Belogorsky Monastery, Perm region. Seven amazing facts about the Belogorsk monastery - the Ural Athos Belogorsk monastery Perm history

St. Nicholas Belogorsky Monastery- Orthodox missionary male monastery on Belaya Gora.

The emergence of the Belogorsk Monastery is associated with the struggle of the Russian Orthodox Church against the schism. Belogorye was one of the centers of the Old Believers. On the spurs of the Ural Mountains, covered with dense forests and surrounded by impassable swamps, both a fugitive serf and a schismatic could hide from persecution. The Old Believer population of the Kungur, Osinsky, Okhansky, Krasnoufimsky, Ekaterinburg districts, as well as the Yugo-Knaufsky and Bymovsky factories, prevailed over the parishioners of the Russian Orthodox Church.

On June 9, 1890, the rector of the Annunciation Cathedral, Father Stefan Lukanin, visited Belaya Gora, who was at that time at the Bymovsky plant on missionary business. Stefan Lukanin believed that in order to attract the Old Believers into the fold of the Orthodox Church, it was necessary to build a temple somewhere in the center of the schism in which services would be performed according to the exact statutory rite of the Orthodox Greek-Russian Church. Having visited White Mountain, he decided that this place was created for a missionary monastery. A small wooden cross was placed on the mountain, which marked the beginning of the creation of the Belogorsk monastery.

On April 29, 1891, during a trip to Japan, an assassination attempt was made on Tsarevich Nikolai Alexandrovich (future emperor). The Tsarevich remained alive. In honor of the miraculous salvation of Nikolai Alexandrovich, a wooden eight-pointed cross 5 fathoms (10.65 meters) high, sealed with tin, popularly nicknamed “Tsar’s”, was erected on White Mountain. On June 16, 1891, on the initiative of Father Stefan Lukanin and with the blessing of Bishop Vladimir of Perm and Solikamsk, during the procession of the cross, the cross was consecrated. Along with the Orthodox and fellow believers, Old Believers took part in the procession.

On June 18, 1893, the site for the foundation of the temple was consecrated on White Mountain. In September 1893, bells brought from Moscow, the first rows of logs of the chapel under construction and two wells - “Holy Key” and “Jordan” - were consecrated; holy icons were donated to the future monastery: “The Life-Giving Spring” and the ancient image of St. Nicholas.

In November 1893, a construction committee for the construction of the Belogorsk Monastery was created, and Father Stefan Lukanin was appointed head of the committee. In February 1894, the construction of the first wooden St. Nicholas Church was completed, and on February 22, 1894, its solemn consecration took place.

On June 12, 1894, the foundation stone of the upper Iversky Church was consecrated, and a year later, on May 30, 1895, gilded crosses were erected on the temple. At the beginning of the summer of 1895, the Iveron Church was completely built and on June 29 it was solemnly consecrated in honor of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God by Bishop Peter of Perm. In July 1894, work began on expanding the St. Nicholas Church, and in November the construction of the rector's and fraternal buildings began. During the same period, a school for orphan boys was opened. On October 1, 1896, the lower church of the monastery was solemnly consecrated in the name of All Saints in memory of the engagement of Grand Duke Nikolai Alexandrovich.

On September 16, 1897, a religious procession arrived at the Belogorsk Monastery. 5 holy icons were donated to the monastery from and delivered: the Kazan image of the Mother of God, the image of St. Sergius of Radonezh, the image of the Kazan icon of the Mother of God, painted by the monks of the Valaam Monastery, the image of the holy noble prince, the image of the Mother of God “Quick to Hear.”

On November 16, 1897, the wooden St. Nicholas Church was completely destroyed by fire. In the same year, construction began on a two-story stone building for the older brethren.

In August 1898, the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God “Goalkeeper” was delivered from the Holy Mount Athos by Perm Governor D. G. Arsenyev to the Belogorsky Monastery. In 1899, a courtyard of the Belogorsk Monastery with a temple in the name of St. John Chrysostom was opened.

On April 23, 1901, during a strong storm, the “Royal” cross was demolished. A new gilded metal cross with an artistic depiction of the Crucifixion was made at the expense of the merchant, the largest benefactor of the Belogorsk Monastery at that time, Pavel Stepanovich Zhirnov, according to a sketch by the famous icon painter A. N. Zelenin. This cross was consecrated on September 14, 1901 and stood until 1918.

