Alexander Nevsky Monastery, Chuvashia. Alexander Nevsky Monastery

Alexander Nevsky Chuvash Monastery is located in the Morgaushsky district in the town of Karshlykhi. The monastery was founded in 1903, for missionary purposes, in the forest, now the 14th quarter of the Ilyinsky forestry, in the place where the pagan Chuvash used to gather and pray. First, in 1890, a chapel was built and then in a short time a monastery was formed - a complex of two churches - in the name of St. Alexander Nevsky and St. Seraphim of Sarov, the abbot's house, a two-story cell building, a hotel for pilgrims, a bakery, a forge, a water mill, etc. outbuildings. All buildings were wooden, in an eclectic style with elements of classical and baroque architecture.

The first mention of the need to create a Chuvash monastery in the Kazan province dates back to 1881. “BY THE HIGHEST command, issued on the 9th day of May 1881 (collection of laws and regulations of 1881 No. 82, article 552), in gratitude to the Lord God for the miraculous salvation of the AUGUST IMPERIAL FAMILY from the threatening danger of a train crash on Kursk-Kharkov-Azov railway. And also for the purpose of educational influence on the Chuvash foreigners, it was decided to form a monastery in the Kazan province.

But the HIGHEST command remained virtually unfulfilled until 1902. At the end of the 80s of the century, the first petition of the Chuvash rural societies of the Kozmodemyansk district was sent to the Kazan Diocesan Administration for the founding of a Chuvash men's monastery in the Kozmodemyansk district.

The Chuvash worship the god Tur. The spirits from which disasters and misfortunes occur live in wooded areas and their habitats - KEREMETI - are sacred. There people sacrificed animals to appease them. In the Kozmodemyansk district, such a place was the “Karshlyk” clearing and a place called “Sar-Tuvan” near the village of Maksi-Kasy, Tatarkasinsky volost, located in the Sheshkar forest dacha (dachas were the forest districts).

By that time, many Chuvash, already established in the Orthodox faith, did not want to put up with idolatry and sacrifices. And the residents of the villages adjacent to the Karshlyk clearing “recognized it as beneficent to petition who should establish the above-mentioned monastery at the main place of idolatry, namely in the Sheshkar forest dacha of the Kozmodemyansk district of the Kazan province.” Several petitions were drawn up to the Holy Synod, the Kazan diocesan authorities, and the Kazan State Property Administration (in 1891, 1895, 1898, 1899). And a long correspondence began with the Kazan Department of State Property about the allocation of land for the monastery. But the monastery had already begun to emerge. Peasants from nearby villages donated 3 acres of land. The first buildings began to be erected - these were wooden huts. And in May 1902, the Holy Governing Synod determined:
- in the Kozmodemyansky district of the Kazan diocese, to establish a Chuvash men’s monastery with the name Alexander Nevsky, with as many monastics as the monastery will be able to support at its own expense;
- ask for an order from the Minister of Agriculture and State Property to allocate 80 dessiatines of 500 square meters intended for this purpose for the estate and allotment of the new monastery. soot From Malo-Sheshkarskaya and Pikhtulinskaya dachas.” In October 1902, Abbot Anthony (Razumov) was appointed rector of the monastery.

By this time, residents of the neighboring village of Bolshoy Sundyr donated an old prayer house to the monastery, which was transported and installed on the mountain, completing the construction of the dome, altar and porch. It seems that it became the temple of Alexander Nevsky.

By an act of January 22, 1903, 10 dessiatines of the forest plot from the Sheshkar dacha were finally transferred to the monastery, and in April of the same year another 70 dessiatines. 500 fathoms of land in the Pikhtulinskaya dacha, which was located 18 versts from the monastery.

The monastery was consecrated on June 15, 1903 by Archbishop Dimitri of Kazan, and regular services began. The monastery was established as a cenobitic monastery (one table and common property) and a supernumerary one (not supported by the consistory).

“In 1904, the monastery consisted of 2 people in the monastic rank and 48 novices.”

