Dmitrovsky Monastery. Borisoglebsky Monastery in Dmitrov: opening hours, schedule of services, address and photo. Borisoglebsky Monastery

Very calm, beautiful place. It is very quiet here, the soul just rests. The snow-white walls and temples of the monastery are simply buried in flowers and greenery. And besides the fact that this is an ancient, holy place of prayer, this is a place where you want to come without fear and tension.
Our family trip to Dmitrov took place on June 24, 2012. In previous articles, I wrote and. Today I want to talk about the Borisoglebsky Monastery.
The monastery is located near the Kremlin, it can be easily reached on foot. The monastery is male, active and really very ancient.
In the distant, ancient times, it was an outpost of Dmitrov, protecting the city from the east. The years of the creation of the monastery are shrouded in mystery. It is believed that it was founded in the 15th century. But there is a legend that connects the emergence of the monastery with Yuri Dolgoruky, and dates its foundation to the 12th century. Who knows... The confusion with the dates is probably due to the fact that the archive of the monastery died in the Time of Troubles, so the history of the monastery is counted from the first surviving sources of 1472. Unfortunately, little information has been preserved about the history of the monastery, its ascetic monks. Basically, what has been preserved is associated with the benefactors of the monastery, who participated in the construction and repair of the monastery in the 18-19 centuries.

The history of the monastery in the Soviet years is traditionally sad: the closure in 1926, the placement of the museum, the administration of DmitLag, and military units. The revival of spiritual life dates back to 1993.
Shrines of the monastery:

• The ark with particles of the relics of the Holy Apostles Andrew the First-Called and the Evangelists Matthew and Luke, Saints John Chrysostom, Gregory the Theologian, Theophan the Recluse Vyshensky, Sts. Peter and Fevronia of Murom, Great Martyr George the Victorious and many other saints.
• Part of the Cross of the Lord.

Monastery Ensemble includes the following objects:

1. Cathedral of St. Prince Boris and Gleb
2. Bell tower of the Cathedral of Sts. Boris and Gleb
3. Gate Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
4. Chapel of the Descent of the Holy Spirit
5. Water Consecrated Chapel
6. Fraternal Corps (XVII century)
7. House of Spiritual Board (early 20th century)
8. Rector's Corps (XIX century)
9. monastery building
10. monastery building
11. monastery building
12. monastery building
13. monastery building
14. Administrative building (early 20th century)
15. south gate
16. East gate
17. Monument to St. book. Boris and Gleb (2006)
18. Walls and towers of the fence (XVIII)
19. Walls and towers of the fence (XVII-XVIII centuries)

We drove up to east gate of the monastery (16). There is a car park there. And that's where we entered the area.
But the central gate is the southern one. Entrance from the south to the monastery through the gate of the gate of St. Nicholas Church.

Dominant of the monastery - Cathedral in the name of the holy noble princes Boris and Gleb (Borisoglebsky Cathedral) - This is a brick, four-pillared, one-domed, cross-domed temple. It was built in 1537, the chapel was built in 1656. The wall painting in the temple was made in 1824, later it was renovated (in 1887 and 1901), but as a result it was whitewashed.

Stone Bell tower The cathedral was built at the end of the 18th century.

Church of St. Nicholas - the brick church was built in 1685-1687. above the Holy Gates, built in 1672. The temple is a small pillarless one-domed quadrangle with a refectory, the vast northern chapel of the Feodorovskaya Mother of God was added in 1834.

Chapel of the Descent of the Holy Spirit

Water Consecrated Chapel

Fraternal Corps (XVII century)

monastery buildings

Walls and towers of the fence (XVII-XVIII centuries) . The brick fence, about 4 meters high and 0.9 meters thick, with four round towers at the corners, was built in 1685-1689.

Next to the walls of the monastery monument to the holy princes Boris and Gleb . Author A. Rukavishnikov.
Boris and Gleb are Russian princes, sons of the Grand Duke of Kyiv Vladimir Svyatoslavich. In the internecine struggle that broke out after the death of their father in 1015, they were killed by their elder brother Svyatopolk the Accursed. Boris and Gleb became the first Russian saints, they were canonized as martyrs-passion-bearers, making them protectors of the Russian land and heavenly helpers of Russian princes. Boris and Gleb are considered the spiritual patrons of Dmitrov.

As I wrote at the beginning, the Borisoglebsky Monastery is very quiet and calm, and also very beautiful. Territory well-groomed, green. Convince yourself and enjoy!

And God bless you!

August 6 Church honors Commemoration of the Holy Martyrs Boris and Gleb. The holy noble princes-passion-bearers Boris and Gleb were the younger sons of the holy Equal-to-the-Apostles. They were born shortly before the Baptism of the Russian Land and were brought up in the spirit of the Christian faith. The eldest of the brothers - Boris received a good education. Gleb shared his brother's desire to devote his life exclusively to serving God. The brothers were distinguished by mercy and kindness, imitating the example of their father, Prince Vladimir, who was merciful and sympathetic.

Life of Princes Boris and Gleb

Boris and Gleb were the sons of Grand Duke Vladimir of Kiev (c. 960 - 07/28/1015) from his wife, the Byzantine princess Anna (963 - 1011/1012) from the Armenian dynasty, the only sister of the ruling emperor of Byzantium, Basil II (976-1025 gg.). At holy baptism, Boris received the name Roman, and Gleb - the name Davyd. From early childhood, the brothers were brought up in Christian piety. They loved to read the Holy Scriptures, the works of the holy fathers. They ardently desired to imitate the feat of God's saints. Boris and Gleb were distinguished by mercy, kindness, responsiveness and modesty.

Even during the life of Prince Vladimir, Boris received Rostov as inheritance, and Gleb - Murom. Governing their principalities, they showed wisdom and meekness, caring first of all about the planting of the Orthodox faith and the establishment of a pious way of life among people. The young princes were skillful and brave warriors. Shortly before his death, their father, Grand Duke Vladimir, summoned his elder brother, Boris, and sent him with a large army against the godless Pechenegs. However, the Pechenegs, frightened by the strength of Prince Boris and the power of his troops, fled to the steppes.

