Monastery of the Spreader of the Loaves? service schedule, how to get to the temple

There are plenty of monasteries with ancient history in Rus'. The Sredneuralsky Convent, which is twenty kilometers north of Yekaterinburg, is not one of them. His birth occurred in the present century. And many living today are witnesses to this. The monastery is dedicated to the Mother of God icon “Spreader of the Loaves”; the confessor is schema-abbot Father Sergius Romanov.

This place is special. He has a remarkable history, and most importantly, an enduring desire to please the Lord, to live like angels in service. That is why the nuns pray selflessly and fervently. The glorification of Christ and His Most Pure Mother does not stop here for a minute, prayers are heard for every soul and all of Russia. And the love of the Gospel, with which one is greeted at the monastery, will never cease, not judging anyone and thanking for everything. There is so much love here. It is by this that the disciples of God are recognized.

History of the convent

On the site of the women's courtyard of the men's monastery from Ganina Yama, near Sredneuralsk, a monastery was founded not very long ago and was named in honor of the icon of the Mother of God “Spreader of the Loaves.” Four ascetics took up the arrangement of it under the vigilant leadership of Hieromonk Sergius, who at that time was the abbot of the monastery in the name of the Royal Passion-Bearers.

So it turned out that the monastery of the Mother of God grew from a small gatehouse near the green lawn in a fairly short time. In May 2002, workers got down to business. White-stone churches rose to the skies, and the buildings of the Sredneuralsky convent of wood and stone grew. A chapel with a bathhouse was installed above the spring with healing water. And all this was completed by 2011 - a record-breaking time frame. Construction work continues to this day.

The number of nuns together with workers is almost three hundred people. The monastery is separated from Yekaterinburg by some twenty kilometers. The September day of 2004, when the temple was consecrated in honor of the icon of the Mother of God “Spreader of the Bread,” was solemn. The Holy Synod established the monastery by its decision on April 20, 2005.

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Novo-Tikhvin Convent[edit]

Novo-Tikhvin Convent
Women's Orthodox monastery in Yekaterinburg. The main temple - the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral - is an architectural monument of late classicism.

The monastery traces its history back to the end of the 18th century, when an almshouse began to exist at the cemetery Assumption Church. In 1809, the women's community that served in the almshouse was transformed into a communal convent.

Date of foundation:

1809

Telephone:

8 (343) 257-06-42, 257-50-95

Address:

620144, Ekaterinburg, Green Grove, 1

"The Bread Wrangler"

It’s worth special mention about the icon itself - it is revered as a spiritual (messenger) one that gathers the harvest. Praying before her frees you from any adversity: drought, dying grain, times of famine.

The iconography is equally remarkable. In it, the Mother of God does not have a baby in her arms. The Blessed Virgin sits above the clouds, stretching out her hands, blessing.

This is interesting: back in 1884, Father Ambrose became the founder of the Shamordino Convent, located very close to Optina Pustyn. And five years later, the elder blessed the abbess to make a list of the Mother of God, depicted on the icon of “All Saints,” as if “sitting on clouds,” of the Bolkhov Monastery. This monastery is located in the Oryol province. The year 1890 began, when the icon ended up in the monk’s monastery and remained with him for almost six months. It was then that it received its current name.

Ambrose himself prayed in front of her, and the nuns of the monastery prayed. Quite soon, nationwide veneration began. And the reason for this is the miracles that happened from her image. And the very first was an excellent harvest, produced in the Shamordino fields and in the Kaluga region. During the famine, this became a real miracle for Rus'.

Shamordino Convent

When the Voronezh province was suffering from drought, after the first prayer service in the Pyatnitskaya women's community, served in front of the list from that very icon, the long-awaited rain fell on the fields, and as a result a wonderful harvest was obtained.

It is important to know : it turns out that the Monk Ambrose directly indicated that it was not for nothing that the Mother of God was called that by him, she will always help in people’s worries in obtaining their daily bread.

And the Sredneuralsky convent was created in honor of this particular miraculous icon. His nuns work tirelessly, doing deeds pleasing to God, which are countless.

Construction of the women's monastery

This is a real peasant farm, practically autonomous. There is a farm with livestock, horses and poultry, a garden and workshops, a hospice house, and a school. Bread is grown here, and then flour is ground in its own mill. The cottage cheese and honey that are produced here deserve praise from everyone who has a chance to taste them.

There is a boiler room and a well, which means heat and water. Any crisis is not a problem for such an economy. Subsistence farming will not allow anyone to perish on that consecrated land.

