Almshouse meaning of the word. Where did the almshouses come from?

Almshouse - (from the words of God deeds, that is, for God) - back at the beginning of the 20th century there was a charitable institution for the care of persons who, for some reason, were unable to work, such as: the elderly, the infirm, the crippled and convalescent (but not temporarily sick and the insane, for whom there are special institutions). An essential feature of an almshouse is the full maintenance given to those in need. Therefore, sometimes it is incorrect to classify as almshouses such charitable institutions that charge a certain fee for charity, or such institutions that (such as, for example, the Nikolaev almshouse of the Guards spiritual department) provide only premises for the charity, allowing them to personally supplement their means of subsistence either with earnings or benefits from other institutions, charities and individuals. Institutions of this kind are more like houses cheap or free apartments than an almshouse.

Like all charitable institutions, hospitals appeared along with Christianity and were initially located at hospitals and even merged with them. Thus, in Poland, from ancient times hospitals existed for the most part under the name of “parish hospitals,” and only in 1843, when, based on the decree of February 18. (March 2) 1842, a systematic and correct division of charitable institutions was carried out according to the various purposes they pursued, they were renamed “homes for the aged and infirm.” Some of these houses are of ancient origin. So, for example, a shelter home in Lublin was opened in 1342, in Warsaw the house of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary - in 1388, in Radom - in 1435, in Skierniewice in 1530. In France and at the beginning of the 20th century, shelters for the elderly , the infirm and crippled under the name hospices form, together with hospitals for the curable sick (hôpitaux), one department of hospitals; institutions in which there are persons of both categories are called hospices-hôpitaux. All hospitals in France in 1884 were 1654; in them by January 1. this year there were 49,051 people. the elderly, infirm and crippled and 47,978 sick: the expense was 113600462 francs, and the income was 125080522 francs. Every community is obliged to accept into its B. its members who have become unable to work; for such communities that do not have special B., the general council of the department appoints a certain number of B., attracting these communities to participate in the costs of maintaining such B. recent years in the Indre department, a remarkable experience was made in issuing to the elderly poor in exchange for maintenance in B. an annual pension of about 100 francs; such a replacement was allowed only on the condition that the community or private benefactors participate in 2/5 of the cost. In 1887, 100 people were treated in this way. In 1888, the director of the department of public charity invited all departments to follow this example. In England, after the reform of 1834, B. are branches of workhouses, which form the basis of the English system of public charity.

Almshouses came to Russia together with Christianity from Byzantium; already church charter St. Vladimir mentions them and entrusts their management to the church. We can say that in ancient Rus' there was a beggar at every parish church, and at some monasteries entire settlements of beggars were formed. But the church accepted everyone indiscriminately under its protection, and already Stoglavy Cathedral The tsar said that in the almshouses, where maintenance comes from both the royal treasury and from many benefactors, there are not real beggars, but those who pay for such premises to the clerks who manage these huts. The Council recognized the need to identify the real beggars, the aged and lepers, enumerate them in all cities and set up almshouses for men and women under the supervision of good priests and city kissers, and support such B. at the expense of private alms. In connection with these measures, there is the establishment of the Order for the Construction of B.; at the same time, the tsars continued to organize and support B. in Moscow and other cities at the expense of their royal treasury, namely the amount of the Order Grand Palace. In the second half of the 17th century in Moscow there were up to seven or up to eight more or less extensive royal bazaars. The Moiseevskaya bulwark was known, built for 100 people, another at the Borovitsky Bridge for 38 people, then at Mogiltsy for 12, then Pokrovskaya, Kulizhenskaya, Petrovskaya; further, at the Borovitsky Bridge for 8 people, and in the Sretensky Monastery, there is a kind of hospital for “the sick and wandering and lying beggars in the streets.”

There were up to 410 people in the tsar's almshouses. But the government’s concerns about the proper organization of B. were until the end of the 17th century. very weak. A significant change in this matter was to occur as a result of the 1682 decree of Tsar Fyodor Alekseevich on the establishment of two hospitals in Moscow according to new European customs, one in the Znamensky Monastery, in Kitai-Gorod, and the other outside the Nikitsky Gate, in the Granatny Yard. To provide for these hospitals, estates were assigned that were behind the Archangel Bishop and behind the Znamensky Monastery, so that “from now on, there would be no beggars wandering and lying in the streets” (this wonderful decree was not included in Full Assembly laws; V modern times published in the “Course of State Improvement”, Kyiv, 1890, part I, pp. 105-111). This project was followed by the legislation of Peter the Great, who, persecuting beggary and prohibiting private charity, ordered in 1712 to establish in all provinces B. for the elderly and crippled, unable to work, and in such monastic and church B. he first of all wanted to place elderly, wounded and crippled military officials, and for their maintenance he ordered to give them grain and cash salaries; It was ordered to pay candle fees for the construction of B. churches for mendicant patients.

