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Today, the cave monastery is one of the most popular attractions in Buzuluk. Pilgrims and tourists visit the underground corridors where they can see the cells and the chapel. In total, this route is about 150 meters. In 1853, the underground monastery was transformed into the Buzuluksky Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Saviour. There was a list of the miraculous icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All who Grieve", which was the main shrine of the monastery.
The Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery played an important role in the spiritual life of the inhabitants of the Samara Trans-Volga region and the Southern Urals, therefore it was supported by the government. With the help of benefactors, several temples appeared on the territory of the monastery. In 1861, the Kazan Cathedral, the church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, and then the chapel of the Icon of the Mother of God "Life-giving Spring" were built. In 1903, the church of the Icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Grieve" was built on the caves. It is now called the cave temple.
In 1862, Empress Maria Alexandrovna presented the abbot of the monastery with a velvet vestment for the festive services.
The monastery was famous for its wise elders. Every year, the monastery was visited by several tens of thousands of pilgrims, ranging from governors, representatives of the nobility, intellectuals and ending with peasants who flocked here for the holidays. In 1873, the writer Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy came here to talk with one of the monks. This moment in the writer's life was reflected in the correspondence.
In Soviet times, the monastery was closed, and the ministers were subjected to repression. A correctional colony operates partially on the territory of the monastery. Monastic life takes place around the temple in caves.
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