in the construction [2] .
In 1929, thirty Trappist nuns moved to the newly erected monastery. In 2008, it was decided to unite the three Trappist communities in the north-east of France, Iny, Belval and Grasse-Dieu, into one community in the monastery of Iny [3] . In 2012, a community from the Ubexi Monastery also joined them [4]
Current status
Inyi is the current female abbey of the Trappist Order, numbering several dozen sisters. There is a chocolate factory at the monastery, where sisters make traditional chocolate products for Champagne, which visitors can purchase [5] . Visiting the monastery is possible with tourist purposes, the monastery also accepts pilgrims who want to spend some time in prayer and silence and get acquainted with the life and spirituality of Trappists [6] .