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Yelets 5 by Alexxx Malev Via Flickr: Russia. Yelets. Znamensky Monastery. Znamensky Cathedral, iconostasis Елец. Елецкий Знаменский монастырь. Знаменский собор, иконостас

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A Guide to Cosmetology in Tyumen

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If you are visiting Tyumen, you will definitely want to check out its many sights and attractions. You can get to know Tyumen's history at several museums. The Church of the Saviour, for instance, is one of the oldest expressive churches in Siberia. It is located at the crossroads of Lenin Street and Chelyuskintsev Street.

Tyumen's Holy Trinity Monastery is also located in the city's historical center. This monastery was founded in 1616. During the Soviet era, the monastery was used as a military platoon and a dormitory. Since 2003, the monastery is in operation again, holding regular liturgical services.

House Masharova Museum is another interesting museum in Tyumen. The museum is a monument to late 19th century Siberian architecture. It was formerly a merchant's house. Visitors can admire the luxurious decor and the impressive paintings of the Kolokolnikovs family. There are also temporary exhibitions on display. Those interested in music can visit House Masharova Museum and listen to traditional musical events.

One of the most popular tourist destinations in Tyumen is the Lovers' Bridge. Originally called Peshehodniy (Pedestrian) until it collapsed in the 18th century, the bridge has only four levels and is part of the historical area of the city. In 2003, it hosted an unusual contest. Today, it is part of the city card.

The Znamensky Cathedral is a beautiful symbol of the city. It was restored in the late 1940s. It was then returned to the diocese in 1941, and again in 1994 and 2003. After the 1917 Revolution, the building served as a transit prison. However, it was finally returned to the diocese in 1933, and later returned to the eparchy in 1941.

Among the many other museums in Tyumen, there are the Tyumen Regional Museum of Local Lore. It is a magnificent example of provincial Russian architecture. Visitors can see a variety of exhibits, including mammoths and a window into nature. Moreover, there are two temporary exhibitions, namely "Miss Tyumen" and "Past, Present, Future".

You can also learn about the life of the prelate Philophey, who became the metropolitan of Tobolsk and Tyumen in the early 17th century. After he took monastic vows, he lived in seclusion for the rest of his life. A relic of the prelate, which was discovered in 2005, is still kept in the Peter and Paul Cathedral monastery.

Tyumen is a city of great importance and has many fascinating places to see. Whether you're looking for a relaxing vacation or a business trip, you'll find what you need here. For example, there are many luxurious restaurants and cafes in the city. And if you want to explore the area, it's a short drive to Tobolsk.

The city has a bustling summer street life. Enjoying the waterfront is particularly recommended in the early Fall. While walking on the promenade, you can enjoy the monuments and buildings scattered throughout the city. Having a cup of coffee at a cafe or watching a show at the Tyumen Bolshoi Drama Theater are other great ways to spend your days in the town.

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Znamensky cathedral in Irkutsk (1975)

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Alexandra Feodorovna, 1902

“My own precious Darling,

Tender thanks for your dear letter. It was lying on the tale in my cabin when we came bak from our successful visit to Kursk. We left by carriage for town at 9.30 and got back to our train for luncheon at 3 o’clock. You can see what a busy Sunday morning it was. We drove right through the town to the Znamenski monastery, after service we all kissed the Virgin’s image. The whole cathedral was full of school children, girls and boys, so I saw them all. From there we went to another fine old church, built by the famous Rastrelli. Then we visited the Red Cross hospital, very well kept.

After that we drove to the Nobility’s Assembly. In their magnificent hall the Bishop made the sanctifying of Papa’s bust; in a standing position the figure is rather good. We all felt extremely hungry and were very thankful do drink a cup of tea and eat a sandwich. We sat at a round table and the tall Marie Bariatinskaya did the honours. There were any amount of ladies, some were rather good looking with fatal eyes and they kept looking steadily at Misha and me, smiling sweetly, when we turned our heads in their direction. At the end of our tea, there stood such a wall of them around us, that we could not bear it any longer and got up. M. Bariatinskaya asked very much about you.