In 1904, the improvement of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral was completed. The following year, a two-story fraternal building with 20 cells and a wooden school building were built. “THE GOVERNOR EMPEROR, in consideration of the educational objectives of the Alexander Nevsky Monastery among the Chuvash, on the 2nd day of May 1905, he deigned to give him an additional allotment of seventy acres from the Malo-Sheshkar state dacha and add up from him the amount not received for the previously allocated to the monastery area." But the monastery received possession of this land by deed only in July 1906. But for a long time, the Head of the Ilyinsky Forestry, Senior Forest Inspector, Collegiate Advisor Guzovsky, waged a slanderous lawsuit with the monastery on land matters. Despite the fact that in September 1907, the Main Directorate of Land Management and Agriculture sent the Kazan Department of Agriculture and State Property a document which states, among other things, “that the forest areas allocated by the treasury to monasteries, according to Art. 111th and paragraph 7 of Art. 462nd Ord. Lesn., ed. 1905, are removed forever from the management of the forest authorities and come to the full disposal and use of the monasteries.”

In 1905 Fr. Anthony appeals to the council of the Brotherhood of St. Gurias with a request to open a parochial school at the monastery. In the same year, the monastery leased a water mill for a period of 24 years. By 1907 the monastery continued to grow. New buildings, workshops (sewing, shoemaking, carpentry, etc.), and a wooden fence around the monastery appeared. At the same time, plans were made to build a new church, a new building for the brethren, a brick factory, and a hotel for pilgrims.

In February 1908, “The Construction Department of the Kazan Provincial Board approved the project and estimate for the construction of a church in the Alexander Nevsky Monastery, Kozmodemyansk district.” The foundation stone of the temple was carried out in July 1908 by Bishop Mikhail of Cheboksary. And the consecration took place on October 8, 1909 by Bishop Andrei of Mamadysh. Apparently, this was the temple of Seraphim of Sarov.

In 1908, 22 monks and 12 novices lived in the monastery.

By 1910, 71 people already lived in the monastery. A forge, a brick factory, and a weaving workshop appeared. Brick foundations are laid under old buildings; many buildings already have iron roofs. Farm farming was also well established in the Pikhtulinsky area, remote from the monastery, where several novices lived. To accommodate those in need, the monastery had two 2-story hotels.

With the outbreak of the First World War, life in the monastery changed. Some of the novices were mobilized into the army. They took some of the horses for the needs of the front. But, despite the fact that there was a war, the improvement of the monastery continues. In 1916, a new refectory building was built and the apiary was enlarged.

With the establishment of Soviet power, difficult days came for the monastery. Already in February 1918, the peasants of the Sundyr volost confiscated land in the Pikhtulinsky area. At the same time, buildings, cattle, sheep, stored firewood, hay, and straw were selected. In March 1919, the monastery lost its mill.

The abbot of the monastery from the day of its foundation until its closure in 1926 was Abbot Anthony (A.P. Razumov).

In May 1922, Abbot Anthony was elevated to the rank of archimandrite. Despite his illness, Archimandrite Anthony continues his service. Until the mid-20s, life in the monastery was still warm.

On August 12, 1926, the board of the NKVD of the Chuvash Republic issued a resolution to close the monastery, and the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of the Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic approved it in October 1926. The reason was “non-compliance with Soviet laws by members of the community, the decree on the separation of church and state and school from church.” Also, by its decision, the NKVD board transferred the monastery premises to the disposal of a local school for peasant youth.

Archimandrite Anthony died on December 24, 1928 and was buried in the cemetery of the village of Bolshoi Sundyr, Yadrinsky district. During the long years of oblivion, a school for peasant youth and a hospital for patients with meningitis and tuberculosis existed on the territory of the monastery at different times. During this time, the surviving buildings were mercilessly destroyed and rebuilt

In 1940, a children's sanatorium was located in the monastery buildings.

In 1996, by order of the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Chuvash Republic Ablyakimov E.A. Two buildings located on the territory of the former monastery were transferred to the ownership of the Cheboksary diocese: a church and an abbot's house.

In 2001 the monastery resumed its activities. A wooden church in the name of Seraphim of Sarov, a two-story cell building, and outbuildings were built.

Since 2001, monastic feats of prayer for Holy Rus' have been performed again at this holy place. The monastery has been partially returned to its original owner, the Orthodox Church, the Church of St. Seraphim of Sarov has been consecrated, but the bulk of the work to revive the monastery is still in the future.