After the death in 1015 of Vladimir the Great, his eldest son from a Greek woman, the widow of the Kiev prince Yaropolk Svyatoslavich (? -11.06.978), Svyatopolk (c. 979 - 1019) declared himself the great Kiev prince. Upon learning of the death of his father, Prince Boris was very upset. The squad persuaded him to go to Kyiv and take the throne, but the humble Boris dismissed the army, not wanting internecine strife:

I will not raise my hand against my brother, and even against my elder, whom I should consider as a father!

Svyatopolk was a rather cunning and power-hungry man, did not believe the sincerity of the words of his brother Boris and saw him only as a rival, on whose side the people were. Immediately Svyatopolk decided on a terrible crime, sending assassins to Boris. Boris was informed of this, but did not hide. Remembering the deeds of the first Christian martyrs, he readily met death. The murderers sent by Svyatopolk overtook Boris at morning on Sunday, July 24 (S.S.), 1015, in their tent on the banks of the Alta River. After the service, the criminals broke into the prince's tent and pierced Boris with spears.

The servant of the holy Prince Boris, George Ugrin, rushed to the defense of his master, but was immediately killed. However, Boris was still alive. Coming out of the tent, he began to pray, and then turned to the murderers:

Come, brethren, finish your service, and may there be peace to brother Svyatopolk and to you.

Then one of the assassins came up and pierced him with a spear. The servants of Svyatopolk took the body of Boris to Kyiv, on the way they met two Varangians sent by Svyatopolk to expedite the matter. The Varangians noticed that the prince was still alive, although he was barely breathing. Then one of them pierced his heart with a sword. The body of the martyr Prince Boris was secretly brought to Vyshgorod and laid in a church in the name of St. Basil the Great.

After that, Svyatopolk decided to kill his younger brother, Gleb. Svyatopolk summoned Gleb from Murom and sent combatants to meet him so that they would kill him on the way. At this time, Prince Gleb learned about the death of his father and the fratricidal crime of Svyatopolk. Grieving over this, Gleb, like Boris before, preferred martyrdom to fraternal war. The killers met Gleb at the mouth of the Smyadyn River, not far from Smolensk. The murder of Prince Gleb took place on September 5, 1015. The murderers buried Gleb's body in a coffin consisting of two hollowed-out logs.

Martyrdom of princes Boris and Gleb

The life of the passion-bearers, the Russian princes Boris and Gleb, was sacrificed to the main Christian good deed - love. The brothers showed by their will that evil must be repaid with good. This was still new and incomprehensible to Rus', accustomed to blood feud.

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul (Matthew 10:28).

Boris and Gleb gave their lives for obedience, on which the spiritual life of man is based. " You see, brethren- says the Monk Nestor the Chronicler, - how high is obedience to the elder brother? If they had resisted, they would hardly have been worthy of such a gift from God. There are many young princes now who do not submit to the elders and are killed for resisting them. But they are not like the grace that these saints were rewarded with.».

The Russian princes-passion-bearers did not want to raise a hand against their brother, but the power-hungry Svyatopolk was punished for fratricide. In 1019, Prince Yaroslav the Wise of Kiev (c. 978 - February 20, 1054), the half-brother of Boris and Gleb, one of the sons of Prince Vladimir, gathered an army and defeated Svyatopolk's squad.

By God's providence, the decisive battle took place on the field near the Alta River, where Prince Boris was killed. Svyatopolk, called the Accursed by the Russian people, fled to Poland and, like the biblical fratricide Cain, did not find peace and refuge anywhere. Chroniclers testify that even a stench emanated from his grave.

« Since then- writes the chronicler, - subsided in Rus' sedition". The blood shed by the brothers Boris and Gleb in order to prevent internecine strife turned out to be the fertile seed that strengthened the unity of Rus'.

Veneration of Saints Boris and Gleb

The noble princes-passion-bearers Boris and Gleb are not only glorified by God with the gift of healing, but they are special patrons, defenders of the Russian land. Many cases of their appearance in a difficult time for our Fatherland are known, for example, to the holy prince Alexander Nevsky on the eve of the Battle on the Ice (1242), Grand Duke Dimitry Donskoy on the day of the Battle of Kulikovo (1380). They also tell about other cases of intercession of saints during wars and armed conflicts in later times.

The veneration of Saints Boris and Gleb began very early, shortly after their death. The service to the saints was compiled by Metropolitan John I of Kyiv (1008-1035).

The Grand Duke of Kiev Yaroslav the Wise took care to find the remains of Prince Gleb, which had been unburied for 4 years, and buried them in Vyshgorod, in the church in the name of St. Basil the Great, next to the relics of St. Prince Boris. After some time, this temple burned down, but the relics remained unharmed, and many miracles were performed from them.

One Varangian stood reverently at the grave of the holy brothers, and suddenly a flame came out and scorched his feet. From the relics of the holy princes, a lame youth, the son of a resident of Vyshgorod, received healing: the passion-bearing princes Boris and Gleb appeared to the youth in a dream and made a sign of the cross on his sore leg. The boy woke up from sleep and stood up completely healthy.

Right-Believing Prince Yaroslav the Wise built a five-domed stone church on the site of the burnt church, which was consecrated on July 24, 1026 by Metropolitan John of Kyiv with a clergy cathedral.

The year 1072 is considered to be the year of the canonization of the holy martyrs. They became the first Russian saints. However, it is known that the Greek bishops, who at that time headed the Russian Church, were not particularly enthusiastic about the glorification of Russian saints. But a large number of miracles emanating from the relics of the holy martyrs, and popular veneration did their job. The Greeks finally had to recognize the sanctity of the Russian princes. In folk tradition, the holy princes, first of all, appear as protectors of the Russian land. Quite a few prayer books were composed in honor of the saints, including the unique, famous Hagiographic Paremias, which were preserved in Russian Divine Services until the beginning of the 17th century.

