Tserkov' Prepodobnykh Startsev Optinskikh Pri Ik-11

Railway. Church of the Rev. Elders of Optina at IK-11. Chelyabinsk diocese Prison deanery Church. It is valid. Thrones: Cathedral of the Rev. Optina Elders Year Built: Between 2010 and 2014. Address: Russia, Chelyabinsk region, Kopeisk, pos. Railway, IK-11 Coordinates: 55.103631, 61.559315 In correctional colony No. 11 (Kopeisk, Chelyabinsk region), an Orthodox church was opened. The new temple was laid on May 19, 2010 in honor of the reverend Optina Elders, who patronize believers who have embarked on the path of correction. The church was erected for four years. Technically complex work was carried out by professionals, the rest was done by convicts. At the opening of the temple was attended by Metropolitan of Chelyabinsk and Zlatoust Nikodim. “In especially difficult moments of life’s trials, a man screams for God's help. That is why churches appear in correctional colonies - places where people are corrected and updated, ”the Bishop said. It should be noted that a clergyman is assigned to each pastoral institution for pastoral visits. 14 prayer rooms were equipped for religious ceremonies and services, Orthodox churches operate in 11 institutions. Today, more than 2 thousand convicts regularly attend Orthodox churches and prayer rooms. *** The Holy Vvedensky Optina of Deserts is a stavropegic male monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church, located near Kozelsk in the Kaluga diocese. According to legend, it was founded at the end of the XIV century by a repentant robber named Opta, in monasticism - Macarius. The first great Optinsky old man was Jeroskhimonov Lev (Nagolkin), who arrived at the monastery in April 1829. It was he who turned for spiritual help not only the inhabitants of the monastery and the skit brothers, but also many lay people from different classes and ranks, who often lived in distant Russian provinces. The successors of the old man hieroschimonhos Leo (Nagolkin) were hieroshimonakh Makarii (Ivanov), hieroshimonkh Ambrosiy, hieroskhimonakh Anatoly (Zertsalov) and Joseph (Litovkin), schiarchimandrite Barsanofiy (Plekhankov), hieroshimonkh Anatoly (Potapov). The last great optinsky elder hieroskhimon Nektariy (Tikhonov) died in 1928.