To Makaryevo by bus and ferry
Bus to Lyskovo, departs from the bus station "Shcherbinki". From the bus station in Lyskovo you need to go down to the Volga to the pier. The pier is located far from the bus station (you can take a taxi from the bus station). There is a ferry from the Lyskovo pier to the monastery. The cost of the crossing: adults - 80 rubles, children - 40 rubles, pensioners - 50 rubles. (data from 2014).
Ferry timetable:
From Lyskovo to Makaryevo: 06:15, 08:15, 12:15, 15:15, 18:15.
From Makaryevo to Lyskovo: 07:00, 09:00, 13:00, 16:00, 19:00.
The duty phone of the ferry is 8-930-802-99-59.
To Makaryevo by boat
In summer, Makariev can be reached by pleasure boats. These are one-two-day sightseeing and pleasure trips, which include travel and an excursion. Motor ships run from the River Station from May to September.
To Makaryevo by car
Option 1 - via Lyskovo : along the M-7 highway in the direction of Kazan. Drive through Kstovo, Rabotki to Lyskovo. Turn left from the highway at the crossroads near the Magnit store, go towards the market. Drive all the way along the main road. On the way you will pass a monument to Lenin, a large white church. Next will be one-way traffic. Before reaching the second church (smaller), turn off the main road to the right towards the river (the main road goes to the left). Drive to the ferry. You can leave the car on the beach - there is a lot of space. The distance from Nizhny Novgorod is about 100 km.
Option 2 - via Bor
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get to Bor, then you can go through the city, you can - bypass. Follow signs for Makaryevo. On the way there will be settlements Plotinka, Ivanovskoye, Krasny Yar, Valki. Pass the bridge over Kerzhenets. Always keep to the main road. The distance from Nizhny Novgorod is about 120 km.
Ferry fare (2014):
People: adults - 80 rubles, children - 40 rubles, pensioners - 50 rubles.
Transport: bicycles - 90 rubles, cars - from 450 rubles.
You can leave the car on the shore in Lyskovo, and cross without a car. Walk to the monastery from the pier in Makariev - a couple of minutes.
Driving directions Nizhny Novgorod - Makaryevo
Excursions to the Makaryevsky Monastery from Nizhny Novgorod
History of the Makariev Monastery
The monastery on this site was founded in 1435 by the monk Macarius, who was later canonized. A few years later, the monastery was ravaged by the Tatars, and Macarius himself was forced to leave for another place.
After almost two centuries, the devastated monastery was rebuilt and received the name of Makaryevsky Zheltovodsky. It was named Zheltovodsky because there used to be Yellow Lake in its place, which was eventually swallowed up by the Volga River.
The favorable location of the Makaryevsky Monastery contributed to the fact that bargaining soon arose here. Officially, the Makariev Fair was established in 1641, when, by decree of Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich, all duty income from the fair was given to the monastery "for candles, for incense, for church building and for food for the brethren." Thus, bargaining ensured the rapid growth of the prosperity of the monastery and contributed to the construction of temples. To protect the monastery and the fair, a fortress wall was built around. A settlement arose near the monastery, which in 1779 was transformed into the county town of Makaryev.
In the Makaryevsky Monastery in the 17th century. lived the future patriarch Nikon. His contemporary and opponent, Archpriest Avvakum, the author of the famous Life, also came to the Makaryevsky Monastery.
The year 1816 became tragic for Makariev, when all the fair buildings burned down during a severe fire, after which the fair was moved to Nizhny Novgorod. Monastery in 1868 it was closed, it was resumed in 1883 as a women's one and lasted until 1927. Soviet time its buildings were used as an orphanage, hospital, technical school. The convent was restored only in 1991. Then he was transferred to the Nizhny Novgorod Diocese. The city of Makaryev itself was renamed into a village back in the 20s of the XX century, and the center of the county was transferred to Lyskovo.
Now Makaryevsky Monastery is active convent. The walls and temples have been restored, the territory has been landscaped. The white-stone walls of the monastery are visible from afar from the Volga. The monastery is open to the public, admission is free.
Makaryevsky-Zheltovodsky monastery is located on the left bank of the Volga, in the Lyskovsky district of the Nizhny Novgorod region, near the village of Makaryevo. There are two ways to get to the monastery.
The first and easiest route is from Nizhny Novgorod through Bor. The second way is to Lyskovo, and then with the help of a ferry to cross to Makaryevo.
The second option is much prettier, although in my opinion it is rather extreme (http://lipilin2010.livejournal.com/49840.html).
