MONASTERIES OF THE YENISEISK DIOCESE DURING THE PRE-SOVIET PERIOD AS INFLUENCED BY THE DESCENDANTS FROM WESTERN PARTS OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE INCLUDING BYELORUSSIA AND UKRAINE
I.G. Fedorov
Krasnoyarsk state pedagogical University named them. V.P. Astafyev, Russia, 660049, Krasnoyarsk, Ada Lebedeva str., 89
Keywords: Siberian monasticism, natives of Belarus and Ukraine, the settlers, the history of everyday life
Abstract
Based on the documents of monasteries’ management and record keeping from the State Archive of the Krasnoyarsk Krai the article considers development of three Orthodox cloisters in the Yeniseisk diocese (formed in 1861) during the second half of the XIX - early XX centuries. It highlights such aspects as sources of monasteries’financing, their contribution in development of public education and charity; analyzes educational level and regional origin of cenobits. The author studies population changes and reasons for which descendants from Western parts of Russian Empire settled in Siberia; shows how they influenced the organization of monastic life. The study is focused on the lives and activities of two outstanding descendants from Western governorates: the celibat priest Zosima who was the founder and first abbot of the Krasnoyarsk Uspensky monastery and Philaret - the founder and fi rst abbot of the Krasnoyarsk Znamensky monastery. In particular it describes how Philaret created the Znamenskiy monastery which became one of the most authoritative religious centers by the beginning of the XX century. In the monastery a school and asylum for disabled veterans of the World War I were established.
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