Nowadays the complex of the Alexander Nevsky Monastery with. Karshlykhi Morgaush district consists of:

Temple of the Holy Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky;
- Temple of St. Seraphim of Sarov;
- Gate Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker;
- Chapel - with a source in honor of the Mother of God “Life-Giving Spring”;
- Source in the name of Alexander Nevsky;
- Worship Cross at the entrance to the monastery.

Attention!!! To visit the monastery with the female half of the population, it is recommended to take a scarf with you, as well as entering the territory of the monastery in shorts, skirts above the knees, trousers, jeans - you are not allowed!!! (Especially for dear Skvorchik!!!)

More than a century has passed since the founding of the first Chuvash men's Alexander Nevsky Monastery, located in the village of Bolshoi Sundyr, Morgaushsky district. An interesting place filled with peace and quiet. There are two baths with crystal clear water and very cold. There is a lake where you can swim and have a picnic on the shore; you can drive up to it by car.

There is a legend that at the beginning of the last century, in a church on the territory of the monastery, a brother and sister were married (I don’t know what kind of fly bit them), but GOD did not allow sacrilege, and the church went to the earth with everyone who was in it and formed Hill. This place was not found, although the church really failed, whoever finds it, write and add to the legend.

In the forest there is an OAK - KEREMET, in general, the “Karashlah” tract on the mountainous bank of the Sundyrka River is a place of worship. Pagan prayers and sacrifices have long been performed here. But gradually Orthodoxy took root here too. Their own devotees appeared. Although they say new ribbons periodically appear on the oak tree.

The future abbot of the monastery, Alexey Petrovich Razumov, was born on March 10, 1862 in the village. Setkasy of Yadrinsky district in the family of a Chuvash peasant. After graduating from the zemstvo school, he decided to become a monk. There was a reason for that. Even before graduating from school, Alexey fell seriously ill. Despite the efforts of the parents, the disease did not recede. Then he made a promise: if he recovered, he would go to serve in a monastery. And at the age of 22 he found himself in the Mikhailo-Arkhangelsk Cheremis Monastery. After completing a fairly long period of obedience (service), he became a monk. In a short time he went from hierodeacon to hieromonk. In 1898, he was appointed confessor at the monastery, that is, a priest of the church who accepts confession.

Anthony received his first church award - a gait (a 4-cornered plate with an image of a cross) - in 1900. In February 1901, the Holy Synod appointed him rector of the Chuvash monastery in the Ufa province. In the same year he was elevated to the rank of abbot with the laying of a club (second award).

As a patriot of his native land, Abbot Anthony appeals to the Kazan Spiritual Consistory with a request to transfer him to the monastery that is being opened. Anthony took over the poor monastic household. At the end of 1902, only 12 novices served here. The consecration of the monastery took place on June 15, 1903, with a large crowd of people. On this occasion, the bishop of the Kazan diocese, Archbishop Dmitry, arrived.

The beginning of the monastery's activities coincided with the Russian-Japanese War and the first Russian revolution, which created many difficulties. But they did not frighten a purposeful person, endowed with organizational skills and great responsibility for the assigned work.

Father Anthony skillfully looked for ways to obtain benefits for the monastery. For example, by turning to Tsar Nicholas II, he achieved the write-off of a large debt to the treasury for construction timber in the amount of 1,800 rubles. In addition, the king gave instructions to allocate new land to the monastery. With the increase in the number of inhabitants, there was an urgent need for land. They were difficult to obtain, especially forest areas. At that time, the forest auditor, collegiate adviser B. Guzovsky, enjoyed great authority and prevented the monastery from acquiring forest plots. But nothing could stop Anthony in his desire to turn the only national monastery in the region into a center for the spiritual and moral education of the Chuvash. The abbot understood that this required a good library. He took care of purchasing textbooks and furniture for the school, which apparently opened at the end of 1911. The monastery ordered books from Moscow, Kazan, Simbirsk and other cities. Quite a few books began to appear in the Chuvash language, especially with religious content. The Chuvash enlighteners I. Yakovlev and N. Nikolsky played a large role in supplying the monastery with literature, who carried on a lively correspondence with the abbot.

Through the efforts of Anthony, the monastery continued to be improved. Workshops were opened (carpentry, sewing, shoemaking, etc.). The abbot was thinking about building a new church, a new building for the brethren, and his own brick factory. Soon, in 1909, the second church in the monastery was consecrated - in the name of St. Seraphim of Sarov. The abbot strove to build soundly, reliably and beautifully, inviting masters of their craft from different districts.

