Coastal Monastery of Saint Sergius

The Coastal Monastery of St. Sergius is a Russian Orthodox monastery in the coastal settlement of Strelna near St. Petersburg. It used to be one of the richest monasteries of the Russian Empire and formerly contained seven churches as well as many chapels.

History

The poustinia was founded in 1734 as a branch of the great Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius in the immediate vicinity of the new Russian capital, St. Petersburg. Catherine Ivanovna, Peter the Great's niece, owned a manor on the bank of the Gulf of Finland. After her death Empress Anna presented the land to her confessor Varlaam, who was also in charge of the Trinity Lavra.

The earliest buildings of the monastery, including the pentacupolar cathedral, the outer wall and the towers, were designed by Pietro Antonio Trezzini. They were Baroque in character. It was not until 1764 that Strelna Monastery was designated a separate poustinia. Many monks from Strelna entered the Navy to serve as ship chaplains. Saint Herman of Alaska was one of those monks.

The golden age of the monastery is associated with Saint Ignatius Bryanchaninov who was in charge of the poustinia between 1834 and 1857. Bryanchaninov had the monastery transformed by Aleksey Gornostayev into a showcase for the Russian Revival style. The new Ascension Cathedral was built to a Neo-Byzantine design.

After the Russian Revolution the Soviets suppressed the monastery (1931), destroyed the cemetery and adapted the grounds to serve as a labor camp, or a work farm. The buildings sustained further damage during World War II. After the property was occupied by a police school in the early 1960s, Trezzini's cathedral and several other churches were blown up. The remaining buildings were returned to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1993.

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  • Свято-Троицкая Сергиева приморская мужская пустынь. Церковь Григория Богослова
  • Свято-Троицкая Сергиева мужская пустынь
  • Санкт-Петербург. Стрельна. Монастырь Свято-Троицкая Сергиева приморская мужская Пустынь.
  • Стрельна. Икона Спасителя на воротах Свято-Трицкой Сергиево-Приморской мужской пустыни.
  • Стрельна. Свято-Трицкая Сергиево-Приморская мужская пустынь.
  • Свято-Троицкая Сергиева приморская мужская пустынь. Угловая башня. Piously-Troitsk Sergiev a man's monastery. Angular tower.
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  • Пустынь Свято-Троицкая Сергиева. Sergiev Man's Monastery

Country:
Russia
Rating:
8
Latitude:
59,8548047
Longitude:
30,0910659
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