More than three hundred viceresses spend their days in labor and prayer, caring for the sick and orphans. These people will survive even if the state economy collapses. They have sufficient experience and well-developed patterns for obtaining food. And their connections with the outside world are not so strong as to become a hindrance.

Construction does not stop at the courtyard. Four majestic temples have risen to the courtyard, and another one is being built.

The cells are designed for 60 people, there is a residential building and a refectory, a bathhouse, a hotel for 25 people - all this allows everyone to live and live quite comfortably: sisters, monks, workers, pilgrims.

Social mission of the monastery

Refugees, disabled people, single mothers with children - all those who find themselves “on the sidelines of life” are accepted at the monastery. This turns the monastery into a social hostel.

To feed themselves, the monks work along with their sisters in the greenhouse, in the barnyard, and in the vegetable garden.

Please note: cancer patients and children living in the monastery are one of the most important secular concerns of the monastery and obedience for the sisters.

It is worth mentioning separately the following institutions of the monastery:

• School

It was organized in 2005. The form of education for children is external, attached to the Yekaterinburg school of Tsarevich Alexy. Children learn to read and understand the ancient Russian language, in which services are held and prayers are composed, they learn how to paint icons and try to do it themselves, they learn to sing prayers, and they study the Law of God.

Teachers are selected from among the inhabitants of the monastery with a pedagogical education. Schoolchildren (46 of them) have their own confessor, who delves into their learning nuances and problems, confesses and instructs the children.

Among the former students there are university students in a variety of specialties: economics, theology, music, etc. Some continue their studies and become seminarians. And this is not surprising. Indeed, among those who taught them at the monastery school, there were also teachers - candidates for an academic degree, candidates of pedagogical sciences.

The monastery is successfully preparing personnel for itself. But even if someone doesn’t want to stay here, they will leave the world with a decent education and become highly moral members of society;

• Hospital with 20 beds

It is located in a residential building on the first floor. Since 2011, cancer patients in the last stages of the disease have been cared for here. They have the opportunity to confess and receive communion. This is where they are unctioned.

Alapaevsky Monastery of New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church[edit]

The Monastery of New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia is being built on the site where, on July 18, 1918, Grand Duchess Elizaveta Feodorovna Romanova, nun Varvara (Yakovleva), members of the House of Romanov: Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich with secretary Theodore Remez, Princes of the Imperial Blood John, Konstantin and Igor Konstantinovich, Prince Vladimir Paley.

Address:

Sverdlovsk region, Alapaevsky district, village. Verkhnyaya Sinyachikha

How to get to Alapaevsk:

Alapaevsk is located 150 km from the regional center - Yekaterinburg. There are good transport links between these cities. You can get there by train, bus or minibus, the interval of which is one hour. Buses and minibuses depart from the Northern and Southern bus stations of Yekaterinburg.

How to get to the monastery:

Bus number 103 leaves from Alapaevsk from the bus station. To get to the Monastery of the New Martyrs of Russia you need to get off at the “Monastery” stop.

Church of the Kazan Mother of God Icon

The construction of this monastery is a unique example of stunning deadlines, which the church had never known before. Temples arose on this consecrated ground.

Directly in front of the Kazan Church is a huge blade, the tip of which is directed downwards. And on its handle is written: “Death to the Antichrist.” As if rays diverge from it, bas-reliefs of those who fought for the Motherland and prayed for it were cast in bronze. The words of Suvorov are carved on the blade, and on the shield are the sayings of St. Tikhon, as well as Alexy the Second.

The temple itself feels like home. People take off their shoes and come here barefoot. It is very quiet inside, people know where and to whom they are coming.

Holy Cross Monastery (Ekaterinburg)[edit]

The stone single-altar Church of the Exaltation of the Cross was built in 1880 on land of more than 4,000 square meters. m., purchased for this purpose by the Yekaterinburg merchant and city mayor V.V. Krivtsov, and acted as a house church for the Children's Shelter of the Yekaterinburg Charitable Society. In addition, until the summer of 1919, it was used as a regimental church for the regiments of the Yekaterinburg garrison, stationed in the Orovai barracks, which now houses a military unit. At the church there was a choir of singers, consisting of 15 shelter boys, two clerks from the Yekaterinburg district military authorities, an assistant warden of the military hospital and privates from the Yekaterinburg local team. From 1927 to 1930, the Church of the Exaltation of the Cross, which remained faithful to Metropolitan Sergius, was the cathedral of Yekaterinburg. At that time, 12 priests served in it, which is why the temple bore the popular name “Cathedral of the Twelve Apostles.”

