Men's monasteries in Russia. Lists of active male and female monasteries in Russia. The most beautiful, ancient and famous monasteries in Russia

Alekseevsky stauropegial nunnery

Temples of the Alekseevsky Monastery

Shrines of the Alekseevsky Monastery

Divine Liturgy at the Alekseevsky Monastery

Andrew's Monastery

Churches of the Andreevsky Monastery

Shrines of the Andreevsky Monastery

Divine Liturgy at the Andreevsky Monastery

Mother of God-Nativity Convent

Churches of the Mother of God-Nativity Monastery

Thrones of the Mother of God-Nativity Monastery

Shrines of the Mother of God-Nativity Monastery

Divine service in the Mother of God-Nativity Monastery

Epiphany Monastery

Churches of the Epiphany Monastery

Divine Liturgy at the Epiphany Monastery

Vysoko-Petrovsky Monastery

Churches of Vysoko-Petrovsky Monastery

Thrones of Vysoko-Petrovsky Monastery

Divine Liturgy at Vysoko-Petrovsky Monastery

Danilov Monastery

Temples of Danilov Monastery

Shrines of the Danilov Monastery

Divine Liturgy at the Danilov Monastery

Donskoy Monastery

Temples of the Donskoy Monastery

Shrines of the Donskoy Monastery

Divine service in the Donskoy Monastery

Zaikonospassky Stauropegial Monastery

Temples of the Zaikonospassky Monastery

Worship at the Zaikonospassky Monastery

Zachatievsky Convent

Churches of the Zachatievsky Monastery

Shrines of the Zachatievsky Monastery

Divine service in the Zachatievsky Monastery

Znamensky Monastery

Temples of the Znamensky Monastery

Thrones of the Znamensky Monastery

Divine service in the Znamensky Monastery

John the Baptist Convent

Temples of John the Baptist Monastery

Shrines of the John the Baptist Monastery

Worship at John the Baptist Monastery

Marfo-Mariinsky Convent

Churches of the Marfo-Mariinsky Convent

Shrines of the Marfo-Mariinsky Convent

Divine Liturgy at the Marfo-Mariinsky Convent

Nikolo-Perervinsky Monastery
(Patriarchal Compound)

Churches of the Nikolo-Perervinsky Monastery

Worship at the Nikolo-Perervinsky Monastery

Nikolsky Edinoverie Monastery

Churches of the Nikolsky Monastery

Thrones of the Nikolsky Monastery

Shrines of the Nikolsky Monastery

Worship at the Nikolsky Monastery

Novodevichy Convent

Churches of the Novodevichy Convent

The oldest monastery in Russia is located in Murom. The territory of the monastery still resembles a construction site: the military unit not so long ago handed over the monastery to the religious authorities for its intended purpose. Barracks and other buildings - all in the process of alteration and adaptation to the needs of the monastery. The restored Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Savior surprises with an abundance of ancient icons with unusual plots. This place on the high bank of the Oka still remembers the holy martyr Prince Gleb! The exact date of foundation of the monastery is not known, but it happened before 1096 (in that year the monastery was first mentioned in Russian chronicles)! First, Prince Gleb built a temple in the name of the Most Merciful Savior. In 1096, the son of Vladimir Monomakh, Prince Izyaslav, was buried in the monastery. The old (Glebov) temple no longer exists - too many historical storms swept over the monastery land: at the beginning of the 17th century. it was plundered by the Poles and Lithuania, during the reforms of Peter I lost most of its property. The current cathedral (temple in honor of the Transfiguration of the Lord) was built in 1553-1556. on the vow of Tsar Ivan the Terrible, who stopped at the monastery on the way to Kazan.

We are talking with the abbot of the Murom Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery, hegumen Kirill (Epifanov), dean of the southeastern district of the Vladimir diocese.

Father, the monastery is about a thousand years old, it is impossible to tell about its entire history. I would like to know about the post-revolutionary fate of the monastery.

The most important event that determined the history of the monastery was its dissolution in 1918. In general, the monastery was ruined several times during its long history, starting with the Tatar-Mongol invasion. But no one was able to ruin it like the Bolshevik yoke. The then rector Bishop Mitrofan (Zvezdinsky) was repressed, the brethren were dispersed. Vladyka was accused of supporting the White Guard rebellion, although this was not the case: the Church was outside politics, but supported the families of repressed or destroyed nobles and merchants. The monastery was one of the first in Russia to be liquidated, and until 1995 it was outside the service of the Church. But, no doubt, God's service continued mysteriously. All the temples have been preserved, although there was at first (in the 1920s) a concentration camp on the territory of the monastery, and from the beginning of the 1930s. - military unit.

