Description of the attraction
The St. Seraphim Monastery is the only island monastery in the Far Eastern region of Russia. It was founded in 2002 with the blessing of the Archbishop of Vladivostok and Primorsky on Russky Island, where the most important fortifications have been located for more than a century. According to the inhabitants of the monastery, the island location of the monastery has a very favorable effect on the prayer mood.
It is known that before the October Revolution there were more than a dozen military Orthodox churches here, from most of which only the foundations have survived to this day. Only the building of the restored church, which is under the jurisdiction of the 34th Siberian Rifle Regiment, has survived. This camp church was established in 1904 and was housed in a barrack that could accommodate about 800 people at a time. In 1914 it was moved to a new brick building, and a new temple was consecrated in honor of Seraphim, the miracle worker from the island. After the regiment was sent to the front in 1917, the temple came under the jurisdiction of the Vladivostok diocese.
In the 1920s, services in the Church of St. Seraphim continued, but only with the permission of the NKVD, and the building itself belonged to the Council of Workers and Peasants of the Primorsky Territory. With the beginning of an active anti-religious campaign in the country, almost all churches in the Primorsky Territory were closed, including the Church of St. Seraphim. In order to preserve the building of the temple from complete looting, it was converted into a club.
In 1995, the Orthodox community expressed a desire to restore the building of the temple, which at that time belonged to the Navy. Soon the dilapidated building was handed over to the believers. The first divine service took place already in 1997. And on October 6, 2001, by the decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, this parish was transformed into the Holy Seraphim Monastery. On all holidays and on Sundays, services are held in the monastery church.
