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Russia, Arkhangelsk region, Pinezhsky district, Verkolskoye municipality, Novy Put village
Novy Put village, Arkhangelsk region
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Artemiev-Verkolsky Monastery
- Orthodox monastery in the Arkhangelsk region
History[[edit]h2>- Holy Youth Artemy
The youth Artemy was born in 1532 from meek and pious parents Cosma and Appolinaria. At the age of 12, during a thunderstorm, the Lord took him to His heavenly abodes. After 33 years, his incorruptible relics were found, from which numerous healings began, and after another thirty years, the youth Artemy was canonized.
Through prayers to the righteous youth, the mortally ill son of the Mezen and Kevrol governor Afanasy Pashkov, Jeremiah, also recovered. In gratitude for such a miracle, the governor erected a church and several cells at the site of the discovery of the relics of St. Artemy. This is how monastic life began in the Verkolsky monastery.
The history of the Artemiyevo-Verkol monastery developed differently. Rich donations were sent here by Sovereign Alexei Mikhailovich and his sister, Queen Irina. In general, thanks to the graces of the Russian sovereigns and the diligence of a significant number of people, the monastery was in a flourishing position in the 17th century.
At first, all the buildings in the monastery were wooden, so temples and cells burned more than once. However, by the grace of God, the relics of the holy youth were always saved from the fire. In 1583, Metropolitan Macarius of Novgorod gave a charter for the construction of a temple in the monastery in the name of the holy youth Artemy. But only 130 years later such a church with a refectory was built and consecrated, but a few decades later it burned down.
In 1785, a new stone church was laid in the name of the righteous Artemy Verkolsky. It took three years to build two warm borders in the name of Nicholas the Wonderworker and the Great Martyr Artemy. Construction of the main temple was completed in 1806. On January 22, in front of a large crowd of people, the church was consecrated and a shrine containing the relics of the youth Artemy was transferred into it.
From the mid-18th century, everything in the monastery began to change for the worse. He was taken out of state. Many trials befell him. In the mid-19th century, terrible poverty and desolation reigned in the monastery; even the relics of the youth remained sealed for several years. The diocesan authorities were already thinking about closing the monastery.
Through the prayers of the righteous Artemy, the Verkolsky monastery not only was not destroyed, but flourished and became decorated. Countess Anna Alekseevna, monk Agnia, Orlova-Chesmenskaya sent 5 thousand rubles to the monastery. Daily services began, the monastery began to be restored, and the brotherhood increased.
The heyday of the monastery
In 1859, Hieromonk Jonah was appointed rector here. He did a lot for the revival of the Verkolsky monastery. And two years later the monastery was headed by Hieromonk Theodosius (Orekhov). For 25 years he carried out obedience here. He introduced strict church regulations into the monastery. Under Archimandrite Theodosius, a monastery fence with towers and a very beautiful bell tower was erected, in which a temple was later consecrated in the name of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God. Under Archimandrite Theodosius, a two-story stone building, a water supply system and much more were also built.
At the place of repose of the righteous youth Artemy, in the village of Ezhemen, instead of the old dilapidated chapel, a new one was founded with an altar, a refectory and a bell tower. She was later converted to the temple.
Archimandrite Vitaly, who was abbot here for 12 years, also made a great contribution to the development of the monastery. Under him, a 2-story stone abbot building was erected. And also a grandiose cathedral, the construction of which began on September 17, 1891. Due to its rich architecture and grandeur, it was the main decoration of the monastery.
On June 14, Archimandrite Vitaly, co-served by Kronstadt Archpriest John Ilyich Sergiev, hieromonks of the monastery and visiting rural priests, in front of an unusually large crowd of people, solemnly consecrated the upper church in honor of the Dormition of the Mother of God. The next day, Father John, co-served by the clergy, consecrated the lower church in honor of the Nativity of Christ.
XX century
In 1907, construction began on a 3-story refectory building with a church in the name of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God. It took just over two years to construct this magnificent building, decorated with columns and other reliefs.