Improvement work did not stop. After the completion of the five-domed temple, a new two-story building with cells and rooms for “visiting rulers and officials” was completed. They had their own forge, a brick factory and a canvas weaving workshop started working. The number of livestock grew. The estate was surrounded by a high-quality fence.

The heyday of the monastery was the pre-war years (1910-1914). The farm generated large incomes. Bread, livestock, bricks, linen, etc. were sold in large quantities. Divine services also brought profit. All this increased the standard of living of the inhabitants of the monastery, which had close trade ties with peasants and merchants (for example, with the trading houses of the Talantsev brothers and the Efremov brothers).

The abbot had a calm, friendly character. He loved justice and honesty, and more than once stood up for novices and monks.

With the outbreak of the First World War, life in the monastery changed. Some novices were sent to the army. Some of the horses were taken to the front, and the monastery received monetary compensation for them. The rector organized assistance to the active army - donations were regularly collected for the benefit of the front, for the treatment of sick and wounded soldiers, and preparations began for premises for receiving the wounded. In the fall of 1914, a large group of children of fallen soldiers was accepted into the monastery for maintenance and education. The monastery also became a shelter for refugees from the western regions of Russia.

By decree of the Council of People's Commissars of January 23, 1918, the property of churches and monasteries was declared “national property.”

In 1919, the lands of the monastery were taken away, except for 13 acres, which with great difficulty Anthony managed to defend for gardening.

In 1921, he wrote in the statements: “There are no horses, cattle or sheep at the monastery.” The farm, the mill, the apiary, and the brick factory were confiscated, and the workshops were closed. The looting of buildings continued. Seeing the outrages being committed, the abbot tried to appeal to his conscience, but nothing helped. He was sad to see what was happening to his brainchild.

For his selfless work and fidelity to his calling, 60-year-old abbot Anthony was elevated to the rank of archimandrite (the highest monastic rank) on May 22, 1922.

The unequal struggle undermined his health, but he continued to lead the monastery until the mid-20s. In October 1926, the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of the Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic approved the decision of the board of the NKVD of the Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic to close the monastery.

Since ancient times, the Chuvash had a custom of worshiping different gods. It was believed that the gods, from whom disasters and misfortunes occur, live in wooded areas and their habitats - KEREMETI - are sacred. There people worshiped them and sacrificed animals. In the Kozmodemyansk district, such a place was the “Karshlyk” clearing and a place called “Sar-Tuvan” near the village of Maksi-Kasy, Tatarkasinsky volost, located in the Sheshkar forest dacha (dachas were the forest districts).

- in the Kozmodemyansky district of the Kazan diocese, to establish a Chuvash men’s monastery with the name Alexander Nevsky, with as many monastics as the monastery will be able to support at its own expense;
- ask for an order from the Minister of Agriculture and State Property to allocate 80 dessiatines of 500 square meters intended for this purpose for the estate and allotment of the new monastery. soot From Malo-Sheshkarskaya and Pikhtulinskaya dachas.” In October 1902, Abbot Anthony (Razumov) was appointed rector of the monastery.

“In 1904, the monastery consisted of 2 people in the monastic rank and 48 novices.”

In 1904, the improvement of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral was completed. The following year, a two-story fraternal building with 20 cells and a wooden school building were built. “THE GOVERNOR EMPEROR, in consideration of the educational objectives of the Alexander Nevsky Monastery among the Chuvash, on the 2nd day of May 1905, he deigned to give him an additional allotment of seventy acres from the Malo-Sheshkar state dacha and add up from him the amount not received for the previously allocated to the monastery area."
But the monastery received possession of this land by deed only in July 1906. But for a long time, the Head of the Ilyinsky Forestry, Senior Forest Inspector, Collegiate Advisor Guzovsky, waged a slanderous lawsuit with the monastery on land matters. Despite the fact that in September 1907, the Main Directorate of Land Management and Agriculture sent the Kazan Department of Agriculture and State Property a document which states, among other things, “that the forest areas allocated by the treasury to monasteries, according to Art. 111th and paragraph 7 of Art. 462nd Ord. Lesn., ed. 1905, are removed forever from the management of the forest authorities and come to the full disposal and use of the monasteries.”

