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Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

The architectural complex of the Holy Trinity Alexander - Nevsky Monastery is located to the west of the village of Akatovo on an elevated place. The Nudol River flows 100 - 150 meters west of the complex.
With God's help, the architectural complex of the monastery created in a short time is characterized by harmony and unity of artistic forms, based on the strongest stylization of ancient Russian motifs and forms of classicism. All buildings are united not only by a common style, but also by the decorative technique of exposed brickwork. The main entrance to the monastery is from the east. The Holy Gate of the eastern line of the fence is oriented towards the cathedral, which occupies a dominant, central position in the complex. To the east and south of the cathedral there are stone cell buildings.

After the coup of 1917, the monastery was closed and in its place an agricultural artel was organized from the nuns of the former monastery, led by the abbess.

Schema-Abbess Olympias, drawing of sisters

In 1927, the monastic labor community was dissolved, and the last abbess, schema-abbess Olympias, was arrested.
During Soviet times, on the territory of the monastery there was a NKVD sanatorium, and since 1948 a pioneer camp.
The temple in the name of the Holy Trinity was dismantled; the temple in the name of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker was completely destroyed; The Alexander Nevsky Church was decapitated, the windows were smashed, and the main entrance was built in the center of the three-part asp. The altar part was enclosed in a glass “sarcophagus”. Large stained glass windows, covering the church to the very top of the crowning kokoshniks, were designed to hide the cult orientation of the building. The temple was used as a dining room.
In the last decade, the territory of the children's health complex AMTK "Soyuz" with all its buildings was not used by anyone and was in disrepair.

By decree of His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Alexy II dated April 11, 2000 No. 1610, a Patriarchal metochion was established at the Church of the Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky of the former convent in the village of Akatovo, Klin district, Moscow region.

According to the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Rus' dated July 7, 2005 No. 4194, Hieromonk Peter (A. N. Afanasyev) was appointed rector of the church in the name of the blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky.

July 04, 2007 in pursuance of the order of the Government of the Russian Federation dated May 15, 2007. No. 612-r and on the basis of the order of the Federal Agency for Federal Property Management dated June 15, 2007. No. 1832-r, the complex of buildings and structures of the former Holy Trinity Alexander Nevsky Monastery was transferred into the ownership of the Orthodox religious organization Compound of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'.

Over the course of 10 years, the temple, sister buildings, monastery fence with towers, refectory and other utility rooms were restored. The building has been restored as a girls' school. The monastery has a farmstead, a bakery and a dairy kitchen.

Patriarch Kirill elevated nun Anthony (Minina) to the rank of abbess

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' elevated the elder sister of the sisterhood to the rank of abbess. During the Divine service, all three altars of the temple were consecrated. The central one was consecrated in the name of St. blgv. led book Alexander Nevsky; the throne of the northern aisle is in the name of St. Nicholas, Archbishop World of Lycians; the throne of the southern aisle - in the name of the Great Martyr. and the healer Panteleimon.

The Holy Trinity Alexander Nevsky Monastery in the village of Akatovo, Klin district, Moscow province, located 30 miles from the city of Klin, was founded by Decree of the Holy Synod on May 12, 1899. Ten years earlier, a women’s community arose here, which existed at the expense of the Klin merchant Fyodor Osipovich Zakharov.

To organize and provide for the community, Fyodor Zakharov donated 268 acres of land (more than 270 hectares) and buildings on it: a house, a farmyard, a barn, a shed, a water mill on the Nudoli River flowing through the lands of the community. The community was supposed to consist of twelve sisters.

Permission to establish the community was given by the Holy Synod at the end of 1889, but in fact its opening should be considered March 8, 1890. On this day, the nun of the Moscow Alekseevsky Monastery, Eutykhia, was appointed head of the Alexander Nevsky women's community.

On August 30, 1889, the wooden Church of the Holy Trinity was founded. Its consecration took place on December 16 of the same year. In the first year of its existence, with the help of donors, a dilapidated house was renovated and a two-story building was built to house the sisters. By the end of the year, the community numbered up to 70 women.

In 1891, two icons were donated to the community, painted by the monks of the Russian Panteleimon Monastery on Athos: the Mother of God “Quick to Hear” and the Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon with all the saints.

On August 30, 1892, the monastery laid the foundation stone for a large stone church in honor of the holy noble prince Alexander Nevsky with chapels: in the name of the icon of the Mother of God “Quick to Hear” and in the name of the great martyr and healer Panteleimon with all the saints. The temple was built according to the design of one of the most famous architects of that time, A.S. Kamensky. (As of January 1917, the temple was not completed.)