Address:

620026, Ekaterinburg, st. K. Marksa, 31

Date of foundation:

1995

Telephone:

(343) 262-84-50, 269-83-57

Holy Trinity Church

This temple has two altars. The first is in honor of the Holy Trinity, the second - the Royal Passion-Bearers. And nearby there is a fifteen-meter-high worship cross - a tribute to the executed Royal family.

This is interesting: they say that the place for the temple was chosen in a surprising way. Here, for two years in a row, the snowdrifts did not melt, when there was no longer any snow around. Vladyka Vincent gave his blessing, and the construction of the temple began. In the future, there are plans to place seven lanes, exactly the number of people killed.

Other churches of the monastery:

• Temple of the Mother of God Icon “Spreader of Bread”. It was consecrated in the first month of autumn 2004;
• Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Monastery in the name of the Holy Royal Passion-Bearers (Ekaterinburg)[edit]

Construction of the monastery on Ganina Yama began at the very beginning of the 21st century. A team of architects including T.A. Petkevich, N.S. Akchurina, N.V. Doronina, A.E. Sharypova began designing the monastery in the spring of 2000, having won a closed diocesan competition.

The beginning of work on the project was illuminated by absolutely marvelous rainbows over Voznesenskaya Hill, so clearly visible from the window of our workshop on the eighteenth floor. Then there were trips to Ganina Yama throughout the spring and summer of 2000. When you think about it, it’s amazing how so many things could happen in such a short time. We were in a hurry - life itself was in a hurry, the Lord was in a hurry, the priests were in a hurry. Tatiana and I did the laying out for the very first temple - Tsarsky - together, crawling on impassable clay, wet from the rains. But even this applies today to precious memories.

Address:

Sverdlovsk region, Verkhnyaya Pyshma urban district, Shuvakish station, Four Brothers tract (Ganina Yama).
Postal
: 620086, Ekaterinburg, st. Repina, 6.

Date of foundation:

2000

Telephone:

(343) 228-15-25, +7 902 872-07-69

The confessor of the convent is Father Sergius Romanov

For fifteen years now the life of this man and the Intercession Monastery have been firmly connected with each other.
This happened from the very time when Vincent, Archbishop of Yekaterinburg, allowed Father Sergius to create a women’s courtyard at the men’s monastery in the name of the Holy Royal Passion-Bearers, on the site of the former “German farm.” First they built a house church out of wood, then they began to erect a brick church building.

The biography of this amazing man is a living example of humility, patience and love. Once upon a time, Father Sergius had to entrust the spiritual guardianship of the monastery onto his shoulders, become a diligent business executive, communicate with donors and lay people, take care of construction matters, and delve into engineering issues. Since then, parishioners and sisters have felt concern for themselves in all his works and prayers.

Reviews about him are unanimous: Father Sergius Romanov is a caring, sincere, spirit-bearing, loving, compassionate and even naive person. It's not often you see someone like him today. This angelic person is ready to bestow his warmth and sincerity on anyone. You can trust him in everything. And people believe and trust him.

It is quite possible to count the number of priests capable of exorcising evil spirits from possessed people on the fingers of one hand. Father Sergius Romanov is one of those few to whom this Gift of God has descended. In addition to other sacred services, he performs a special rite - reprimanding demons.

Interesting Facts

The future father Sergius - Nikolai Romanov - was deprived of his holy orders, including after the details of his biography were revealed. At the time of his admission to the Moscow Theological Seminary, he lied about his existing criminal record on particularly serious criminal charges, including robbery and murder. According to the Orthodox and most Christian canons, a person who has committed any of the seven deadly sins in the past does not have the right to wear church vestments.

“Media” names, famous politicians and respected representatives of the region have repeatedly appeared in the schema-abbot’s flock. It was thanks to them that they managed to collect colossal sums for the construction of several white-stone churches on the territory and provide the monastery with its own economy. Among the parishioners who kept in touch with the confessor are former Crimean prosecutor Natalya Poklonskaya and member of the KVN team “Ural Dumplings” Dmitry Sokolov.

The monastery is decorated with sculptures created by the best Russian masters. In front of one of the entrances there is a so-called penitential sword with portraits of Nicholas II, Alexander Suvorov, and the faces of saints. Another sculpture - a bust of the last Russian emperor - is hidden under the canopy of trees. Nearby you can see a tall monument to Jesus Christ, unusual for the Orthodox tradition. The image of the savior surrounds 12 growing seedlings of a rare blue spruce - the number of apostles.