From the ferry, and even standing on the captain's bridge, a magnificent view of the monastery opens up.
The monastery was founded in the first half of the 15th century by the Monk Macarius of Zheltovodsky and Unzhensky.
In 1641, the famous Makarievskaya fair began to operate near the walls of the monastery, and from that time the monastery began to be built and decorated thanks to duty income and voluntary contributions.
From 1651 to 1667, all the monastic buildings that have survived to this day are built in stone. According to the researchers, the architect of the monastic ensemble, perhaps, was the apprentice stone worker Maxim Apsin.
In 1677, the construction of a powerful monastery fortress was completed, set up to protect the monastery and the fair.
In the second half of the 17th century the monastery reached its peak.
The 19th century became difficult for the monastery. In 1817, the Makariev Fair was moved to Nizhny Novgorod.
The Volga waters began to approach the walls of the monastery, gradually destroying the outer line of its fortifications. Under the threat of complete destruction in 1868 the monastery was closed.
Fifteen years later, in 1883, the monastery was restored, but already as a convent.
During the war years, the monastery housed a hospital, and in 1943 the monastery was transferred to the Lysk veterinary technical school.
In 1990, the Holy Trinity Makaryevsky Zheltovodsky convent was transferred to the Nizhny Novgorod diocese.
By 2005, the monastery churches were restored and consecrated. Currently, the monastery is experiencing its third revival.
The monastery is actually very beautiful and majestic - these are the thoughts that came to mind when I was moving on the ferry. Sometimes it looked like a toy, but as soon as you get inside, the opinion immediately changed.
And it’s not even that birds live on the territory of the monastery behind fenced terrible bars, and firewood is stored in the walls and terrible country greenhouses spoil the view. And the fact that there are two buildings that, well, do not fit into general form of the monastery are the garages of the 70s.
And I was also outraged by the building, similar to a hotel, which, in my opinion, also has no place within the walls of the monastery. You should be ashamed of this! I believe that our history and the efforts that were invested in the construction of this monastery should be valued. And it is also very shameful for those who are responsible for all this and do not understand this. We still have craftsmen who can build antiques no worse than 300-400 years ago.
Material taken from the site
The address: Russia, Nizhny Novgorod region, Lyskovsky district, p. Makaryevo
Foundation date: 1434
Main attractions: Cathedral of the Saint Life-Giving Trinity(1664), temple in honor of the Assumption Holy Mother of God(1654), the Church of Michael the Archangel (1670), the Church of Macarius Zheltovodsky (1809), the Church of Gregory Pelshemsky (1786)
Coordinates: 56°05"00.1"N 45°03"51.5"E
An object cultural heritage Russian Federation
Short description
Vasily regularly visited the Zheltovodsky monastery, sparing no funds for its arrangement. In 1439, the Tatar Khan Ulu-Muhammed went to war against Russia and occupied Nizhny Novgorod. Makariyev Monastery was burned, the monks were killed, and the elder was taken prisoner.
The walls of the Zheltovodsky Makariev Monastery against the backdrop of the Cathedral of the Life-Giving Trinity
When the Tatar commanders brought Macarius to the khan, he was imbued with deep respect for the good-looking abbot. Turning to his Tatars, the khan exclaimed: “Don’t you know that by insulting such kind, meek people you can incur the wrath of Allah himself?” And Ulu-Muhammed commanded to release Macarius, but with the condition not to build a monastery in the same place. Macarius asked to release 400 more Russians with him, and the khan resignedly agreed. Having received freedom, the elder with all honors buried the murdered monks and went to the Unzhensky forests, to the Unzha River in the Kostroma region, where he arranged a cell for himself, laying the foundation for another monastery - the Makaryevo-Unzhensky Monastery. In 1444, in the Unzha monastery, Macarius, a 95-year-old elder, went to the Lord, and his relics rest there.
Cathedral of the Holy Trinity
The revival and flourishing of the Makariev Monastery
For almost 200 years, the Zheltovodsky Monastery was in disrepair. In the 1620s, on the shores of the Yellow Lake, a monk of the Tetyushsky Kazan Monastery built a cell, a Murom resident Abraham, to whom Macarius appeared three times in a dream with a firm order to restore the monastery. Monks settled around Abraham's cell, and by the middle of the 17th century a picturesque monastic ensemble had grown up here.
The favorable location of the monastery in the middle of the Volga route and the efforts of the abbots contributed to the fact that every year they began to organize a fair near the walls of the monastery. It was one of the largest fairs in Russia, where merchants from Transcaucasia, Central Asia, Iran and India exchanged goods. The Sovereign of All Russia, Mikhail Fedorovich, granted the Makariev Monastery the right to levy taxes on merchants.
