Belogorsky Convent
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Belogorsky Convent is a friary in Perm Krai
, Russia
. Located 85 km south of Perm
and 50 km from Kungur
, on Belaya Gora (White Mountain).
September 16, 1897 on the Belaya Mountain arrived the first procession from Moscow and St. Petersburg on, was delivered five holy icons. In November 16, 1897, the wooden church burnt down. Construction on the new, two-story, stone church began in June of 1902, but it was opened only in 1917. Tragic events had come to the monastery in 1918. On August 12, 1918, the Bolsheviks tortured and threw the monastery's Archimandrite Varlaam into the river Kama
. From August 1918 to January 1919, the Bolsheviks executed and tortured 34 monks of the monastery. In March 1923, the monastery was completely closed.
During Soviet times, the monastery was used as a nursing and invalid home. Reconstruction of the monastery began in late 1980’s.
Perm Krai
Perm Krai is a federal subject of Russia that came into existence on December 1, 2005 as a result of the 2004 referendum on the merger of Perm Oblast and Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug. The city of Perm became the administrative center of the new federal subject...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. Located 85 km south of Perm
Perm
Perm is a city and the administrative center of Perm Krai, Russia, located on the banks of the Kama River, in the European part of Russia near the Ural Mountains. From 1940 to 1957 it was named Molotov ....
and 50 km from Kungur
Kungur
Kungur is a town in the southeast of Perm Krai, Russia, located in the Ural Mountains at the inflowing of the Iren and Shakhva Rivers into the Sylva River . Kungur was founded in 1663 and granted town status in 1781. It serves as the administrative center of Kungursky District, although it is not...
, on Belaya Gora (White Mountain).
History
Construction of the first wooden church on this place was completed in February 1894. Was opened school for orphans boys.September 16, 1897 on the Belaya Mountain arrived the first procession from Moscow and St. Petersburg on, was delivered five holy icons. In November 16, 1897, the wooden church burnt down. Construction on the new, two-story, stone church began in June of 1902, but it was opened only in 1917. Tragic events had come to the monastery in 1918. On August 12, 1918, the Bolsheviks tortured and threw the monastery's Archimandrite Varlaam into the river Kama
Kama River
Kama is a major river in Russia, the longest left tributary of the Volga and the largest one in discharge; in fact, it is larger than the Volga before junction....
. From August 1918 to January 1919, the Bolsheviks executed and tortured 34 monks of the monastery. In March 1923, the monastery was completely closed.
During Soviet times, the monastery was used as a nursing and invalid home. Reconstruction of the monastery began in late 1980’s.
Sources
- Сойкин П. П. Белогорский Свято-Николаевский монастырь в Осинском уезде // Православные русские обители = «Православные русские обители»: Полное иллюстрированное описание православных русских монастырей в Российской Империи и на Афоне., Книгоизд-во П. П. Сойкина, 1909. — СПб.: Воскресение, 1994. — С. 161-162. — 712 с. — 20000 экз. — ISBN 5-88335-001-1