- Is the history of the monastery being written?

It is very difficult to collect information, since Murom was a closed city, and now it is almost impossible to find something. In 1934, the communications regiment of special subordination to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR was located here. In 1995, we accepted the monastery in ruins, and the barracks, despite the funding, were also in a dilapidated state. This is paradoxical - apparently, the Lord was preparing the military unit for eviction. In 1996, the monastery turned nine hundred years old. The first mention of it in the annals dates back to 1096. There he appears as the monastery of the Savior-on-Boru in Murom.

- What are the main shrines of the monastery now?

There were no holy relics in the monastery. Monasteries in the pre-Mongol era were founded by princes. Our monastery was founded by the holy noble prince Gleb, the son of the holy equal-to-the-apostles prince Vladimir, the baptist of Russia and the first Russian saint. Here, among the pagan Murom tribe, he built the first Christian church of the All-Merciful Savior. It was the first Orthodox church in North-Eastern Russia. This monastery was founded on the site of his princely court (that is, the castle). Subsequently, this monastery became a missionary center. And the great shrine of our monastery today is the icon of the Mother of God "Quick to Hear". This icon was brought from the holy Mount Athos by the rector of our monastery, Archimandrite Anthony (Ilyinov) in 1878. When he came to preside at this monastery, the monastery was in a ruined state, and he placed all his hope in the Mother of God. He himself went to Athos, brought this icon, and the image of the "Quick Hearing Woman" immediately began to work wonders. And it still works wonders.

- Father Kirill, please tell us at least a few such cases.

She appeared, for example, to merchants and said: "Arrange me - and I will arrange your affairs." Merchants equipped the temple, restored it, made rich contributions - and the Mother of God helped them in their merchant affairs. And today there are simply no number of miracles from this icon ... Here are just a few examples. There was a case: a soldier disappeared in Chechnya. Parents come and ask how to pray for him: for health or repose? We say, "Don't pray like you're dead, pray like you're alive." They order a magpie for the soldier's health, and pray. Then a message comes that his body has been identified, he died in battle. The Council of Veterans of Chechnya has already helped to dig the grave, but at the moment when they were waiting for a galvanized coffin, he, alive and healthy, returned from captivity. Another example. Recently I received a letter from Siberia. In our monastery, people ordered prayers to the "Quick Hearer" for the health of a person who had been paralyzed for three years, and did not even speak. We celebrated prayer services and sent a small copy of our icon to Siberia. And here is a confession in the letter: as soon as the patient touched our icon, he was immediately healed, and his first words were: "Mother Mary." We thank God and the Queen of Heaven for all these miracles that happen for the benefit of people. When we serve prayers to the Mother of God, there are more people in the monastery than on great holidays. I don't know if that's good or bad, but it's true. People are crying, people are on their knees, people have a response from the Queen of Heaven herself.

- And how many brethren are there now in the most ancient monastery in Russia?

- Our monastery never had a particularly large number of monks, even before the revolution. It was an administrative center, and Bishop of Murom has always been its rector. The monastery lived according to the Athos rule. And then there were only ten monks in the state. And now it's the same. But we have a very large missionary service, and we also involve parishioners in this work. In addition, we also have a special kind of inhabitants living in our House of Mercy. We set aside a separate building for those people who are called "homeless". They are especially numerous in winter. These are the people who come from places of deprivation of liberty, without documents, these are people who are of no use to anyone. They stay with us, of course, not for long. We help them get passports and go through primary social rehabilitation. We treat them for scabies, diagnose tuberculosis and other serious illnesses. This is a difficult mission, but it is entirely ours, a monastic one. We must not lose these people. We have a lot of pilgrims. Up to 60 people a day we leave in the monastery for the night. And how many come without an overnight stay! So every day confessors and communicants have a lot of work.

- The grace of God is clearly tangible in the monastery.

