Information for pilgrims and workers.
Information for pilgrims.
The monastery is a special world. And it takes time to learn the rules of the monastic community.
A monastery (Greek: μοναστήριον) is a religious community (see also monasticism) of monks or nuns that has a single charter, as well as a single complex of liturgical, residential, and outbuildings belonging to it.
Types:
- Kinovia - the monastery of the communal charter
- Lavra is the name of some of the largest male Orthodox monasteries.
- Compound - a place of residence in the city of monks of a country monastery, sometimes with a church attached to it.
- Pustyn is a monastic settlement in the tradition of Russian Orthodoxy, usually remote from the main monastery.
- A skete is a hermit's dwelling, an independent or structurally allocated secluded dwelling in a monastery.
- When you come to a monastery as a pilgrim or worker, remember that in a monastery everyone asks for a blessing and strictly fulfills it.
It is impossible to leave the monastery without a blessing.
They leave all their sinful habits and addictions (drinking wine, smoking, foul language, etc.) outside the monastery.
They talk only about the spiritual, do not remember about worldly life, do not teach each other, but they know only two words - “forgive” and “bless”.
Without grumbling, they are content with food, clothing, sleeping conditions, they eat food only at a common meal.
They do not go to other people's cells, except when they are sent by the rector. At the entrance to the cell, a prayer is said aloud: “Through the prayers of our holy fathers, Lord Jesus Christ the Son of God, have mercy on us” (in the convent: “Through the prayers of our holy mothers ...”). They do not enter the cell until they hear from behind the door: "Amen."
Avoid free treatment, laughter, jokes.
When working on obediences, they try to spare the weak who works nearby, covering up the errors in his work with love. At a mutual meeting, they greet each other with bows and the words: “Save yourself, brother (sister)”; and the other replies to this: "Save, Lord." Unlike the world, they don't take each other's hand.
Sitting at the table in the refectory, observe the order of precedence. The prayer that the person who serves food is answered with “Amen”, they are silent at the table and listen to the reading.
They are not late for worship, except when busy in obedience. Insults encountered in general obediences are endured humbly, thus gaining experience in the spiritual life and love for the brethren.
The monastery offers our guests sightseeing tours of our monastery in the format of getting to know the monastery. The inhabitants of the monastery will tell you about the history of the monastery, the life of our Reverend Fathers, about what and how the monastery lives today. The main focus of acquaintance with our monastery is not so much to saturate you with dry historical information as to give our guests the opportunity to hear about the life of the monastery first hand, the opportunity to ask any questions they are interested in. The approximate duration of excursions is 1-1.5 hours. It is better to arrange an excursion in advance.
When entering the premises of the Temples, be sure to turn off your mobile phones!
Photo and video shooting is made only with the blessing of the abbot of the monastery.
Currently, the monastery does not have its own hotel and cannot offer accommodation for large groups of pilgrims. Group leaders must pre-order meals. The monastery is open for visiting from 4.30 to 20.00 Information for workers.
To the attention of workers who wish to work in the monastery for the Glory of God:
- the minimum period of obedience in the monastery is from 3 days, work is strongly encouraged
over a longer period; - the monastery accepts for obedience only adult pilgrims who do not have
health restrictions for engaging in a variety of physical labor; - the employee must have a valid civil passport, medical
policy, preferably - clothes and shoes for working indoors and outdoors in all weather conditions.
More details can be found in the section "Regulations on employees"
Monasteries:
- Syandem Assumption Women's Hermitage
- Andrusovskaya Nikolaevskaya male hermitage
- Alexander-Svirsky Trinity Monastery
- Annunciation Iono-Yashezersky Monastery
- Vvedeno-Oyatsky nunnery
- Pokrovo-Tervenichesky Convent
- Tikhvin Mother of God Dormition Monastery
- Anthony-Dymsky Holy Trinity Monastery
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