In 1917, Bishop Pavel (Pavlovsky) became the last rector of the Verkolsky monastery before its closure. At that time, the brotherhood of the monastery numbered 185 people.
Ruin of the monastery
In November 1918, a detachment of Red Army soldiers arrived at the Verkolsky Monastery. Some of the monks went to other monasteries, and those who remained were shot on the banks of Pinega. Theomachists burned icons and liturgical books. Local residents managed to take some icons home, and after 70 years they returned them to the newly opened monastery.
A month later, a special commission arrived to open the relics, but the monks hid them and the relics were not found. There is a legend among local residents that people saw the youth Artemy in a white shirt leaving the monastery.
Over the years, the monastery buildings housed the district party committee, a hospital for Red Army soldiers, a village commune, an orphanage, and a boarding school for children with developmental disabilities. In the Abbot's building there was a secondary school, in the Artemievsky Church there was a gym, workshops, and at one time they even raised rabbits there.
Revival of the monastery
At the end of the 80s of the last century, they wanted to turn the monastery into a tourist center. But Lyudmila Vladimirovna Krutikova-Abramova, the widow of the famous Soviet writer Fyodor Aleksandrovich Abramov, a native of the village of Verkola, made great efforts to start monastic life here again. In 1990, the monastery was transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church, and on December 25, 1991, the Holy Synod decided to open the Artemiyevo-Verkolsky Monastery.
The monastery was restored by the whole world, and life in it began to gradually improve.
The monastery had many helpers, some sent money from all over the country, others came and worked here. Spiritual life improved in the monastery. Over time, they had their own farm.
Verkolskaya monastery and holy righteous John of Kronstadt
John of Kronstadt
As you know, 50 kilometers from Verkola up the Pinega River is the village of Sura - the birthplace of the holy righteous John of Kronstadt. John Sergiev, as a youth, often visited the Verkolsky monastery, when he left home every year for the Arkhangelsk Theological School. John of Kronstadt, already a revered saint, once a year, when visiting his native Sura (usually on a ship), stopped at the monastery for the night.
On June 15, Archpriest John of Kronstadt, serving with other clergy, consecrated the lower church of the Assumption Cathedral in honor of the Nativity of Christ. He contributed a lot to the decoration of the monastery, donating sums of money for this once a year, and often sent church utensils as gifts.
In 1892, at his expense, in the Church of St. of the righteous Artemy, a gilded canopy and a new hearse were built over the relics of the youth.
Current state[[edit]h2>
Now about 40 monks permanently live in the Verkolsky Monastery. Since 2000, the monastery has been headed by Abbot Joseph (Volkov).
Since 2000, the inhabitants of the monastery have taught classes at the Verkol Sunday School. Her first students have already dispersed to big cities, but even there they do not forget the way to the temple.
Obediences in the monastery are very different. One of the most important is the transportation of people and cargo across the river. You can get here by car only in winter, when the river rises and the ice builds up. The rest of the time - from spring ice drift to autumn freeze-up - by boat.
The monastery bakes its own bread in a huge oven. 70 forms are placed there at a time.
The monastery also has its own milk. In the summer, the cows are grazed on lush grass, and hay is prepared for the winter. An irreplaceable assistant in the monastery is the horse. They use it to carry cargo from the river, firewood, hay, and go mushroom picking, and sometimes even give children rides in the cart. Everyone here loves and cares for the horse, because you can’t live without it.
In addition to these obediences, there are, of course, others. Several barrels of cabbage need to be pickled. In winter, remove snow from the paths. Process the milk. Clean the temple and cells. Bring water. Chop wood. Prepare about forty people's worth of food every day, and in the summer, much more. Grow potatoes for the whole year, vegetables and herbs in the garden and greenhouses. In general, it’s impossible to list all the obediences.
