In one of the most picturesque corners of Moscowregion, on the banks of the river called Oka, a nunnery is located, the history of whose creation is lost in the 15th century. However, originally the monastery was exclusively a refuge for men, and the first mention of it in the annals falls on 1498.
Legends link the Belopesok Monastery withthe names of Dmitry Donskoy, as well as of Sergius of Radonezh. Moscow principality in the 14th century was raided by steppe hordes of Mongol-Tatars. Donskoy, who with his army had to defend the frontier of the principality, asked Radonezhsky for his blessing to build a monastery off the banks of the Oka River. After all, the monasteries in those days were also important defensive structures on the borders of the country.
The Monk Sergei blessed the creation of the monastery.As the legend says, he even passed through White Sands (called the left bank of the Oka) from Serpukhov to Kashira earlier, and he liked this place very much. After his blessing, two holy sources appeared there.
Historical information is related to the directconstruction of the monastery with the monk Vladimir, in the world Vasily, who was born in Rzhev in a boyar family. At first he wanted to devote his life to military service, since the political situation at that time in the principality was restless. The feudal wars for the possession of lands were flared up every now and again. Rzhev also often changed his owners.
Vasily, who for a long time served as a soldier ina regiment of guardsmen, then an officer, decided to take monastic vows, went to the Novgorod monastery and began to be called Vladimir. However, there he did not stay long, because he wanted to found a new monastery for monks, and set off on a journey. They brought him to Kashira.
Tradition says that the left bank of the Oka oppositeKashira was a solitary place, uninhabited. Vladimir decided there to found a monastery and built a church. Soon other monks began to flow to him. So the Belopesok Monastery was formed. In addition, peasants settled around the monastic monastery and settled around the surrounding area.
For the first time this monastery is mentioned in 1498 insuch a written source, as the granted charter of the Tatar prince Magmet-Amin. According to this charter, the Moscow prince Ivan III bestowed his defeated ally on Kashira's lot, and the Belopesoksky monastery received lands and forests.
Later more than once Vladimir Belopesotskyis mentioned in the letters of commendation on which he is given repairs and villages in the Turov and Rostov volosts. The last such letter to the name of the Monk Vladimir was issued in 1522.
In addition, peasant farms, whichwere formed on the monastery land, were freed by the Moscow prince from duties and all kinds of tribute. They prospered, and along with them the monks lived comfortably.
It is true that they talk about their special wealthit is not necessary, because in the Belopesotsky monastery during the lifetime of the hegumen Vladimir there were not even stone buildings, and there were only wooden cells and the old church of the Holy Trinity.
When the Reverend Vladimir died, it is not known. Chronicles only say that "he was alive for 72 years," and buried a saint "at the Trinity under the porch."
Privileges and growing wealth soon allowedthe monks begin stone construction. In 1569, the Trinity Cathedral was laid. In the 16th century, the main part of the monastery fortifications was erected - the eastern wall and the gate St. Nicholas Church, which served as a watch tower.
It also had niches through whichdumped special lattices-gersy. A little later, a stone bell tower and five towers-loopholes appeared in the monastery, and guns and cannons were set up on the wall. So the Holy Trinity Monastery of Belopsotsky turned into a strong outpost of the state.
Tatars from the Crimea many times attacked the borderMoscow principality. And it was the Belopesotsky monastery as a reliable fortress that stood in the way of the enemy. The population of the surrounding villages was hiding behind the walls of the Tatars. The residents of the monastery and the monks had good military skills. Therefore, the Tatars were unable to take the fortress, they could not even break through its walls. At the end of the 17th century the Belopesoksky Monastery lost its military-strategic purpose, the borders of the Russian Empire moved to the south.
Soon the monastery was incorporated into the territoryKolomna Archbishop, then it was attributed to the Trinity Monastery. On its territory is built Sergievskaya church. However, in its original form, it has not reached our time. In the 19th century, because of the dilapidation, it was destroyed. A new temple was built on this site, then two more side-chapels were added.
The church was restored in 1852., and was even re-consecrated. Undoubtedly, not many times I have undergone restoration work and the main temple - the Trinity Cathedral. It first happened in the 17th century, then in the 18th century. Restoration in the 19th century was carried out with the money of the peasant Mikhail Shcherbakov. He donated them to fresco paintings, renovation of plaster and the erection of the iconostasis.
Temple in honor of the beheading of the head of John the Baptistbuilt under the hieromonk Athanasius (1824-1842 gg.) with the money of the noblemen Raevsky Mikhail and Ivan. All buildings of the Belopesok monastery were badly damaged in the flood of 1908. The water of the flooded Oka reached almost the level of a stone fence. In 1914 the building of the monastery was restored.
About what became today Belopesozky monastery,the official website will tell it to the fullest. However, it should also be said that under Soviet power the monastery buildings were not used for their purpose. There were prisoners, a pioneer camp, the artists ...
In 1989decided to create a historical and cultural center on the basis of the monastery. But we did not have time. In 1992, the monastery was returned to the property of the Russian Orthodox Church, and on June 18 the first divine service was held in the Sergius Church.
In parallel, restoration work was carried out.For example, the Trinity Cathedral was restored by the spring of 2002. At present, every day in the Holy Trinity Belopesok Monastery, divine services are performed.
Believers from all over the world are attracted to believersBelopsotsky monastery. How to get there, is described in detail on its official website (www.svtbm.ru). The main relics of the monastery today are the relics of St. Vladimir, the icons "Soothe My Sorrows" and "Skoroposlushnitsa", as well as the source of Sergius of Radonezh.
Schedule of divine services is easy to remember. AT 8.30 am - hours of the Divine Liturgy. At 3:00 pm a prayer service is held in front of the icon "Quench My Sorrows." At 16.00, the Vespers are performed. On the days when the all-night vigil takes place, the evening worship begins at 3 pm.
So, you already want to look at Belopesotskymonastery? How to get here? Passage by public transport is possible from Paveletsky station of Moscow to Akri station, from where there is a bus to the stop "Monastery". Address: Moscow region, Stupinskiy district, pos. Belopesotsky.
