09 — Glorification and Legacy

The destruction and rebirth of Optina, and the glorification of its elders: the Soviet museum and camp on the monastery’s grounds, the 1987 return to the Church and the sober tragedy of the 1993 Paschal murders; and the glorification of the fourteen Optina Elders (1996 local / 2000 general), the feast, and the relics.

Tradition: Russian Orthodox (Optina synaxis glorified 1996 local / 2000 general)

This closing section brings the story to the present. The first file follows Optina through its Soviet fate — museum, agricultural use, and wartime NKVD camp — to its return to the Church in 1987 and its rebirth as a monastery, including the sober account of the murder of three of its monks on Pascha 1993. The second file treats the glorification of the elders: the local canonization of the synaxis in 1996, the general glorification in 2000 together with the New Martyrs, the feast of the Synaxis of the Optina Elders on 11/24 October, and the relics.

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File	Description
the-closure-and-the-rebirth.md	Optina as Soviet museum and camp; the 1987 return and the rebirth; the 1993 Paschal murders, reported soberly
glorification-and-veneration.md	The glorification of the Optina Elders (1996/2000); the feast (11/24 October); the relics

See Also

• The Eldership under Persecution — the closure that this section continues
• The Hieromartyrs of Optina — the martyrs glorified with the synaxis
• The New Martyrs of Russia — the host with whom the general glorification of 2000 was made