In 1893, the monastery was surrounded by a fence, with an eastern wall made of stone with a holy gate and three other wooden ones.

In 1899, the Moscow diocesan authorities made a proposal to the Holy Synod to give the community the status of a cenobitic monastery.

On May 12, 1899, the Holy Synod elevated the Akativ women's community to the dignity of a monastery with the name of the Holy Trinity Alexander Nevsky.

In 1900, a church and school was consecrated at the monastery. The building is wooden on a stone foundation. The altar of the temple was consecrated in honor of the holy Apostle Peter and the martyr Eugenia. The school was supplied with everything necessary to educate sixty students. Children from surrounding villages studied there.

In 1904, a stone church in the name of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker was built, and in 1905, consecrated with chapels: on the south side in the name of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God; from the north - in the name of St. Tikhon of Kaluga and the Martyr Paraskeva (consecrated in 1915).

As of January 1917:

– up to 90 sisters, a priest and a deacon lived in the monastery.

– the monastery owned:

lands - 268 acres with fathoms (more than 270 hectares)

buildings and structures

inside the monastery:

stone temple in the name of the blessed prince Alexander Nevsky
wooden warm temple in the name of the Holy Trinity
stone church in the name of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
two-story stone building for sisters
wooden abbot's building
building for communal meals and cookhouse
two wooden buildings for nurses
stone building for prosphora, adjacent to the holy gate of the fence
hospital with pharmacy and hospital staff quarters
two two-story stone corner towers with cells for nuns in the fence of the tower
outside the monastery:
wooden church - school
wooden school building for girls
two-story hotel
wooden summer hotel
hospice
farmyard with residential hut
mill on the Nudol River

The architectural complex of the Holy Trinity Alexander Nevsky Monastery is located west of the village of Akatovo on an elevated place. The Nudol River flows 100-150 meters west of the complex.

With God's help, the architectural complex of the monastery created in a short time is characterized by harmony and unity of artistic forms based on the stylization of Old Russian and classicist motifs. All buildings are united not only by a common style, but also by the decorative technique of exposed brickwork. The main entrance to the monastery is from the east. The Holy Gate of the eastern line of the fence is oriented towards the cathedral, which occupies a dominant, central position in the complex. To the east and south of the cathedral there are stone cell buildings.

After the coup of 1917, the monastery was closed and in its place an agricultural artel was organized from the nuns of the former monastery, led by the abbess.

In 1927, the monastic labor community was dissolved, and the last abbess, schema-abbess Olympias, was arrested.

During Soviet times, on the territory of the monastery there was a NKVD sanatorium, and since 1948 a pioneer camp.

The temple in the name of the Holy Trinity was dismantled; the temple in the name of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker was completely destroyed; The Alexander Nevsky Church was beheaded, the windows were smashed, and the main entrance was built in the center of the three-part asp. The altar part was enclosed in a glass “sarcophagus”. Large stained glass windows, covering the church to the very top of the crowning kokoshniks, were designed to hide the cult orientation of the building. The temple was used as a dining room.

In the last decade of the twentieth century, the territory of the AMTK Soyuz children's health complex with all its buildings was not used by anyone and was in disrepair.

Over the course of ten years, the temple, sister buildings, monastery fence with towers, refectory and other utility rooms were restored. The building has been restored as a girls' school. The monastery has a farmstead, a bakery and a dairy kitchen. There are 30 nuns living in the monastery.

December 6, 2013, on the day of memory of St. blgv. book Alexander Nevsky, Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Kirill The Patriarchal Metochion was transformed into the Holy Trinity Alexander Nevsky Stavropegic Convent. His Holiness the Patriarch elevated nun Anthony (Minina), the eldest sister of the sisterhood, to the rank of abbess. During the Divine service, all three altars of the temple were consecrated. Central - in the name of St. blgv. led book Alexander Nevsky; the throne of the northern aisle is in the name of St. Nicholas, Archbishop World of Lycians; the throne of the southern aisle - in the name of the Great Martyr. and the healer Panteleimon.

Clergy

The monastery's full-time cleric is Priest Dimitry Shtykh, as well as clergy from the Moscow Zaikonospassky Stavropegic Monastery

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Monasteries in Russia were built not only by the rich and aristocrats. A merchant of average income, a recent peasant, Fyodor Zakharov in 1889 bought a plot of land in the village of Akatovo and founded a women's community in memory of the abolition of serfdom by Alexander I. Just 9 years later it was transformed into the Trinity Alexander Nevsky Monastery. After the revolution, the nuns resorted to a trick and declared themselves an agricultural commune. This did not save them, and in 1927 the monastery was closed. On its territory, the NKVD rest house was first located, and then a pioneer camp. The nuns continued to live together, but they were not left alone. Three novices were arrested on false charges and shot. Now they are numbered among the holy new martyrs of the Russian Orthodox Church.