On June 24, 1902, Bishop John of Perm and Solikamsk solemnly consecrated the site of the foundation of the Holy Cross Cathedral Church in honor of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross with boundaries in the name of St. John the Baptist and Baptist of the Lord, Saint and Wonderworker Nicholas of Myra. The consecration was conducted by Bishop John of Perm and Solikamsk. The chief engineer of the project was E.I. Artemyev, the building material was supplied by the monastery brick factory.

In 1907, a silver shrine was delivered to the Belogorsky Monastery, donated by the Ecumenical Patriarch and the Athonite elders, with particles of the holy relics of the saints of God, including John the Baptist, Andrew the First-Called, Saints Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, John Chrysostom and many others.

According to the report of the Belogorsk Monastery for 1909, the total number of brethren was 401 people. The Belogorsk inhabitants were engaged in arable farming, cattle breeding, gardening, beekeeping, and fishing. The monastery owned 580 acres of land, 9 ponds, and there were 40 cows on the monastery farm.

In 1912, the Belogorsk monastery began publishing an Orthodox-patriotic magazine, “Voice of Duty.”

Holy Cross Cathedral

On June 7, 8 and 9, 1917, after 15 years of construction, the largest cathedral Church of the Exaltation of the Cross in the Urals was solemnly consecrated. About 30 thousand people attended the ceremony, including about 2.5 thousand representatives of the clergy.

The Cathedral of the Exaltation of the Cross could accommodate up to 8 thousand people. Dimensions of the cathedral: length - 60.2 m, width - 55.09 m, height - 58.4 m. On the roof of the cathedral there are five large domes and four small ones, located above the porches of the cathedral on all sides. A heating machine was installed in the basement.

The Belogorsk Cathedral, built in the Byzantine style, resembles in its architecture the Vladimir Church in Kyiv. To decorate it, icons made in the icon-painting workshop of the monastery were used. The most expensive icons placed in the iconostasis were valued by contemporaries at a huge sum for that time - 3,000 rubles each. The temple was equipped with “the latest ventilation” and steam heating, the floor was laid with multi-colored Metlakh tiles. Outside, the snow-white walls of the temple were decorated with various icons, also painted on tin in the monastery workshop. There is an asphalt-filled area around the cathedral itself. The total cost of the temple was estimated at 230 thousand rubles.

Belogorsky Monastery in the Soviet period

By the summer of 1918, Bolshevik activity reached White Mountain. Having allegedly invited him to a meeting in the village of Yugo-Osokino (nowadays), the Bolsheviks arrested 60-year-old Archimandrite Varlaam. On August 12, 1918, he was brutally tortured by the Bolsheviks and thrown into the Kama River.

From August 1918 to January 1919, the Bolsheviks shot and tortured 34 monks of the Belogorsk Monastery. On October 10, 1918, Hieromonk Sergius was killed.

In 1941-1945, a rehabilitation center for wounded and disabled war veterans was located on White Mountain, and from 1946 to 1986. - home for disabled people of war, labor and childhood. In the fall of 1980, a strong fire destroyed almost all the domes of the Cathedral of the Exaltation of the Cross.

Revival of the Belogorsky Monastery in the 1990s.

The revival of the monastery began in 1988 during the celebration of the 1000th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus'. On December 24, 1990, the Perm Regional Executive Committee decided to transfer the former Belogorsk Monastery to the administration of the Perm Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. On January 29, 1991, the Holy Synod granted the request of Archbishop Athanasius of Perm and Solikamsk for a blessing to open the St. Nicholas Monastery on White Mountain. Monastic life resumed at the monastery. On May 18, 1991, the buildings of the Belogorsk Monastery were transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church for indefinite use. On May 26, 1991, the first service took place in the upper church of the Cathedral of the Exaltation of the Cross.

In the fall of 1993, a project for the restoration of the Holy Cross Cathedral was developed. At the end of 1993, construction of a highway to Belaya Mountain began. In May 1995, crosses were installed on several domes of the cathedral, and in the same year work began on its restoration. On September 27, 1998, the historical “Royal” cross with a height of 10.66 m, destroyed by the Bolsheviks, was consecrated and installed. At Christmas 2000, nine bells cast in the Holy Shartom Monastery of the Ivanovo Diocese were installed in the temporary belfry near the Cathedral of the Exaltation of the Cross.

