Album 292
(Translated by
Michael Tarley Jr.)
A reminder: in the last album we stopped at this arch,
which looks out at the backyard of the monastery.
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Now let's walk through it. |
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This stone building was erected in 1874
by the architect I. B. Slupsky to house workers. It is now a hotel. |
| Another hotel nearby is made of wood. It
was erected in 1843.
A source informs me that during construction timbers of up to 50 cm
(~20") in diameter were harvested in the local woods. |
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A bit to the left of our path is an
obelisk commemorating the war. I have no details on it. |
Here is how the monastery looks as a
whole. To the left are the buildings we've already seen.
To the right are the ones in the following photos. |
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I think these are stables with two houses
for the grooms. |
| A house. A hybrid of sorts - they
must've started with timbers, but wanting more, had to finish with
planks. :) |
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Let's move on. Out by the woods there is
this picturesque little chapel, recently restored. |
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It is called the Uspensky chapel. It was built in 1899. Previously
there was a cross here: it was a favorite rest spot of the founder of
the monastery. |
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| Just before entering - a backward glance
at the monastery: a wonderful view. No wonder the founder picked this
spot to rest. |
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The inside is very modest: only a desk
with a prayer book (or whatever it is called). |
| The slip of paper at the top left says:
"For the health of the infant Stepan". |
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The prayer book is opened on the page
titled "Acathistus for the Assumption of the Holy Mother of God". The
stains on the desk are from candle wax. |
| The cupola. The ceiling begs for an
image, but there is none. |
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A winter bouquet… A pencil on the left, a
twig on the right. Yes, there are a lot of bilberries in the woods.
Some people, no figure pointing, please, couldn't be pried away :) And
that despite a host of hungry mosquitoes (a human is a rare delicacy on
the island of Konevets. :) |
| The icons in front of the desk. The
signs say: "Saint Efim of Novgorod" (left), "The Reverend Arsenii of
Konevsk" (right). The wording in the center is unclear.. |
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A view of the monastery from the open
door of the chapel. |
In the next album we will walk along the trail in the woods toward the
Kazan hermitage. |
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