The abandoned camp was returned to believers with the beginning of perestroika. The walls of the beheaded Church of Alexander Nevsky are well preserved, because they organized a dining room in it and surrounded it with stained glass windows on a steel frame.

What to see

Now the cathedral has been completely restored and has regained its former splendor. It was built at the beginning of the last century in pseudo-Russian style and stylized as buildings of the 17th century. The facades are decorated with platbands, kokoshniks and columns, repeating elements of ancient Russian architecture. The temple is symmetrical, with a high two-story room in the middle. The roof is framed by two rows of kokoshniks and a decorative five-domed structure. There are carved frames on the windows, cornices and columns with interceptions on the facades. Nothing has survived from the original interior decoration.

The main shrine of the monastery is the icon of the Mother of God “Quick to Hear,” painted in the Panteleimon Monastery on Mount Athos and brought here in 1891. After the revolution, the image was lost, and many years later it was found in a neighboring village, where it was used as a tabletop. She returned home only at the end of the millennium.

During the restoration, the sisters of the revived monastery painted frescoes in the cathedral depicting the holy new martyrs Alexandra, Anastasia and Catherine, executed at the Butovo training ground in 1938.

In the temple there is a full circle of service and the Indestructible Psalter is read. The gold embroidery and icon painting workshops have resumed work. Since 2014, the women's Orthodox Alexander Gymnasium has been operating at the monastery. In addition to regular school subjects, students engage in handicrafts, choreography, singing, drawing and swimming. A small hospice house for pilgrims with a separate dining room was organized.

Founded at the end of the 19th century by Klin merchant Fyodor Zakharov (owner of match shops in Spas-Nudolsk volost) in memory of the abolition of serfdom. Therefore, the monastery was given the name of the heavenly patron of the Tsar-Liberator Alexander 2 - the holy noble prince Alexander Nevsky. For the monastery, Zakharov acquired the village of Akatovo and donated 23 thousand rubles, as well as outbuildings. The community was formed in 1890. Her abbess was the nun of the Moscow Alekseevsky Monastery, Eutychia (Anna Vasilyevna Milovidova), who was distinguished by her piety and spent 40 years in monastic endeavors. With the assistance of Archimandrite Sergius of the Joseph-Volotsk Monastery, a small wooden church of the Holy Trinity was built (founded on August 30, 1890), into which in 1891 the icon of the Mother of God “Quick to Hear” and the image of the Holy Great Martyr Panteleimon were brought from the Athos Panteleimon Monastery, which became the main shrines of the monastery . In 1898, the community received the status of a monastery. In 1902-1904, a 5-domed cathedral was erected here in the name of the holy noble prince Alexander Nevsky, artistically the most significant building of the monastery ensemble. Architect Ivan Pavlovich Mashkov (1867-1945). A little later, the northern aisle was built. With its architecture, the temple imitates the architecture of the 17th century. In 1905, the stone St. Nicholas Church with the chapel of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God was built.

By 1917, under abbot. In Anatolia, about 150 sisters labored in the monastery. The monastery had a stone fence with towers (1893), two stone two-story residential buildings, holy gates, services, three wooden hotels and wooden cells for sisters (destroyed), a hospice house and a brick factory. In 1925, the monastery was closed, but the abbot. Olympiada (Ivanova) and her sisters managed to organize an agricultural artel, which was closed by the authorities in 1828. Services in the temple continued until 1933. In 1938, the novices of the monastery suffered for their faith (shot): Ekaterina Cherkasova (1892-1938, pmc, commemorated on February 5) and Anastasia Bobkova (1890-1938, pmc, commemorated on April 5). In 1937, the case of priests and nuns of the former Akatovsky monastery was fabricated. Sisters O.P. and P.P. Safonov, A.P. Shishkova and four other nuns of the Trinity Alexander Nevsky Monastery were arrested. Sisters Safonov and Shishkova were shot in Butovo on September 19 and 21, 1937, the rest were sentenced to 10 years in the camps. The monastery housed a rest house and warehouses of the NKVD, since the 1960s. - pioneer camp. The frame of the Church of the Holy Trinity was transported to the territory of the Vysokoye holiday home and then destroyed. In the disfigured temple, which lost its domes and tier of zakomars, and the altar was later built with a veranda, a dining room and a kitchen were installed. Two residential buildings and the front line of the fence with towers, holy gates and services adjacent to the fence have also been preserved.