Yes, imagine - even in our ruins it feels like that. We have already consecrated three churches in the monastery, the main of which is the Transfiguration Cathedral. There is also the Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos and in the rector's building above the refectory the Church of St. Basil of Ryazan. It is interesting that just before our return to the monastery, eight years ago, there were such cases when the soldiers ran out of the barracks in horror, as there were appearances of hermits who had already begun to spiritually help us in returning the monastery. A soldier comes into the store room at night and sees: the schemnik is standing with a cross. So the military authorities were already simply forced to leave the monastery. After all, on this monastic land, the schema prayer has been ascending for a thousand (!) years. It's even hard to imagine. The land is holy, blessed. Two Moscow Orthodox shrines also visited here in 1812: during the invasion of Napoleon, the miraculous icons of the Vladimir Mother of God (now this shrine is in the Tretyakov Gallery) and the Iberian Mother of God were brought here. St. Theophan the Recluse served in our monastery as Bishop of Vladimir. The text of his sermon is still kept in the monastery. His Holiness Patriarch Pimen of Moscow and All Russia also visited here, but still in the rank of hieromonk, immediately after the repressions of SMERSH. He served for a little over a year in 1945-1946. in the only functioning temple of Murom.

- And how is the monastery associated with the name of Tsar Ivan the Terrible?

During his campaign against Kazan, Tsar John pitched his tent right next to the monastery. From this tent, he watched the crossing of his troops across the Oka. He prayed in the monastery and made a vow to God: in case of a successful campaign, to build a cathedral in the monastery. The Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Savior is the Cathedral of John the Terrible.

- Your principles of the spiritual dispensation of the monastery.

The most important principle is laid down in the Gospel. This is the principle of love.
Melnik Volodymyr Ivanovych, Doctor of Philology, Professor, Murom - Moscow

There are few quiet places left in the noisy metropolis. These are embankments, green parks, museums and Orthodox monasteries, beyond the walls of which the bustle of the city does not penetrate. Today, within the boundaries of Moscow, there are a dozen and a half active monasteries, most of which were founded in the 16th-17th centuries.

Why come to monasteries

Believers visit monasteries to venerate the relics of Orthodox saints, pray in ancient churches and near ancient icons. Of great interest are the monastic necropolises. In the cemeteries of the Novodevichy, Donskoy and Novospassky monasteries, not only church hierarchs are buried, but also representatives of eminent noble families, famous writers, artists, singers and politicians.

In addition, many monuments of church architecture have been preserved in Moscow monasteries, which are of great interest to connoisseurs of Russian architecture. These are picturesque temples of the 16th-19th centuries, in the construction of which talented Russian and foreign architects took part.

Novodevichy Convent

View of the Novodevichy Convent from the opposite side of the Novodevichy Pond

One of the most beautiful cloisters of the city has an unusual status. It belongs to the Historical Museum and at the same time is a functioning convent. The Novodevichy Convent was founded in the first half of the 16th century and for a long time served as a place of imprisonment for disgraced princesses and queens.

The picturesque monastic ensemble adorns the bend of the Moskva River. It is considered a model of the Moscow Baroque and since 2004 it has been included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

St. Danilov Monastery

St. Danilov Monastery from a bird's eye view

The men's monastery on the right bank of the Moscow River is located 4.5 km south of the Moscow Kremlin. This is the oldest monastery in the city. It appeared in the 80s of the XIII century, thanks to the son of Alexander Nevsky - Prince Daniel.

Under the Soviet regime, the monastery was liquidated, and its territory was used for a children's colony. Today, the architectural ensemble has been completely restored and is open to pilgrims and tourists.

Donskoy Monastery

Great Cathedral of Our Lady of the Don

The male monastery appeared at the end of the 16th century, after the defenders of Moscow miraculously managed to repel the attack of the Crimean Khan of Gaza II Giray. According to legend, the monastery was dedicated to the Donskoy Icon of the Mother of God, which Prince Dmitry Donskoy took with him to Kulikovo Field. The stone walls became part of a powerful defensive complex and complemented the fortifications of St. Danilov and Novospassky monasteries, which defended Moscow from the south.

The surviving monastic ensemble took shape in the 16th-18th centuries. It consists of several cathedrals, churches, fraternal buildings and a tall belfry built in the best traditions of the Elizabethan Baroque.

Novospassky Monastery

View of the southeast tower and domes of the Transfiguration Cathedral

The ancient male monastery has long served as the family tomb of the Zakharyin-Romanov boyars, who became the progenitors of the Russian royal dynasty. In addition, on the territory of the monastery, in the majestic Church of the Sign, Counts Sheremetyevs, princes Kurakins and representatives of the princely family of Lobanov-Rostovsky are buried.

A beautiful monastery complex rises on Krutitsky Hill, on the left bank of the Moskva River. Among the temples standing here, the huge Transfiguration Cathedral and the slender 78 m high bell tower stand out.