Church of Macarius Zheltovodsky
In 1816, a fire destroyed the fair buildings, the fair was moved to Nizhny Novgorod, and the income of the monastery of St. Macarius was impoverished. In 1883, the monastery was again restored, but already as a convent. Abolished during the years of Soviet power, the Makaryevsky Zheltovodsky Convent resumed its activities in 1991 by decision of the Holy Synod.
The architectural ensemble of the Makaryevsky Monastery
The main ensemble of the monastery consists of the Trinity Cathedral, Mikhailoarkhangelsk, Assumption churches and the cell building. Along the perimeter, the monastery is surrounded by fortress walls with towers. The central five-domed cathedral (1658), whose throne was consecrated in the name of the Holy Life-Giving Trinity, is not inferior in size and grandeur to the buildings of the Volga capital.
Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary with a bell tower
At the turn of the 17th - 18th centuries, Kostroma masters decorated the walls and vaults of the cathedral with bright frescoes depicting biblical subjects, but in the 1930s the paintings were barbarously whitewashed. Today, the frescoes cleared of whitewash are being restored. The decoration of the temple is especially beautiful in sunny days when the sun's rays, penetrating through the high windows, illuminate the faded painting and the five-tiered iconostasis, directed upwards. Assumption Church (1654) is a five-domed temple, which adjoins the refectory and the bell tower. The two-story refectory is raised to a high basement. During the heyday of the Makariev Fair, this basement was rented out to merchants as a warehouse for goods.
Holy gates in the lower tier of the Church of Michael the Archangel
The Church of Michael the Archangel (1670) is installed above the Holy Gates, which serve as the main entrance to the monastery. It originally had one chapter, but was later replaced with a complex five-chapter ending.
Troitsky, male, then female, on the left bank of the Volga, 100 km from Nizhny Novgorod.
Founded around 1435 by the monk Macarius. In 1439 the monastery was ruined, renewed around 1620. From the 20s. 17th century Makarievskaya Fair was held near the walls of the monastery. In 1868 the monastery was abolished; in 1882, a women's community of sisters of mercy was established on its territory; since 1883 - again a monastery. Closed in 1927. In 1991, the Holy Synod decided to open the Makaryevskaya Zheltovodsky Convent.
From the history of the monastery
The Holy Trinity Makaryevsky Zheltovodsky Monastery was founded in 1435 by the Monk Macarius, a native of Nizhny Novgorod. But a few years later the monastery was destroyed by a detachment of Khan Ulu Muhammad, the monks were killed, and Macarius was taken prisoner.
The life of the monk tells that the enemies believed in his holiness and released him along with 400 Russians. Macarius returned to the shores of the Yellow Lake, buried the dead monks, and then went to the Unzha River, where he founded another monastery, also called Makarievsky. There the monk reposed, and his relics rest there.
Place of the monastery yellow waters been abandoned and forgotten for a long time. The Monk Macarius appeared in a dream to the monk Abraham from the city of Murom and ordered him to go to the Yellow Lake to restore the monastery. It happened in 1620. Thus, the abandoned monastery was desolate for about 200 years and was renewed in 1626 by Abraham, who built two churches here: one in the name of the Holy Life-Giving Trinity, the other in the name of the Assumption of the Most Holy Theotokos.
Abraham worked hard to restore the monastery and was named the builder of the monastery. Soon the monks gathered to live with him. Temples began to grow residential and outbuildings. Russian monasteries in ancient times were both cultural and economic centers, which gave them the opportunity to play the role of strongholds in the settlement of the region.
At the walls of the Makaryevsky monastery, ships sailing downstream from the old Russian lands met those that were pulled by barge haulers from the mouth of the Volga. Therefore, here, in the middle of the Volga route, the famous Makaryevskaya fair was entrenched.
A small bargaining under the walls of the monastery at first gathered spontaneously on July 25, the day of memory of St. Macarius, and since 1627 the authorities of the monastery received a charter to collect duties on imported goods. In 1641 the fair was officially recognized.
XVII and XVIII centuries - the heyday of the Makaryevsky monastery. The names of many major church figures are associated with him, including Patriarch Nikon, Archbishop Simeon of Siberia and Tobolsk, Metropolitan Hilarion of Ryazan, Metropolitan Hilarion of Suzdal, Bishop Pavel of Kolomna, Archpriests Stefan Vonifatiev, Ivan Neronov, Avvakum Petrov.