Those who were discovered during inspections as crippled and decrepit, unable to work, were ordered (in 1723) not to write into their salaries, but to send them to almshouses - a remarkable order, but which turned out to be impossible to implement due to the insufficiency of the B. Church funds turned out to be very insufficient for the establishment and maintenance of B., and the hopes that Peter placed in this matter on the city magistrates he created were not justified. That is why, under the successors of Peter I, before the Establishment on the Provinces, decrees were constantly repeated both on the persecution of beggary and on the institution of poverty. In the Establishment on the Provinces of 1775, there was an attempt to organize this matter on a completely new basis, an attempt that turned out to be unsustainable.

The organization and management of B. was entrusted to the order of public charity for the poor created in each province. The orders were entrusted with the establishment of bourgeoisie in cities and villages, special for men and special for women. In addition to the crippled and elderly poor, these B. were ordered to include: vagabonds and criminals exiled to Siberia if they cannot go there due to decrepitude and illness, crippled retired lower ranks caught begging for alms, excluded from the ecclesiastical department for vices and due to illness and old age, unable to earn food through labor, etc. With such a composition of those in need and with still poor administration, the majority of B. before their transfer to the jurisdiction of the zemstvo (1864) and cities (1870) were in a very unsatisfactory condition.

To bring them into a better condition, zemstvo assemblies first of all began to take care of placing only the helpless poor in B., and many of them (Kostroma, Nizhny Novgorod, Kharkov) petitioned for the abolition of the mandatory placement of tramps in zemstvo B. At the same time, the zemstvos began to take care of the orphans who were awaited in B., about expanding the set of those who were awaited, about the establishment of new B., and many of them (for example, Novgorod) managed to bring B. into a completely different form. Significant results have also been achieved by the city of St. Petersburg. The first concern for setting up a hospital there belonged to Princess Natalya Alekseevna, who in 1713, near the present Tauride Garden, established a hospital for poor old women. Of the other hospitals established in the last century, three remain: the Invalid Home of Emperor Paul I and the Volkovskaya and Lavrskaya Hospitals. At the beginning of the 20th century, all almshouses in St. Petersburg were divided into 2 groups: non-class and class. The first group, in turn, is divided: 1) into B. for persons of all classes and all confessions, 2) into B. for persons of all classes of the Orthodox confession and 3) into B. for persons of all classes of other faiths; The second group includes B.: 1) for persons of privileged classes, 2) for persons of clergy rank, 3) for merchants, townspeople and artisans and 4) for persons of military rank.

The number of all hospitals and shelters in St. Petersburg, intended for the care of the elderly and helpless, extended in 1884 to 80, not counting the houses of cheap and free apartments, sometimes called B. Of these, 24 belong to Orthodox parish trustees , non-religious parishes - 10, charitable societies - 5, Imperial. to the humane society - 4, to individuals - 10, and the rest to various departments. 24 almshouses have their own capital, of which 16 also own real estate (houses where they are located) and 5 have only real estate; by Jan 1 1885, all 29 B. had capital, movable and immovable, in the amount of 9,542,198 rubles. 76 k. Total number there were up to 8,560 people in waiting, including 6,849 women; the total amount of expenses for 1884 was more than 150 million rubles. Let's compare these figures with those presented by other European capitals. In Vienna, the number of beneficiaries in 17 city and 5 private hospitals extended in 1884 to 5088 with an expenditure of 969,262 rubles; in Berlin in the same year there were 14 hospitals and hospitals for 1882 people. with an expense of 250,364 rubles, in addition, 14 private B with 937 in anticipation and an expense of 268,000 rubles. In Paris, where all matters of public charity are concentrated in the hands of the city, 11 city hospitals provided care for 15,593 people in 1882, and 2,836,158 rubles were spent on their maintenance.