The number of icons, copper castings and other images of Saints Boris and Gleb is enormous. In almost any historical museum dedicated to ancient Russian icon painting, today you can find icons of saints of various sizes and levels of icon painting skill.

The Old Believer icons of Boris and Gleb are also known. So, after the church schism, cast icons of saints became widespread, of which there are about 10 different options.

Several cities and towns are also named after the saints.

The following days of veneration of Saints Boris and Gleb have been established:

• May 15 - the transfer of the relics of the holy martyrs of the Russian princes Boris and Gleb, in holy baptism they were named Roman and Davyd (1072 and 1115);
• June 2 - the first transfer of the relics of the holy martyrs Boris and Gleb (1072);
• August 6 - joint celebration of Saints Boris and Gleb;
• August 24 - transfer of the old shrines of the holy martyr princes Boris and Gleb from Vyshgorod to Smolensk (1191);
• September 18 - Dormition of the holy and noble Prince Gleb, brother of Saint Boris in the flesh (1015).

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Troparion, tone 2

A true passion-bearer, and a true listener to the Gospel of Christ, the chaste Roman, with the gentle Davyd, does not resist the enemy of the existing brother, who kills the body, but the soul is unable to touch. Yes, the evil lover of power is crying, but you, rejoicing with the faces of angels, stand before the Holy Trinity. Praying for the power of your relatives to be pleasing to God, and for the sons of the Russians to be saved.

Kontakion, tone 3

Today, the most glorious memory of the noble passion-bearer of Christ, Roman and Davyd, summons us to the praise of Christ our God. By that, the relics flowing to the race, the gift of healing is acceptable, by the prayers of the saint, you are a divine doctor.

Temples in honor of Saints Boris and Gleb

Interestingly, the veneration of Saints Boris and Gleb in ancient Rus' was much more widespread than even the veneration of the saints Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir and Princess Olga. This is especially noticeable in the number of churches built in the name of these saints. Their number reaches several tens.

The construction of churches in honor of the holy Russian princes Boris and Gleb was extensive throughout the history of the Russian Church. In the pre-Mongolian period, this was, first of all, the church in Vyshgorod, where pilgrimages were constantly made.

In honor of Saints Boris and Gleb, monasteries were created: Novotorzhsky, in Turov, Nagorny in Pereslavl-Zalessky. By the beginning of the 70s. 11th century on the places of death of both princes, wooden churches were built, which over time were replaced by stone ones. One of the centers of veneration for princes Boris and Gleb was the monastery on Smyadyn. In the XII century. Borisoglebsky Cathedral, which still exists today, was erected in Chernigov.

Similar stone buildings appeared in Ryazan, Rostov-Suzdal, Polotsk, Novgorod, Gorodnya and others.

The dedication of temples and monasteries to Boris and Gleb did not stop in subsequent times. Borisoglebsk churches were built: in Rostov, Murom, Ryazan, in the village of Luboditsy (now the Bezhetsky district of the Tver region). Several churches were dedicated to Boris and Gleb in Novgorod: on the gates of the Kremlin, "in Plotniki".

A significant number of Borisoglebsk churches existed in Moscow and the suburbs of the city: at the Arbat Gate, on Povarskaya Street, the upper temple of the church in Zyuzin, as well as in the Moscow region.

In the XIV - early XX centuries. there were monasteries in the name of Boris and Gleb: Ushensky on the banks of the Ushn River near Murom, in Novgorod “from Zagzenye”, in Polotsk, on the Sukhona River in the Totemsky district of the Vologda province, in Solvychegodsk, in Mozhaisk, in Pereslavl-Zalessky “on the sands”, in Suzdal, in Chernigov.

In 1660, the monks of the Mezhigorsky Transfiguration Monastery received a letter from Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich to build a monastery "on the blood" of Boris, but the monastery was not created for unknown reasons. In 1664, the archpriest of the Assumption Cathedral of Pereyaslav, Grigory Butovich, erected a stone cross here. At the end of the XVII century. a temple in the name of Boris and Gleb is mentioned not far from the place of Boris's death.

At present, the first in Rus', the Novotorzhsky Borisoglebsky Monastery in the city of Torzhok, Tver Region, the Borisoglebsky Monastery on the Mouth in the village of Borisoglebsky, Yaroslavl Region, the Borisoglebsky Monastery in Dmitrov, Anosin in the name of Boris and Gleb, the Borisoglebsky Convent in the Istra District of the Moscow Region, Borisoglebsky convent in the village of Vodiane, Kharkov region, Ukraine.

In the Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church, the Russian Old Orthodox Church and other Old Believer agreements there is not a single church dedicated to the holy princes - the martyrs Boris and Gleb. Which, admittedly, testifies to the decline in the veneration of Russian saints in the Old Believers. At the same time, it should be noted that the martyrs are still revered in the South Slavic countries, and new churches and monasteries in the name of these saints are periodically opened in the Moscow Patriarchate.

In Dmitrov - the main attraction of this city near Moscow. The fortress is considered one of the most ancient monasteries in the Moscow region. The monastery has been completely restored and fascinates with its provinciality, inaccessibility and ringing silence.

Date of construction lost

The exact date of foundation of the monastery has not yet been established. However, there are many conjectures and opinions in this regard. So, according to some legends, in 1154 the prince himself founded the Borisoglebsky monastery. Dmitrov was founded at the same time. However, it is unlikely that this is the case.

Most likely, the monastery was built no earlier than the end of the 15th century. Written sources have been preserved in which the Borisoglebsky Monastery is mentioned for the first time. An example of this is the will drawn up by Prince Yuri Vasilyevich in 1472, which refers to the monastery of monks in Dmitrov. In 1841, the monks discovered an ancient cross under the aisle of the Cathedral of Boris and Gleb, located on the territory of the monastery. The number on the cross was embossed when it was installed - 1462.

