Bakhchisaray beaded monastery. Crimea, rock hermitage of Anastasia the pattern maker

Crimea is known for its unique cave monasteries and hermitages lost in the mountains. Special place on the list interesting places takes Beaded Temple in Bakhchisaray. It is known, first of all, for the unusual decoration and decorations made from beads by monks and parishioners.

Photo of the temple from a visitor:

Monastery in the mountains

The small monastery of St. Anastasia is located near another famous attraction - the cave city of Kacha Kalyon. The monastery is located at an altitude of approximately 150 meters on the slope of Mount Fytski. The climb up is quite steep. To make the path easier, the monks laid old car tires and cemented them. As you climb, you can look at the small temple of St. Sophia and outbuildings monastery. The enormous work done by the monks and novices is impressive - practically on a bare rock they managed to grow a real garden, numerous flower beds, and plant a vegetable garden.

The Beaded Temple of Anastasia the Pattern Maker itself is located above. It was made in a cave carved out of limestone. On such walls, ordinary paintings do not stick due to constant dampness. Therefore, an unusual solution was found for decoration - the monks began to use beadwork. The walls are covered with beaded panels and compositions. The vault is decorated with a Byzantine cross, also made using this technique. The interior decoration is complemented by numerous lamps, also decorated with beads. There are no windows or stained glass windows here; the temple is illuminated only by candles and lamps.

Video review of the temple:

History of the Beaded Temple

It is believed that the first settlements were founded by monks who fled Constantinople due to church persecution in the 8th century. The settlement existed intermittently until late XVIII century. In 1778 she was resettled from Crimea most of Christians and the monastery was abandoned for long years. In the 19th century, through the efforts of the famous Saint Innocent, a true ascetic who made a huge contribution to the revival of Orthodox monasteries in Crimea. He believed that Crimea was very similar to another famous Christian shrine - Athos. Through his efforts, the monastery was restored, and its territory was carefully landscaped. A road was laid and the Church of St. Anastasia was erected.

After October revolution, the new authorities closed the monastery again in 1932. It was revived in 2005. Monk Dorotheos and his like-minded people played a big role in this. In an abandoned cave, a new temple of Anastasia the Pattern Maker was founded, which soon began to be called Beaded.

Visit to the Temple of Anastasia the Pattern Maker

In addition to the temple, everyone can get acquainted with the monastic way of life. Nowadays, several monks live on the territory of the monastery, who are often helped by parishioners. Many come here specifically to help the monastery with their own labor in household work.

Tourists can purchase in a small church shop various products self made- soap, herbal teas, aromatic oils and beadwork. A small hotel has recently been opened for pilgrims. Those who want to contribute to the development of the territory and help the monastery with their work can also stay there.

How to get to the Beaded Temple

Entrance to the monastery is free and open to everyone.

Important! This is the territory active monastery Therefore, you should behave and dress appropriately.

We'll tell you how to get there by car and public transport.

By bus you first need to get to Bakhchisarai. To do this, from Simferopol you should take a bus that departs from the Zapadnaya station to Bakhchisarai. The journey takes about two hours. Already in Bakhchisarai you need to take a minibus that goes in the direction of the village of Sinapnoye. You need to get off before reaching the end, but at the “Kachi Kalyon” stop. It is located between the settlements of Bashtanovka and Predushchelny.

If you go by car, you first need to get to Bakhchisaray, pass the settlement along the road towards Sevastopol. Then you should turn at the sign to the village of Preduschelnoye. Mountains with caves Kachi Kalyon is located about 1.5 km from Preduschelny. Further to the monastery you will have to climb on foot.

A visit to the Beaded Temple will be of interest to a wide range of people, both ordinary tourists and believers. This is truly a unique place. The temple is one of a kind. It provides an opportunity to better learn the history of the peninsula, its traditions and customs.

