Description of the attraction
The Golgotha-Crucifixion Skete belongs to the Solovetsky Monastery and is located on the small island of Anzer. The monastery was founded by the Monk Job, which happened in the 18th century. According to the information of that time, many people living a hermitage lived near Mount Golgotha.
Throughout the construction of the skete, the Monk Job was especially concerned about its structure. After some time, the monk had disciples and followers. The Monk Job worked very hard, and yet this man was quite old in age, but still served as an example for all the brethren. The inhabitants of the skete revered not only spiritual experience, but also the incredible severity of their teacher's life. In 1710 the Monk Job was tonsured with the name Jesus.
Almost everyone was welcomed to the Golgotha-Crucifixion skete, telling about the life of the monk. First of all, the novice had to build a cell for himself and eat only lean food, for example, bread crumbs soaked in water, bread with kvass, and on holidays one could eat boiled peas, cabbage, oatmeal, mushrooms and berries.
In the summer of July 15, 1713, Archbishop of Vazhe and Kholmogory, Barnabas, blessed Job and his followers for the purpose of erecting two churches, the construction of which was planned to be made of stone. The money raised was not enough for the complete completion of the construction, which is why the construction of churches was postponed. Then the Monk Job asked Vladyka for help to build a wooden church. Archimandrite Firs received a letter from Maria Alekseevna, the queen, sister of Peter the Great, with a request for help in building a temple on Anzer.
Help was provided, and in one summer the temple was erected. In August 1715, a new wooden church was consecrated in the name of the Crucifixion of Christ. On behalf of the royal court, the richest church utensils, books and sacred icons were sent to the church. In a short time, the rumor about rich gifts spread throughout the entire district and soon the skete was ruthlessly robbed by robbers: church property was plundered, and the brethren were severely beaten.
On March 6, 1720, the Monk Job died, who was buried right at the entrance to the temple, and a small wooden chapel was erected over his grave. According to Job's will, his followers were to build a stone church. The necessary funds were collected, but there were reasons that prevented the implementation of the plan - the inhabitants of the Holy Trinity Skete did not want to allow an increase in the status of the Golgotha-Crucifixion Skete and began to actively oppress the hermits; many monks left the skete, therefore, by order of the Holy Synod, it was assigned to the Holy Trinity skete, which happened in 1723.
Chronicle sources to this day have preserved information that a precious place for hermits was not left. At the very beginning of the 19th century, Solovetsky ascetics lived on Golgotha: the hermit Theophan and Schema monk Zosima.
The Golgotha-Crucifixion Skete received a new life in 1826. Archimandrite Dositheus sent a petition to the Holy Synod for its restoration.
In 1828, a stone five-domed church was built on Mount Golgotha in the name of the Crucifixion of the Lord. The consecration of the temple took place on September 13, 1830, which coincided with the eve of the feast of the Exaltation of the Life-giving and Honest Cross of the Lord. The church stood on a huge boulder foundation, and adjoined to it was a refectory chamber with a holy side-altar in honor of the Assumption of the Most Holy Theotokos; there was also a bell tower and cells next to the church. During the 19th century, the necessary structures for the skete were built at the church: a room for workers, a cell building, outbuildings. The previously existing wooden church was moved to another place and in 1835 was consecrated in the name of Christ's Resurrection. After the opening of the skete, all the prayers were performed in due order, and the number of inhabitants did not exceed 20 people.
In 1923, a hospital was established in the skete at the Solovetsky camp. In it, the brutal torture of prisoners was carried out. Further, the hermitage was in desolation for quite a long time. And only in 1967 it was transferred to the Solovetsky Museum-Reserve. In 1994, the Holy Cross of Worship was erected on Calvary in memory of the suffering hierarchs. Since 2001, a major restoration of the Church of the Crucifixion of the Lord of the Golgotha-Crucifixion Skete has been underway.
Reviews
| All reviews 0 Hathan, New-York 2016-11-06 11:07:35
old church Is the old wooden church that was relocated survived?