Our last visit was to the governor’s house, where I spoke again. This time it was to the peasants of the five adjacent governments. That went off well because it is much easier to talk to simple people. We left Kursk under the best impression and spent a quiet afternoon near our platform. It suddenly became cold, after the lovely summer weather we had the last days. At 8.0 there was a big dinner in the tent for all the people of Kursk, about 90 persons. Sergei came from his bivouac and left immediately after. He wants to come to Peterhof to fetch Ella.

Now goodbye and God bless you, my sweet little Wify. I kiss you tenderly and all the children. I love you and want you, Oh! So naughty!! Ever your loving and devoted Nicky.”

- Nicholas II to Alexandra, 1st/14th September 1902

“Sweetest lovey mine,

Tenderest thanks for your interesting letter all about your visit to Kursk. I followed the detailed description also in the papers. The image of the Virgin is the one Serafim loved and which cured him as a boy.

I can see you drinking tea, surrounded by a band of languishing ladies, and I know the adorable expression of shyness which creeps over you and makes your sweet eyes all the more dangerous. I am sure many hearts have beaten faster ever since then, you old sinner. I shall make you wear blue spectacles to frighten gay butterflies off from my too dangerous husband. Rain, rain, water very high, but a little warmer today. What an imposing and emotional sight the attack of those 80 battalions must have been, and then, that colossal luncheon on the meadow.

I must be off to bed. Good night, and God bless and keep you. A tender kiss my beloved Huzy from your very own wife,

Alix.”

- Alexandra to Nicholas, 3rd/16th September

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Holidays on Lake Seliger - the city of Ostashkov and its attractions

The most beautiful lake Seliger is located in the Tver region. On its shores there are many settlements, but the city among them is only one - Ostashkov. It is an ancient city, the first information about which dates back to the XIV century. According to local legends, during the capture and destruction by Novgorodians of a town called Klipen, which was part of the Moscow principality, the only surviving resident, a fisherman named Eustafiy (in the folk transcription Ostafiy, Ostashko), moved to a peninsula in the southern part of Seliger and settled there. Gradually growing on this place, the town got his name and began to be called Ostashkov.

It is accepted to come here on weekends, less often - for a long term. But no matter how long you choose to travel, you will find the stunning beauty of nature, clear water Seliger and complete peace. Bring a travel bag or a spacious city backpack as your luggage, which can also be used for walks.

During the Great Patriotic War, although the front line was very close, the enemies failed to capture Ostashkov, so there are more examples of old architecture in it than in cities under occupation. Now the city has become a recognized tourist and pilgrimage center.

Ostashkov's monasteries and temples On one of the islands near the city there is a famous monastery - Nilova desert. It appeared in the XV century on Stolobensky Island, according to the covenant of the monastic feat of the hermit Nil. In the post-revolutionary years, as many monasteries were abolished, the territory and buildings were used for different purposes, resulting in the loss of much. Since the mid-1990s, the monastery has been returned to the church and is functioning and recovering.

In the name of Neil Stolobensky was consecrated and chapel in Ostashkov, built in memory of those killed during the Great Patriotic War to the sixtieth anniversary of victory. It was the first new cult building in the city.

In the outskirts of Ostashkov there is also a women's monastery - Olginskaya. At the beginning of the XX century it was founded on the site of the former monastery of men, which had been burned down more than two centuries earlier. Closed in Soviet times, now the monastery is reopened and revived.

The Virgin Nunnery on an island near the town was also founded on the site of a man's monastery, only closed and ruined already in the XX century.

But from the Znamensky nunnery, once located in the city, after the abolition in the 1920s, there was only one cathedral left, the Ascension. Now this most beautiful temple is the center of pilgrimage in Ostashkov.

In the city park, ironically - just behind the Lenin monument, there is an old bell tower. This is all that remains of the temple, which was built in the XVIII century. It is in a deplorable condition and needs serious restoration work.

Secular sights In Soviet times, the Ostashkov Museum of Regional Studies was placed in the 17th century Trinity Cathedral. It remains there even now. Maybe. It helped to preserve ancient frescos and some church utensils in the building. So the museum is of double interest: both the exposition and the location.