In 1908, 22 monks and 12 novices lived in the monastery.

The abbot of the monastery from the day of its foundation until its closure in 1926 was Abbot Anthony (A.P. Razumov).

In May 1922, Abbot Anthony was elevated to the rank of archimandrite. Despite his illness, Archimandrite Anthony continues his service. Until the mid-20s, life in the monastery was still warm.

In 1940, a children's sanatorium was located in the monastery buildings.

In 2001 the monastery resumed its activities. A wooden church in the name of Seraphim of Sarov, a two-story cell building, and outbuildings were built.

Nowadays the complex of the Alexander Nevsky Monastery with. Karshlykhi Morgaush district consists of:

Temple of the Holy Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky;
- Temple of St. Seraphim of Sarov;
- Gate Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker;
- Chapel with a spring in honor of the Mother of God “Life-Giving Spring”;
- Source in the name of Alexander Nevsky;
- Worship Cross at the entrance to the monastery.

At the end of the 80s of the 19th century, the first petition of the Chuvash rural societies of the Kozmodemyansk district was sent to the Kazan Diocesan Administration for the founding of a Chuvash men's monastery in the Kozmodemyansk district. Since ancient times, the Chuvash had a custom of worshiping different gods. It was believed that the gods, from whom disasters and misfortunes occur, live in wooded areas, and their habitats - Keremeti - are sacred. There people worshiped them and sacrificed animals. In the Kozmodemyansk district, such a place was the “Karshlyk” clearing and a place called “Sar-Tuvan” near the village of Maksi-Kasy, Tatarkasinsky volost, located in the Sheshkar forest dacha (dachas were the forest districts). By that time, many Chuvash, already established in the Orthodox faith, did not want to put up with idolatry and sacrifices. And the residents of the villages adjacent to the Karshlyk clearing “recognized it as beneficent to petition who should establish the above-mentioned monastery at the main place of idolatry, namely in the Sheshkar forest dacha of the Kozmodemyansk district of the Kazan province.”

Several petitions were drawn up to the Holy Synod, the Kazan diocesan authorities, and the Kazan State Property Administration (in 1891, 1895, 1898, 1899). And a long correspondence began with the Kazan Department of State Property about the allocation of land for the monastery. But the monastery had already begun to emerge. Peasants from nearby villages donated 3 acres of land. The first buildings began to be erected - these were wooden huts. And in May 1902, the Holy Governing Synod determined: in the Kozmodemyansky district of the Kazan diocese, to establish a Chuvash men's monastery with the name Alexander Nevsky, with as many monastics as the monastery will be able to support at its own expense; to request an order from the Minister of Agriculture and State Property to allocate 80 dessiatines of 500 square meters intended for this purpose for the estate and allotment of the new monastery. soot from Malo-Sheshkarskaya and Pikhtulinskaya dachas.”

In October 1902, Abbot Anthony (Razumov) was appointed rector of the monastery. By this time, residents of the neighboring village of Bolshoy Sundyr donated an old prayer house to the monastery, which was transported and installed on the mountain, completing the construction of the dome, altar and porch. It seems that it became the temple of Alexander Nevsky. By an act of January 22, 1903, 10 dessiatines of the forest plot from the Sheshkar dacha were finally transferred to the monastery, and in April of the same year another 70 dessiatines. 500 fathoms of land in the Pikhtulinskaya dacha, which was located 18 versts from the monastery. The monastery was consecrated on June 15, 1903 by Archbishop Dimitri of Kazan, and regular services began.