Nikolo-Perervinsky Monastery

Nikolo-Perervinsky Monastery from a bird's eye view

In the south-eastern part of the city, the old male Nikolo-Perervinsky Monastery flaunts. Its existence has been known since the 20s of the 17th century. Students of the Perervinskaya seminary studied here, and during a trip to the Crimea, Empress Catherine II made a stop. According to legend, there was an underground passage in the monastery that led from the monastery to the Church of the Kazan Mother of God, located on the territory of the royal estate Kolomenskoye.

Sretensky Monastery

View of the Cathedral of the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church on Blood (center) and the Cathedral of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God of the Presentation (right) of the Sretensky Monastery

The monastery for men appeared in the city center at the end of the 14th century and was built in honor of the salvation of Moscow from the troops of Tamerlane. He played a big role in the spiritual life of the city and was the center of the crowded religious processions. Residents of the city, grand dukes, kings and hierarchs of the church took part in them.

During the Time of Troubles, when the Polish-Lithuanian troops ruled the Moscow Kremlin, the Sretensky Monastery sheltered the Russian militias. Nowadays, the monastery has been restored, and the monastery choir is considered the main choir of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Conception Monastery

Cathedral of the Nativity of the Mother of God of the Conception Monastery

A convent in the Moscow district of Khamovniki appeared in the 1360s. According to legend, her first nuns were Juliana and Evpraksia, the sisters of Metropolitan Alexy.

Under Soviet rule, nuns and novices were expelled from the monastery, and a prison and a juvenile colony were opened in the monastery buildings. Restoration of the dilapidated shrine began in 1991. Today, the architectural ensemble of the monastery includes four elevated churches and an underground temple of the Assumption.

Vysoko-Petrovsky Monastery

Cathedral of Peter, Metropolitan of the Moscow Vysoko-Petrovsky Monastery

A small monastery in the very center of Moscow is located next to Petrovka Street. It was created in 1315 and at that time was located outside the city - in the village of Vysokoe.

For 500 years now (2018) in the center of the monastery stands the unique stone cathedral of Metropolitan Peter, built by the famous Italian architect Aleviz Novy. This unusual eight-leaf temple is rightfully considered a real decoration of the picturesque monastery ensemble.

Marfo-Mariinsky Convent

Cathedral of the Intercession of the Holy Mother of God of the Marfo-Mariinsky Convent

One of the youngest Moscow monasteries appeared at the beginning of the last century, thanks to the Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna. After her husband died at the hands of a terrorist, the Grand Duchess left secular life and retired to a new monastery.

Today, the sisters who live here help in hospitals and hospitals. The monastery has a shelter for orphan girls, a patronage service and a canteen that feeds the poor.

Andreevsky Monastery

General view of the Andreevsky Monastery

For several centuries, at the foot of the Sparrow Hills, there has been a male monastery, the main temple of which is dedicated to St. Andrew Stratilat. In 1652, a school appeared at the monastery, which became the first academic educational institution in Moscow. Tourists come here to see the 17th-century church, which is decorated with colored glazed "peacock eye" tiles.

Intercession Monastery

View of the main entrance and cathedrals of the Intercession Monastery

The Intercession Convent for Women is the most visited in the city. On weekdays, about three thousand pilgrims come to it, and on weekends and holidays their number increases to 25-50 thousand people. Believers go to the monastery to venerate the relics of St. Matrona, who is considered one of the most revered Moscow saints. In addition, several ancient icons and relics are kept in the monastery.

Zaikonospassky Monastery

View of the Cathedral of the Savior Not Made by Hands and the bell tower of the Zaikonospassky Monastery

Not far from the metro station "Ploshchad Revolyutsii" there is a men's monastery, which went down in history as a "teacher's monastery". It was founded during the reign of Boris Godunov and got its name because it stood behind the icon row.

Under the monk and theologian Simeon of Polotsk, a school for clerks was opened in the monastery, which later grew into the Slavic-Greek-Latin Academy. In 1814, the Academy was transferred to Sergiev Posad, and the Theological School continued to work within the walls of the monastery.

Mother of God-Nativity Monastery

View of the Cathedrals of the Mother of God-Nativity Monastery

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Svyato-Vvedenskaya Optina Hermitage is one of the oldest monasteries in Russia, located on the banks of the Zhizdra River near the city of Kozelsk. The origin of Optina remains unknown. It can be assumed that it was not the princes and boyars who built it, but the ascetics themselves, by calling from above, with repentant tears, labor and prayer. What are pilgrims looking for in Optina Hermitage? In the language of believers, this is called grace, that is, a special state of mind that cannot be expressed in words.