It turns out that St. Petersburg, which spends less on charitable causes than other capitals (with the exception of private charity, in St. Petersburg there were 1.5 rubles per capita, in Berlin - 2.9, in Paris - 5.7, in Vienna - 6.2), had larger number B., and the number of those awaiting them is relatively larger. This circumstance is explained by the absence of other types of charity, the relatively weak development of private charity and the lack of comprehensive legislation on the poor, which would not only impose on each community the obligation to look after its members who have fallen into poverty, but would also give this matter proper organization. The total number of all B. from Russia cannot be established due to the lack of accurate statistical data, especially in relation to those provinces where zemstvo institutions were not introduced and where the matter of charity for the poor remained under the jurisdiction of the orders. There were also homes for the disabled. Widow's houses. About the beginning of B. in Moscow in the article by I. M. Snegirev in the book. “Literary Evening” (M., 1844). Other literary references from V.I. Mezhov: “Charity in Russia” (St. Petersburg, 1883). Old Russian poor houses or poor houses should not be confused with almshouses.

Ushakov's Dictionary

Almshouse

bogada flax, almshouses, genus. pl. almshouses, wives(from church glory, dividing God - for God).

1. Charitable institution for the care of disabled people ( pre-rev.).

2. Inactive institution ( iron.). Is it really possible to work in this almshouse?

Architectural Dictionary

Almshouse

charitable institution.

(Architecture: An Illustrated Guide, 2005)

(Godmaker).

Shelter for the elderly and disabled.

(Terms of Russian architectural heritage. Pluzhnikov V.I., 1995)

Dictionary of forgotten and difficult words of the 18th-19th centuries

Almshouse

, And , and.

A charitable institution for the care (maintenance, inspection) of the elderly, sick, and beggars.

* - Where am I going to go? - Praskovya Pavlovna was sad. - They won’t take me to the almshouse: I’m a bourgeois. // Saltykov-Shchedrin. Satires in prose //*; Alone with an old cook he took from an almshouse (he was never married), he lived in O... // Turgenev. Noble nest // *

Encyclopedic Dictionary

Almshouse

in Russia until 1917, a shelter for the elderly and disabled. In a figurative sense, ironic - about some institution, organization, where there are many inactive and incapable people.

Ozhegov's Dictionary

BOGAD E FLAX, And, genus. pl. flax, and.

1. Shelter for the elderly and disabled. B. at the monastery.

2. trans. About a place, an institution where people are inactive, do not justify their purpose (colloquial irony). They set up an almshouse.

| adj. poor, oh, oh (to 1 value).

Efremova's Dictionary

Almshouse

and.
1. :
  1. Shelter for the elderly and disabled.
  2. trans. decomposition An institution in which there are many inactive, incapable people.
2. trans. decomposition That which is characterized by inertia, backwardness, inactivity.

Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron

Almshouse

(from the words of God deeds, i.e. for God) - a charitable institution for the charity of persons who, for whatever reason, are incapable of work, such as: the elderly, infirm, crippled and convalescent (but not temporarily sick and insane, for which. there are special institutions). An essential sign of B. is full content given to those in need. Therefore, it is sometimes incorrect to classify as B. such charitable institutions that charge a certain fee for charity, or such institutions that (such as, for example, the Nikolaevskaya B. of the Guards Religious Department) provide only premises to the recipients, allowing them to personally supplement their means of subsistence or earnings , or benefits from other institutions, charities and individuals. Institutions of this kind are more likely to be houses of cheap or free apartments than B. Like all charitable institutions, B. appeared along with Christianity and were initially located at hospitals and even merged with them. Thus, in Poland, hospitals have existed for a long time mostly under the name of “parish hospitals,” and only in 1843, when, based on the decree of February 18. (March 2) 1842, a systematic and correct division of charitable institutions was carried out according to the various purposes they pursued, they were renamed “homes for the aged and infirm.” Some of these houses are of ancient origin. So, for example, a shelter home in Lublin was opened in 1342, in Warsaw the house of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary - in 1388, in Radom - in 1435, in Skierniewice in 1530. In France, even today, shelters for the elderly, the infirm and crippled under the name hospices form, together with the hospitals for the curable sick (hô pitaux), one department of hospitals; institutions in which there are persons of both categories are called hospices-hô pitaux. All hospitals in France in 1884 were 1654; in them by January 1. this year there were 49,051 people. the elderly, infirm and crippled and 47,978 sick: the expense was 113600462 francs, and the income was 125080522 francs. Every community is obliged to accept into its B. its members who have become unable to work; for those communities that do not have special B., the general council of the department appoints a certain number of B., involving these communities in participating in the costs of maintaining such B. In recent years, the department of Indre has made a remarkable experience in issuing to the elderly poor in exchange for maintenance in B. an annual pension of about 100 francs; such a replacement was allowed only on the condition that the community or private benefactors participate in 2/5 of the cost. In 1887, 100 people were treated in this way. In 1888, the director of the department of public charity invited all departments to follow this example. In England, after the reform of 1834, B. are branches of workhouses (see. this is the word), which formed the basis of the English system of public charity.