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Today, the weekly column “The History of a Temple” will introduce the LiveJournal reader to the history of the Belogorsk St. Nicholas Monastery, which is also called the Ural Athos.

The Belogorsky St. Nicholas Monastery is located on White Mountain, 120 kilometers from Perm.

The monastery can be easily reached by car. To do this, on the Perm-Ekaterinburg highway, before reaching Kungur, you need to turn at the sign for Kalinino, and then turn at the sign for Belaya Gora.

White Mountain is the highest peak of the Tulvin Upland. According to the most common opinion, it got its name because the snow in its vicinity does not melt for a long time.

The history of the monastery begins on April 29, 1891. It was then that a seven-foot cross, popularly nicknamed the Tsar’s Cross, was erected on White Mountain in memory of the rescue of the heir to the Russian throne, Tsarevich Nicholas, from an assassination attempt in Japan. In April 1901, a storm broke out on the mountain and toppled the cross. The symbol of the Belogorsk Monastery was restored by September of the same year and stood until 1918. After 80 years, the cross was again installed on the edge of the White Mountain.

In February 1894, construction of the first wooden St. Nicholas Church was completed on the territory of the monastery. 3 years later, on November 16, 1897, during a fire, the temple burned to the ground. The need arose to build a stone church, and only on June 24, 1902, the foundation site of the cathedral church in honor of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross was solemnly consecrated.

15 years later, the construction of the Cathedral Church of the Exaltation of the Cross was completed. The total cost of construction was estimated at 230 thousand rubles. In June 1917, just a few months before the revolution, the temple was consecrated; about 30 thousand people attended the consecration ceremony. You can judge what the temple looked like from the following photograph.

The Church of the Exaltation of the Cross, built in the Byzantine style, resembles in its architecture the Vladimir Church in Kyiv. The temple became the most beautiful and grandiose temple of the Perm diocese.

After the revolution, a terrible fate awaited the monastery. On July 30, 1918, the Bolsheviks arrested Archimadrite Varlaam, and on August 12 he was brutally tortured and drowned in the Kama River. In October 1918, the entire monastery complex was subjected to barbaric destruction. They removed the Royal Cross, desecrated the throne, took away shrines, destroyed the library and monastery workshops. 34 monks were shot, 102 Belogorsk monks were taken under escort to Perm for forced labor. In March 1923, the monastery was closed.

In 1930, a camp for repressed and special settlers was opened on Belaya Gora. And in 1931, the Belogorsk Home for the Invalids was created in the former monastery. A monument to Lenin was erected on the site where the Tsar's Cross previously stood, and the Cathedral Church was turned into a club. In 1941-1945, on White Mountain there was a rehabilitation center for the wounded and disabled of the Great Patriotic War, and from 1946 to 1986 - a home for disabled people of the Great Patriotic War, labor and childhood. In the fall of 1980, during a strong fire, almost all the domes of the Cathedral of the Exaltation of the Cross burned down.

In December 1990, the monastery was transferred under the control of the Perm diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, and in January 1991, monastic life was resumed in the monastery.

During the period of restoration work, a temporary belfry was built near the Church of the Exaltation of the Cross.

In 2000, before Christmas, nine bells cast in the Holy Chartom Monastery of the Ivanovo Diocese were installed in it.

Every year, the Belogorsky St. Nicholas Monastery is visited by more than one hundred thousand believers and tourists. Some people come to attend services in the temple, venerate the holy relics and draw water from the Holy Spring, and others come to simply contemplate the beauty of the nature of the Urals. But each of them can confirm the incredible energy of this place.

Information about the monastery is given from the official

The Belogorsky Monastery is the largest monastery in the Perm region, one of the spiritual centers of the Urals. The Belogorsky Monastery is located in a very picturesque place: on White Mountain, which offers stunning views of the surrounding area. The full name of the monastery is Belogorsky St. Nicholas Missionary Monastery.

General view of the Belogorsk Monastery

The main temple of the Belogorsk Monastery is the Cathedral of the Exaltation of the Cross, which was built in the neo-Byzantine style characteristic of the early 20th century. Its construction lasted 15 years - from 1902 to 1917. The ceremonial consecration of the temple took place on June 7-9. The Cathedral of the Exaltation of the Cross of the Belogorsky Monastery in its architecture resembles in Osa, which was built according to the design of Alexander Bovenaturovich Turchevich. Perhaps the architectural office of the most talented Architect of Perm made efforts to build the Cathedral of the Holy Cross.

