Thousands and thousands of villages are scattered throughout our country. One of them is the village of Lukino, Moscow Region. In the life of the village, as in a mirror, the whole history of our state was reflected.
Meet the village of Lukino, Volokolamsk district
Near the river Shchetinki among the birch and oak forests stands a small village. It belongs to the Volokolamsk district, from where it is about 13 km to the village of Lukino.
Village history
People began to plow the land and build on the banks of the river Shchetinki in time immemorial.
But during the years of regular raids of the Tatar-Mongol troops, many residents were captured, killed or fled, the fields abandoned. The terrain looked wild and uninhabited.
In the village of Lukino, the officially documented history begins in 1621, when in scribe books it is referred to as the possession of Ivan and Istoma the Sunbulovs, who transferred the village and courtyard to Ivan Ivanov, the son of Esipov. The village of Lukino included the abandoned arable land Dubrovka, Ilyinskoye, Glinishcha, Podyachevo. Who and when, for what merits gave these lands to the possession of Sunbulov, will remain a mystery. But the fact is clear: the owners came to the earth, the revival began.
After 20 years, in Lukino there are 2 peasant households, where 4 people live, and 1 yard of a bobyl.
When in 1719 a small wooden church was built in the village, Lukino becomes a village. The Spassky Church was founded by the local landowner and servant Fedor Khrushchev, who allocated land and mowing meadows. His family lived for many years on these lands, until during the reign of Anna Ioannovna one of the Khrushchevs was executed, the estate was given to his many children.
After 150 years, about 140 men and women lived in the village of Lukino, even a wine shop appears. At this time, and until the abolition of serfdom, land was owned by captain Nikolai Golovin.
Fame came to the village after a monastery was founded on these lands. Then people reached out for big holidays, pilgrims came, the sick went for healing.
Landmark of the village
The ancient brick towers of the Holy Cross Exaltation Monastery in the village of Lukino in the Moscow Region are visible from afar and immediately attract attention.
It all started with women who gathered in the house of a local merchant and read psalms. Soon this formation was called the Frolo Lavra community. In order for the convent to exist independently, it needed its own income. The widowed local landowner Alexandra Petrovna Golovina transfers over 200 acres of her own land to the monastery. That was the beginning of the Holy Cross Exaltation of Jerusalem Women's Monastery. At that time, 58 sisters lived there under the leadership of Mother Superior Alexandra. The monastery was a complex of three temple buildings.
At the end of the XIX century. M. Mescherina, the owner of a neighboring estate, took an ardent part in the improvement of the monastery.
With its help, a hospital, pharmacy, school, shelter were arranged. Of course, everything is small, but very necessary for those living in the village and its environs. There were 5 beds in the hospital, and a doctor worked constantly. 6 orphans lived in the shelter, all peasant children came to school. An aged nun opened an almshouse.
In addition, with the help of Meshcherina, a brick bath and laundry, towers of the monastery fence were built. At this time, the architectural composition of the monastery is formed:
- outbuildings in the courtyard;
- smart front yard;
- a park.
And nowadays, the buildings of the monastery, made in the Russian style, so fashionable at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries, look amazingly organically against the background of nature.
The decoration of the monastery is the Ascension Five-domed Cathedral. Made of beautifully preserved bright red brick, with snow-white trim details, it looks solemn and joyful. Patterns, arkatures, zakomaras are made of brick.
Inside the cathedral, 150 icons were decorated, the walls and ceiling of the cathedral were decorated with biblical paintings with gilding.
How does the village live now?
Since 1957, the village of Lukino finally became part of the Volokolamsk municipal district, being part of the rural settlement of Ostashevskoye.
Over the years, fewer people remain in the village. If in the XIX century. one and a half hundred people lived in it, and by 1926 almost two hundred, then according to the census in 2006 there was only one resident in the village. True, after five years the situation began to improve, now 9 people are constantly living in Lukino, Volokolamsk district.
On three village streets, houses are mostly boarded up. The main infrastructure is in the neighboring village - Ostashevo. This is where the hospital, shops, kindergarten and school are located.
However, gradually, residents of the capital gain interest in the village. Indeed, in this quiet, calm, environmentally friendly place, you can relatively inexpensively buy a house and build a cottage. In total, at a distance of 120 km from Moscow in the village of Lukino, the cost of small private households, together with the land plots on which gardens and kitchen gardens are located, is estimated at about 2.5-3 million rubles in 2017.
In addition, in the village there is an ancient monastery and its own holy spring, to which pilgrims specially come.
Holy spring
Many pilgrims get to the village of Lukino to pray in the old church, drink water from the holy spring and plunge into its healing waters.
The source has existed in these places for a long time and bears the name of the great martyress Anisia of Thessaloniki. Her memory is honored on December 30 or January 12. The source is taken care of by the inhabitants of the Holy Cross Exaltation Jerusalem Monastery.
It is believed that bathing in holy water restores health. When water is drunk or dipped in a spring, one must say the words of prayer.
Finding the source is easy. After passing through the monastery territory and the church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, through the side gates go onto the road. From the gate you need to turn left and walk 150-180 m. The source is located fifty meters from the side tower of the monastery fence, in a shady valley. A small wooden blockhouse was built above the holy water.
How to get to the village?
To drink the holy water and stroll through the shady park alleys, breathe clean air, it is worth going to the village of Lukino. How to get there, using public transport:
- first get to the Paveletsky station and take the train, next to the Domodedovo station;
- at the railway station use the local bus that will take you to Lukino;
- You can go from the railway station to the village on foot, the walk will take 20-30 minutes.
Option how to get to the village by private car:
- drive onto the M-9 highway;
- drive 100 km to Volokolamsk, turn left onto Shosseynaya street;
- to get to the village of Ostashevo;
- turn onto st. Youth, after 2 km will be the village of Lukino.
However, you can also take the M-1 highway to Ruza, and from there to Ostashevo.