B. moved to Russia from Byzantium along with Christianity; already the church charter of St. Vladimir mentions them and entrusts their management to the church. We can say that in ancient Rus' there was a beggar at every parish church, and at some monasteries entire settlements of beggars were formed. But the church accepted everyone indiscriminately under its protection, and already at the Stoglavy Cathedral the tsar said that in the almshouses, which receive maintenance both from the tsar’s treasury and from many benefactors, there are not real beggars, but those who pay for such premises for the clerks who manage these huts. The Council recognized the need to identify the real beggars, the aged and lepers, enumerate them in all cities and arrange for them men's and women's B. under the supervision of good priests and city kissers, and maintain such B. at the expense of private alms. In connection with these measures there is an establishment Construction order B.; at the same time, the tsars continued to organize and support B. in Moscow and other cities at the expense of their royal treasury, namely at the expense of the Order of the Grand Palace. In the second half of the 17th century, there were up to seven or up to eight more or less extensive royal bourgeoisies in Moscow. It was known B. Moiseevskaya , designed for 100 people, another at Borovitsky bridge for 38 people, then to Mogiltsy for 12, then Pokrovskaya , Kulizhenskaya , Petrovskaya; further at Borovitsky bridge for 8 people are timid and in Sretensky Monastery a kind of hospital for “the sick and wandering and lying beggars in the streets.” There were up to 410 people in the tsar's almshouses. But the government’s concerns about the proper organization of B. were until the end of the 17th century. very weak. A significant change in this matter was to occur as a result of the 1682 decree of Tsar Fyodor Alekseevich on the organization in Moscow two beds according to new European customs , one in the Znamensky Monastery, in Kitai-Gorod, and the other behind the Nikitsky Gate, in the Granatny Yard. To provide for these hospitals, estates were assigned that were behind the Archangel Bishop and the Znamensky Monastery, so that “from now on, there would be no beggars wandering and lying in the streets” (this wonderful decree was not included in the Complete Collection of Laws; in modern times it was published in the “Course of State Improvement ", Kyiv, 1890, part I, pp. 105-111). This project was followed by the legislation of Peter the Great, who, persecuting beggary and prohibiting private charity (see this word), ordered in 1712 to establish in all provinces B. for the elderly and crippled, unable to work, and in such monastic and church B., first of all, wanted to place elderly, wounded and crippled military officers, and for their maintenance he ordered to give them grain and cash salaries; It was ordered to pay candle fees for the construction of B. churches for mendicant patients. Those who were discovered during inspections as crippled and decrepit, incapable of work, were ordered (in 1723) not to write into their salaries, but to send them to the B. - a remarkable order, but which turned out to be impossible to implement due to the insufficiency of the B. Church funds turned out to be very insufficient for the establishment and maintenance of the B. , and the hopes that Peter placed in this matter on the city magistrates he created were not justified. That is why, under the successors of Peter I, before the Establishment on the Provinces, decrees were constantly repeated both on the persecution of beggary and on the institution of poverty. In the Establishment on the Provinces of 1775, there was an attempt to organize this matter on a completely new basis, an attempt that turned out to be unsustainable. The organization and management of B. was entrusted to the order of public charity for the poor created in each province. The orders were entrusted with the establishment of bourgeoisie in cities and villages, special for men and special for women. In addition to the crippled and elderly poor, these B. were ordered to include: vagabonds and criminals exiled to Siberia if they cannot go there due to decrepitude and illness, crippled retired lower ranks caught begging for alms, expelled from the ecclesiastical department for vices and illnesses and old age, unable to