The fair under the walls of the Makaryevsky Zheltovodsky Monastery existed until 1816. After the closing of the auction, on August 18, already empty shop rows accidentally caught fire.
After the fire, the trade complex had to be built practically from scratch, but due to the inconvenience of the location of the auction on a flooded lowland, it was decided to move the fair to Nizhny Novgorod. The authorities of the Makaryevsky Monastery immediately realized that they had lost their main source of income. Their treasury was dealt a severe blow. And although the dying of the monastery continued for several more decades, it was inevitable and devastating.
The monastery became sicker every year, and the monastics dispersed to other, more prosperous monasteries. By the middle of the 19th century, menacing cracks appeared in the vaults of the Trinity Cathedral. Bricks began to fall out of the girth arches. However, the authorities were in no hurry to repair it, although they closed access to the cathedral.
In 1859 the drum of the central chapter collapsed. It was the second day of Easter. A crowd of worshipers gathered in the nearby Makaryevskaya church when there was a crash and a strong thud. The air wave opened the doors of the cathedral and the children playing near it were thrown several meters away. The collapsed brick smashed the ancient carved iconostasis into chips and raised a cloud of lime dust that had been standing inside the cathedral for several days.
In 1910, the central dome of the Trinity Cathedral was restored and again decorated with paintings. The monastery gradually began to revive, now as a female. By 1917, the monastery had gathered about three hundred sisters.
After the October events, the Soviet authorities decided to nationalize the monastery property. In 1927, the nuns were expelled from the walls of the monastery, which they revived with difficulty. In 1928-1929, an orphanage was located here, then the monastery premises began to be rented to various organizations.
During the war years, the monastery housed an evacuation hospital, and in 1943 the monastery was transferred to the Lyskovo Veterinary College. In 1991, the Holy Synod decided to open the Makaryevskaya Zheltovodsky convent. Currently, the monastery is undergoing a comprehensive restoration of churches and monastic premises. Divine services have been resumed in the main temple - the Trinity Cathedral.
Assumption Church and the monastery refectory.
The refectory of the Makaryevsky Monastery, built in 1651, is a vast two-story building. The first floor had an economic purpose, and during the fair it was rented out as a warehouse for goods. The Assumption Church adjoined the large hall of the refectory, and on the opposite western side, the porch, previously open, connected it with the bell tower. 
Trinity Cathedral
The center of the monastery ensemble - Trinity Cathedral - was built in 1658. In terms of its size and majestic appearance, it would not have been lost among the capital's buildings. This is a six-pillar five-domed temple with three asps, their relatively low walls emphasize the height of the main volume. The main building of the monastery in its appearance and grandeur was similar to the Cathedral of the Savior (1652) in the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin. 
The walls of the monastery have embrasures of the lower battlefield and loopholes for firing from the combat course. Arched niches are arranged in their thickness, and the fighting passage is covered with a wooden roof. The height of the walls with battlements is 8 meters, the width is 2.5 meters. 
The Makaryevo-Zheltovodsky Monastery was founded in 1415 by Macarius from Nizhny Novgorod, who became known as Zheltovodsky because of the name of the monastery built on the Volga floodplain meadows near the Yellow Lake. And in 1439 the Tatars ravaged and burned it. Macarius was taken prisoner, but soon released. They took a promise from him not to rebuild the monastery in the same place. And Macarius went to the forests of Kostroma, and subsequently founded another monastery on Uzhna. The history of the architecture of the Makariev Monastery begins only from the time of its renewal in the 1620s, when the first wooden church was built in 1624.
Makaryevsky monastery in 1640. Reconstruction by N. Filatov, drawing taken from his book.
Since the 16th century, the Moscow government has been trying to move the center of the Volga trade to the lands of Russia. But the organized fair in Vasilsursk (the city built by Vasily III) failed. In 1641, a decree was issued on the organization of a fair near the Makariev Monastery, which could also collect trade duties.
In general, at that time Russian monasteries were cultural and economic centers. This gave them the opportunity to be strongholds in the settlement of the region. At the walls of the monastery there were ships going downstream from the old Russian lands. This contributed to the fact that the then-famous Makarievskaya fair was established in the middle of the Volga route.
Pavilion (stone) of the fair after reconstruction. As you can see, this "antique" hulk could actually surpass the Gostiny Dvor in St. Petersburg. All the main buildings in the Makaryevsky Monastery were erected in a fairly short period - from 1651 to 1667. Because of this, it looks like a single architectural ensemble. In his modern form its territory is surrounded by a quadrangular fortress, with sides of about 200 m each, and was intended to protect the monastery and the fair from popular unrest.
