Ki-island is located in the Onega Bay of the White Sea, 202 km west of Arkhangelsk. The nearest town on the mainland is Onega. The length of the island is 2 km, the maximum width is 500 m. The nature of the island pleases the eye: pines on the rocks, a huge variety of plants, including berries, a vast sea rich in fish and serving as the habitat for many species of marine animals and birds. Many granite layers come out to the surface of the island, the height of the rocks is 25 m.

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How to get there

In Onega there is an airport where planes fly from Arkhangelsk once a week. The train Arkhangelsk - Onega No. 671 runs daily, from Onega to Kiya 15 km (8 km of it by water). On the boats to Kiy Island, you need to manage in the office of the holiday home, tel .: (81839) 2-17-27, 2-19-75. In winter, when the ice rises, Kia can be reached on foot, which, however, is not safe.

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Holiday House and the beach

Since 1924 on the island there is a rest house "Kyisky" (+7 818 39 7 1727, +7 921 297 8201), where up to 200 people can stay at the same time. There is a small sandy beach on the island. In summer, the water on the coast on some days warms up to 20 degrees

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Onego Monastery of the Gods

On the southern tip of the island in the second half of the 17th century, on the personal initiative of Patriarch Nikon "in fulfillment of the vow "The Godfather Monastery was founded for several centuries and became the spiritual center of Onega County . The building of the architectural ensemble of the monastery took almost 40 years . The first wooden building of the Vozdvizhenskaya church was erected (it was demolished in the early 18th century) . Early buildings on the territory were of wood and later traditional architecture is also not for it happened despite the fact that the main buildings began to be built of stone . The monastery situated on a compact territory was organically integrated into the rocky terrain of the island . In 1923 the monastery was liquidated by building a base for the children's boarding school . Secondary consecration of the main side-chapel the cathedral church of the Godfather Monastery was held on August 30, 1991 on the day of the memory of Patriarch Nikon .

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Today the monastery receives pilgrims from all over Russia. To our days many of the buildings of that time have reached:

  • The Holy Cross Cathedral (1657-1661) is a gloomy building with the only preserved chapter of three, towering on a steep granite rock. The upper parts of its walls are made of granite, and the lower ones are white stone.
  • Nakladeznaya Church of the Origin of the Honest and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord (1661) with adjacent stone cells of the 18th century. In the 1870-1871 gg. During the renovation of the temple, two white stone plates in the shape of a four-pointed cross with enlarged ends were installed here - one depicts the Cross with the instruments of passion on Calvary, and on the other - the text about the foundation and consecration of the monastery by the patriarch Nikon.
  • The two-tier church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin The Virgin Mary (1689) with the refectory and the Kelaar chambers, the massive bell tower and the burial vault
  • The wooden church of All Saints, consecrated by Patriarch Nikon in 1661, and now converted into a dwelling so that to recognize the most ancient A new wooden building on the territory of the monastery is practically impossible.
  • A small fragment of a wooden monastery fence with a tetrahedral tower (1871). During the fire of 1855, the fence burned down, but it was restored in the old place. Such wooden fortifications are a unique phenomenon for the Russian North. In addition to this, such fences have been preserved in three other places.
  • Two-storeyed wooden Rector's Corps with a mezzanine (1871)
  • Two-story wooden Bratsky Corps (1903)


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