GPS Coordinates: 44.695169 33.885226 Latitude/Longitude

While in Crimea, we visited a unique place - a beaded temple, one of a kind. There are several rock monasteries in Crimea, some are famous and popular, such as the Holy Dormition Monastery in Bakhchisarai. We didn’t get there a bit, because... It was already getting dark, there was no point in going, but we ended up in a small rock monastery in the narrow Tash-Air gorge on the slope of Mount Fytski (what names!), bearing the name of Anastasia Pattern, a Christian great martyr of the 4th century, who alleviated (“resolved”) the suffering of Christians, she is also considered the patroness of pregnant women, and also helps innocent Christians to free themselves from captivity or imprisonment.
In the valley of Kachi-Kalyon ("ship of the cross", the rock mass looks like the stern of a ship with a cross made of natural cracks) there are several rock monasteries. In the 6th-8th centuries, Byzantine Christians who fled to Tavria from persecution created a large rock monastery here, but after an earthquake it collapsed. Then periodically the monks returned here again, the monastery was rebuilt in different centuries. The rock is very hard, no one knows how they managed to knock out the cells in those days: perhaps they used natural depressions, but traces of the use of some tools are visible. Even now, with the help modern technology, processing this stone is extremely difficult.

A long and steep path leads from the road to the monastery. To prevent the soil from eroding and to be able to climb to a height of 150 meters to the monastery at any time of the year, the monks did a great job: about 650 car tires laid out with steps and filled with cement. The path to the monastery turns into a kind of pilgrimage: going up and down those steps is quite difficult, with my injured knee, by the end I realized that I would not go up there a second time. This road is also called the “road of sinners.” We climbed for about half an hour, fortunately it was not hot, and the trail passes mostly in the shade of low trees.

The rock monastery existed here for many centuries with long interruptions; in 1921 it was closed by the new government, although, according to local testimony, monks lived here until 1932. Subsequently, this area was declared a protected area.
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The monastery of St. Anastasia belongs to the Holy Dormition Monastery in the city of Bakhchisarai.
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In 2005, monk Dorotheos and like-minded people received the blessing of the rector of the Holy Dormition Monastery, Archimandrite Silouan, and decided to restore the monastery. The monks settled in underground cells, where they lived and prayed. They carried water and building materials on themselves.
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On the road to the monastery there is a tiny temple of Hagia Sophia, inside of which only a few people can fit. It was created in stone, broken off from a rock many years ago during an earthquake, has a round vault, inside there are small niches for icons, but at the entrance they placed metal gratings and you can’t just get into it.
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In the middle of the last century, stone mining was carried out here, but, apparently, mining was too expensive, so it was stopped, then a geological reserve was established here. After the blessing, the monks turned the abandoned adit into a small temple.
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Because the stone walls raw, it was impossible to paint. That's why everything interior decoration The temple is made of beads. The first impression when you get there is that this is some kind of Buddhist temple: the ceiling and walls are lined with beads and beads, under low ceiling Hundreds of beaded lamps hang. I didn’t take pictures there because... There was a service going on, but I found a video on the Internet. On the ceiling there is the Star of Bethlehem and a Byzantine cross, made of beads and beads by the hands of monks. The adit, in which services are also conducted, goes several tens of meters deep.

Apparently, there was a collapse some time ago, or the stone was worn out. Impressive.
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When you go up, you are first greeted by a holy spring, the water of which is considered healing. They ask you to treat him with respect. Next to it is the text of the prayer.
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New monks are building another temple nearby; in the background you can see a grotto, which the monks are deepening with the help of heavy equipment. In the photo on the left is a small shop where you can buy icons, soap with Crimean mountain herbs, kvass, mead, on the right is the entrance to the existing church.
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Staircase leading to the entrance to the temple.
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On the walls and doors of buildings, decorations from pebbles are made with love and patience, wooden planks, plant seeds and beads.
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Even small flower beds were carved out of the rocks.
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- The decoration of the church began with lamps with pendants, similar to those on Holy Mount Athos. We took them as a basis, and then added a little of our own, and the decoration of the temple itself continued in the same beaded style. Nature itself suggested this option to us - the rock is limestone, damp, and even if we wanted to do a painting, we would not have succeeded early. And so our beaded panels are held on the walls and vault of the cave on a waterproof basis,” Father Agathador says about the temple.
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Since there are no windows in this temple, the beaded walls and ceiling reflect dim moving light church candles and lamps, transforming the space of the temple into something fabulous and flickering. This can put anyone into a trance, so you don’t want to leave the temple during the service; your soul relaxes and soars. The smell of candles, the glare from beads, the prayers of monks make you forget about problems and think about the soul, about God in it.
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Along the wall there are several high chairs inlaid with beads - these are stasidias, on the backs of which the 10 commandments are laid out in beads. The seats are folding, and during hours-long services and night prayers, the monks lean on the armrests.
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All lamps are unique, no one is the same, made with love from what believers bring. However, like all products, you can not only look at them, but also take them with you. The shop also sells fragrant handmade soaps and oils from Crimean plants.
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The monks built hotels for pilgrims and workers - people who come to work for housing and food.
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There is something to work on there. Small subsistence farming helps to survive at such an altitude: there are cows, the monks have learned to make cottage cheese and cheese from milk, and they grow simple vegetables and fruits. There are only seven monks, workers help - people for whom it is important to work in the name of faith, in the name of God.
Animal farm - cows stand below.
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Obviously this is a vegetable garden. Water for irrigation is collected in barrels during rains. There are problems with water there, of course. Monks and pilgrims have a hard time; there are all the conditions for victory over pride.
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In a shop where they sell various crafts - mandalas, icons, crosses - I asked my mother, a woman about 80-85 years old, if they had an icon of St. Sophia. For his goddaughter Sofia. She took me to another room and showed me a plate. It seemed quite big to me, I was wondering whether to take it, I wanted something smaller.