There are also versions that the foundation of the monastery was laid in 1380. But again, these are just versions. And the exact date of foundation of the monastery, unfortunately, is impossible to determine.

The fate of the monastery

As mentioned earlier, the Borisoglebsky Monastery has been documented since 1472. It was a small suburban monastery of monks, which was supported first from the treasury of local princes, and then by the Moscow sovereigns.

After the monastery was partially destroyed by the troops of Hetman Sapieha in 1610, considerable funds were required to restore it. Metropolitan Nikon of Novgorod, who soon became patriarch, personally undertook the reconstruction of the fortress, and in 1652 made it his residence near Moscow. However, soon the patriarch lost interest in this place and moved his residence to another fortress.

For a long time of its existence, the Borisoglebsky Monastery acted either as part of other monasteries, or independently. So, from 1652 to 1664 he was part of the Novgorod Bishop's house. Then for almost twenty years he acted independently. In 1682, the Moscow A was given power over it. Since 1725, the Dmitrov monastery of monks again became independent.

The monastery was completed and rebuilt several times. The first known extension was the cathedral, built in 1537 in honor of the great Russian princes Gleb and Boris. Almost twenty years later, a chapel dedicated to Alexy, the man of God, was added to the cathedral.

In 1672, a strong fire broke out in the fortress. Since the building was made of wood, it almost completely burned out. After the fire, the monastery began to be rebuilt, but already in stone. The construction of walls and towers was completed only after 17 years.

After the October Revolution, the monastery became a women's one, and a labor artel was opened on its territory. For some time, the Museum of the Dmitrov Region was located there. However, due to the repressions that affected many employees of the institution, the museum had to be closed.

During the Great Patriotic War, the walls of the monastery served as a defense for the city. And in the fortress itself there was a military garrison and a hospital.

After the war, the monastery fell into disrepair. The building began to be used for warehouses and living rooms. And only in 1993 the monastery began to operate again.

Architectural ensemble

The main attraction of the monastery is the Cathedral of Gleb and Boris. This is a beautiful brick temple with a gilded dome topped with a cross. The date of construction is indicated on one of the plates built into the walls of the building. This is 1537.

Initially, the cathedral was built of wood, but after a fire in 1672 it was laid out again - already from brick and stone. In the middle of the 15th century, a western porch and a three-tier hipped bell tower with a fighting clock were added to it. During its existence, the temple was remodeled and restored more than once.

Beautiful murals made on the walls of the cathedral in 1824-1901 have not survived to this day. Today the walls in the temple are white. But you can see long and narrow, like cracks, windows, as well as a white stone cellar, made back in the 15th century.

In addition to the Cathedral of Saints Boris and Gleb, the monastery also includes the buildings of the Abbots and the Spiritual Board, fraternal cells, the Holy Gates and a huge brick monastery fence with four corner turrets, which today is devoid of a defensive purpose.

Visit the Borisoglebsky Monastery

Dmitrov is not far from Moscow. You can either get there by train: from to the Dmitrov station in just an hour and a half; or by your own car, which is even faster: along Dmitrovskoye highway straight to the city.

Monastery address: Dmitrov, Minina street, 4.

Despite the fact that the monastery in Dmitrov is for men, women can also enter its territory, walk along the massive white walls and bow their heads at the altar in the Cathedral of Boris and Gleb. Just don't forget the headscarf.

Monasteries of Saints Boris and Gleb

By the way, monasteries with a similar name exist in other cities of Russia, and not only. So, for example, in addition to Dmitrov, they have their own Borisoglebsky monastery Torzhok and the village of Borisogleb (Vladimirov region). In the village of Anosino there is a functioning convent of Boris and Gleb. The Orthodox St. Boris Gleb convent operates in the village of Vodiane, located in the Kharkov region in Ukraine.

The Borisoglebsky Pesotsky Monastery and the Smolensky Monastery, built on the site where Saint Gleb was killed, have not survived to this day. In the city of Polotsk (Belarus), a memorial stone was erected dedicated to the Borisoglebsky Belchitsky Monastery that once existed there.

The Borisoglebsky Monastery is located in the southeastern part of the city, near the old road to the Trinity - Sergius Lavra. The exact date of its founding is unknown, since in 1610, during the ruin of Dmitrov by the Poles, the entire monastery archive burned down in a fire, therefore, one can speak about the foundation of the monastery only presumably, according to indirect sources. There is a legend that the monastery, like the city, was founded in the 12th century by Prince Yuri Dolgoruky. The first documentary evidence of the existence of the monastery dates back to the 15th century. In 1841, a white-stone cross was discovered under the Alekseevsky chapel of the Borisoglebsky Cathedral, "placed on the Annunciation in 1462." In 1472, the monastery was mentioned in the spiritual charter of Yuri Vasilyevich, a specific Dmitrovsky prince.

In the second half of the 17th century, in connection with the development of local land ownership, the monastery acquired new patrons and investors, thanks to which intensive stone construction was carried out. Then the architectural ensemble of the monastery was formed, which has survived to this day.

The buildings of the monastery were not built at the same time. For example, the gate church of St. Nicholas dates back to the 17th century. It was built gradually from 1672 to 1687, and in 1834 a chapel of the Fedorov Icon of the Mother of God was added to it.

The Cathedral of the Borisoglebsky Monastery was most likely built in the middle of the 16th century. Restrained architecture, a lonely dome. On the south side, the strictness of the architecture of the cathedral is somewhat violated by the elegant Alekseevsky chapel added in the middle of the 17th century.

The brick fence, four meters high and about a meter thick, was built in 1685-1689. and never had a defensive purpose. Towers with an overhanging second tier, narrow windows are all a tribute to the past, which already came into fashion in the 17th century, and these elements are just antique stylization.