© Valery Isaev

The monastery's confessor was repeatedly mentioned in news reports related to high-profile scandals. Since 2017, he began performing exorcism rituals without blessing, and a couple of years later he made angry speeches against the communists, calling Lenin’s mausoleum “the altar of Satan.” The last straw of public patience was a sermon at the height of the coronavirus epidemic, in which the schema-abbot cursed everyone who observes self-isolation and does not go to church.

On July 6, 2022, an open letter from Metropolitan Kirill of Yekaterinburg was published, the text of which examines in detail the controversial statements of the renounced Father Sergius. In addition, facts of blackmail of church leadership, calls for a coup d'etat, anti-Semitic sermons and incitement to hatred towards non-Orthodox people were made public. The final argument is the expulsion of Nikolai Romanov from the seminary for numerous absenteeism.

According to the master plan of the monastery, its central structure was to be a large-scale cathedral capable of accommodating up to 30 thousand believers at a time. The supposed architect even created a detailed model of the future shrine, but due to scandals with the confessor and his subsequent forced expulsion from office, the question remained open. The difficult fate of the long-suffering shrine still remains in limbo.

© Valery Isaev

Miracles of the Nunnery

There are many amazing stories among believers.
Each one is about a miracle of healing. They are often brought by unction - a sacrament that means the ever-blessed healing of mental and physical ailments. It is not for nothing that it is said that “it is given by faith.” He who comes in faith receives what he asks for, if it pleases the Lord. Take note : even though the reality is that we least expect miracles, only the Sredneuralsky Monastery is the place where the Divine presence is felt most of all. So there is nothing unnatural in the fact that miracles do happen.

They note that incredible things happened during construction. For example, the story of the remuneration of construction workers. It was paid only from donations. There were no other sources. And at that time all the money was spent on expensive treatment for a seriously ill woman. But the very next day a rich man was found who donated considerable funds to the monastery, which made it possible to pay the workers without any problems. For those who don’t believe, it’s just a coincidence; for others, it’s God’s providence.

They tell each other another story, about a girl with cancer. Olga’s parents brought her here to practically die. She couldn't walk, couldn't even sit. In her prayers she promised and made a vow that if she were healed, she would become a nun. And the long-awaited improvement came. She got up and even started running. Unfortunately, after recovery, she succumbed to persuasion and left the monastery. But very soon she returned to die here.

There was another person, and he also had advanced cancer. Where medicine was powerless, faith and prayer created a miracle of healing. The doctors just have to state the fact itself.

There are many such cases told. There are enough of them on the World Wide Web.

Keep in mind : they say that the monastery is being built only with funds brought here by pilgrims who were cured of serious illnesses here and firmly believe that only faith helped them in this. It must be said that the monastery itself was built in record time, and construction on its territory continues actively. And this says a lot.

And yet the main miracle of this convent is in the atmosphere of love that surrounds everyone who comes here. They say about such places that here Heaven becomes closer.

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How to get there

If you drive from Yekaterinburg along the Serovsky tract, this is the 30th km.
On weekends, a free bus leaves from the Diocese to Repina Street, building 6a (to the monastery and back):

• 15:00 – on Saturday;
• 07:30 – on Sundays.

By the way, many churches in the Sverdlovsk region and Yekaterinburg itself undertake to organize pilgrimage trips. You just need to find out the date and conditions of the trip.

Buses run from the Northern Bus Station to the monastery (and back) every day, and you can get there for free.

So anyone can visit this godly place. Here you can go on excursions, worship miraculous icons, order services and, if desired, even dine in the monastery refectory.

The official website of the monastery, where you can find out a lot of useful information and the schedule of services.

Nizhny Tagil Sorrowful Convent[edit]

According to legends that have survived to this day, in 1855, the rector of the Oten Monastery near Novgorod, Archimandrite Israel, laid out a cross on the site of the future monastery with stones brought from Jerusalem. The beginning of the formation of the monastery territory is considered to be 1864, when the “Sorrowful” church was built near the cemetery.

In the fall of 1884, the Perm Consistory allowed the establishment of a women's almshouse on the designated site. Dean Flavianov acted as the spiritual mentor and first leader.

Address:

622013, Sverdlovsk region, Nizhny Tagil, st. Krasnogvardeyskaya, 55, bldg. 4

Date of foundation:

date of foundation: 1904

Telephone:

8 (343) 525-55-83

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