Akatovo Smolensk Church source history. Trinity Alexander Nevsky Monastery
Founded at the end of the 19th century by Klin merchant Fyodor Zakharov (owner of match shops in Spas-Nudolsk volost) in memory of the abolition of serfdom. Therefore, the monastery was given the name heavenly patron Tsar-Liberator Alexander 2 - holy noble prince Alexander Nevsky. For the monastery, Zakharov acquired the village of Akatovo and donated 23 thousand rubles, as well as outbuildings. The community was formed in 1890. Her abbess was the nun of the Moscow Alekseevsky Monastery, Eutychia (Anna Vasilyevna Milovidova), who was distinguished by her piety and spent 40 years in monastic endeavors. With the assistance of Archimandrite Sergius of the Joseph-Volotsk Monastery, a small wooden church of the Holy Trinity was built (founded on August 30, 1890), into which an icon was brought from the Athos Panteleimon Monastery in 1891 Mother of God“Quick to Hear” and the image of the Holy Great Martyr Panteleimon, which became the main shrines of the monastery. In 1898, the community received the status of a monastery. In 1902-1904, a 5-domed cathedral was erected here in the name of the holy noble prince Alexander Nevsky, artistically the most significant building of the monastery ensemble. Architect Ivan Pavlovich Mashkov (1867-1945). A little later, the northern aisle was built. With its architecture, the temple imitates the architecture of the 17th century. In 1905, the stone St. Nicholas Church with the chapel of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God was built.
By 1917, under abbot. In Anatolia, about 150 sisters labored in the monastery. The monastery had a stone fence with towers (1893), two stone two-story residential buildings, holy gates, services, three wooden hotels and wooden cells for sisters (destroyed), a hospice house and a brick factory. In 1925, the monastery was closed, but the abbot. Olympiada (Ivanova) and her sisters managed to organize an agricultural artel, which was closed by the authorities in 1828. Services in the temple continued until 1933. In 1938, the novices of the monastery suffered for their faith (shot): Ekaterina Cherkasova (1892-1938, pmc, commemorated on February 5) and Anastasia Bobkova (1890-1938, pmc, commemorated on April 5). In 1937, the case of priests and nuns of the former Akatovsky monastery was fabricated. Sisters O.P. and P.P. Safonov, A.P. Shishkova and four other nuns of the Trinity Alexander Nevsky Monastery were arrested. Sisters Safonov and Shishkova were shot in Butovo on September 19 and 21, 1937, the rest were sentenced to 10 years in the camps. The monastery housed a rest house and warehouses of the NKVD, since the 1960s. - pioneer camp. The frame of the Church of the Holy Trinity was transported to the territory of the Vysokoye holiday home and then destroyed. In the disfigured temple, which lost its domes and tier of zakomars, and the altar was later built with a veranda, a dining room and a kitchen were installed. Two residential buildings and the front line of the fence with towers, holy gates and services adjacent to the fence have also been preserved.
Based on materials: Directory-guide to monasteries and shrines of the Moscow region. Northern direction. Issue 4 Tverdislov. Moscow. 2005O. Panezhko. The city of Klin and the churches of the Klin region. Vladimir. 2003
Trinity Alexander Nevsky non-staff cenobitic convent, near the village of Akatov, in the 25th century. from Nikolaevskaya railway station "Podsolnechnaya" road, 30 years from the district of the city of Klin. Established as a women's community by the Klin merchant Feodor Osipovich Zakharov, who donated 50,000 rubles and 268 acres of land; opened in 1890; renamed into a monastery in 1898.
There are two temples: 1) wooden in the name of St. Trinity; 2) stone in the name of St. Alexandra-Nevsky (founded in 1894).
Two hotels for pilgrims. A hospitable house. The monastery owns 268 des. land. Abbess. There are 70 nuns and novices.
Denisov L.I. Orthodox monasteries Russian Empire, 1908, p.526
Holy Trinity-Nevsky Monastery, communal, in Klin district, near the village of Akatov, 25 versts from the Podsolnechnaya railway station. Established in 1899 from a women's community opened in 1889. There is a hospice house with him.
