Makariyev-Reshem women's monastery is an Orthodox women's monastery in the village of Reshma, Kinesham district, Ivanovo region . It is located on the territory of the former village of Nagorny, which existed at the settlement of Reshma, 25 km from the city of Kineshma , on the right high bank of the Volga . The man’s monastery was founded at the end of the 14th century by the Monk Makariy Zheltovodsky , according to his Life . At present, the monastery belongs to the Kineshem district deanery [1] of the Kinesham diocese of the Ivanovo metropolis of the Russian Orthodox Church . Current address: Ivanovo Region, Kineshem District, Reshma Village, ul. Volzhskaya, 10 [2] . An object of cultural heritage of Russia of local importance.
| Monastery | |
| Makariyev-Reshem Nunnery | |
|---|---|
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| A country |  Russia |
| Location | Reshma village, Kinesham district , Ivanovo region |
| Denomination | Orthodoxy |
| Diocese | Kinesham Diocese of the Ivanovo Metropolis of the Russian Orthodox Church |
| Type of | female |
| Founder | Rev. Macarius of Zheltovodsky |
| Key dates | |
| The end of the XIV century - the foundation of the mansion; 1927 - closing of the monastery; 1994 - revival of the monastic community | |
| Building | |
| Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker of the mid-18th century, former parish | |
| Famous inhabitants | Rev. Macarius of Zheltovodsky, Rev. Animaisa Ostretsovskaya |
| Relics and Shrines | particles of relics of Makarii Zheltovodsky and other saints |
| Status |  An object of cultural heritage of the peoples of the Russian Federation of local importance. Reg. No. 371620671360004 ( EGROKN ). (Wikigid database) |
| condition | Is acting |
| Site | reshma-m.blogspot.ru |
History
Presumably in the 1390s, the monk of the Pechersk Nizhny Novgorod Monastery, the Monk Makariy Unzhensky and Zheltovodsky the Wonderworker founded a man’s monastery. The monastery was named in the name of the Epiphany of the Lord and became known as the Makaryevskaya Deserts. According to legend, St. Macarius and his disciples dug a well under the mountain, the water from which is considered healing.
At the beginning of the XVII century, during the Russo-Polish War, the monastery was ruined. Restored under Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich . There was a wooden church in the name of the Holy Life-Giving Trinity.
In the middle of the 18th century, single-throne parish churches were built in the village of Nagorny (outside the monastery, 400 fathoms , about 850 m to the west): in 1754, at the expense of the parishioners, a five-domed summer temple of the Resurrection of Christ; in the middle of the XVIII century - the winter temple of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. The complex also included an octagonal pillar-shaped bell tower completed by a high tent of the Kostroma type. The base of the bell tower served as the narthex of the temple of the Resurrection. At the churches there was a cemetery [3] . The temple complex is an example of the late use of forms and techniques of pre-Petrine architecture in the construction of the XVIII century [4] .
In 1764, the monastery became contingent, was in distress. In 1767, instead of the dilapidated wooden church of the Holy Trinity, a winter stone temple was built with a tent-shaped stone bell tower, paintings, carved Royal Gates . There are three thrones : in honor of the Life-Giving Trinity, in the right aisle - in honor of the Monk Makariy Zheltovodsky, in the left - the Great Martyr Catherine [5] [6] . In the temple were ancient icons.
In 1833, the monastery was surrounded by a stone fence with five turrets. He survived the storm of 1844 and the fires of 1854-1855. Once again, he was in distress.
In 1900, Maria Smertina , the future reverend Animaisa Ostretsovskaya and Rodnikovskaya, entered the monastery. Here she took monastic tonsure with the name of Animais and stayed until the monastery was closed.
In 1901, the monastery was transformed into a female, the reconstruction of the monastery began. The most revered in the monastery were the image of St. Macarius and the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God [7] [5] [6] . July 25, 1911 in the monastery was laid the temple in the name of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God [8] . The completion of construction was prevented by events connected with the revolution . After 1917, the monastery existed as a female agricultural cooperative. Closed in the late 1920s. On March 13, 1929, the remaining property of the monastery was transferred to the existing parish church of the Nativity of the village of Reshma. In 1940, the last operating temple was closed.
The Holy Trinity Church and the new Kazan, as well as a number of monastery buildings were dismantled in the 1940s. The bell tower and the fence were dismantled during the war. Later, a school was built on the site of the Trinity Church [9] . The former two-story cells housed the educational building of the boarding school. The parish church of the Resurrection during the years of Soviet power was turned into ruins.
In 1991, the surviving parish church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker was opened in Reshma and St. Nicholas Parish was formed. In 1992, several inhabitants of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra came to the temple, and monastic life began to revive. In 1994, St. Nicholas Parish was transformed into the Makariyev-Reshemsk monastic community (the current monastery is located 850 m east of the monastery's former position). In 1998 it was transformed into a man’s monastery. Later, the monastery was again transformed into a female.
Shrines
Particles of the relics of the Monk Makarii Zheltovodsky and many other saints are stored in the monastery.
Activities
Enlightenment work is being conducted at the monastery: the Orthodox School named after the Monk John of Kronstadt is operating, the almanac “The Light of Orthodoxy” is published, lectures are given, and monks study liturgics and Orthodox pedagogy.
Notes
- ↑ Parishes of Kinesham District Deanery . kinblag-okrug.blogspot.com. Kinesham Regional Deanery.
- ↑ Kinesham Diocese . patriarchia.ru. The official website of the Moscow Patriarchate.
- ↑ Bazhenov I.V. Brief statistical information about the parish churches of the Kostroma diocese. - Kostroma, 1911 .-- S. 128.
- ↑ Arch of Monuments of Architecture and Monumental Art of Russia: Ivanovo Region / rev. ed. E. G. Shcheboleva - M .: Nauka, 2000. - Part 2. - 776 p.
- ↑ 1 2 Denisov L.I. Orthodox monasteries of the Russian Empire. - M., 1908. - S. 336.
- ↑ 1 2 Makariev Reshem monastery of the Kostroma diocese / comp. I. Bazhenov. - Kostroma: Lip. typ., 1904.
- ↑ Bulgakov S.V. Russian monasteries in 1913. - 1913.
- ↑ Kostroma diocesan sheets. - No. 13. - 1911.
- ↑ Portal of Orthodox churches of the Kostroma province .
Further reading
- Antonov I. Volga side // Ivanovo newspaper. - 1993.
- Antonov I. Is spirit alive in my Fatherland? // Ivanovo newspaper. - 1995.
- Krajnik M. An example of serving people and God // Volga Pravda. - 1995. - No. 196.
- The Light of Orthodoxy / Edition of the Makariyev-Reshemsky Monastery, 1997. - Vol. 39.
- Antonov I. In the cradle of the Volga // Ivanovo newspaper. - 1999.
Links
- Plan and photos of the monastery on the portal Sobory.ru.
- Archimandrite Zosima . Makariyev-Reshemsky monastery on the trawl Russian churches.