earn food through labor, etc. With such a composition of those in need and with still poor administration, the majority of B. before their transfer to the jurisdiction of the zemstvo (1864) and cities (1870) were in a very unsatisfactory condition. To bring them to a better condition, zemstvo assemblies first of all began to take care of placing only the helpless poor in B., and many of them (Kostroma, Nizhny Novgorod, Kharkov) petitioned for the abolition of compulsory placement in zemstvo B. tramp. At the same time, the zemstvos began to take care of the orphans who were awaited in B., about expanding the set of those who were awaited, about the establishment of new B., and many of them (for example, Novgorod) managed to bring B. into a completely different form. Significant results have also been achieved by the city of St. Petersburg. The first concern for setting up a hospital there belonged to Princess Natalya Alekseevna, who in 1713, near the present Tauride Garden, established a hospital for poor old women. Of the other hospitals established in the last century, three remain: the Invalid Home of Emperor Paul I and the Volkovskaya and Lavrskaya Hospitals. Currently, all of B. Petersburg are divided into 2 groups: non-class and class. The first group, in turn, is divided: 1) into B. for persons of all classes and all confessions, 2) into B. for persons of all classes of the Orthodox confession and 3) into B. for persons of all classes of other faiths; The second group includes B.: 1) for persons of privileged classes, 2) for persons of clergy rank, 3) for merchants, townspeople and artisans and 4) for persons of military rank. The number of all hospitals and shelters in St. Petersburg, intended for the care of the elderly and helpless, extended in 1884 to 80, not counting the houses of cheap and free apartments, sometimes called B. Of these, 24 belong to Orthodox parish trustees , non-religious parishes - 10, charitable societies - 5, Imperial. to the humane society - 4, to individuals - 10, and the rest to various departments. 24 almshouses have their own capital, of which 16 also own real estate (houses where they are located) and 5 have only real estate; by Jan 1 1885, all 29 B. had capital, movable and immovable, in the amount of 9,542,198 rubles. 76 k. The total number of recipients reached 8,560 people, including 6,849 women; the total amount of expenses for 1884 was more than 150 million rubles. Let's compare these figures with those presented by other European capitals. In Vienna, the number of beneficiaries in 17 city and 5 private hospitals extended in 1884 to 5088 with an expenditure of 969,262 rubles; in Berlin in the same year there were 14 hospitals and hospitals for 1882 people. with an expense of 250,364 rubles, in addition, 14 private B with 937 in anticipation and an expense of 268,000 rubles. In Paris, where all matters of public charity are concentrated in the hands of the city, 11 city hospitals provided care for 15,593 people in 1882, and 2,836,158 rubles were spent on their maintenance. It turns out that St. Petersburg, which spends less on charitable causes than other capitals (with the exception of private charity), in St. Petersburg. for 1 person accounts for 1.5 rubles, in Berlin - 2.9, in Paris - 5.7, in Vienna - 6.2), has a larger number of hospitals, and the number of those awaiting them is relatively larger. This circumstance is explained by the absence of other types of charity, the relatively weak development of private charity and the lack of comprehensive legislation on the poor, which would not only impose on each community the obligation to look after its members who have fallen into poverty, but would also give this matter proper organization. The total number of all B. from Russia cannot be established due to the lack of accurate statistical data, especially in relation to those provinces where zemstvo institutions were not introduced and where the matter of charity for the poor remained under the jurisdiction of the orders. For military hospitals, see Homes for the Invalid. See also Widow's houses. About the beginning of B. in Moscow, see the article by I. M. Snegirev in the book. "Literary Evening" (M., 1844). Other literary references from V.I. Mezhov: “Charity in Russia” (St. Petersburg, 1883). Old Russian wretched houses or poor houses should not be confused with B. (see this next).