From the book by S.V. Bulgakov “Russian monasteries in 1913”
Troitsky Alexander-Nevsky convent located on the right bank of the Nudol River, 26 km southwest of the regional center (Klin) and 76 km northwest of Moscow. In 1917, there were two churches in the monastery: the Trinity wooden winter church was built in pseudo-Russian style in 1890. (Dismantled in the 1930s) St. Nicholas stone church with chapels of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God, St. Tikhon of Kaluga and the Military Medical Center. Paraskeva was built according to the design of architect. I. P. Mashkova in 1902-1905 (now the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral). In addition, in the monastery since 1892, according to the project of architect. A. S. Kaminsky, construction of a large five-domed stone cathedral St. blgv. book Alexander Nevsky, in which the chapels of the icon of the Mother of God “Quick to Hear” and the Great Martyr were supposed. Panteleimon. But due to lack of funds, the temple was not completed, and in the middle. XX century - dismantled. Behind the walls of the monastery in 1899-1900. was built with funds from the purchase. P. P. Smirnov according to the project of architect. I. S. Kuznetsov wooden building of the monastery parish school, in which the church of the apostle was built. Peter and prmts. Evgenia. The school and church were dismantled in 1924.
It was founded as a women's community in 1889 by a poor merchant of peasant origin, Fyodor Osipovich Zakharov, on his estate in memory of the abolition of serfdom and in the name of the patron saint Alexander I. He acquired land for building a monastery from the local landowner G. Glebov-Streshnev. In 1890, the community was officially registered by the Holy Synod. The management of the community was entrusted to the nun of the Novoalekseevsky monastery of Eutykhia.
The first building on the territory of the future was the wooden Trinity Church. Afterwards, a residential building was built.
In 1891, the icons of the Mother of God “Quick to Hear” and the holy great martyr and healer Panteleimon were transferred to the temple by the monk Aristocles, who became the main shrines of the community. In 1894, the community was given copies of the revered icons of the All-Merciful Savior and the Bogolyubskaya Mother of God.
In 1898, the community received the status of a monastery with a communal charter. Several workshops are being formed in the monastery, including gold embroidery and icon painting.
August 30, 1892 on the day of memory of St. Alexander Nevsky founded the stone Alexander Nevsky Cathedral. The temple was built in the pseudo-Russian style according to the design of the architect A. S. Kaminsky for six years.
In 1899-1900, at the expense of the merchant P. P. Smirnov, a wooden church of Peter the Apostle and Eugenia the Martyr was built outside the monastery fence, in 1902-1905 (according to the design of I. P. Mashkov) - the church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker: stone, stylized under Moscow architecture of the 17th century. In the refectory there were chapels of the Iveron Mother of God and Tikhon of Kaluga and Paraskeva Pyatnitsa (since 1915).
At the beginning of the 20th century, there were about seventy sisters in the monastery. After 1917, the nuns were forced to declare themselves an agricultural commune (artel), which allowed the monastery to exist until 1927. It is known that the persecuted Father Varlaam Dmitrovsky took refuge within the walls of the monastery for some time.
In 1927 the monastery was abolished. In 1933, the wooden Holy Trinity Church was destroyed. Services in the Alexander Nevsky Church continued until 1933. On the territory of the former monastery there was a rest house of the NKVD and warehouses of this organization, since the 1960s - a pioneer camp “Fakel”, for the sake of the improvement of which the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker was greatly rebuilt and the Church of Alexander Nevsky was destroyed. The monastery cemetery was turned into a football field. The camp has not operated since the early 1990s.
Since 1994, prayer services have been held irregularly in the former monastery. In 2007, part of the buildings was officially transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church as the Patriarchal Metochion; The monastery complex is assigned to Moscow and, with his active help, is being restored.
Monastic life in Rus' took place not only in these famous centers of piety. Hundreds of other “small” monasteries need their chroniclers. Thus, in the small village of Akatovo, located not far from Klin near Moscow, there was a monastery of the Holy Blessed Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky
“Through the prayers of monks, the Lord supports this world,” said Saint Demetrius of Rostov. By 1917, thousands of monks and nuns accomplished the feat of their personal salvation and the salvation of the world in hundreds of monasteries and communities that adorned Russia and visibly testified that Holy Rus' is not an empty, although a beautiful symbol, but life itself. Monasteries formed an integral part of national existence, being the material embodiment of the people's ideal. The famous Czech liberal publicist T. Masaryk, who became the first president of Czechoslovakia, visiting Russia, insightfully remarked: “There (in the Russian monastery - A.E.) the most characteristic, primordial features of Russian life, feelings and thinking were preserved... Russia, ancient Rus' This is a Russian monk."
Russian monasticism is glorified in great ascetics and great monasteries. All Orthodox world knows Lavra St. Sergius, Optina, Diveevo and Sarov, glorious monasteries of our North. Dozens of books have been written about them and films have been made. However, monastic life in Rus' did not take place only in these famous centers of piety. Hundreds of other “small” monasteries need their chroniclers. Without this it will be difficult to modern man discover the "Atlantis" of the great Orthodox Russian civilization.