Diveevo is called the Fourth Destiny of the Mother of God on earth. The main shrine of the Diveevo monastery is the relics of St. Seraphim of Sarov. The Holy Elder invisibly but clearly consoles, admonishes, heals, opening the hardened souls of people who come to him for Divine love, and leads to the Orthodox faith, to the Church, which is the foundation and affirmation of the Russian land. Pilgrims come for holy water from 4 springs, bow to the relics and walk along the holy groove, which, according to legend, the Antichrist cannot cross.

This monastery is rightfully considered the spiritual center of Russia. The history of the monastery is inextricably linked with the fate of the country - here Dmitry Donskoy received a blessing for the Battle of Kulikovo, local monks, together with the troops, defended themselves from the Polish-Lithuanian invaders for two years, the future Tsar Peter I took the oath of the boyars here. To this day, pilgrims from all over the Orthodox world come here to pray and feel the grace of this place.

A small town, lost among the lakes of the Vologda region, for centuries has been a place of concentration of the spiritual life of the entire Russian North. Here, on the shore of the lake, is the Kirillo-Belozerskaya monastery - a city within a city, the largest monastery in Europe. The giant fortress withstood the siege of the enemy more than once - two cars can easily pass on its three-story walls. The richest people of their time took the tonsure here, and the sovereign's criminals were kept in the casemates. Ivan the Terrible himself favored the monastery and invested considerable funds in it. There is a strange energy here that gives peace. In the neighborhood there are two more pearls of the North - Ferapontov and Goritsky monasteries. The first is famous for its ancient cathedrals and frescoes of Dionysius, and the second - for nuns from noble families. Those who have been in the vicinity of Kirillov at least once come back here.

An almost mythical place on the map of Russia - the Solovetsky archipelago is located in the middle of the cold White Sea. Even in pagan times, the islands were strewn with temples, and the ancient Sami considered this place holy. Already in the 15th century, a monastery arose here, which soon became a major spiritual and social center. Pilgrimage to the Solovetsky Monastery has always been a great feat, which only a few dared to undertake. Thanks to this, until the beginning of the 20th century, the monks managed to maintain a special atmosphere here, which, oddly enough, did not disappear over the years of hard times. Today, not only pilgrims come here, but also scientists, researchers, historians.

Once there was one of the main Ural fortresses, from which several buildings remain (the local Kremlin is the smallest in the country). However, this small town became famous not for its glorious history, but for the large concentration of Orthodox churches and monasteries. In the 19th century, Verkhoturye was a center of pilgrimage. In 1913, the third largest cathedral of the Russian Empire, the Exaltation of the Cross, was built here. Not far from the city, in the village of Merkushino, lived the miracle worker Simeon Verkhotursky, the patron saint of the Urals. People from all over the country come to pray at the relics of the saint - it is believed that they cure diseases. Verkhoturye was included in our list as a unique prayer place, which, unfortunately, few people know about.

Valaam is a fairly large for fresh water, rocky and forested archipelago in the northern part of Lake Ladoga, the territory of which is occupied by one of the two “monastic republics” that existed in Russia. The permanent population of the archipelago is several hundred people, mostly monks, fishermen and foresters. In addition, the islands have a military unit and a weather station.

The time of foundation of the Orthodox monastery on the islands is unknown. One way or another, at the beginning of the 16th century the monastery already existed; in the 15th-16th centuries, about a dozen future saints lived in the monastery, including, for example, the future founder of another "monastic republic" Savvaty Solovetsky (until 1429) and Alexander Svirsky. It was at this time that monastic sketes appeared in large numbers on the neighboring islands. In contrast to the Solovetsky archipelago, where the museum-reserve is the owner, monastic traditions have almost completely revived on Valaam. All sketes operate here, the monastery also performs administrative functions on the islands, and the vast majority of visitors to Valaam are pilgrims. At the same time, the monks are not the only inhabitants of Valaam. There are several fishing villages here, but monks and "lay" live in isolation from each other. Throughout the area of ​​the island there are sketes, "branches" of the monastery, about ten in total. The incomparable nature of the Valaam archipelago - a kind of "quintessence" of the nature of South Karelia - contributes to the desire of the pilgrim to move away from the worldly bustle and come to himself. According to http://russian7.ru

Men's monasteries have an important place in the Orthodox life of Russia. The distinctive features of the cloisters are:

• serving by faith, truth to God and the church;
• renunciation of worldly fuss;
• participation in worship;
• performance of labor tasks related to everyday life;
• participation in construction work aimed at the restoration of church buildings.