And in their free time, everyone has a favorite pastime - some go fishing, others like to read, and, probably, there is not a person in the monastery who would refuse to pick mushrooms, especially since there are a lot of white mushrooms here and collecting them is a great pleasure.
Revival of the monastery
The monastery first owes its revival to Lyudmila Vladimirovna Krutikova, the widow of the writer Fyodor Abramov, who was always worried about the discrepancy between the spiritual revival of Russia and the restoration of monasteries.
In 1989, Lyudmila Vladimirovna, on behalf of the Verkolsk Orthodox community, made by village activists, sent three letters: to the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR Alexander Vladimirovich Vlasov, Patriarch of the Capital and All Rus' Pimen and to the Council for Religious Affairs. Well-wishers helped ensure that the letters reached their recipients.
The Council for Religious Affairs of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, at a meeting on March 19, 1989, registered the religious community of the Russian Orthodox Church in the village of Verkola, Pinezhsky district, Arkhangelsk region, with the transfer of the building of the Church of St. Artemia the Righteous for prayer purposes.
In the spring of 1990, news arrived that the Verkolsky Monastery was being transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church.
On December 25, 1991, the Holy Synod decided to open the Artemiyevo-Verkolsky Monastery.
In April 1992, the monastery was registered by the regional assembly of deputies of the Arkhangelsk region as a legal entity.
On October 18, 1990, with the blessing of Bishop Panteleimon of Arkhangelsk and Murmansk, the first priest John Vasilikiv arrived at the monastery. After 2 years, he took monastic vows with the name Joasaph.
Hieromonk Joasaph began to restore the monastery virtually from ruins. During almost 7 years of his management of the monastery, the roofs were repaired and new domes and crosses were installed on the Artemiyevsky Church and the Assumption Cathedral, the wooden Ilyinsky Church was restored, restoration work began in the Kazan Church, the refectory was repaired, a brand new painting was made on top of the old one, which could not be restored, in the Church of Artemy the Righteous . Funds for restoration came both from the administration of the Arkhangelsk region and the inhabitants of Verkola and other admirers of the youth Artemy helped in the restoration of the monastery.
In 1994, Patriarch of the Capital and All Rus' Alexy II flew around the Verkolsky Monastery three times in a helicopter and blessed it from the air. Later, His Holiness landed in Sura in the homeland of John of Kronstadt.
In 1997, the monastery was completely given the abbot's building, which housed the general education Verkola school, in connection with the construction of the new school building in Verkola, at the request and efforts of the school director Vera Vasilievna Stepanova and Lyudmila Vladimirovna Krutikova. All outbuildings (sheds, bathhouses, sheds) were moved beyond the boundaries of the monastery area.
Workers and monks from all over Russia began to come to the monastery.
Shrines[[edit]h2>- Copy from the miraculous icon of the Mother of God “The Inexhaustible Chalice.”
- "Sovereign" icon of the Mother of God.
- Icon of the youth Artemy with a particle of his relics.
- Icon of St. Maxim the Greek with a particle of his relics.
- In the Artemievsky Church there is a reliquary with particles of the relics of the holy saints of God: Saints Philaret of Moscow (Drozdov), Innocent of Moscow, Gregory of Alexandria, Nicholas of Alma-Ata, Gabriel of Ryazan (locally venerated); Martyr Mamant of Caesarea; Reverends Roman Kirzhachsky, Ambrose of Optina, Isaac I of Optina, Anatoly of Optina (Zerkalov), Anthony of Optina, Nectarius of Optina, Moses of Optina, Leo of Optina, Macarius of Optina, Barsanuphius of Optina, Anatoly of Optina (Potapov), Illarion of Optina, Joseph of Optina, Theodore of Sanaksar, Theodore the warrior (Ushakov), Alexandra Diveevskaya, Martha Diveevskaya.