Mother, the size of a 10-year-old girl, with blue eyes emitting some kind of kind human light, said:
- You know, the monk Father Agathador writes these plates and prays, prays. She is so prayerful, take it, you won’t regret it. This is very good for a girl. You take her to communion, it will be so good.

I held the plate in my hands, imagined how a monk unknown to me chose, glued, and prayed all these chains of stones, looked into the eyes of a kind woman, and could not resist.
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I bought it. Granny carefully packed a plate for me and attached a stand for it, I was very touched.
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Everything that pilgrims bring is used, even the dial of a watch.
All crafts exude carelessness, love, patience, and the desire to make the world a better place.
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They began to build a temple in the name of the icon in the monastery Holy Mother of God"Three-handed" The church is being built in the Byzantine style: large, with domes and bells, light - the opposite of the cave chapel. But its interior decoration will also be made of beads.
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I found another video online where you can see the interior of the temple.

Those interested can visit this monastery, bring beads or unnecessary decorations, live and work in a holy place. The people there are sincere, good, and reliable.

How to get there.

From Simferopol, minibuses depart every hour from the Zapadnaya bus station to Bakhchisarai. There you need to change to a bus heading towards the village of Sinapnoye. The “Kachi-Kalyon” stop is located between the villages of Predushchelnoye and Bashtanovka.
By car: driving through Bakhchisarai towards Sevastopol, turn at the sign for Preduschelnoye. About 1.5 km from the village of Preduschelnoye, stop along the road near the Kachi-Kalyon rock massif. GPS coordinates 44.695169;33.885226.
Contacts:
e-mail: [email protected]
tel.: +79788733850 monk Isidore, +79787971923 monk Damian
address: Russia, Crimea, Bakhchisarai district, Bashtanovka village

The beaded temple of Anastasia the Pattern Maker in Crimea is one of a kind. This is a small rock monastery that has existed in Bakhchisarai for many centuries with interruptions. It is famous for its beaded jewelry, which is made by the hands of monks and parishioners. Everything here is imbued with a special atmosphere, and man-made beauty harmoniously combines with spiritual beauty. The temple belongs to the Holy Dormition monastery Bakhchisarai.

Location

Where is the Beaded Temple in Crimea? It is located in the area of the cave city of Kachi-Kalyon, on the slope of Mount Fytski, at an altitude of about one hundred and fifty meters in the Tash-Air gorge in Bakhchisaray district. To ease the steep climb, the monks laid down old car tires and then cemented them. This required a huge amount of work. There are more than six hundred tires in total. The monks on the rocks managed to plant flowers, a vegetable garden and grow beautiful garden.

Description

The beaded temple in Crimea was made in a cave carved out of limestone. Such walls are very damp and paintings do not stick to them. An original way out of this difficult situation was found - all the jewelry was made of beads. All panels and compositions are also made from it.

The vault is decorated with the Star of Bethlehem and a Byzantine cross of incredible beauty. The lamps, of which there are 65, are also decorated with beads. There are not even two of them whose patterns would be identical. There are no windows at all in the Beaded Temple in Crimea. The room is illuminated with candles and lamps. Their flame is reflected in many beads and creates bizarre shadows on the walls and ceiling of the temple. The effect of a warm summer night is created. It took about three years to decorate the parish.

There are stasidia in the temple. This wooden chairs having high back and armrests. Stasidium seats are folding. The Ten Commandments are beaded on the backs. Elderly monks lean on these chairs at night during services.