The building of the Holy Cross Cathedral is the largest religious building in the Perm region. Located at the top, the cathedral amazes with its size and dazzling whiteness. The dome of the temple is the largest among the temples of Perm and the region. The cultural significance not only for the Urals, but throughout Russia is emphasized by the fact that the Central Bank issued a commemorative coin “Cathedral of the Exaltation of the Cross of the Belogorsk St. Nicholas Monastery, Perm Territory” with a face value of 3 rubles, from the series “Architectural Monuments of Russia”. This is the first architectural monument of the Perm region minted in coins. The Exaltation of the Cross Cathedral of the Belogorsk Monastery, along with Solikamsk and Perm, is one of the most significant architectural monuments of the Kama region.

The Belogorsky Monastery is interesting to visit at any time of the year. Visiting here and touching the hidden pulse of time will be interesting for both pilgrims and tourists. After visiting such places, a person begins to look at his life differently and notice much more good things around him.

How to get to the Belogorsky Monastery

You can get to the Belogorsky Monastery along the P 242 Perm – Yekaterinburg highway. At the village of Ergach we turn following the sign to White Mountain. We reach the village of Kalinino, where there is a sign to the White Mountain near the pond. Further the road will lead you straight to the monastery.

The Holy Belogorsk Monastery is one of the greatest monasteries in Orthodox Russia. This monastery is famous for the extraordinary strictness of its rules and dedication to serving God. It is not for nothing that this monastery received the name of the Ural Athos. And this name gives it even more weight in the eyes of Orthodox Christians around the world.

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This monastery has the full name Belogorsky St. Nicholas Orthodox Missionary Monastery. It is located 120 km from the capital of the Perm Territory. The city of Kungur is located 40 km from the monastery.

Back in the 18th century on the site of the current monastery not far from Perm there were monasteries of the Old Believers. In 1891, a high Orthodox cross was erected on the top of the White Mountain. Its height exceeded 10 meters. This cross was erected in connection with the happy escape from assassination attempt of Tsarevich Nikolai Alexandrovich. The people called this cross the Royal Cross.

Subsequently, the Orthodox Church decided to erect the Belogorsky St. Nicholas Monastery on the same place. And thus, in 1893 on Mount Belaya A ceremony was held to consecrate the site for the construction of an Orthodox Christian church.

Monastery in the 20th century

Like many Christian monasteries, A very tragic fate awaited the Belogorsk monastery in the 20th century. Only a few months had passed since the consecration of the temple when the bloody October Revolution broke out. Of course, the rich complex could not help but attract the attention of the new authorities.

In the 90s of the last century, the territory of the former monastery was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church. Soon construction work began to restore the monastery and the Cathedral of the Exaltation of the Cross.

Nowadays, the Belogorsky Monastery in the Perm region plays the role of one of the most important religious centers in the Urals. The modern monastery is located in a very picturesque place. It offers stunning views of the surrounding areas.

The main temple of the Belogorsk monastery received its former name - Holy Cross Cathedral. The building of this church is the largest among all Orthodox churches that operate in the Perm region. Its dome is also the largest among all Ural churches.

The cathedral is located on the top of the White Mountain and amazes those who come to him with its size and dazzling beauty. This cathedral plays a very important role in the cultural and spiritual life of not only the Urals and Perm region, but throughout Russia. It is no coincidence that the Central Bank of Russia issued a commemorative coin of 3 rubles, dedicated to this monastery and belonging to the series “Architectural Monuments of Russia”. The Belogorsky Monastery is the first Ural architectural monument that was minted on coins.

The monastery in Belogorye is a wonderful place for religious pilgrimage and tourist excursions. It will be very interesting to visit it at any time of the year. Here you can feel the pulse of time and enrich yourself spiritually. Those who visit places like the Belogorsk St. Nicholas Monastery feel themselves spiritually reborn and begin to perceive life from a completely different angle. Such people see much more goodness and light in their lives.

How to get there and opening hours of the monastery

Belogorsk Cathedral is located at: Russia, Perm region, Kungur district, Belaya Gora village, st. Monastyrskaya, 1. Those who want to get to the monastery on their own can drive along the Perm - Ekaterinburg P242 highway. Near the village of Ergach there will be a sign, following which you will need to turn and get to the village of Kalinino. There is also a sign near the pond here. You can take it directly to the monastery. On the monastery website you can find route directions on a map.

