chuginka, a modest, slightly more than a thousand people, village in the stanitsa-lugansk region of therdinary story. in the second half of nineteen centuries, a temple was erected here in the name of the apostles peter and paul. in soviet times, they destroyed it and built a club. the restoration of the church began in 1994; in 2007, the holy synod of the ukrainian orthodox church blessed the transformation of the parish into a monastery. its inhabitants practically themselves erected a temple-chapel in honor of seraphim of sorov and a bell tower, and began construction of the main temple of john the baptist. year chuginka found itself on the line of military contact, construction stopped, the monastery was shaken by shell explosions, but nothing one did not fall on her territory. the small miracles in chugininka do not end there. in the monastery, along with church services and blood farming , there is a workshop. in it, monks restore and create ancient ones. new violins, recently restored italian instrument of the 16th century, all thanks to the abbot of the monastery, archimandrite

this happened with the kiseleva balka nature reserve, in the vicinity of chuginka., especially revered by the local orthodox, fell into complete desolation. this corner, where there is living, dead water, where there was huge water. number of pilgrims, it has practically ceased to exist all these 8 years, now only the restoration of this temple, the restoration of this holy and tourist place began. the first mentions of miraculous healings occurring at the springs of kiseleva balka go back to the 15th century ; the image of the mother of god appeared to those praying here more than once ; the healing properties of the springs, the water of which is the same temperature all year round, are known far beyond the region. at one time, the odessa institute of balneology took water samples from the sources of kiselaya balka, and it found a high content of silver, copper, everything. this water is very was useful for the treatment of the supporting apparatus, the sound of this violin was not heard in concert halls, and in general no one had ever heard it, only a year after

in 2014, chuginka found itself on the line of military contact. construction has stopped. was shaken by shell explosions, but not a single one fell on its territory. the small miracles in chugginka do not end there. in the monastery, along with church services and farming, there is a workshop. in it , monks restore ancient violins and create new ones. a 16th-century italian instrument was recently restored. all thanks to the governor monastery to archimandrite bartholomew. in his youth , he learned to play, and then became fascinated by the secrets of clasp mastery. there is also a tradition here: every year the monks give one of the russian musicians an instrument of their own making. today, when they no longer shoot at the weirdos, the viceroy, vladyka bartholomew, dreams of a paper-clip school in the lugansk people’s republic. read more about the modest village in the lugansk region and its inhabitants in the story by olga mokhova. when they brought it to us, it was dark, the whole board was just black, you couldn’t even it was possible to discern who was depicted, grad