Based on materials: Directory-guide to monasteries and shrines of the Moscow region. Northern direction. Issue 4 Tverdislov. Moscow. 2005O. Panezhko. The city of Klin and the churches of the Klin region. Vladimir. 2003

Trinity Alexander Nevsky non-staff cenobitic convent, near the village of Akatov, in the 25th century. from Nikolaevskaya railway station "Podsolnechnaya" road, 30 years from the district of the city of Klin. Established as a women's community by the Klin merchant Feodor Osipovich Zakharov, who donated 50,000 rubles and 268 acres of land; opened in 1890; renamed into a monastery in 1898.

There are two temples: 1) wooden in the name of St. Trinity; 2) stone in the name of St. Alexandra-Nevsky (founded in 1894).

Two hotels for pilgrims. A hospitable house. The monastery owns 268 des. land. Abbess. There are 70 nuns and novices.

Denisov L.I. Orthodox monasteries of the Russian Empire, 1908, p.526

Holy Trinity-Nevsky Monastery, communal, in Klinsky district, near the village of Akatov, 25 versts from the Podsolnechnaya railway station. Established in 1899 from a women's community opened in 1889. There is a hospice house with him.

From the book by S.V. Bulgakov “Russian monasteries in 1913”

Trinity Alexander Nevsky Convent is located on the right bank of the Nudol River, 26 km southwest of the regional center (Klin) and 76 km northwest of Moscow. In 1917, there were two churches in the monastery: the Trinity wooden winter church was built in pseudo-Russian style in 1890. (Dismantled in the 1930s) St. Nicholas stone church with chapels of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God, St. Tikhon of Kaluga and the Military Medical Center. Paraskeva was built according to the design of architect. I. P. Mashkova in 1902-1905 (now the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral). In addition, in the monastery since 1892, according to the project of architect. A. S. Kaminsky was building a large five-domed stone cathedral of St. blgv. book Alexander Nevsky, in which the chapels of the icon of the Mother of God “Quick to Hear” and the Great Martyr were supposed. Panteleimon. But due to lack of funds, the temple was not completed, and in the middle. XX century - dismantled. Behind the walls of the monastery in 1899-1900. was built with funds from the purchase. P. P. Smirnov according to the project of architect. I. S. Kuznetsov wooden building of the monastery parish school, in which the church of the apostle was built. Peter and prmts. Evgenia. The school and church were dismantled in 1924.

On September 16, 2018, parishioners of our church made a pilgrimage to the village. Akatovo, Klinsky district, to the Holy Trinity Alexander Nevsky Stavropegic Convent. The monastery was built in the 19th century by former serfs in gratitude to Alexander II the Liberator for the abolition of serfdom. After the revolution of 1917 first the NKVD sanatorium was located in the monastery, then a pioneer camp, then it remained in the abomination of desolation. In 1938, several sisters of this monastery were shot at the Butovo training ground, three of them - Anastasia, Alexandra and Catherine - were later canonized as Holy New Martyrs of Russia.

By the grace of God in 2000 By decree of Patriarch Alexy II, the Patriarchal Metochion was established here. The painting of the temple was carried out by the sisters themselves under the guidance of the already deceased rector of the temple, Hieromonk Peter (A.N. Afanasyev). The monastery was restored within 10 years, and some ancient icons were returned to the temple. One of them is the miraculous icon of the Mother of God “Quick to Hear.” The icon of the Mother of God “Look at Humility” with an interesting story also deserves attention: when the icon painter finished the icon and it was installed in the church, colors suddenly began to flow. After the restoration the same thing happened. Then the abbot ordered not to touch the image anymore, and in this form it remains to this day. Particles of the relics of St. are also kept here. Panteleimon, St. Sergius of Radonezh, St. Alexander Nevsky and many other famous saints.

The temple has three chapels, consecrated in honor of St. blgv. led book Alexander Nevsky (celestial patron of Alexander II), martyr. and the healer Panteleimon and St. Nicholas Archp. World of Lycians.

About 30 sisters live in the monastery under the leadership of Abbess Antonia, ordained to the priesthood by Patriarch Kirill.

At the monastery there is an Orthodox gymnasium for girls, where they study and live.

Every Sunday at 18.00 in the church a water-blessing prayer service is served with Chrismation to the “Quick to Hear” icon of the Mother of God.