Story

Unfortunately, exact information about the emergence of the Beaded Temple of Anastasia the Pattern Maker in Crimea has not been preserved. There is an assumption that in the sixth to eighth centuries monks settled here who fled Constantinople due to church persecution. They built a rock monastery here, which was later destroyed by an earthquake. Then, in different centuries, the monks periodically returned to this place.

The settlement existed until the eighteenth century with long interruptions. No one knows how the monks cut down the cells here. Even today, with the help modern technologies, it is very difficult to do this in such hard rock. The monks who currently live on the territory of the monastery tried to reproduce such cells, but they failed.

In 1778, most Christians were forced to leave Crimea, resulting in Holy place found itself abandoned for many years. In the nineteenth century, restoration Orthodox churches and the monasteries of Crimea were taken over by Saint Innocent. As a result of his activities, the monastery was revived, its territory acquired a well-groomed appearance. A road was paved and the Church of St. Anastasia was built.

Monastery today

In 1932, the Soviet authorities closed the monastery. The territory was declared a nature reserve. Only in 2005 the temple was restored again. Monk Dorotheos and his like-minded people put a lot of effort into this. A new church of St. Anastasia was built in the cave, and the temple received the name Beaded from the parishioners. Monks settled in the cells. They lived here and prayed. They carried building materials and water on themselves. It was very hard work.

Today everyone can not only admire the monastery, but also get acquainted with its life. On this moment Several monks live on its territory. Parishioners help them, and many come here specially and take part in economic work. Here they grow fruits and vegetables, raise cows and make cottage cheese and cheese. The monastery garden is quite unusual. All plants grow in iron barrels. The parish also has its own bakery, where bread, buns and prosphora are baked for services.

A hotel was built near the monastery. Pilgrims and anyone who wants to help the monastery with their work can stay there. People who have once visited this holy place come here with gifts and ask their friends for it. They bring beads, old jewelry, sea stones, and unusual buttons. Everything will find its use here.

Entrance to the parish territory is free and everyone can visit it without exception. Tourists can purchase icons and various handicrafts, including creations made of beads: paintings, crosses, plates with the faces of saints. All items were created with prayer and preserve the spirit of the monastery. Here you can buy handmade soap with the addition of mountain herbs and aromatic oils.

There is a holy spring on the territory of the monastery. The monks ask to treat him with respect.

The path to the Beaded Temple in Crimea is very difficult, it takes about half an hour and is called the “road of sinners”. The only thing that makes the climb easier is that you have to walk in the shade of small trees.

The temple is truly unique. It helps you get to know the history and culture of the peninsula better. The Beaded Temple in Crimea will be interesting to visit for both believers and ordinary tourists.

Holy Great Martyr

Anastasia the Pattern Maker, in whose honor the Beaded Temple in Crimea is named, was born in Rome. Her father was a pagan, and her mother secretly professed the Christian faith. Anastasia accepted her religion and dedicated herself to God. The girl was beautiful, but she refused all suitors, taking a vow of virginity.

Having learned about her religion, the pagans gave her a choice: renunciation of religion or death. The girl chose the latter. The executioner tried to abuse Anastasia, but instead he unexpectedly went blind and died. The girl was tortured and burned at the stake.

Anastasia the Patternmaker is recognized as a saint. During her lifetime, she helped those who were imprisoned for their faith. The girl found words of consolation for everyone. This is why she was called the Pattern Maker.

In front of the icon of Saint Anastasia, prisoners pray for a speedy release, but not those who have committed a mortal sin. Their relatives can also ask for help. People who want to strengthen their faith or ask for relief from illnesses also turn to her. The saint also patronizes pregnant women.

Fire

On January 28, 2018, a fire occurred on the territory of the monastery. Many buildings were destroyed by fire. Thanks to the help of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, it was possible to extinguish the fire and save lives. Cells, warehouses and a kitchen with a refectory were damaged. Only a few days later the monks and parishioners were able to recover from their experience and begin clearing out the rubble.

Help came from all over vast Russia. Restoration work began at a rapid pace. New wooden buildings were quickly erected and they began to furnish them. More difficult work The monks and parishioners took upon themselves, and the light labor was entrusted to the pilgrims.

