1.7. Military Siege of Solovetsky Monastery / History of the Solovetsky Monastery

• Main Author: Saratov State University, Scientific Library
• Other Authors: Hakiyeva, Jeren, University of Wyoming, University Libraries, Boss, Stephen
• Format: Still Image
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: Saratov, Russian Federation 2008
• Subjects: Old Beliefs; History; Russia; Russian Orthodox Church; Patience; Solovetsky; Solovki; White Sea
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10176/wyu:3116; https://uwdigital.uwyo.edu/islandora/object/wyu%3A3116/datastream/TN/view/1.7.%20%20%20Military%20Siege%20of%20Solovetsky%20Monastery%20/%20History%20of%20the%20Solovetsky%20Monastery.jpg

Russian Orthodox Church History - This is a virtual collection of Old Belief materials created by Saratov State University-Scientific Library. The Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church (or Russian Orthodox Oldritualist Church, Russian Orthodox Old-Ritualist Church) (Russian: Русская Православная Старообрядческая Церковь) is an Eastern Orthodox Church of the Old Believers tradition, born from a schism within the Russian Orthodox Church following the liturgical reforms of Patriarch Nikon in the second half of 17th century (Old Believers). Russian Translation: It is starting military siege of Solovetsky monastery which s refused to accept new books were sent from the capital. The siege lasted 8 years and only because of treachery of one of the monks, which reminded tragic narrative pages of the Gospel, opened the way in the monastery walls for tsar’s troops. Saved (escaped) men of alien and eminent existence, men of courageous and strong patience” have formed the kernel of famous center of Old Belief coast –dweller consent: Vugovskoy desert. Note (under the pictures are in the right side): The pictures from manuscript “A story about fathers and Solovetzkiy sufferers” --- Additional Information: History of the Solovetsky Monastery The Solovetsky Monastery (Russian: Соловецкий монастырь) , also Solovki Monastery, is one of the most significant monastic institutions in Russia. The monastery is located on the large island of Solovetsky, a part of the Solovetsky Archipelago in the White Sea in northern Russia. The monastery became one of the richest and best known monasteries in Russia. In view of its remoteness, the monastery also became a place of exile for people both within the Church and the secular tsarist government. This prison-like function of the monastery continued until the later part of the nineteenth century. Under the Bolshevik government the monastery became one of the main prison labor camps and the model for labor camps of the Soviet Gulag Archipelago. The establishment of a monastery on Solovetsky Island ...