Plan of the "city of Makariev" (not embodied) in 1781. You can see the monastery, the walls of the (earthen) city (which, it seems, they never began to build), and an unsuccessfully chosen (by the water) place for the fair. Drawing from N. Filatov's book. The center of the monastery is the Trinity Cathedral, built in 1658. This is a six-pillar five-domed temple with three asps, their low walls emphasize the height of the main volume. The cathedral in its appearance and grandeur was similar to the Cathedral of the Savior (1652) in the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin.
Makaryevsky monastery on the icon of Simon Ushakov under construction (1661). You can see two stone temples, the Holy Gate in stone, which will then have to be redone, and a square tower with a stone wall stretching “up” from it. It will subsequently cease to be angular, and the spinner will have to be broken. The rest of the walls are still in wood. The drawing is taken from N. Filatov's book. Four round massive pillars support the vaults of the Trinity Cathedral. V late XVII At the beginning of the 18th century, all the walls and vaults of the hall were covered with paintings. Blues, red-browns and ocher-yellows are set off with patches of pure black. There is no empty space on the walls, everything is occupied by images of human figures, horses, fabulous buildings, rocks and trees. Many different paintings, connected in continuous ribbons, encircle the temple in several rows. Although the plots for the compositions were taken from church themes, the artists interpreted them in their usual images, placing characters bible stories into the atmosphere of everyday life of their time, showing real life. Now these images without restoration are developing, and they are getting brighter and brighter.
The refectory of the Makariev Monastery, built in 1651, is a two-story building. On the ground floor there were utility rooms, which during the fair were rented out as a warehouse for goods. The Assumption Church adjoined the large refectory hall, and on the opposite western side, an open porch connected it with the bell tower, the corners of which were processed to look like stone rust. In 1882, the open openings of the gallery were closed up, and instead of the former wooden porch, an internal wooden staircase was made.
The framing of the windows of the first tier of the refectory, as well as many details on the buildings of the cells of the fortress walls, especially on the south side of the monastery, are the result of alterations in the first half of the 18th century.
At the four corners of the monastery there were round towers, between them, in the middle of the walls, square ones with gates.
On the south side, facing the river, the main entrance was built - the Holy Gates with the gate church of Michael the Archangel above them. Initially, the church had one dome, which in 1670 was replaced by a plastically more complex five-domed completion.
The walls of the monastery have embrasures of the lower battlefield and loopholes for firing from the combat course. Arched niches are arranged in their thickness, and the fighting passage is covered with a wooden roof. The height of the walls with battlements is 8 meters, the width is 2.5 meters.
In addition to the now preserved fortifications, the monastery had an additional territory attached to the west, enclosed by three walls, with powerful square towers and a stone Gostiny Dvor built into the western outer wall. The premises of the Gostiny Dvor were rebuilt in the 19th century into a transit prison, under this name the remains of the building that stood until recently were known. The towers and walls of this section have long been completely destroyed, and the corner north-western tower adjoining them collapsed during a high flood back in 1829.
In the second half of the 17th century, the monastery reached its peak. Patriarch Macarius of Antioch, who visited the monastery in 1666, called it "a second Jerusalem." Emperor Peter I and Empress Catherine the Great even visited the monastery.
The future Patriarch Nikon, Avvakum Petrov, Archbishop Simeon of Siberia and Tobolsk, Archpriests Stefan Vonifatiev and Ivan Neronov came from the Mkaryevsky Monastery.
The 19th century was very difficult for the monastery. In 1817, the Makariev Fair was moved to Nizhny Novgorod. The Volga waters began to gradually destroy the outer line of fortifications. In 1868, the monastery was closed, as there was a threat of complete closure. In 1883, the monastery was restored, but already as a convent.
And in 1927 the monastery was already closed, the sisters were dispersed. In 1928–1929, an orphanage was located here, then the monastery premises began to be rented out to various Soviet organizations. During the war years, the monastery housed an evacuation hospital, and in 1943 the monastery was transferred to the Lyskovo Veterinary College. During the years of Soviet power, monastic churches and buildings were gradually destroyed and fell into disrepair.
In 1990, the Holy Trinity Makaryevsky Zheltovodsky convent was transferred to the Nizhny Novgorod diocese. By 2005, the monastery churches were restored and consecrated. Currently, the monastery is experiencing its third revival, which of course cannot but rejoice!
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