The Beaded Temple in Crimea in Bakhchisarai, fortunately, was not damaged by fire. In addition, construction of a new temple in the name of the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “Three-Handed” has begun next to it. Visitors from different parts of Russia and even from some countries of the former world are taking part in the construction. Soviet Union. After all the work is completed, the monastery will become even more beautiful and unusual.

How to get there

You can get to the Beaded Temple in Crimea from Simferopol by car. First you need to reach Bakhchisarai, from there turn towards Sevastopol and head towards the village of Preduschelnoye, following the sign on the highway. At a distance of one and a half kilometers from settlement You should park in the Kachi Kalyon area and climb the mountain. Or drive to the village, turn off at the House of Culture and drive four kilometers up the road. This way you won’t have to climb a steep slope on foot.

The second option is public transport. You need to get to the Zapadnaya bus station in Simferopol. From here a bus leaves every hour to Bakhchisarai. Next, you should take a minibus that moves towards the village of Sinapnoye and get off at the “Kachi-Kalyon” stop. The road from Simferopol will take more than two hours, and from Bakhchisarai - about thirty minutes.

Beaded Temple in Crimea: reviews

According to tourists, this is exactly the place where you can find peace and tranquility. The monastery captivates with its harmony, beauty, neatness and unusual decoration. Visitors are amazed by the talent and skill of those who created such a beautiful decoration of the Beaded Temple in Crimea. There are no negative reviews. The only thing noted is the difficulty of the steep climb up the mountain.

People who have visited the holy place are advised to dress in comfortable clothes that hide their arms and shoulders. Shoes should be suitable for a long climb up the mountain. It is recommended to cover your head to avoid sunstroke.

You should take a water bottle to drink on the way to the temple and then fill it from the spring. A camera will also come in handy, as you will probably want to take pictures of the picturesque views as a souvenir.

It is recommended to take some money with you to donate to the temple and purchase various things in the church shop, as well as delicious monastery kvass, infused with raisins and having a unique taste. At the entrance, you should purchase a bag in which a note with a wish is inserted. The monks will hang it on a column.

The Beaded Temple in Crimea is worth visiting both for believers, who can pray to Saint Anastasia, and for tourists. After all, there is no other opportunity to see such beauty in the whole world. The beaded temple is one of a kind.

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In the valley of Kachi-Kalyon ("ship of the cross", the rock mass looks like the stern of a ship with a cross made of natural cracks) there are several rock monasteries. In the 6th-8th centuries, Byzantine Christians who fled to Tavria from persecution created a large rock monastery here, but after an earthquake it collapsed. Then periodically the monks returned here again, the monastery was rebuilt in different centuries. The rock is very hard, no one knows how they managed to knock out the cells in those days: perhaps they used natural depressions, but traces of the use of some tools are visible. Even now, with the help of modern technology, it is extremely difficult to process this stone.

A long and steep path leads from the road to the monastery. To prevent the soil from eroding and to be able to climb to a height of 150 meters to the monastery at any time of the year, the monks did a great job: about 650 car tires were laid out in steps and filled with cement. The path to the monastery turns into a kind of pilgrimage: going up and down those steps is quite difficult, with my injured knee, by the end I realized that I would not go up there a second time. This road is also called the “road of sinners.” We climbed for about half an hour, fortunately it was not hot, and the trail passes mostly in the shade of low trees.

The rock monastery existed here for many centuries with long interruptions; in 1921 it was closed by the new government, although, according to local testimony, monks lived here until 1932. Subsequently, this area was declared a protected area.

The monastery of St. Anastasia belongs to the Holy Dormition Monastery in the city of Bakhchisarai.

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“Here there were fraternal cells, next door there was a refectory. They went underground, like the first Christians, and then little by little came out from here,” says Father Dorofey, rector of the Church of St. Anastasia the Pattern Maker.

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On the road to the monastery there is a tiny temple of Hagia Sophia, inside of which only a few people can fit. It was created in a stone that broke away from a rock many years ago during an earthquake, has a round vault, inside there are small niches for icons, but metal bars were placed at the entrance and you can’t just get into it.

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Since the stone walls are damp, it was impossible to paint. Therefore, the entire interior decoration of the temple is made of beads. The first impression when you get there is that this is some kind of Buddhist temple: the ceiling and walls are lined with beads and beads, and hundreds of beaded lamps hang under the low ceiling.

Apparently, there was a collapse some time ago, or the stone was worn out. Impressive.

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When you go up, you are first greeted by a holy spring, the water of which is considered healing. They ask you to treat him with respect. Next to it is the text of the prayer.