The two-storey fraternal cells were built of brick in the last third of the 17th century. The two-storey brick, plastered Rector's Building with laconic facades is typical for the monastery construction of the first half of the 19th century. The monastery hotel to the right of the entrance gate was restored in 2004. In recent years, the complex has been supplemented with small administrative buildings.

The monastery was given by the local authorities in 1926 as a museum. Two years earlier, the monks were transferred to the Nikolo-Peshnoshsky Monastery. Their place was taken by nuns from the Turkovitsky convent, evacuated from Western Ukraine, and nuns from the Zaraisk Bogoroditskaya Bakhrushinsky women's community of the Ryazan diocese. Museum workers peacefully coexisted here with the inhabitants, not objecting to their growing a garden, holding services. As best they could, the museum staff preserved the interiors and decoration of the temples of the monastery, insistently demanded that the District Executive Committee carry out repairs in the monastery.

In 1932 the monastic buildings and the territory hidden by the old walls liked the management of the construction of the Moscow-Volga canal. As a result, after a short confrontation, the institution of culture was defeated by the all-powerful administration of Dmitlag at that time, which was part of the Main Directorate of Camps (GULAG) of the NKVD of the USSR, which supervised the construction. In the monastery, until the end of the construction of the canal, "Dmitlag" was completely and uncontrollably in charge, destroying monuments of history and culture.

The military unit, which was located here after the Canal Construction Administration for several years, did not change the appearance of the monument for the better. After decades of using the monastery buildings for various needs of Soviet organizations and institutions, by the beginning of the 1990s the monastery had fallen into such desolation that even subbotniks organized by activists of the Society of Assistants to Restorers, including museum workers, were a drop in the ocean and could not change anything.

In 1993 the revival of the monastery began. With the blessing of Metropolitan Yuvenaly, the first rector of the monastery was Archimandrite Roman (Gavrilov), Dean of the Churches of the Dmitrovsky District until 2007, now Bishop of Serpukhov, Vicar of the Moscow Diocese. Under him, the following were completely restored: Borisoglebsky Cathedral of 1537. (the four-tiered iconostasis and painting of the main cathedral were restored), with a chapel in honor of Alexy the Man of God in 1656 and a bell tower of the 17th century. (on the bell tower there is a striking clock and a belfry of 8 bells from a quarter to 40 pounds); gate church in honor of St. Nicholas in 1687 with a chapel of the Fedorov Icon of the Mother of God in 1834; refectory, fraternal building, walls with four corner towers of the 17th century; rectory in the first half of the 19th century.

The restored temple became one of the shrines of Dmitrov, again became a male monastery in the name of the holy martyrs Boris and Gleb. Where there was a monastery cemetery, a flower garden was laid out, and the remains, disturbed many times, were collected, buried, and in 2004 a chapel was erected over them in the name of the Holy Spirit.

On August 31, 2003, a historic event took place for the city - a visit to the city of Dmitrov by His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Rus'. After the Divine Liturgy in the Dormition Cathedral, meeting with the townspeople at the Lokomotiv stadium, His Holiness the Patriarch visited the Dmitrovsky Borisoglebsky Monastery. After Fr. Roman was awarded the Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh II degree for the revival of the parish life of the Dmitrovsky deanery, in his speech, His Holiness the Patriarch highly appreciated the work of the rector and brethren of the monastery in the revival of the destroyed shrines.

On August 6, 2004, Metropolitan Yuvenaly consecrated the fully restored Borisoglebsky Cathedral.

August 6, 2006 near the southwestern wall of the monastery there is a sculpture "Boris and Gleb", sculptor Alexander Rukavishnikov, architect Rostislav Narsky.

Eight monks live in the monastery. Abbot of the monastery hegumen Avgustin. He is one of the old-timers of the monastery since 1993. At first, Augustine just came, then he completely stayed. In 1994, he was tonsured a monk, ordained a deacon, and in early 1995, a hieromonk.

In October 2007, a source of holy water was consecrated in the monastery.

The source is open from early morning until 9 pm, water can be taken from it until the winter cold. The source is framed by an openwork forged lattice. The forged canopy in Silesia (the current Polish city of Boleslawiec), made by the masters of the Austrian arsenal in the first half of the 17th century, was taken as a model. In her likeness, blacksmiths from Orudyevo made a canopy for our source.

For pilgrims there are guided tours in the monastery. You can contact the church shop, which is open daily. From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., the monastery is ready to receive people, introduce them to the history of the monastery, open a temple, talk about shrines, but it’s best to arrange excursions in advance.

Shrines of the monastery: in the Borisoglebsky Cathedral there is a shrine with particles of the relics of saints and a piece of the Cross of the Lord. Icon of St. Seraphim of Sarov with a particle of his relics. Athos icons of old writing - they are more than a hundred years old - “Merciful, or worthy to eat”, Kazan and “Mammary” of the Mother of God. The imperishable tomb of the Martyr Paraskeva, her relics were acquired by the brethren of the monastery. In the aisle of St. Alexis, the man of God, there is an old icon of the Great Martyr Panteleimon.

The monastery lives according to the cenobitic charter - in addition to church services, the brethren are engaged in various obediences: they bake prosphora and bread, make candles, are engaged in beekeeping, poultry farming, restoration work and landscaping, the development of a land plot in the monastery courtyard has begun. Divine services in the monastery are performed daily.

The monastery conducts excursions for pilgrims, participates in the release of an Orthodox supplement to the regional newspaper, and conducts charitable activities in the orphanages of the region and the juvenile colony. The monks of the monastery with a theological education teach at Sunday school.