In the 18th century, three bowed pillars were erected by the inhabitants on the site of the former city walls. To this day, one survived, called Wałski - the other two were destroyed in the last century. Originally, there were icons on its four sides, which are now gone.

As in any city, there was a town hall in Ostashkov. It still stands, though it has undergone numerous reconstructions and does not look too solemn. It is recognized as one of the oldest buildings and an architectural monument of three centuries ago.

The monument of the same time is the old fire kalancha in the center of Ostashkov. Traditionally, for architectural monuments of the Russian backwoods it is in emergency condition and needs serious restoration.

In the outskirts of the city of Ostashkov Among the sights located near Ostashkov there are both natural and man-made. In the same places where the Olginsky monastery is located, you can see a wooden chapel. It is built above a spring, from where a small stream starts. It does not resemble at all the great river Volga, the source of which is.

The most unusual object in the vicinity of the city is a large, twenty meters high pyramid. Its creator, Alexander Holod, assures that its energy rays have a beneficial effect on the surrounding nature, and inside the pyramid you can get rid of ailments and feel a burst of energy.

Listing the sights of Ostashkov, it is impossible not to say about Lake Seliger itself. One of the most beautiful lakes in the country, it is already worth visiting this ancient city for its sake.

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The Kursk-Root Icon will be at St. Stevan Church on Saturday May 8, 2021. Divine Liturgy starting at 10:00 am. Everyone is invited and welcome to join us and receive the blessing of the Most Holy Theotokos. The Kursk-Root Icon is one the most ancient icons of the Russian Orthodox Church. In the 13th century, during the dreadful period of Tatar invasion of Russia, most of the devastated province of Kursk was emptied of people and its principal city, Kursk, became a wastelande. The residents of the nearby town of Rylsk often traveled to the site of Kursk to hunt wild beasts. One of the hunters, a pious man, going along the bank of the river Tuskora, 27 kilometres from the ruined city of Kursk, noticed an icon lying face down on the ground next to the root of a tree. The hunter picked it up and discovered that it was an icon of the Theotocos of the Sign. The Icon’s first miracle occurred, for as soon as the hunter had picked up the sacred image, a large spring of pure water gushed forth with great force. This took place on the feast of the Birth of Our Most Holy Lady of the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, September 8, 1295. The water became known for its miraculous healing power. With the help of friends, the hunter built a small wooden chapel and placed the newly manifested image of the Mother of God therein. Prince Vasily Shemyaka ordered that the Icon be brought to the town of Rylsk, which was done in a solemn manner. The people of the town went out to meet the Icon. But the prince, due to his lack of faith and piety, refused to attend the festivities, and for this reason was punished with blindness. The prince, acknowledging his wrong doing, ran out to meet the Icon. He publicly confessed his sin, and immediately received healing. Moved by this miracle, he built a church in the town of Rylsk in honour of the Nativity of the All-Holy Theotokos. The Icon was enshrined in this church, on September 8, this being the day of its manifestation. This date became the Icon’s annual feast day. The Icon, however, vanished in a miraculous manner, returning to the place of its original appearance. The residents of Rylsk continuously brought it back, but each time the holy Icon returned to the little deserted chapel in the woods. Innumerable pilgrims streamed to venerate the place of the Icon’s miraculous appearance, where a priest named Father Bogolyub, whose name means “lover of God”, struggled in asceticism at the humble wooden chapel. In the year 1383, the province of Kursk was subject to a new Tatar invasion. Finding the chapel in the woods where the priest was praying, they tried to set fire to it, but it refused to burn. The mean-spirited Tatars laid hold of the holy Icon and cut it in two. They threw one part into nearby bushes, while the other half they threw into the forest. The chapel then caught on fire and the priest was carried off as a prisoner. One day, as he was passing the time by singing prayers to the Mother of God, some representatives of the Tsar of Moscow who were passing by heard this chanting and arranged to ransom the priest from captivity. The priest returned to the former site of the chapel. There, to his great joy, he found the pieces of the miraculous Icon that the Taters had thrown away. A new chapel was then built on the original site of the Icon’s appearance and there it remained for about 200 years. The city of Kursk was revived in the year 1597 by command of Tsar Theodore Ivanovich of Moscow. This pious Tsar heard of the Icon’s miracles and expressed his desire to see it. The Icon was brought to Moscow with great solemnity, and was met by a great multitude. Tsatitsa Irene Theodorovna adorned the holy Icon with a precious riza (a metal covering). At the Tsar’s command, the Icon was placed in a special gold frame depicting the Lord and the Old Testament Prophets holding scrolls in their hands with prophecies concerning Christ and His Mother. The Icon was later returned and, with the close cooperation of the Tsar and many donations, a monastery was founded on the site of the chapel. This monastery was