The Cathedral of the Exaltation of the Cross opens to visitors at 7:30 a.m. and remains open until 5 p.m. This schedule corresponds to weekdays. As for holidays, there is a specific schedule of holiday services, baptisms and other spiritual events on the website.

Belogorsky Monastery embodies the great history of the formation and development of spirituality and the Russian Orthodox faith. The Christian faith has passed through centuries and survived many trials, but through all this time it has carried faithfulness to the Lord and inexhaustible spiritual strength.

For secular people, a trip to the Belogorsk monastery is an excellent cultural and educational tourist route.

In addition to the temple buildings, here you can admire other historical and architectural monuments - in particular, ancient merchant mansions. The Kungur Ice Cave and other monuments of this Ural city are of keen interest to tourists. Not far from the city you can see natural monuments - the Ermak stone and the Plakun waterfall, which have their own interesting and unique history.

At the end of every summer, an aeronautics festival is held in Kungur.

The monastery on White Mountain near Kungur (Perm region) is often called the Ural Athos. This is one of the main Orthodox attractions of the Perm region and the Urals.

Mount Belaya: what is it famous for?

White This mountain was nicknamed, according to the most common opinion, because the snow here does not melt for a long time.

Back in the 18th century, there were Old Believer hermitages in these places. However, the "official" Orthodox history of this place began in 1891. In memory of salvation Tsarevich Nicholas from assassination attempt in Japan on White Mountain They installed a large cross (more than 10 meters in height). That's what people called him - "Tsarsky".

Belogorsky St. Nicholas Monastery

But they decided not to stop there. The Orthodox Church had the idea to create on this elevated place Belogorsky St. Nicholas Monastery.

History of construction

June 18, 1893 on White Mountain illuminated the site for the construction of an Orthodox church. The first wooden temple was completely built by the end of winter of the following year. They immediately began to build the abbot's and fraternal buildings. A school for orphan boys was opened at the monastery. However, before the 1917 revolution, only 25 orphans studied there.

Belogorsky Monastery was engaged in active economic activities. The monks were engaged in arable farming, raising livestock, fishing, and keeping bees. The monastery had 580 acres of land on its balance sheet. The monastery had decent income.

On September 16, 1897, in a religious procession from the capital, five holy icons were brought here at once. However, this monastery also suffered a fate common to many Orthodox churches. On November 16, 1897 (i.e., just three years after construction), the wooden temple suddenly burst into flames and burned down.

April 23, 1901 - a new misfortune. On White Mountain a terrible storm was raging. The strongest wind even blew Royal cross. The new cross, restored at the expense of the merchants, stood until 1918, when it was overthrown by the Bolsheviks.

Groundbreaking of the Holy Cross Cathedral

Laying a solid stone temple - Holy Cross Cathedral- took place only on June 24, 1902. The temple was built in the Byzantine style over a decade and a half. Holy Cross Cathedral could accommodate as many as 8 thousand parishioners. It is curious that the building materials were produced by the monks themselves - at the monastery brick factory.

At the solemn ceremony of consecration of the majestic Holy Cross Cathedral On July 7-9, 1917, 30 thousand pilgrims were present.

Holy Cross Cathedral before the revolution

However, if you pay attention to the date, the grandiose cathedral was built at the wrong time. A few months after the construction of the temple, a revolution broke out. The rich monastery immediately attracted the attention of the communists. On August 12, 1918, the Bolsheviks first brutally tortured him half to death and then drowned him in Kama River Archimandrite Varlaam. Many ordinary monks shared a similar fate. Belogorsky Monastery.

In 1923 Belogorsky Monastery finally closed. First, the repressed and dispossessed were tortured here, then the monastery buildings were given to a home for the disabled.

In 1980 at White Mountain the fire blazed again, destroying even the domes Holy Cross Cathedral.

With the beginning of democratic trends after coming to power Gorbachev the monastery was returned to the Orthodox Church. In the 1990s, leisurely work began to restore the monastery and its main attraction - Holy Cross Cathedral.

Weekend route

Trip to Belogorsky Monastery- an excellent weekend route and a popular pilgrimage tour. It is also worth seeing ancient merchant houses, monuments and others.