In the small village of Akatovo, located near Klin near Moscow, there was a monastery of the Holy Blessed Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky. The monastery was founded by a native of peasants, a poor merchant Fyodor Osipovich Zakharov, in memory of the abolition of serfdom and in the name of the heavenly patron of the Tsar - the liberator. He purchased land for the future monastery from the local landowner G. Glebov - Streshnev.
Due to extreme poverty, the new monastery received the rights of the community from the Holy Synod only in 1890, when its first organizer was no longer alive. The management of the community was entrusted to the nun of the Moscow Novoalekseevsky Monastery, Eutychia, known for her piety and by the time of her appointment, she had already spent forty years in prayerful endeavors.
Arriving in Akatovo, Eutykhia immediately began to create a temple of God, in which she was actively assisted by the Volokolamsk Archimandrite Sergius and the abbess of the Novoalekseevsky Convent, Anthony. Using the small funds available to the community, a wooden church was quickly erected in the name of St. Life-Giving Trinity. Soon an extremely necessary residential building was built, for the number of sisters reached seventy. Pious laymen also helped the community as best they could. And in 1891, the famous Athonite monk Aristoclius conveyed to the Trinity Church the blessing of the Athonite Panteleimon Monastery - the icon of the Mother of God "Quick to Hear" and the holy great martyr and healer Panteleimon, which became the main shrines of the Akatov community. In 1894, the community received lists of the revered icons of the All-Merciful Savior and the Mother of God "Bogolyubskaya".
In 1898, the Akatov community received the status of a monastery and became known as the Trinity Alexander - Nevsky Akatovsky hostel convent. Rus', unlike Europe, did not know “mendicant monastic orders.” Russian monks worked hard. The sisters of the Akatov Monastery performed a wide variety of obediences - from heavy agricultural work to gold embroidery and painting of icons. The monastery provided itself with everything necessary for life. Material well-being affected the appearance of the monastery. In 1893, its territory was surrounded by a stone fence with two towers; a two-story stone building for the sisters, a small hotel and a hospice house were also built.
The most important event in the life of the monastery was the long-awaited beginning of the construction of the stone church of the Holy Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky, long awaited by the nuns and local peasants. On August 30, 1892, on the day of remembrance of the saint, Archimandrite Sergius laid the foundation stone for a new church, which was built according to the design of the famous Russian architect A.S. Kaminsky. It took six years to build, in the then popular Russian style. After consecration, this wonderful church became a decoration of the Akatovsky Monastery and a worthy monument to the Tsar-Liberator. On the eve of the terrible troubles experienced by Russia in the twentieth century, the Akatovsky Trinity-Alexandro-Nevsky Monastery was a completely comfortable monastery, where one and a half hundred nuns and novices lived in the service of God, under the direction of Abbess Anatolia.
The persecution that befell the monastery after 1917 by the new revolutionary authorities. They forced the monastery sisters to declare themselves an agricultural commune, which allowed the monastery to exist for another ten years. Persecuted bishops, for example Varlaam Dmitrovsky, often stopped and took refuge within the monastery walls.
In 1927, the monastery was finally closed, which was joyfully reported by the organ of official atheism, the magazine “Atheist at the Machine.” However, the service in the monastery church of Alexander Nevsky continued until 1933. Then the NKVD rest house and warehouses of this organization moved into the territory of the monastery, and in the 60s the Fakel pioneer camp was located. The monastery cemetery was blasphemously turned into a football field.
In the 1930s, most of the monastery's wooden buildings, including the Holy Trinity Church, were destroyed. The Alexander Nevsky Church was preserved, but was rebuilt beyond recognition - it housed a dining room and a kitchen. Almost all of the monastery's property was destroyed. Church utensils They were confiscated in the 20s, the icons were thrown away, no trace of the archive could be found, and the bells were melted down to play such funny verses:
The priest is doing badly -
Complete desertion.
Let's pour the bells
In rural tools.
Miraculously preserved, the only bell of the monastery, which served as a “firefighter” for local residents, was stolen already under the current “democracy”.
However, it is believed that the Akatov Monastery will be reborn, like hundreds of other monasteries and churches in Russia.
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Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
The architectural complex of the Holy Trinity Alexander - Nevsky Monastery is located to the west of the village of Akatovo on an elevated place. The Nudol River flows 100 - 150 meters west of the complex.
With God's help, the architectural complex of the monastery created in a short time is characterized by harmony and unity of artistic forms, based on the strongest stylization of ancient Russian motifs and forms of classicism. All buildings are united not only by a common style, but also by the decorative technique of exposed brickwork. The main entrance to the monastery is from the east. holy gate eastern line the fences are oriented toward the cathedral, which occupies a dominant, central position in the complex. To the east and south of the cathedral there are stone cell buildings.