almshouse

and. (from doing or from dividing, for) an institution for the care of decrepit, crippled and incurable beggars; God's house, God's shelter. Strike with your forehead in prison, and in the almshouse. If you build an almshouse, you won’t please the whole world. For prison, for a bag, and for an almshouse - don’t worry, you’ll end up. Almshouse, almshouse, belonging to it, related. Almsgiver, -dealer m. -nitsa w. alms-keeper, poor woman, God-given, poor, despised in an almshouse. Our poor people use the best tobacco tinder. The almshouse will belittle. almshouse;

almshouse. Bogadelshchina collected poor brethren, cripples; homeless people, almshouse residents;

affairs, activities, their daily life. Almshouses are brought out for the evening rush. Almshouse, shareholder, characteristic of them, belonging to them. To be poor, to rejoice, to take into one’s care the old or orphaned, to look after the poor. To live in almshouses, to live in almshouses; to be merciful.

Explanatory dictionary of the Russian language. D.N. Ushakov

almshouse

almshouses, r. pl. almshouse, w. (from church glory, god delya - for god).

Charitable institution for the care of disabled people (pre-revolutionary).

An inactive institution (ironically). Is it really possible to work in this almshouse?

Explanatory dictionary of the Russian language. S.I.Ozhegov, N.Yu.Shvedova.

almshouse

And, gen. pl. -len, f.

Shelter for elderly and disabled people. B. at the monastery.

trans. About a place, an institution where people are inactive, do not justify their purpose (colloquial irony). They set up an almshouse.

adj. almshouse, -aya, -oe (to 1 meaning).

New explanatory and word-formative dictionary of the Russian language, T. F. Efremova.

almshouse

trans. decomposition That which is characterized by inertia, backwardness, inactivity.

Encyclopedic Dictionary, 1998

almshouse

in Russia until 1917, a shelter for the elderly and disabled. In a figurative sense, ironic - about some institution, organization, where there are many inactive and incapable people.

Almshouse

V pre-revolutionary Russia a charitable (private or public) institution for the care of the elderly or those unable to work.

In a figurative sense, it is a worthless, inactive institution or organization.

Wikipedia

Almshouse

Almshouse(from words Sharing God, that is for God's sake) - a charitable institution for the maintenance of disabled persons (elderly, infirm, disabled, crippled and convalescent).

An essential feature of an almshouse is the full maintenance of those living in it.
Some of these houses are of ancient origin. For example, the orphanage in Lublin was opened in 1342, in Warsaw the house of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary - in 1388, in Radom - in 1435, in Skierniewice - in 1530.
Almshouses should be distinguished from ancient Russian poor houses and poor houses.

Almshouse (disambiguation)

Almshouse:

An almshouse is a charitable institution for the maintenance of persons who are unable to work for any reason.
The Almshouse is a novel by Henry Lyon Oldie.
The Kurakins' almshouse is an architectural monument built in Pavlovsk by the architect Leone Adamini.

Almshouse (novel)

"Almshouse"- a novel by Kharkov writers Dmitry Gromov and Oleg Ladyzhensky, writing under the pseudonym Henry Lyon Oldie. Written in 2001.

The action takes place in Henning, a fictional North German principality during the fragmentation of Germany.

In the world of the novel, nobles have superhuman physical abilities.

A non-nobleman cannot resist a nobleman in a fight, even if the nobleman is unarmed and the non-nobleman is armed with bladed weapons. Therefore, an order has been adopted according to which carrying a bladed weapon is a disgrace for a nobleman, and they are unarmed. The lower classes were required to carry weapons - peasants - polearms, philistines - from swords to stilettos.

Sex between a nobleman and a non-noblewoman leads to a loss of control over his power and the probable death of the woman. However, there are exceptions - the so-called “hatters”, specially physically trained geishas for nobles. Even for a specially trained woman - the training sharply strengthened her physically - such sex could cost bodily harm.

A young representative of the clan does not have such superpowers; they awaken in him in adolescence, and to help this process, a Rite is needed, which can only be carried out by a representative of the Guild - the most influential organization in the world, since without carrying out the Rite at the right age, the young nobleman faces physical and mental suffering and imminent death.

Examples of the use of the word almshouse in literature.

The militants had already captured schools, hospitals, kindergartens, almshouses, airfields, computer network nodes and sector radio communication stations, chemical and oil plants were mined, railways, water treatment and gas supply systems, thousands of hostages were taken.

Since the spirits had calmed down somewhat, I, in the joy of my heart, began to talk about various worldly incidents that happened to me on the road, and also reached Würzburg, almshouses and two runaway old women.

But what happened after, how and why Moore got into honorary almshouse in Moscow being an opportunist is not entirely clear.

Then they suspected Jews, then allegedly lustful monks Benedictine monastery- although they were all well over seventy, then the Cistercians, then the Freemasons, then the madmen from almshouses, then coal burners, then beggars and even immoral aristocrats, especially the Marquis de Cabri, because he married for the third time, organized, as they said, orgiastic masses in his cellars and at the same time drank the blood of virgins in order to increase his male potency.

The murderer became impudent, the Court became like almshouses, Because Count Palen Co. is parallel to the jury.