The Borisoglebsky Monastery has been documented since 1472. A small suburban one, it was supported by contributions from specific princes, then from Moscow sovereigns and private individuals. From 1652 to 1664 he was assigned to the Novgorod Bishop's House, from 1682 to the Zaikonospassky Monastery in Moscow. The first stone building - the cathedral - appeared in the monastery in the first third of the 16th century. The rest of the buildings are from the 70s. 17th century remained wooden. formed by the middle of the 18th century. a small architectural complex as a whole has retained its composition. Only dilapidated outbuildings, eastern cells and the hospital Intercession Church of 1702, heavily rebuilt in 1791, which stood near the northern monastery wall, were lost. In the 19th century a new house of the abbot appeared, at the beginning of the 20th century. - a modest administrative building.

The compositional and artistic center of the monastery is the Cathedral of Boris and Gleb, built before 1537. In the middle of the 17th century. it was joined by the western porch and a three-tier hipped bell tower with a fighting clock. In 1656, the wife of the stolnik A.I. Chaplin placed a miniature one-domed Alekseevsky chapel near the southwestern corner of the building. At the end of the XVIII century. the roofs of the cathedral, the top of the bell tower and the porch were altered. The former appearance of the ancient part of the monument was returned in the 1900s. Under the supervision of I.P. Mashkov, the tiered completion of the drum, arranged in 1778, was dismantled, a new chapter was made, and the mosquito cover was restored.

Brick on a white-stone basement, the cathedral, a striking example of the Moscow school of the early 16th century, is a four-pillared, now single-domed, cross-domed church with three lowered apses of equal height. Until the middle of the XVIII century. it had a second dome above the Voznesensky chapel, located in the southern apse. The cathedral is covered with box vaults with lowered girth arches, the basement - with cross ones. The façades are divided by shoulder blades into three unequal strands framed with panels. Semicircular zakomaras with a thin profile are separated from the wall field by an elegant cornice with "towns" and a geometric ornament of round holes. These motifs, partly extending to the volume of the bell tower, were repeated at the end of the drum and apses. The entrances are framed by white-stone perspective portals with keeled tops, "melons" and sheaf-shaped capitals. Near the western portal, a tombstone carved stone cross of 1467 was built into the wall, now transferred to the local historical and art museum.

The internal divisions of the cathedral do not correspond to the external ones. Due to the wide arrangement of pillars, the interior is dominated by a high domed space. Western pillars stand on pedestals. The heels of the arches are marked by profile cornices made of white stone. The wall painting, made for the first time in 1824 and updated in 1887 and 1901, has been whitewashed. The iconostasis is missing.

The architecture of the Alekseevsky chapel corresponds to its time. Of particular interest is the elegant western portal, richly decorated with carved brick details. The different styles of the porch reflect the stages of its alterations.

The complex of the Holy Gates, facing the former road to the Trinity-Sergius Monastery, was formed in the 17th-19th centuries. The two-story brick building initially combined the functions of a refectory church with the composition of a gate structure. Built in 1672, the lower tier with single-span gates, vaulted closets and a bakery in 1685-1687. completed a small pillarless single-domed St. Nicholas Church with a developed apse, refectory and porch. In 1834, an equal-sized empire-style aisle adjoined the building from the north, united in 1852 with the premises of the old building by arched passages. As a result, two walls of the ancient temple were replaced with pillars, and a new porch was built. In 1887, the St. Nicholas Church on top of the tray vault was completed with a false dome and a new drum with a dome. Despite numerous alterations of the building, the remains of the decor of the 17th century are visible on its facades: a number of small crowning kokoshniks and keeled window covers. The interior decoration has been lost.

The fraternal cells on two floors were mainly built of brick in the last third of the 17th century, the upper floor was partially wooden. The building was modified by later renovations. From its former architectural forms, the outer blades and the cornice with a curb have been preserved. Remains of felled architraves with a figured tympanum are hidden under the plaster. The interior layout is new. Vaulted ceilings have been replaced with beams.

The two-story brick, plastered Rector's Building with a corridor system on both floors and laconic empire-style facades is typical of monastic housing in the first half of the 19th century; built, apparently, according to the "exemplary" project - the basement, window sills and interfloor belt - from white stone, the strongly extended crowning cornice - wooden. The windows, devoid of architraves, rhythmically divide the smooth planes of the walls. On the second floor there are corner tiled stoves, on the ceilings there are drawn cornices.

The spiritual board, adjacent to the building of the cells, has no independent significance in the ensemble of the monastery. A small two-story red-brick building was built according to the project of P.A. Ushakov in 1902 at the expense of E.S. Lyamina. The layout is based on a corridor system. In the interpretation of national forms of restrained outdoor processing, the influence of Art Nouveau architecture is felt.

The brick fence, about 4 meters high and 0.9 meters thick, with four round towers at the corners, which had no defensive value, was built in 1685-1689 and was repeatedly repaired. In addition to the main Holy Gates, there are second, front gates in the southern section, and rear gates in the northern section. Residential and administrative buildings are built into the walls.

Borisoglebsky Dmitrovsky Monastery, 3rd class, in the city of Dmitrov. Founded in the 2nd half of the 12th century by Grand Duke Yuri Vladimirovich Dolgoruky. The main church, in the name of the holy martyrs princes Boris and Gleb, with a chapel in the name of St. Alexis the man of God, was restored in 1620 and in 1902. In its vestibule there is a very ancient cross carved from stone, found in 1840 under the altar of the Alexievsky chapel; at the top of the cross there is a relief image of the Holy Trinity, on the sides there are also relief images: on the left side of the Mother of God and the apostle Peter, on the right side - the apostles John and Paul and below - the saints "Basil, Nikola and Egore", with an inscription indicating the year 1388, like the time of the cross. School at the monastery.