And also shrines: parts of the hair shirt of St. Longinus of Koryazhemsky, part of the vestments of Righteous John of Kronstadt and St. Spyridon, Bishop of Trimifunt, a piece of the coffin of the blessed Matrona of Moscow, a piece of the coffin and a piece of the relics of Righteous Alexy of Moscow (Mechev), a piece of the stone on which St. Seraphim of Sarov prayed, a piece of stone from the font of Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Duke Vladimir, a piece of stone from the tomb of the Mother of God (Gethsemane).
The monastery today
From 2000 to the present day, the abbot of the monastery is Hegumen Joseph (Volkov)
In 2006, the chapel of the righteous youth Artemy was restored with funds from benefactors. The roof of the Kazan Cathedral has been replaced one hundred percent, and the altar grille has been added. The project includes steam or electronic heating of churches.
Efforts are being made to restore the Assumption Cathedral, but due to lack of funds the work is not progressing.
At the moment, the brethren of the monastery number 30 inhabitants: 11 people in monastic vows (7 hieromonks, 2 hierodeacons, 2 monks). Other inhabitants are workers and labourers. In the summer the number of brethren grows to 60 people.
The inhabitants of the monastery conduct missionary activities in all nearby villages of the Pinega region.
Since the dawn of 2000, a Sunday school has appeared in Verkola under the auspices of the monastery, which exists to this day.
Patronal holidays[[edit]h2>- Refectory Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God (November 4).
- Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (August 28).
- Church of Artemy Verkolsky (July 6).
- Church of Elijah the Prophet (August 2).
- Church of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God (October 26)
- October 26, February 25, May 6
- Church of Artemy Verkolsky on Jerzemen (July 6).
- Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “Sovereign”
- March 15
- October 26, February 25, May 6
- March 15
Temples of the monastery
Temple in the name of the Holy Youth Artemy (built 1785-1806) - Temple with 2 chapels: St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and St. righteous Artemy Verkolsky. Now in the temple there is a shrine with a piece of the relics of the youth. Active. Chapel-temple of Artemy Verkolsky on Ezhemen (built in 1867) is a wooden chapel one and a half kilometers from the monastery near the village of Ezhemen. Particularly revered by local residents. Placed at the place of death of the youth Artemy. Completely updated in 2007. The Assumption Cathedral (built 1891-1897 according to the design of designer R.R. Marfeld) is the largest of the monastery buildings. Contains 2 temples: Upper - Assumption of the Mother of God; Lower - Nativity of Christ (consecrated by the holy righteous John of Kronstadt). Inactive, restoration work has been going on since 1991. Church in the name of the Kazan Mother of God (built 1907-1909) - built as part of a three-story building with refectory and fraternal cells. Inactive, restoration work in progress in 1996. Elias Church (year of construction unknown) is a tree church. Restored in 1993-1995. Active, services are held in the summer. The chapel in the name of the righteous youth Artemy (built in 2006) is a wooden chapel, a clear copy of the chapel that stood on the site of the monastery for four centuries, in which the relics of the saint were kept at some time. Temple in the name of the Mother of God of Iveron (built in 1869-1879; Now destroyed to the ground) - a temple located in the highest bell tower above the main gate in the wall of the monastery. Does not currently exist.
Literature
In writing the article, the following information sources were used:
“Verkolsky monastery of the holy righteous Artemy” - reprint edition of 1911 “Artemiev-Verkolsky Monastery” - Compiled by: Lyudmila Mikhailovna Sosnina, Arkhangelsk: OJSC "IPP "Pravda Severa", 2007. - 256 pages. : ill. Soykin P.P. Verkolsky Artemiev Monastery in Pinega district // Orthodox Russian monasteries: A complete illustrated description of Orthodox Russian monasteries in the Russian Empire and on Mount Athos. - St. Petersburg: Resurrection, 1994. - pp. 38-42. — 712 p. — 20,000 copies. — ISBN 5-88335-001-1. A.K. Salnikov Artemiev Verkolsky Monastery // Orthodox Encyclopedia. Volume III. - M.: Church-scientific, 2001. - P. 454-456. — 752 p. — 40,000 copies. — ISBN 5-89572-008-0