Peasants followed in their footsteps, and the numerous monasteries that arose there became strongholds of peasant settlement, serving as parish churches, lenders, and almshouses towards old age.

But if you want life in almshouse She’s gotten better, you can’t just let the old woman go.

The appearance of hippogriffs, qilin, sirens and sea serpents, terrible and mysterious epidemics that from time to time strike earthlings, the phenomenon of the Bermuda Triangle, Lake Vrazhye in the Tyumen region, the Tower of Ghosts in Tabriz, Old Moscow almshouse on Kulishki, the apartment of Kharkov resident Brykina, the Hume oasis in Antarctica, UFOs, mysterious disappearances of people and all sorts of inexplicable phenomena that were previously considered witchcraft and trouble - all this is a consequence of the interaction of different worlds.

Our hero, seeing that he stubbornly neglected his own benefit, decided henceforth to be guided in his friendly services by the experience that had introduced him to this scrupulous pedantry, and in the meantime he generously donated to almshouse from these first fruits happy game and put aside two hundred pounds for diamond earrings and a solitaire ring, which he intended to present to Miss Amelia.

And if you find a lover of truth who always does and says what he likes, then he ends his days, if not in prison, then in almshouse.

Here’s what I’ll just add: if you do good in abundance, for example, if you build temples, decorate them and fill them with gifts, if you take on the expenses of hospitals and almshouses, if you give out alms daily, if you help widows and orphans, if you properly attend divine services, if even regarding these works of the saints you think, speak and preach as if from the heart, and yet do not avoid evils as sins against God, then everything this good is not good, it is hypocritical or for the sake of merit, for in it internally, nevertheless, there is evil, since everyone’s life is in each and every one of his deeds.

What did he care that the gentle chiaroscuro, the child of veiled chiaroscuro and transparent halftones, had long since rested behind the prison bars of abstraction, in almshouse vile primitivism?

Almshouse for the elderly is located in Marengo, eighty kilometers from Algiers.

In the ranks of the audience, which until now had remained faceless to me, one after another rose from the benches, and then went out through a small side door almshouses, old Thomas Perez, Raymond, Masson, Salamano and Marie.

Left alone, within the walls almshouses, they turn into wrinkled, groaning, sickly old men, envious, scolding, suspicious and callous.

Today, many people want to know what an almshouse is and what its purpose is. Poor and sick people who cannot be cured are taken into care. various reasons. People without a separate place of residence often come here and need a home and special care.

It is important to know the meaning of the word "almshouse". In such institutions there are sisters of mercy who prepare food and feed people with disabilities, carry out daily hygiene procedures for bedridden patients.

Many people know what the word means, while others associate it with negative things.

This institution, which carries out charitable activities, provides assistance to disabled people who cannot care for themselves.

The meaning of the word almshouse is “for God’s sake.” Such institutions are often called charitable.

People staying in them can count on full care and comprehensive maintenance.

Pay attention! Almshouses used to be called charitable institutions where they kept people who could not provide for themselves, take care of themselves and perform daily chores.

In most cases, institutions assign disabled persons. These could be elderly people, infirm citizens, disabled people, cripples, patients who require rehabilitation after long-term treatment.

A person who ends up in such a charitable institution can count on full maintenance. Some institutions have been operating since ancient times.

The shelter house in Lublin was opened at the beginning of 1342, but even today it continues its activities, helping people who need help.

In Warsaw there is a house of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary. It has been operating since 1388, and has already provided assistance to a huge number of elderly and needy people.

Almshouses in Moscow have several characteristic differences from poor houses and ancient Russian poor houses, so they should not be confused with each other.

Establishments at the monastery

On the territory of Russia today there are several dozen charitable institutions that operate at monasteries. Those interested can buy new book, which he released Synodal Department on church charity and social activities.

Each nursing home has its own differences: resources, capabilities, type of premises. Some of them are located in city apartments, but at the same time they act on behalf of a specific monastery.

Separate premises are also being built to help elderly people. Particular attention must be paid to the type of activity, because in some homes residents may only be offered care, treatment or rehabilitation.

In the city of Ryazan there is a gerontological center “Malshino almshouse at the monastery”, which operates under the patronage of the holy monastery.

Parishioners and volunteers help socially vulnerable and frail people who need care.

Funding comes from the municipal budget. They helped a huge number of people who quickly recovered after long-term treatment.

