The Krasnodar Territory is rightfully considered one of the most prosperous regions of Russia with a developed economy, a good climate and long-standing spiritual traditions. From time immemorial, Cossacks live on its territory, who fought a stubborn struggle for these lands. And where there are Cossacks, there is spirituality and monasteries. Krasnodar Territory is no exception. The construction of monasteries in the Caucasus intensified only after the USSR ceased to exist. In large cities of the Krasnodar Territory and Stavropol, construction of monasteries and temples began.
The spiritual tradition of the Kuban
The first Orthodox churches and monasteries of the Krasnodar Territory began to appear in the XVl century, when the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus began to be actively mastered by Russian immigrants from other areas of the empire.
However, most of the existing cloisters are reopened after the fall of Soviet power. Some monasteries of the Krasnodar Territory were re-built, some occupied already finished buildings, and one was restored on the site of an ancient monastery that existed in the Kuban already in the XVl century.
It is worth noting that the majority of the Russian population, and with it churches with monasteries, appeared in the Kuban in the XlX century, when as a result of the Caucasian War significant areas were liberated along the southern border of the empire. However, the Cossacks, although they were religious, preferred to lead an active secular lifestyle with household chores, large families and large courtyards, so the monastery was not very popular in southern Russia.
Monasteries of the Krasnodar Territory. List
Today in the territory of the region there are ten male and female monasteries. For example, the Holy Spirit Monastery in Timashevsk was opened in 1992 by the efforts of its founder and first rector Father George, who was widely known outside the region. Numerous pilgrims visited the monastery in search of prayer help, instruction and remission of sins.
The full list of monasteries in the Krasnodar Territory is as follows:
- Holy Spirit Monastery.
- Monastery of the Icon of the Mother of God "Indestructible Wall".
- Theodosius of the Caucasian deserts.
- Nunnery of the Icon of the Mother of God "The Tsaritsa", located in Krasnodar.
- Cross male deserts.
- Trinity St. George Monastery.
- Assumption convent in Korenovsk.
- The courtyard of the Krasnodar monastery of the icon "All Tsaritsa" in the village of Plastunovskaya.
- Catherine-Lebyazhskaya desert.
- Convent of St. Mary Magdalene.
Monasteries in the Krasnodar Territory are represented by a cloister in Timashevsk and the Krestovo desert for men.
Convents
One of the largest and most famous monasteries of the Caucasus is the women's monastery in Krasnodar, consecrated in honor of the icon of the Mother of God "The Tsaritsa". The history of this monastery began in 2001 with the construction of the temple.
From the very beginning, the cross-domed type of the temple in the pseudo-Byzantine style was chosen as an architectural solution. Later, a list of the icon "The Tsaritsa", made by Greek monks specially for the new church, was brought to the monastery. In the fall of 2017, four nuns, seven nuns and three novices live in the monastery.
However, the first monastery opened in the Kuban after more than a seventy-year hiatus was the Assumption Female. Before the shabby two-story building was transferred to the ownership of the local diocese in 1991, it housed a school, and before the revolution, a merchant bank and gymnasium. However, the reason for the creation of a monastery in this ancient house was the presence of the Holy Assumption Chapel in it.
By 2017, the monastery was fenced off from the city of Korenovsk with a high stone fence, it had its own prosphora, as well as a font. The nuns lead an active social life, supporting the pupils of a psycho-neurological boarding school, and on Sundays classes for the history of Orthodoxy and the Gospels are held for adults in Korenovsk, and the Bible is read with explanations from the clergy.