SISTERHOOD OF THE LESNA CONVENT AND THEIR SPIRITUAL WORK IN SERBIA IN THE BEGINNING OF THE 20th CENTURY
The October Revolution in Russia led to a difficult situation in the Russian Orthodox Church and caused many Russians to emigrate to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1918-1929). By accepting Serbia as its second homeland, Russians participated, among other things, in the foundation of monasteries and restoration of entire spiritual and cultural life of Serbs. The Russian clergy who fled to the Kingdom of SHS have left an idelible mark on Serbian spiritual life and culture. There is no precise data on the total number of these clergy, since many of them came to Serbia only in transit, and did not have to apply to the state authorities for service. They were placed under the authority of the Serbian Orthodox Church in a number of eparchys, without keeping centralized record of their tenure.
The tradition of convents in the region was slowly extinguishing at that time, due to very difficult conditions for such activity under Turkish rule. In a wave of Russian emigration from 1920’s, 80 nuns from the Lesna Convent of the Most-Holy Mother of God are standing out, led by hegumenia Yekaterina. With the permition of the Serbian Ortodox Church, they settle the monastery Hopovo in Fruska Gora. They leave an indelible mark in the development and direction of Serbian monasticism, raise spirituality and life in general, restore abandoned monasteries from the period of slavery under the Turks, and give new life to the declining Serbian female monasticism. Thanks to their effort, other Serbo-Russian or only Russian convents start to appear, where pupils of mother Yekaterina were appointed hegumenias. Therefore, she became the founder of modern Serbian female monasticism.
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