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The active church and brotherhood, historic buildings, bells, monastery work, archival views and films about the High-Mountain Dormition–Saint Nicholas Churkinsky Hermitage.

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Monastery history

A visual chronicle

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The wooden church at Churkinsky Monastery in summer
The wooden church in summer
The wooden church and a devotional cross on the monastery grounds
Church and devotional cross
Aerial winter view of the wooden church at Churkinsky Monastery
Aerial winter view
The grounds of Churkinsky Monastery in winter
The hermitage in winter
Historic view of Churkinsky Monastery before twentieth-century destruction
The historic complex
Surviving historic buildings of Churkinsky Monastery
Surviving historic buildings
Historic brick tower at Churkinsky Monastery
The historic brick tower
Iconostasis and interior of the active monastery church
Inside the active church
A member of the brotherhood beside the wooden church
Monastic life
A member of the brotherhood on the monastery grounds
The monastery brotherhood
Bells on the grounds of Churkinsky Monastery
The monastery bells
Flowers in the monastery garden
The monastery garden
Horses in the Lower Volga steppe near Churkinsky Monastery
The Lower Volga steppe
Historic monastery building and the working monastery household
Historic building and monastery work
Dome and cross of the wooden monastery church
Dome and cross
Wooden façade of the church at Churkinsky Monastery
Wooden church architecture

Films

The English introduction plays directly on this page. The complete Russian-language documentary archive opens on the official RUTUBE pages.

A one-minute English introduction to the history, destruction and renewal of Churkinsky Monastery.

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Poster for the documentary history of Churkinsky Monastery

The monastery’s history — Parts 1–3

Films about the monastery’s ancient origins, the tradition of repentance, Archimandrite Evgeniy, flourishing, destruction and modern revival.

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Poster for a film about the monastery’s testimony concerning myrrh-streaming icons

“The Icons Stream Myrrh”

A film about monastery testimony, sacred objects, the Churka tradition, destruction of the historic complex and its revival.

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Complete archive: 17 films ↗
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