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

Borisoglebsky Monastery is one of the oldest in the Moscow region. According to a legend - obviously far from the truth - the Borisoglebsk monastery was founded by Yuri Dolgoruky himself shortly after he founded the city of Dmitrov. We will trust documentary evidence, especially since they also confirm the venerable age of the monastery. So, in the 19th century, a stone cross was found under the altar of the cathedral with the date inscribed on it - 1388! And the cathedral itself is significantly outstanding. Visibly ancient, it reminds of Ancient Rus', which is not surprising: despite the rather late dating (the first third of the 16th century), the temple was erected in already somewhat archaic forms by that time. He has four pillars, three apses, with a mighty head; however, it is known that in ancient times the cathedral was two-domed. The second, smaller chapter crowned the southern extension - the Voznesensky chapel. The cathedral for a long time remained the only stone building of the monastery. In the middle of the 17th century, the Borisoglebsky Monastery was assigned to the Novgorod Bishop's House as the Moscow Region residence of Metropolitan Nikon, the future Patriarch. Nikon, contrary to custom, did not deploy stone construction in the monastery, being at that time busy with other things. So the monastery was rebuilt "for centuries" later - after the fire of 1672. Then there appeared the holy gates with the over-gate Nikolsky church, a private building, walls and towers. In one of them the chambers of the abbot were located. Further, the architectural appearance of the monastery was formed as a whole unsystematically.

At the end of the 18th century, the hipped cathedral bell tower was replaced by the current one. It would seem that the new bell tower was supposed to introduce a "style disagreement" and enter into dissonance with the ancient temple, but this, surprisingly, did not happen - it turned out to be quite delicate to "fit in" the bell tower. Much more noticeable are the fruits of the restructuring of the Nikolskaya Gate Church in the 19th century - as a result of this intervention, the temple lost its clarity of form and "floated". At the same time, in the 19th century, most of the residential and service buildings of the monastery were built. The towers have come down to us more or less unchanged, with the exception of the northwestern one - in modern times, for some reason, it was dismantled and rebuilt "almost as it was." Whatever the motives for such a restructuring, it would not be superfluous to recall: disassembling the original and replacing it with a copy in the restoration business is the most extreme measure, when nothing else can save the monument. Soon after the revolution, the monks, having formed an agricultural artel, moved to the Nikolo-Peshnoshsky Monastery, and the nuns of the Turkovitsky Monastery, evacuated back in 1914 from Western Ukraine, settled in Borisoglebsky. Later they were joined by the sisters of the Bakhrushin community, located near Zaraisk, which had already been closed by that time.

However, very soon a full-scale persecution of the Church began, and the monastery was closed, expelled from there all the nuns. In 1926, it was handed over to the local history museum, and in 1932, the administration of Dmitlag settled in the former monastery - a labor camp that "specialized" in the construction of the Moscow-Volga canal ... However, as you know, the canal was built not only by prisoners. Freelancers settled on the streets adjacent to the Borisoglebsky Monastery, forming the so-called town of Dmitlaga. When the construction of the canal was completed and Dmitlag was disbanded, a military unit moved into the former monastery, which occupied it for about thirty years. Then the buildings were transferred to institutions (and the fraternal corps was completely used for housing). The monastery was returned to the Church in 1993, now it has been completely restored. In 2006, a sculpture depicting the martyr princes Boris and Gleb appeared on the square near its walls. The author of the monument is A. Rukavishnikov.

Magazine "Orthodox Temples. Journey to Holy Places". Issue #162, 2015

Borisoglebsky Dmitrovsky Monastery is one of the most ancient inhabitants of the Moscow region. According to one version, he is in the ninth century, and according to another - the fifth. There is an old legend about the founding of the monastery by Grand Duke Yuri Vladimirovich Dolgoruky in the 12th century, almost simultaneously with the foundation of Dmitrov in 1154, which he named after his youngest son, who received the name Dmitry in baptism. There is no exact data on the foundation of this monastery, most likely, it arose in the third quarter of the 15th century (in 1841, under the aisle of the monastery cathedral, a stone cross was found with the date of its installation - 1467; and in written documentary sources, the monastery was first mentioned in 1472 in the will specific Dmitrovsky Prince Yuri Vasilyevich). People believed the legends, especially since few people knew about documentary information about the monastery (in 1610, during the Time of Troubles for Russia, a fire that raged in the monastery walls destroyed the entire monastery archive). Dmitrovsky and Moscow princes, and in the nineteenth - early. XX centuries Entrepreneurs and manufacturers, with thoughts about the foundation of the monastery by Yuri Dolgoruky himself, the founder of the capital of Moscow, strove to be generous to this monastery, which allowed it to successfully develop and build, including stone.

In 1537, a wonderful cathedral was built in the name of the holy martyrs Boris and Gleb. This brick on a white stone basement, four-altar, one-domed, cross-domed church is a vivid example of the Moscow architectural school of the early 16th century. It was repeatedly completed and rebuilt (1620, 1656, 1778, 1824, 1887). Another interesting building in the monastery, which has survived to our time, is the complex of the Holy Gates with the gate of St. Nicholas Church (XVII-XIX centuries) - this is a two-story brick building that originally combined the functions of a refectory church with the composition of a gate structure. The lower tier with single-span gates (1672), closets and a bakery (1685-1687) ended on top with a small pillarless one-domed St. Nicholas Church. As a result of reconstructions (1852 and 1887), the complex of the Holy Gates somewhat changed its original appearance. But the over-gate St. Nicholas Church with a refectory (1685-1687), with a chapel in honor of the Feodorovskaya Icon of the Mother of God (1834) has been preserved. The brotherly cells (the last third of the 17th century), the Rector's building (the first half of the 19th century), the building of the Spiritual Board, a two-story red-brick building (1902), the monastery fence (about 4 m high, 0.9 m thick) have also survived. four round towers in the corners, 1685-1689) and some other buildings.

Like other monasteries, the monastery of St. Boris and Gleb suffered from various disasters: invasions and devastation of enemies (for example, in 1610 from the detachments of the Polish-Lithuanian interventionists of Hetman J. Sapieha), fire (1672), other disasters and misfortunes. However, the monastery has always been restored, helped by its legendary history and proximity to Moscow. In 1652, Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich Romanov issued a decree according to which the Borisoglebsky Monastery became the residence near Moscow of his friend, adviser, confidant - Metropolitan Nikon of Novgorod (he became patriarch in the same 1652 and was until 1666), but soon lost interest in this monastery.

