Belogorsky Monastery

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The Church of the Exaltation of the Cross

The Belogorsky Monastery ( Russian монастырь Белогорский or full name Белогорский Свято-Николаевский православно-миссионерский мужской монастырь ) is a Russian Orthodox monastery on Mount Belaya Gora in the Middle Urals .

The monastery at the top of the 446 meter high mountain is 85 kilometers south of the city of Perm and 50 kilometers west of Kungur as the crow flies . Today the monastery is a popular destination for excursions and pilgrimages .

The Tsar's Cross

history

The history of the monastery began on June 9th, 1890. On this day the priest Stefan Lukanin visited the mountain and was so impressed by the place and its open view in all four directions that he decided to found a monastery there. Decisive for the choice of the place was not only the beauty of the place, but also a missionary concern towards the Old Believers in this area. As a first act, he and his companions set up a small wooden cross on the mountain. In 1891 a 10.65 meter high cross was erected, the tsar's cross in memory of the salvation of the heir to the throne Nicholas from mortal danger. On May 11, 1891, the Tsarevich was attacked and injured with a saber while visiting Japan by a police officer from his Japanese escort . In 1893 the construction of the first wooden church began, which was completed in February 1894. That year a few more buildings were built and a school for orphans was opened.

The monastery quickly became a popular destination for pilgrimages. During the Tsarist times, up to 70,000 pilgrims visited the monastery every year . After the first wooden church burned down in 1897, the construction of a large church began in 1902: the Church of the Exaltation of the Cross (Russian: Крестовоздвиженский собор ). The length, width and height of the church were each 53.25 meters. On the roof it had five large domes. In 1917 the construction of this large church was completed.

A year later, in 1918, as a result of the political events in Russia, reprisals for the monastery began. As a result, the number of employees decreased from around 400 brothers to 132 by the spring of 1919. The monastery was then closed in March 1923. The buildings were subsequently used as a school, a house for the disabled and, during World War II, as a rehabilitation center.

In 1990 the area of ​​the monastery was returned to the Permian eparchy and in 1991 the monastery was reopened. In 1995 the restoration of the church began. A year later, in May 1996, the Moscow Patriarch Alexius II visited the monastery. Every year since 1997 there has been a cross procession from the city of Perm to the Belogorsky Monastery.

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  1. ↑ По Пермскому краю - Туризм в Пермской области-2 , Verlag OOO-Раритет-Пермь, Пермь 2005, ISBN 5-93785-023-8 , p. 181.
  2. ↑ По Пермскому краю - Туризм в Пермской области-2 , Verlag OOO-Раритет-Пермь, Пермь 2005, ISBN 5-93785-023-8 , pp. 174ff.
  3. ^ History of the monastery (Russian, as of March 18, 2009)

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Coordinates: 57 ° 23 '31 "  N , 56 ° 13' 48"  E