called the Kursk-Root Hermitage, which is called in Russian Kursko-Korennaya Pustyn – “Korennaya” being a form of the Russian word for “root”. There were two main churches in it: one was dedicated to the Nativity of the Mother of God and the other to the Life-giving Spring, built over the original spring that had miraculously appeared where the Icon was first found. Due to the dangers of Tatar invasions, the Icon was transferred for safety from the Kursk-Root Hermitage to the city of Kursk. In 1603 Lzedimitriy I, who proclaimed himself to be the tsar, took the Icon to his camp in Putivl, and later – to Moscow, where it stayed at his palace till 1615. That time the miracle-working Icon was returned to Kursk. And in 1618 it was placed in the cathedral of the Znamensky Monastery, “Znamensky” meaning “of the Sign”, built in the city of Kursk. It was the time of Polish invasion, and the citizens of Kursk then made a vow that, if they were delivered from the enemy, they would construct a monastery in honour of the All-holy Theotokos. Soon thereafter , the Kursk-Root Hermitage was rebuilt and the Icon was carried in procession from the Kursk Monastery in the city to the hermitage and Back. Therefore, every year on Friday of the ninth week after Pascha (Easter), the Icon of the Sign is solemnly brought – 27 kilometers along - in procession from the Kursk Cathedral of Sign to the place of its original manifestation at the Kursk-Root Hermitage, where it remains until September 12. And so it was till the year of 1919 when the miracle-working Icon of the Theotokos left Russia. The Healing of the Saint Seraphim of Sarov Saint Seraphim (Prokhorus Moshnin) was born in the city of Kursk in 1759 of pious and well-to-do parents. In 1762 his father Isidore Moshnin was engaged in erecting a cathedral in honour of Our Lady of Kazan and saint Sergius of Radonezh. He had died, and the construction was finished by his mother Agathia, devoted to the Church even more than her husband. At the age of 9 Prokhorus became seriously ill, so that it was thought that he would not recover. Just at that critical time, in his sleep he had a vision of the Most Holy Mother of God Who promised to visit him and heal his sickness. When the wonderworking Kursk-Root Icon of Our Lady of Sign was carried in procession through Kursk, the procession went through the Moshnin’s yard. The pious Agathia took her sick child in her arms and carried him out to the Mother of God. The boy kissed the Icon and, soon after, he completely recovered. The Kursk-Root Icon Helps Orthodox Warriors Many pages of history are associated with the Kursk-Root Icon. Cossacks (an elite corps of horsemen mainly from Southern Russia) were blessed by it in 1676. By special decree copies of the miraculous Icon accompanied armies to the front; in 1812 people and chief of the Army duke M. Kutuzov prayed before such a copy during Napoleon’s invasion of Russia. During the Great Patriotic War (World War II) the Icon traveled with the Russian Army to the fronts and Russian soldiers felt the protective veil Our Lady of the Sign. Anarchists Attempt to Destroy the Icon In March of 1898, a group of anarchists (terrorists /revolutionists), wanting to undermine the people’s faith in the Icon’s wonderworking power, decided to destroy it. They placed a time bomb in the Cathedral of the Sign in the city of Kursk, and at 2 o’clock in the morning there was a devastating explosion that shook the monastery walls. The frightened monks ran immediately to the cathedral, where they saw horrible devastation. The force of the blast had shattered the gilded canopy above the Icon. The heavy marble base, built of several massive steps, had been jolted out of position and had split into several pieces. A huge metal candlestick that had stood before the Icon had been blown to the opposite side of the cathedral. A cast iron door near the Icon had been torn from the hinges and thrown outside where it had smashed against a wall and caused a deep crack. All the windows in the cathedral, including those in the dome above, were

