Sorrowful Monastery Khmelevo. The Sorrowful Monastery in Khmelevo - the former estate of the Prokudin-Gorskys? Temples of the Vladimir region. Kirzhachsky and Kolchuginsky districts

Temples of the Vladimir region.
Kirzhachsky and Kolchuginsky districts

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D. Khmelevo.

The mournful community in the Pokrovsky district was founded in 1903 at the village of Khmeleva, Funikovskaya volost, near the river. Sheredar. A native of these places, Ivan Mikhailovich Meshkov built a monastery on land donated by local peasants.

The cassock novice Matrona (later Abbess Meletina) and her assistant, the treasurer's mother, Alexander Nikolaev, were placed at the head of the monastery. In the community there was one temple of the icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow", a wooden brownie, with adjoining rector's chambers, arranged in a former manor house. The church had a four-tiered iconostasis, in which there were 73 large icons.

In Soviet times, when the temple was closed, they disappeared, the temple and the rector's building were completely destroyed. Only the icon of the Great Martyr Catherine has survived, in whose honor the house church in the cell building of the monastery was consecrated on December 31, 2000.

From the stone holy gates (also destroyed) past the cell building, the alley leads to a stone bell tower, under which there was a small church of the Assumption of the Mother of God (the altar was dismantled) and a tomb. The hotel and the houses of the clergy were wooden. The monastery was surrounded by a wooden fence, along its perimeter there were alleys of birches and oaks. The entire area of ​​the monastery was planted with fruit trees. the bell tower was built of bricks made at a brick factory set up in the monastery. After the closing of the monastery, 9 bells were removed from it. The plant was requisitioned in 1919.

Every year, three processions of the cross took place in the Sorrowing Community: on July 26, on the day of laying the foundation of the church, on September 4, in memory of its consecration, and on October 24, on the patronal feast of the monastery. In 1921, there were 72 monastics in the monastery, who organized an agricultural artel for their livelihood.

In a note to the information about the land ownership of the monastery for 1921, someone who sympathized with the nuns wrote: poor and from peasant origin, from different provinces, partly orphans, having no relatives, and work by physical labor.

The cell building, built in 1903 from brick made at the monastery factory, and a huge stone, on which events related to the emergence of the monastery are recorded, have been preserved.

The monastery was closed in 1924, the nuns were expelled, and there is evidence that some of them were forcibly taken out and shot. The abbess, Abbess Meletina, died near the monastery in the village of Khalino. The wooden temple of the icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow" was sold for removal, the abbot's building (a former manor house) burned down not so long ago. Outbuildings, a fence, houses of the clergy, a hotel, a chapel were dismantled.

On December 31, 2000, the house church was consecrated in honor of the Holy Great Martyr Catherine. The land was returned to the monastery. The abbess is the nun Magdalena (Lushina).

At present, a bell tower is attached to the cell building.

In the Novosyolka village next to Khmelev, a chapel has already been built in our time.

The grieving community in the Pokrovsky district was founded in 1902 in the village of Khmelevo, Funikovsky volost, near the Sheredar River. A native of these places, a Moscow merchant of the second guild and an honorary citizen of Moscow, Ivan Mikhailovich Meshkov, on his own initiative and at his own expense, founded a monastery in the name of the icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow." The land for the construction of the monastery was donated by local peasants.

The first abbess of the monastery was a local resident Matrona Kuznetsova (Abbess Melitina), who had labored for more than 20 years in the Zachatievsky Moscow and Kiev-Pokrovsky monasteries. By the time the monastery was closed, Abbess Melitina was already an old woman, to whom the people, until the last days of her earthly life, went for advice and consolation. She spent the last years of her earthly life in a smoked sauna in one of the neighboring villages. Only her advanced age and senility saved her from prison, although she was repeatedly taken unexpectedly at night for interrogations. According to eyewitnesses, the old abbess had to hide both her prayer books and her monastic clothes under the hay in the stable after the prayer rule in case of such “visits”.