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Staircase leading to the entrance to the temple.

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The decorations on the walls and doors of the buildings are made with love and patience from pebbles, wooden planks, plant seeds and beads.

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Even small flower beds were carved out of the rocks.

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Since there are no windows in this temple, the beaded walls and ceiling reflect the dim moving light of church candles and lamps, turning the temple space into something fabulous and flickering. This can put anyone into a trance, so you don’t want to leave the temple during the service; your soul relaxes and soars. The smell of candles, the glare from beads, the prayers of monks make you forget about problems and think about the soul, about God in it.

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All lamps are unique, no one is the same, made with love from what believers bring. However, like all products, you can not only look at them, but also take them with you. The shop also sells aromatic handmade soap and oils from Crimean plants.

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The monks built hotels for pilgrims and workers - people who come to work for housing and food.

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Animal farm - cows stand below.

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Mother, the size of a 10-year-old girl, with blue eyes emitting some kind of kind human light, said:

You know, the monk Father Agathador writes these little plates and prays and prays. She is so prayerful, take it, you won’t regret it. This is very good for a girl. You take her to communion, it will be so good.

I held the plate in my hands, imagined how a monk unknown to me chose, glued, and prayed all these chains of stones, looked into the eyes of a kind woman, and could not resist.

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I bought it. Granny carefully packed a plate for me and attached a stand for it, I was very touched.

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Those who wish can visit this monastery, bring beads or unnecessary jewelry, live and work in the holy place. The people there are sincere, good, and reliable.

How to get there.

By car: driving through Bakhchisarai towards Sevastopol, turn at the sign for Preduschelnoye. About 1.5 km from the village of Preduschelnoye, stop along the road near the Kachi-Kalyon rock massif. GPS coordinates 44.695169;33.885226.

address: Russia, Crimea, Bakhchisarai district, Bashtanovka village

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The Crimean Peninsula is not only a famous resort region and vacation spot, it is the land where the Eastern Slavs first came into contact with Christianity, where the Greek Christian tradition came at the turn of the era. One of its signs is the widespread occurrence of monastic buildings in caves, similar to the type of Athos monastery known to all believers. Driven by the vicissitudes of fate, the monks already in the first centuries new era began to establish similar structures in Crimea. There are so many of them here that there are still late XIX century, someone called the peninsula “Russian Athos”. Among the local famous cave abodes, Kachi-Kalyon stands out - a real complex, which includes the so-called Skete of Anastasia the Pattern Maker. In Crimea, this place is extremely popular among pilgrims.

Where is the attraction located in Crimea?

Skete of St. Anastasia on the map of Crimea

Historical information about the sacred monument

On the Crimean peninsula, the Skete of St. Anastasia the Pattern Maker can be called the pearl of Orthodoxy. The name is not just a figurative comparison, it reflects the real appearance of the Christian monument, because its temple is completely decorated with millions of beads. But first things first.

In 1859, Innocent visited the healing spring, which had not disappeared in this place, and consecrated the dilapidated church, which was soon restored. Believers and pilgrims flocked here, to the church and the holy spring. Soon, a second church was erected near the road, just below the steep cliffs, also named in honor of Anastasia.

But the times of Soviet power again brought devastation and oblivion here. The restoration of the monastery began only in 2005, primarily through the efforts of the brethren. For many, a visit to this Crimean corner helps to get rid of various ailments, for whom lost abilities are generally returned.

What is interesting about the Skete of Anastasia the Pattern Maker?

Over the past decade, the Monastery of Anastasia the Pattern Maker in Crimea has been transformed beyond recognition. Its highlight is the abundance of beads inside the church.
It is used to embroider all the monastery icons, candle stands, and decorate lamps.

The fact is that the church is being restored in a former lime mining adit, so it is always damp and humid here. Neither plaster nor paints would have held up in such conditions, therefore, the first icons turned out to be embroidered with beads. And then came wall patterns, candlesticks - the entire inside of the temple was decorated with this simple decoration.

In the light of candles, the beads shimmer with multi-colored reflections, filling the interior space with a special rainbow glow. Another, more spacious temple complex is being built here - in the name of the Most Holy Theotokos “Three-Handed”. It will be in a more accessible, less damp place. The inhabitants of the monastery set up on the slopes of the mountains small garden, where in addition to traditional fruit trees, even persimmons grow.