shattered. Amid the general devastation, the holy Icon remained in one piece and even the glass within the frame remained whole. Thinking to destroy the Icon, the anarchists had, on the contrary, become the cause of its greater glorification. The Communist Revolution and the Theft of the Icon During the Bolshevik (Communist) revolution, the Icon was stolen from the Cathedral of the Sign on April 12, 1918. A search was made for the Icon, but it was not found. The holy object was discovered under the following circumstances. Not far from the monastery lived a poor girl and her mother, who for three days had nothing to eat. At that time, Kursk was controlled by the Bolshevik regime. On May 3, the girl, a seamstress, went to the marketplace in search of bread. On her way home she passed by a wall that, according to tradition, had been dug by Saint Theodosius of the Kiev Gaves. There, on the edge of the well, she saw a package wrapped in the sack. When she opened the package she found the sacred Icon, which apparently had been left there by those who had stolen it. At the end of October 1919, when the White Russian Army was evacuating the city of Kursk, the Icon was transferred to Novorossiisk. From there it left Russia on the Saint Nicholas steamship in the protection of Bishop Theophan of Kursk on March 1, 1920, and was transported to the city of Thessalonica, Greece. On April 2, Bishop Theophan took the Icon to the town of Pec, the ancient capital of Serbia. And in September 1920, it was again returned to the Crimea. On October 29, 1920, a year after leaving the city of Kursk, the holy image again left its native land during the evacuation of the White Army and those Russian people who refused to submit to the Soviet regime. The Kursk-Root Icon became the Hodigitria or Directress of the refugees. After arriving again in the kingdom of Serbs, Croatians and Slovenes (later named Yugoslavia), with the blessing of Patriarch Dimitry of Serbia, the holy Icon remained with the Bishop Theophan in the Serbian monastery. From the end if 1927, the Icon was to be found in the Russian church of the Holy Trinity in the city of Belgrade. In Eastern Europe with Russian Refuges During World War II, the Communists began invading countries in Western Europe (Poland, Romania and Bulgaria) and also succeeded in capturing Yugoslavia. The Icon, which was the faithful companion of those Russian People who had not accepted the Communist power, was removed from Belgrade on September 8, 1944, together with those who were once again fleeting from godless regime. It was first taken to Vienna, where it remained for several months. During this time, the city often underwent aerial bombing, and the Icon, as in Belgrade, worked many miracles during those difficult times. From ruined Vienna, the Icon was brought to the quiet city of Carlsbad in Germany, to which the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad had been evacuated. With the approach of the Bolsheviks, it was again transferred, this time to Munich, in the spring of 1945. The holy Icon proved to be unending consolation to many thousands of people experiencing all the trials and tribulations of the latter years of the Second World War. From Munich, the Icon was taken to Switzerland, France, Belgium, England, Austria, and many cities and camps in Germany. The Icon Arrives in New York In 1951 the Icon was transferred to America, where it gad its permanent residence, first in the New Kursk Hermitage in Mahopac, 40 miles from New York City, and since 1959 - in the Synod’s Cathedral Church of the Mother of God of Sign in New York City (75, East 93rd St.), the residence of the First Hierarch of the Russian orthodox Church Abroad. The Kursk-Root Icon Today Today the Icon visits Orthodox parishes all over the world and its fame is international. It is known for countless miracles, healings, and for assistance in misfortunes. It is significant that Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco (+1966), who was glorified as a saint in 1994, reposed before this very Icon. For seven centuries,

faithful Orthodox Christians have prayed before the miraculous Kursk-Root Icon of the Mother of God and have received help according to their faith. Most Holy Theotokos save us!

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Yelets 9 by Alexxx Malev Via Flickr: Russsia. Yelets. Znamensky Monastery. Znamensky Cathedral Елец. Елецкий Знаменский монастырь. Знаменский собор

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Yelets 4 by Alexxx Malev Via Flickr: Russia. Yelets. Znamensky Monastery. Znamensky Cathedral Елец. Елецкий Знаменский монастырь. Знаменский собор

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Znamensky Cathedral in Irkutsk, Russia (1975)

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