On weekends: in the evening from 16.00, in the morning from 9.00 In the community there was one church in honor of the icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow" - a wooden, brownie, built in 1901-1903. architect I. T. Baryutin, with adjoining rector's chambers, arranged in a former manor house. The church had a four-tiered iconostasis, in which there were 73 large icons. In Soviet times, when the temple was closed, they disappeared, only the icon of the Great Martyr Catherine was preserved, in whose honor the house church was consecrated on December 31, 2000 in the cell building of the monastery.

From the stone Holy Gates (also destroyed) past the cell building, the alley leads to a stone bell tower, in the first tier of which there was a small church of the Assumption of the Mother of God (the altar was dismantled) and a tomb. The hotel and the houses of the clergy were wooden. The monastery was surrounded by a wooden fence, along its perimeter there were alleys of birches and oaks. The entire area of ​​the monastery was planted with fruit trees. The bell tower is made of bricks made at a brick factory set up in the monastery. After the closing of the monastery, 9 bells were removed from it. The plant was requisitioned in 1919.

Every year, three religious processions took place in the Sorrowing Community: on July 26 - on the day of laying the foundation of the temple, on September 4 - in memory of its consecration, and on October 24 - on the patronal feast of the monastery. In 1921, there were 72 monks in the monastery, who founded an agricultural artel for their livelihood. In a note to the information about the land ownership of the monastery for 1921, someone who sympathized with the nuns wrote: from peasant origin, from different provinces, partly orphans, having no relatives, and they work by physical labor.

The cell building, built in 1903 from brick made at the monastery factory, a dilapidated bell tower and a huge stone, on which events related to the emergence of the monastery are recorded, have been preserved.

The monastery was closed in 1924 (according to other sources, in 1928), the nuns were expelled, and there is evidence that some of them were forcibly taken out and shot. The abbess, Abbess Meletina, died near the monastery in the village of Khalino. A colony for juvenile delinquents was located on the site of the convent. Subsequently, a school, a village council, a club, a cinema, and a library were alternately located on the territory of the monastery. The wooden temple of the icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow" was sold for removal, the abbot's building (a former manor house) burned down not so long ago. Outbuildings, a fence, houses of the clergy, a hotel, a chapel were dismantled.

The revival began in 2000 with the blessing of Archbishop Evlogii of Vladimir. The only surviving, albeit destroyed, monastery cell building was hastily repaired. We built in it the house church of the Great Martyr Catherine and we hold all our services there, receiving with love the coming pilgrims and guests of the monastery.

Since 2000 The abbess of the monastery is Abbess Magdalena (Lushina), who devoted her whole life to the revival of the monastery in the village of Khmelevo.

At present, a bell tower has been attached to the cell building. There is no hotel in our monastery, therefore, if pilgrims who wish to live and work for the benefit of the monastery, it is necessary to phone the sisters.

Divine services are held on weekdays three times a week, as well as on weekends and holidays. On weekdays, the beginning of the evening service at 16.00, the morning - at 8.00.

The mournful community in the Pokrovsky district was founded in 1902 at the village of Khmeleva, Funikovskaya volost, near the Sheredar River. A native of these places, a Moscow merchant of the second guild and an honorary citizen of Moscow, Ivan Mikhailovich Meshkov, on his own initiative and at his own expense, founded a monastery in the name of the icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow."
The land for the construction of the monastery was donated by local peasants. There was one temple in the community in honor of the icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow" - a wooden, brownie, built in 1901-03. architect I.T. Baryutin, with adjoining rector's chambers, arranged in a former manor house. The church had a four-tiered iconostasis, which contained 73 large icons. In Soviet times, when the temple was closed, they disappeared, only the icon of the Great Martyr Catherine was preserved, in whose honor the house church was consecrated on December 31, 2000 in the cell building of the monastery. From the stone Holy Gates (also destroyed) past the cell building, the alley leads to a stone bell tower, in the first tier of which there was a small church of the Assumption of the Mother of God (the altar was dismantled) and a tomb. The hotel and the houses of the clergy were wooden. The monastery was surrounded by a wooden fence, along its perimeter there were alleys of birches and oaks. The entire area of ​​the monastery was planted with fruit trees. The bell tower is made of bricks made at a brick factory set up in the monastery. After the closing of the monastery, 9 bells were removed from it. The plant was requisitioned in 1919.

