Description of the attraction
The Ioanno-Kormyansky convent was built in the village of Korma, Gomel region in 1760. The first wooden church with a bell tower, built with donations from believers, was consecrated in honor of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos.
In 1906 the church fell into disrepair. Considerable funds were collected for the construction of a new stone one, but they did not know whether to build it in the same place or choose a new one. For advice they turned to Archpriest John Gashkevich (later canonized under the name of righteous John of Kormiansky). The Holy Father advised to spend the night in prayer, so that the Lord himself would indicate where to build a new temple of God. And so they did. The most devout parishioners prayed all night, and by morning candles were lit on a dais in the middle of the village. There they decided to build a new stone church. Construction ended in 1907. The church was consecrated in honor of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos. A school for children and a public school were set up at the church.
In 1926, the church was closed and used as a grain warehouse. During the Great Patriotic War, the Germans set up a stable in the church. Soon an army Lutheran priest arrived and decided that services could be held in the temple. Once, during a prayer, a holy icon fell on the priest's head, which event he considered a sign from above, invited an Orthodox priest to the church and gave the church to the former parishioners.
After the liberation of Belarus from the Nazi invaders, Soviet officials ordered the domes to be removed from the temple, but they were afraid to close them, fearing a popular revolt. Blessed Euphrosyne often went to the Korma temple. She asked not for alms, but for donations for the future Kormyansky monastery, but no one wanted to believe her.
In 1991, a miracle happened, as a result of which the holy incorruptible relics of John Gashkevich were revealed to the world. The righteous man was canonized, and his relics were placed in the temple. In 1997, the first two nuns appeared here to care for the relics. Having learned about the new shrine, pilgrims from all over the Orthodox land reached out to the church. In 2000, on the site of the Kormiansky Pokrovsky Church, the St. John of Kormiansky women's monastery was established in honor of the righteous John of Kormiansky.
