Holy Trinity Belopesotsky monastery Photo: Holy Trinity Belopesotsky monastery

Holy Trinity Belopesotsky monastery founded by a monk of Novgorod the Khutyn monastery, the Abbot Vladimir, at the place called since ancient times White Sands. At first, small, Belopesotsky monastery, erected on the strategically important southern boundary of the Russian state, in the future, under the patronage of the tsars Ivan III and Vasily III turns into a well-fortified fortress-Outpost. In 1918, some of the monks was bred for the walls of the monastery and shot. In 1924, the monastery was closed and its building was given to the Historical Museum. However, until 1933 in the Trinity Cathedral of the monastery was a place of worship.

Trinity Cathedral Belopesotsky monastery set on a high basement, the size of his bushel on all sides was surrounded by a covered gallery with staircases that led to the gallery three high front porch. By the end of the twentieth century remained only West porch, but this covered gallery was made in not the usual tradition. The fact that the gallery-the gallery of bunk. To the East of the Cathedral is very pronounced on the outside a three-part altar apse.

Almost simultaneously with the Cathedral around the monastery were, in fact, re-built and rebuilt the old stone walls and towers. In the early nineteenth century, some towers were converted into monastic cells, which had to break through wide openings in their walls.

In 1802 – 1804, when the Abbot, the Builder, and Theodolus the Abbot of Ioannikii along the South walls of the monastery was built a complex of buildings in the classical style and in them were two temples. Refectory Church of St. Sergius was built on vaulted cellars and basement refectory of the monastery of the XVI century with the blessing of Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna Platon (Levshin). Another temple in memory of the beheading of John the Baptist - was also built in the first half of the century and integrated into the existing ensemble.

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Holy Trinity Belopesotsky monastery