List of male monasteries operating in Russia: distinctive features, functions

The main feature of monastic life is the strict observance by the novices of the rules, vows, the fulfillment of which is a sure way to know oneself, to receive the blessing of the Lord.

Among the men's cloisters, one can single out acting monasteries, which are visited by pilgrims to venerate miraculous icons. Many of the faces, like the image of Nicholas the Wonderworker from the Nikolo-Ugreshsky Monastery, became known due to their placement in art galleries. And in the Pskov-Caves Church they keep the icon of the Assumption of the Mother of God.

Men's monasteries in Russia are known as monuments of ancient architecture, the history of Christianity.

For many monasteries, it is considered important to attract new novices. And there are many people who would like to be saved from worldly worries.

Before you decide to go to the monasteries that accept, you need to understand yourself. Everyone must understand whether he is capable of:

• be humble and patient;
• to work daily with soul and body;
• give up worldly fuss, bad habits;
• sincerely love God, neighbors.

Life in the monastery is hard, suitable for those who truly believe. Before becoming a monk, a person will have to go through several stages.

At first, he becomes a laborer, working in the garden, cleaning the premises, strictly following the rules of life in the monastery.

And only three years later, at the request of the worker, he was transferred to novices. Monastic vows are accepted by those who have managed to confirm by deeds their readiness to become a monk. A man who wants to work in monasteries must fill out a questionnaire on the website of the chosen temple before the trip.

There are monasteries for the treatment of alcoholics on a voluntary basis. Within the walls of the temple, a man will try to cope with the problem himself. At some monasteries, rehabilitation centers have been created and are operating, where they have an impact on the broken psyche of the drinker.

Over time, the life of a person who once suffered from alcoholism returns to normal. He is in constant employment, he has no time to lead an idle life. Work helps to come to full recovery.

Prayer for drunkenness

The full list of monasteries for men consists of:

1. Alexander Athos Zelenchukskaya male desert in Karachay-Cherkessia.
2. Amvrosiev Nicholas Dudin Monastery Yaroslavl region.
3. Artemiev-Verkolsky Monastery Arkhangelsk region.
4. Annunciation Iono-Yashezersky Monastery.
5. Bogolyubsky men's kennel of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra.
6. Vysokopetrovsky Monastery in Moscow.
7. Hermogeneous male desert.
8. Gethsemane male skete Trinity-Sergius Lavra.
9. Zaikonospassky Monastery in the city of Moscow.
10. Zaonikievsky Mother of God-Vladimir male desert Vologda region.
11. Innokentievsky male skete Irkutsk.
12. Michael-Arkhangelsk Ust-Vymsky Monastery in the Komi Republic.
13. Spaso-Preobrazhensky Valaam Monastery on the island of Lake Ladoga .
14. St. Michael Athos Monastery Adygea.
15. Gavriil-Arkhangelsk Compound city ​​of Blagoveshchensk.
16. Nikitsky Monastery in Pereslavl-Zalessky.
17. Nilo-Stolobenovskaya desert Tver diocese.
18. Nikolo-Shartomsky Monastery Ivanovo region.
19. St. Nicholas Tikhon Monastery Kineshma and Palekh diocese.
20. Holy Ascension Kremensky Monastery on the Don.
21. Alatyr Holy Trinity Desert.
22. Trinity-Sergius Lavra.
23. Spaso-Kukotsky Monastery.
24. Holy Dormition Pskov-Caves Monastery.
25. Florishcheva male desert.
26. Yuriev Monastery.
27. Yaratsky Prophetic Monastery.

The above list of active male monasteries in Russia includes both small sketes and large laurels, known to the entire Orthodox world. Many temples, once destroyed, are being restored and restored.

The most popular is the largest monastery of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, which is under the protection of UNESCO as a unique architectural monument.

Trinity-Sergius Lavra, video

The oldest is the Holy Dormition Pskov-Caves Monastery, founded at the end of the 15th century. Together with the fatherland, the walls of the monastery withstood the onslaught of the conquerors, retaining the richness of the iconostasis.

Many men's monasteries are located in picturesque places, far from big cities. No wonder some of them are called deserts.

Monasteries attract not only those who want to change their lives, but also tourists as excellent examples of Russian Orthodox culture.