ODESSA- Patriarch Cyril visited the Assumption Monastery
20/7/2010
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July 20 program is the first day of stay in the Odessa diocese of the Holy Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Kirill ended a visit to the Assumption monastery.
At the gates of the holy abode of His Holiness the Lord met the governor of the monastery, Bishop of Belgorod-Dniester Alex and his brethren, the governors and the Abbess diocese, students of the Odessa Theological Seminary.
Together with His Holiness Patriarch arrived at the monastery Beatitude Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine Vladimir, Metropolitan of Odessa and Izmail Agafangel, other Ukrainian bishops, as well as members of the official delegationaccompanying His Holiness the Lord during his visit to Ukraine.
The cathedral in honor of the image of Our Lady “Life-giving Source of His Holiness Patriarch Cyril welcomed the governor of the monastery, Bishop of Belgorod-Dniester Alex. On behalf of the inhabitants and parishioners of the monastery, he gave the Holy Lord omophorion, stole and cuffs.
Then His Holiness appealed to archpastors, pastors, monks and laity.
In memory of visiting the monastery Holy Lord gave the monastery church an icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary with an inscription, each of those present in the temple was a small icon of the Mother of God “Kasperovskaya” with the Patriarchal blessing. “Keep this obrazochek and remember in their prayers the Patriarch, who in these prayers are needed. Let the blessings of God be with you all “- said at the end of His Holiness.
HELP. In 1814, the Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia Gabriel (Banulescu Bodine), Exarch Moldovlahiysky, founded on donated land in Odessa episcopal diocese Compound Chisinau. Ten years later it was drawn in Assumption monastery.
In 1825 the monastery was erected stone Cathedral of the Assumption. In 1834 a temple was built with a bell tower in honor of the Mother of God “Life-giving Source, then pereosvyaschenny in honor of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, as the old cathedral after 1936 was destroyed. After 1834 the brothers built a third church – in the name of Saint Nicholas in about 1920 on the east side of St. Nicholas Church was built fraternal body, which is now under one roof with her. In 1988, the dome was constructed and erected tower.
In 1922, during the campaign for the confiscation of Church property monastic property was confiscated. Soon blew temple of the Assumption of Our Lady.
The revival of the monastery began in 1944. In 1946, he was visited by His Holiness Patriarch Alexy I. Since then, the Dormition was arranged summer residence of the Patriarch, which was annually for several months to come to the monastery. These often came the patriarchs of Antioch, Alexandria and other guests.
In 1961 in the former premises of the monastery houses the Hotel Odessa Theological Seminary, and in 1965 in Assumption monastery was moved to the residence of the ruling bishop of the Diocese of Odessa, the holy abode.
In 1967, the chambers of the summer residence of the Patriarchal Church of the Cross arranged in honor of St. Sergius and Nikon Radonezh.
For the Church of the Dormition, the left of the convent cemetery, built the cathedral in honor of the Mother of God “Life-giving source” for up to 3000 worshipers.
December 24, 1964 in Odessa monastery finished his earthly journey shiigumen Siberian Jay (Velichko). September 29, 1994 there was the acquisition of his relics. The Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church on October 4 of that year ranked shiigumena Siberian Jay canonized locally venerated saints. His relics repose in the lower church of the cathedral.
Among the relics of the monastery – part of the Lord’s robe, a tunic of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the foot of the Apostle Andrew, the ark of the particles of the relics of St. Apostle Luke, St. protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen, St. Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon, Holy Righteous Anna, mother of the Blessed Virgin, and many other saints as well as of locally Theotokos, called “Mlekopitatelnitsa.
DECR Communication Service / Press Service of the Holy Patriarch
