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Orthodox Monasteries

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The Kaluga eparchy
     
 

1. The Not Made by Hands Image of the Saviour monastery


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Divine Liturgy Service: Russian
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WWW Links: http://patriarchalexii2.ru/en/svyat/Kaluga.html

           

2. The Birth of the Holy Mother of God and The St. Paphnuty Borovsky monastery


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Extended Information/Photos: The holy relics of St. Paphnuty Borovsky - the disciple of St.Sergius of Radonezh rest under a bushel in the Birth the Blessed Virgin and St. Paphnuty of Borovsk monastery. There is a saint spring in his name near the walls of the monastery.
WWW Links: http://patriarchalexii2.ru/en/svyat/Kaluga.html


   

3. The Kazan icon of the Holy Mother of God convent


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Extended Information/Photos: The chrism-shedding icon of the Holy Trinity and St. Nicolas are in the Kazan convent in the St Gury Kazan church. One day almost all icons and Cross were chrism-shedding.
WWW Links: http://patriarchalexii2.ru/en/svyat/Kaluga.html
 

        

4. The St. Nicolas the Miracle-Worker convent  


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WWW Links: http://patriarchalexii2.ru/en/svyat/Kaluga.html

 


 

5. The Kazan icon of the Holy Mother of God and St.Ambrosy Shamordino hermitage (for women)


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Extended Information/Photos: The saint spring in honor of St. Optinsky elders is behind the Kazan icon of the Holy Mother of God and St.Amvrosy hermitage. The saint spring in honor of St. Amvrosy Optinsky is not far from it.
WWW Links: http://www.shamordino.orthodoxy.ru/
http://patriarchalexii2.ru/en/svyat/Kaluga.html
http://www.roca.org/OA/46/46m.htm - Schema-Abbess Sophia of Shamordino 
http://www.worldisround.com/articles/18226/index.html - article and photos about Shamordino Hermitage and Optina Monastery
http://users.sisqtel.net/williams/rcs/shamordinonuns.html - The nuns of Shamordino
in Solovki prison and the miracle of their manliness



 

6. The Presentation Optina hermitage


Address: Optina Poustyn Monastery
Kaluzhskaya oblast
249723 Kozelsk
Russia
Tel/fax: +7(48442)5-01-10
e-mail: optina_is@rosmail.ru 
Divine Liturgy Service: Russian
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Other: for men monastery 

 

Extended Information/Photos: The holy relics of great elders Stt. Amvrosy and Nektary and chrism-shedding icon of the Kazan Holy Mother of God and St. Amvrosy Optinsky are in the church in honor of the Presentation of the Holy Mother of God.
The holy relics of great Optina elders Stt. Moses, Anthony and Issak I rest in the church in honor of Kazan icon of the Holy Mother of God.
The holy relics of great Optina elders Stt. Lev, Makary, Illarion, Anatoly (Zertsalov) Joseph, Varsonophy and Anatoly (Potapov) rest in the church in honor of the Vladimir icon of the Holy Mother of God.
The well, consecrated in honor of St. Amvrosy Mediolansky, is near the gates of St. John the Baptist hermitage.
The saint spring in honor of St. Paphunty of Borovsk is not far from the monastery on the bank of the river Zhizdra.
WWW Links: http://optina.info/
http://patriarchalexii2.ru/en/svyat/Kaluga.html
http://handmaidleah.wordpress.com/new-martyrs-of-the-optina-pustyn/ - Optina new martyrs Vasily, Tropim and Ferapont +1993
http://www.pravmir.com/article_127.html - Optina new martyrs
http://www.vor.ru/English/Christian_Message/program.phtml?act=73 – St. Amvrosi ( Ambrose) of Optina Monastery
http://www.vor.ru/English/Christian_Message/program.phtml?act=79 - St. Amvrosi
http://www.orthodoxphotos.com/readings/ambrose/preceptorials.shtml - Life of the blessed Starets Ambrose of Optina  and Selected Preceptorials of Starets Ambrose
http://www.orthodox.net/russiannm/isaac-hieromartyr-of-optina-and-those-with-him.html - The sufferings of the Optina monks, Isaac, hieromartyr of Optina and those with him after the monastery was closed
http://www.orthodox.net/russiannm/nicon-and-clement-hieroconfessors-of-optina.html - Hieroconfessors Nicon And Clement Of Optina
http://www.fatheralexander.org/booklets/english/optina_e.htm
http://www.pravmir.com/article_159.html - Optina elders
http://gnisios.narod.ru/anatoliusoptina.html - Hieroconfessor Anatolius of Optina
http://www.worldisround.com/articles/18226/index.html - photos
http://www.optinachoir.ru/eng/ - the male choir of Optina Monastery


 

7. The Birth of the Holy Mother of God hermitage (for women)


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Extended Information/Photos: N/A
WWW Links: http://patriarchalexii2.ru/en/svyat/Kaluga.html


 

8. The St. Tikhon of Kaluga hermitage


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Extended Information/Photos: The holy relics of St. Tikhon Medynsky, the organizer of the cloister in honor of the Assumption of the Holy Mother of God, rest under a bushel of the Preobrazhensky church of the Assumption and St.Tikhon of Kaluga hermitage. On the territory of the monastery there are:
The well, made by St.Tikhon Medynsky and nearby oak, in hollow of which St. Tikhon worked and also a saint spring.
WWW Links: http://patriarchalexii2.ru/en/svyat/Kaluga.html
http://www.roca.org/OA/30/30e.htm - about St. Tikhon of Kaluga