Every year, three religious processions took place in the Sorrowing Community: on July 26, on the day of laying the foundation of the temple, on September 4, in memory of its consecration, and on October 24, on the patronal feast of the monastery.

In 1921, there were 72 monks in the monastery, who founded an agricultural artel for their livelihood. In a note to the information about the land ownership of the monastery for 1921, someone sympathizing with the nuns wrote: “On this land they work for their livelihood, by personal labor they get food, heating and fodder for livestock ... poor and from peasant origin, from different provinces, partly orphans, having no relatives, and work by physical labor.

The cell building, built in 1903 of brick made at the monastery factory, and a huge stone, on which events related to the emergence of the monastery are recorded, have been preserved. The monastery was closed in 1924 (according to other sources, in 1928), the nuns were expelled, and there is evidence that some of them were forcibly taken out and shot. The abbess, Abbess Meletina, died near the monastery in the village of Khalino.

A colony for juvenile delinquents was located on the site of the convent. Subsequently, a school, a village council, a club, a cinema, and a library were alternately located on the territory of the monastery. The wooden temple of the icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow" was sold for removal, the abbot's building (a former manor house) burned down not so long ago. Outbuildings, a fence, houses of the clergy, a hotel, a chapel were dismantled.

In 2000, the monastery was transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church, at the same time monastic activity resumed in it.

I appeal to the entire community with a request to help in solving an interesting historical mystery related to the birthplace of the pioneer of color photography S. M. Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944). At present, it is documented that he was born in the family estate "Funikova Gora" near the town of Kirzhach, Vladimir Region. The village of Funikova Gora exists to this day, and until the last moment everything seemed to be clear. The locals of this village will gladly show you an old oak grove ("garden"), which once served as a park of a manor's estate. However, there are no obvious traces of at least the estate planning there.
On old maps, no manor house in Funikova Gora is shown at all:

Above - a map of Mende (ca. 1850), below - a map of the general survey of the late 18th century.
If on the map of Mende the master's house is shown near the village of Khmelevo, then on the older map it is approximately in the middle between Khmelevo and Funikova Gora.
Only in May of this year did I become aware that the great-grandfather of S. M. Prokudin-Gorsky owned two villages - Khmelevo and Funikova Gora. In this case, the family estate could well be located in Khmelevo, and the estate as a whole, according to the old tradition, could be called "Funikova Gora".
However, further mysteries begin. In 1902, the peasants of the village of Khmelevo donated the land of the former estate for the creation of the Sorrowful Convent. According to my information, which has not yet been verified, the estate was alienated from the father of S.M. Prokudin-Gorsky in favor of the state around 1892. Obviously, then local peasants bought this land.
The former master's house became the chambers of the abbess, a house church was attached to it (see photo above).
In 1924 the monastery was closed, and in recent years it began to revive again in the old place.
Some time ago I managed to visit Khmelevo, but the mystery remained unsolved: neither the old-timers of the village, nor the sisters of the monastery know who owned the estate before the creation of the monastery. However, many traces of the estate are well preserved:

Here, for example, is an old alley of the estate with a monument to the founders of the Sorrowing Convent:

The base of the gate of the former manor:

The abbess kindly showed the place where the former manor house stood:

According to the stories of the old residents of the village, this one-story building housed the village council for a long time, then it was abandoned and burned down in the 1970s. The place of the manor house is already overgrown and only mounds of foundation bricks are visible.

There are no more buildings left from the old manor in the monastery. The oldest building was built already at the beginning of the 20th century:

So, it remains a mystery: was the estate in Khmelevo the estate of the Prokudin-Gorskys, where the pioneer of color photography was born?
And where did one of the first Russian writers and playwrights M.I. Prokudin-Gorsky (1744-1812).
Inquiries to the Vladimir Regional Archive have not yet yielded results. Perhaps one of the connoisseurs of Russian estates will help find the answer.

The study of memorable places of Prokudin-Gorsky is carried out in the project "Heritage of S. M. Prokudin-Gorsky". This issue is devoted to a special topic on the scientific forum.