Frail people purchased a second home and were able to live their lives in care and love.

Wikipedia offers its own interpretation of the concept of almshouse. This is any charitable institution that helps disabled people: the elderly, the infirm, the disabled, the crippled or recovering citizens who have undergone long-term treatment and have no relatives.

In Russia, Christians began to open such establishments. IN Ancient Rus' There was a nursing home near every church. Entire settlements of beggars formed near the monastery. The church accepted every person who asked for help. In those days, such establishments were maintained at the expense of the royal treasury.

How to get there

A huge number of people are interested in how to get into such a house. According to the charter, many charitable organizations accept the care of believers Orthodox people who are mentally healthy. Priests and service personnel work on the territory.

Often such organizations are attached to a hospital, so people in need can receive help from a therapist, psychiatrist, and other specialists.

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This is a special form of social protection for elderly citizens. To get into the almshouse, you need to go to the church and fill out a request form.

Visiting service employees make calls to possible candidates. Additionally, all issues are discussed, and the person receives legal advice.

Employees must make sure that the citizen really needs help, long-term rehabilitation and support.

Not only older people can go to the almshouse.

People often ask for help:

those in need who have no relatives or whose relatives do not take them into care for various reasons;
people who have been injured but need rehabilitation;
old people without housing;
homeless people.

Due to the fact that in ancient times the church took into the care of people who feigned poverty, a separate law was passed.

At the Council of the Stoglavy, the tsar ordered that only real beggars be singled out. To do this, they carried out a census of all guests and arranged a separation of women's and men's charitable institutions.

Such people were supported with money they received from alms.

During the era of Catherine and Peter the Great, these were large places where employees could solve any social problems.

Gradually, the marginalized sections of society began to increase, so activities were suspended. The authorities became interested in supporting such institutions, so they began to actively allocate funds to provide charity.

When the city and Zemstvo reforms were adopted, local government was involved in sponsorship. New organizations began to actively open, whose task was to solve pressing social problems.

The main goal is the eradication of poverty. Patronage was ultimately divided between royal families, monasteries, public organizations. At the beginning of the 20th century, charitable institutions were actively built.

Important! According to statistical data, in Moscow in 1990, more than 10 thousand people were kept under guardianship.

The establishments were located in different areas of the capital. The most famous and active organizations are Andreevskaya and Pokrovskaya.

At that time, there were other institutions that people could turn to for help:

for caregivers;
merchant clerks;
sisters of mercy;
military people;
persons who have a clergy title.

A few centuries ago, people could write a petition to be assigned to an institution called the Nikolaev Izmailovskaya military almshouse, which was actively developing and carrying out its activities and had a rich history.

Its construction began in 1814. Nicholas was the first to make such a decision in order to provide and give protection to people who do not have income and need urgent assistance.

The territory of the former royal residence had a sad appearance. Here one could see cut down and neglected groves, dried up springs, lakes, and destroyed bridges.

The project was ignored, so it was decided to suspend construction work. Active construction of the building began closer to 1840. During this period, an official decree was issued.

The almshouse was planned to be made for retired soldiers and officers who, due to their age, had completed their service. In people most of Those who spent their lives in military service, after dismissal, as a rule, had no home, property or means of subsistence.

The first residents of the almshouse were veterans who took part in the Caucasian War. People who served in the Semenovsky and Preobrazhensky regiments were also provided with support. The territory was small, a small number of workers worked here, so only 20 officers and about 450 soldiers could be received.

Ten years later, the second building of the almshouse was opened. People were able to receive free treatment and food.

They did not have to pay for uniforms or accommodation on the charity's premises. Additionally, they were provided with a pension.

Leaders cared about their students. The territory was improved, trees, shrubs, and flowers were planted.

The water in the ponds was purified, and greens and natural vegetables were given for lunch and dinner. There was a cemetery nearby.

Now the almshouse building is partially destroyed. The Moscow metro station “Izmailovskaya” is located nearby. In 1918, this institution was no longer funded.

Now elderly and needy people can find employment in other institutions. The bathhouse, workshop, office, and officers' building have survived to this day. Since 2007, the building has been considered a museum-reserve. Now this is the cultural heritage of the capital.

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Let's sum it up

People who need help can always count on social support. Many parishioners donate money to provide for citizens in almshouses who need a home and rehabilitation after surgery when injured.

In the capital and in the territory Russian Federation works huge amount charitable institutions.