In 1874, in Psyrtsha , as was then called New Athos, arrived Russian monks of Athos Panteleimon monastery of Old Greece, who in 1875 at the foot of Mount Athos monastery founded called the New Athos Simon Kanonitskim .
During the Russian-Turkish war of 1877-78 , the construction of the monastery was interrupted and completed in the next, 1879.
Since the construction of the monastery the monks were engaged in active landscaping. They built in 1880 on its territory winery .Over the next 30 years it has been built - a narrow-gauge railway on Mount Athos , lifts to the top of the Iberian and Mount Athos , a dam on the river Psyrtsha one of Russia's first hydroelectric power.
Instead waterlogged and abandoned river valley Psyrtsha , the monks have created a park with canals , ponds system , which was diluted with mirror carp. On the slopes of monks broke orchards that grow apples , mandarins , olives, and even bananas .
In 1888 , visited Alexander III.In honor of this event , the venue of the king with the abbot , the monks built a chapel and broke the royal avenue.
Because of the conflict that arose from the monks with the Soviet authorities in 1924, the government of Soviet Abkhazia closed the New Athos monastery .
Thus the monastery until the closing and bankruptcy , was a major center of Christian education and spiritual life for the entire Caucasus region , an example of piety and diligence for its residents.
to get to the monastery is not difficult. It is visible from almost anywhere , where would you go to New Athos .Traveling on foot from the New Athos cave through the private sector to turn left . Next up is a paved trail . The air is permeated with all sorts of flavors. In the bushes at all chirping of cicadas. Stunning views of the monastery and the mountains in the background, shrouded in mist.
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