After the coup of 1917, the monastery was closed and in its place an agricultural artel of nuns was organized former monastery, which was led by the abbess.
Schema-Abbess Olympias, drawing of sisters
In 1927, the monastic labor community was dissolved, and the last abbess, schema-abbess Olympias, was arrested.
During Soviet times, on the territory of the monastery there was a NKVD sanatorium, and since 1948 a pioneer camp.
The temple in the name of the Holy Trinity was dismantled; the temple in the name of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker was completely destroyed; The Alexander Nevsky Church was decapitated, the windows were smashed, and the main entrance was built in the center of the three-part asp. The altar part was enclosed in a glass “sarcophagus”. Large stained glass windows, covering the church to the very top of the crowning kokoshniks, were designed to hide the cult orientation of the building. The temple was used as a dining room.
In the last decade, the territory of the children's health complex AMTK "Soyuz" with all its buildings was not used by anyone and was in disrepair.
By decree His Holiness Patriarch Moscow and All Rus' Alexy II dated April 11, 2000 No. 1610 at the Church of the Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky of the former convent in the village of Akatovo, Klinsky district, Moscow region, a Patriarchal metochion was established.
According to the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Rus' dated July 7, 2005 No. 4194, Hieromonk Peter (A. N. Afanasyev) was appointed rector of the church in the name of the blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky.
July 04, 2007 in pursuance of government orders Russian Federation from 05/15/2007 No. 612-r and on the basis of the order of the Federal Agency for Federal Property Management dated June 15, 2007. No. 1832-r, the ownership of the Orthodox Church was transferred religious organization Compound of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', a complex of buildings and structures of the former Holy Trinity Alexander Nevsky Monastery.
Over the course of 10 years, the temple, sister buildings, monastery fence with towers, refectory and other utility rooms were restored. The building has been restored as a girls' school. At the monastery there is subsidiary farming, bakery and dairy kitchen.
Patriarch Kirill elevated nun Anthony (Minina) to the rank of abbess
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' elevated the elder sister of the sisterhood to the rank of abbess. During the Divine service, all three altars of the temple were consecrated. The central one was consecrated in the name of St. blgv. led book Alexander Nevsky; the throne of the northern aisle is in the name of St. Nicholas, Archbishop World of Lycians; the throne of the southern aisle - in the name of the Great Martyr. and the healer Panteleimon.
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Monasteries in Russia were built not only by the rich and aristocrats. A merchant of average income, a recent peasant, Fyodor Zakharov in 1889 bought a plot of land in the village of Akatovo and founded a women's community in memory of the abolition of serfdom by Alexander I. Just 9 years later it was transformed into the Trinity Alexander Nevsky Monastery. After the revolution, the nuns resorted to a trick and declared themselves an agricultural commune. This did not save them, and in 1927 the monastery was closed. On its territory, the NKVD rest house was first located, and then a pioneer camp. The nuns continued to live together, but they were not left alone. Three novices were arrested on false charges and shot. Now they are numbered among the holy new martyrs of the Russian Orthodox Church.
The abandoned camp was returned to believers with the beginning of perestroika. The walls of the beheaded Church of Alexander Nevsky are well preserved, because they organized a dining room in it and surrounded it with stained glass windows on a steel frame.
What to see
Now the cathedral has been completely restored and has regained its former splendor. It was built at the beginning of the last century in the pseudo-Russian style and stylized as buildings of the 17th century. The facades are decorated with platbands, kokoshniks and columns, repeating elements of ancient Russian architecture. The temple is symmetrical, with a high two-story room in the middle. The roof is framed by two rows of kokoshniks and a decorative five-domed structure. There are carved frames on the windows, cornices and columns with interceptions on the facades. Nothing has survived from the original interior decoration.
The main shrine of the monastery is the icon of the Mother of God “Quick to Hear,” painted in the Panteleimon Monastery on Mount Athos and brought here in 1891. After the revolution, the image was lost, and many years later it was found in a neighboring village, where it was used as a tabletop. She returned home only at the end of the millennium.
During the restoration, the sisters of the revived monastery painted frescoes in the cathedral depicting the holy new martyrs Alexandra, Anastasia and Catherine, executed on Butovo training ground in 1938
In the temple there is a full circle of service and the Indestructible Psalter is read. The gold embroidery and icon painting workshops have resumed work. Since 2014, the women's Orthodox Alexander Gymnasium has been operating at the monastery. In addition to the usual school subjects, students engage in handicrafts, choreography, singing, drawing and swimming. A small hospice house for pilgrims with a separate dining room was organized.