In 1656, Patriarch Nikon founded on the banks of the river. Istra Resurrection New Jerusalem Monastery, which became his favorite country residence. Since 1652, the Borisoglebsky Monastery was subordinate to the Novgorod Metropolitan House, since 1664 it was not independent for long, in 1682 it was assigned to the Zaikonospassky Monastery in Moscow, but in 1725 it again became an independent independent monastery. The personality of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich Romanov (1629-1676) at least twice influenced the fate and development of the monastery: directly in 1652, when, at his request, the monastery became the residence of Nikon, and indirectly in 1656. The wife of the stolnik Alexei Chaplin - Praskovya Chaplin - added a chapel to the Borisoglebsky Cathedral in the name of Alexy, the man of God - the patron saint of her husband, but she and her husband looked further - with this construction, their family first of all paid tribute to Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich and their common with Alexei Chaplin to the saint.

The long history of this monastery, the participation of prominent personalities in its life invariably attracted rich investors and influential patrons to it, which ensured its well-being. Significant repair and landscaping work was periodically carried out in the monastery, and in 1689 stone walls and towers of the monastery were erected. By the beginning of the 18th century, the monastery owned a stable yard south of the Borisoglebsk monastery, where a military unit was located until 2009, a territory with outbuildings outside the northern monastery wall, a settlement of 14 courtyards and a mill on the Berezovets River (a tributary of the Yakhroma). After Catherine's decree of 1764, the Borisoglebsky Monastery remained the only monastery of Dmitrov (the other two - Pyatnitsky and Nikitsky - were abolished).

In the middle of the 18th century, the monastery was going through difficult times, its buildings were very dilapidated by that time. True, since 1777, a religious school operated at the monastery. In 1888, the 500th anniversary of the monastery was celebrated, which caused an increase in interest in it. Under the supervision of the architect Ivan Pavlovich Mashkov, the cathedral is being restored to its original form, the buildings of the monastery are being restored, at the turn of the 19th-20th centuries. in the Borisoglebsk monastery, extensive repair and restoration work was carried out at the expense of E. S. Lyamina, the widow of a large manufacturer I. A. Lyamin, the founder of the partnership of the Pokrovskaya Manufactory, and in 1902, the architect Pyotr Anisimovich Ushakov built the Spiritual Board with donations from the same Lyamina. It is worth saying that until the end of the 19th century, a handwritten chronicle was kept in the monastery.

After the autumn events of 1917, the monastery brethren united into an artel, but already in 1918 the monks from the Borisoglebsky monastery were transferred to the Nikolo-Peshnoshsky monastery in the Dmitrovsky district, and the sisters of the Turkovitsky convent, evacuated from Western Ukraine, were accommodated in it. In the first half of the 1920s. the monastery still existed, but it was already a women's monastery, and not a men's one, as before. In 1921, they were joined by sisters from the Zaraisk Bogoroditskaya Bakhrushinsky women's community, expelled by the Bolsheviks.

In 1926, the local authorities finally closed the Borisoglebsky Monastery and gave its buildings to be placed on its territory for the exposition of the Museum of the Dmitrovsky Territory. Its employees, headed by director K. A. Solovyov, were literate and patriotic people; they did everything in their power to preserve the monastery complex as a monument of history, culture, and architecture. The fate of most museum workers turned out to be tragic; they were repressed and almost all died. In 1932 the museum was transferred to the Assumption Cathedral. In the same year, the Office of the Moscow-Volga Canal and DMITLAG was located in the buildings of the closed monastery. DMITLAG was one of the divisions of the Gulag - the State Administration of Camps. Here, in the Dmitrovsky district, there was a specialized camp of prisoners who basically worked on the construction of this canal, along with civilians and military personnel. This camp was called Dmitlag; its managing structural subdivision was located in the monastery. Adjacent streets: Komsomolskaya, Pionerskaya, Chekistskaya, Bolshevikskaya, Inzhenernaya, Energeticheskaya, Shlyuzovaya - formed the "town of DMITLAG", where engineers and civilian workers settled. Most of those who worked on the construction of the canal died from exhaustion, inhuman working conditions, an incredible amount of work, or were shot. About 200 thousand repressed people worked here. In memory of them, a memorial cross was erected on the canal route. DMITLAG existed until 1937. From the 1940s to the 1970s in the monastery there was a military unit, later warehouses, various organizations - mainly offices of city institutions; part of the buildings were given over to housing ordinary citizens.

In 1993, the Borisoglebsky Monastery was revived as the spiritual, religious center of Dmitrov. In 2003, it had 8 monks: Rector Archimandrite Roman (Gavrilov), 3 hieromonks, 2 hierodeacons, 2 novices. On August 31, 2003, a visit was made to the monastery of Patriarch Alexy II. On August 6, 2004, Metropolitan Yuvenaly of Krutitsy and Kolomna again consecrated the revived and restored Borisoglebsky Cathedral with a chapel in honor of Alexy, the man of God. The monastery bell tower has a chiming clock, a belfry of eight bells. The Holy Spirit Chapel (2000), a new hotel building for pilgrims, and an administrative building were built again.

The Borisoglebsky Monastery also has its own courtyard - the Transfiguration Church in the Balashikha district in the village of Poltevo. The monastery lives according to the cenobitic charter: in addition to church services, the brethren are engaged in various obediences - they bake prosphora and bread, make candles, beekeeping, poultry farming, and landscaping. Today, the ancient monastery attracts many pilgrims - people want to pray in a special, concentrated monastic setting, to venerate the shrines, of which there are many.

From the book of Glushkov V. G. Monasteries of the Moscow Region. - M: Veche, 2005 and from the site www.dmitrov.bgm.ru/history/Borisoglebsky Monastery