The monastery was established as a cenobitic monastery (one table and common property) and a supernumerary one (not supported by the consistory). “In 1904, the monastery consisted of 2 people in the monastic rank and 48 novices.” In 1904, the improvement of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral was completed. The following year, a two-story fraternal building with 20 cells and a wooden school building were built. “THE GOVERNOR EMPEROR, in consideration of the educational objectives of the Alexander Nevsky Monastery among the Chuvash, on the 2nd day of May 1905, he deigned to give him an additional allotment of seventy acres from the Malo-Sheshkar state dacha and add up from him the amount not received for the previously allocated to the monastery area." But the monastery received possession of this land by deed only in July 1906. But for a long time, the Head of the Ilyinsky Forestry, Senior Forest Inspector, Collegiate Advisor Guzovsky, waged a slanderous lawsuit with the monastery on land matters. Despite the fact that in September 1907, the Main Directorate of Land Management and Agriculture sent the Kazan Department of Agriculture and State Property a document which states, among other things, “that the forest areas allocated by the treasury to monasteries, according to Art. 111th and paragraph 7 of Art. 462nd Ord. Lesn., ed. 1905, are removed forever from the management of the forest authorities and come to the full disposal and use of the monasteries.” In 1905 Fr. Anthony appeals to the council of the Brotherhood of St. Gurias with a request to open a parochial school at the monastery. In the same year, the monastery leased a water mill for a period of 24 years.

By 1907 the monastery continued to grow. New buildings, workshops (sewing, shoemaking, carpentry, etc.), and a wooden fence around the monastery appeared. At the same time, plans were made to build a new church, a new building for the brethren, a brick factory, and a hotel for pilgrims. In February 1908, “The Construction Department of the Kazan Provincial Board approved the project and estimate for the construction of a church in the Alexander Nevsky Monastery, Kozmodemyansk district.” The foundation stone of the temple was carried out in July 1908 by Bishop Mikhail of Cheboksary. And the consecration took place on October 8, 1909 by Bishop Andrei of Mamadysh. Apparently, this was the temple of Seraphim of Sarov. By 1910, 71 people already lived in the monastery. A forge, a brick factory, and a weaving workshop appeared. Brick foundations are laid under old buildings; many buildings already have iron roofs. Farm farming was also well established in the Pikhtulinsky area, remote from the monastery, where several novices lived. To accommodate those in need, the monastery had two 2-story hotels.

With the outbreak of World War I, life in the monastery changed. Some of the novices were mobilized into the army. They took some of the horses for the needs of the front. Despite the fact that there was a war, the improvement of the monastery continues. In 1916, a new refectory building was built and the apiary was enlarged. With the establishment of Soviet power, difficult days came for the monastery. Already in February 1918, the peasants of the Sundyr volost confiscated land in the Pikhtulinsky area. At the same time, buildings, cattle, sheep, stored firewood, hay, and straw were selected. In March 1919, the monastery lost its mill. In May 1922, Abbot Anthony was elevated to the rank of archimandrite. Despite his illness, Archimandrite Anthony continues his service. Until the mid-1920s, life in the monastery was still warm. On August 12, 1926, the board of the NKVD of the Chuvash Republic issued a resolution to close the monastery, and the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of the Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic approved it in October 1926. The reason was “non-compliance with Soviet laws by members of the community, the decree on the separation of church and state and school from church.” Also, by its decision, the NKVD board transferred the monastery premises to the local school for peasant youth. Archimandrite Anthony died on December 24, 1928 and was buried in the cemetery of the village of Bolshoi Sundyr, Yadrinsky district. During the long years of oblivion, a school for peasant youth and a hospital for patients with meningitis and tuberculosis existed on the territory of the monastery at different times. During this time, the surviving buildings were mercilessly destroyed and rebuilt.

In the Kozmodemyansky district of the Kazan diocese, establish a Chuvash men's monastery with the name Alexander Nevsky, with as many monastics as the monastery will be able to support at its own expense;

Request an order from the Minister of Agriculture and State Property to allocate 80 dessiatines of 500 square meters intended for this purpose for the estate and allotment of the new monastery. soot From Malo-Sheshkarskaya and Pikhtulinskaya dachas.” In October 1902, Abbot Anthony (Razumov) was appointed rector of the monastery.

“In 1904, the monastery consisted of 2 people in the monastic rank and 48 novices.”

In 1908, 22 monks and 12 novices lived in the monastery.

The abbot of the monastery from the day of its foundation until its closure in 1926 was Abbot Anthony (A.P. Razumov).

In May 1922, Abbot Anthony was elevated to the rank of archimandrite. Despite his illness, Archimandrite Anthony continues his service. Until the mid-20s, life in the monastery was still warm.

In 1940, a children's sanatorium was located in the monastery buildings.

In 2001 the monastery resumed its activities. A wooden church in the name of Seraphim of Sarov, a two-story cell building, and outbuildings were built.