Danilov Monastery
Daniil | |
Abbot | Archimandrite Alexius |
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Site | |
Location | Moscow, Russia |
Coordinates | 55°42′40″N 37°37′45″E / 55.71111°N 37.62917°E |
Other information | Headquarters of the Russian Orthodox Church since 1983. |
Danilov Monastery (also Svyato-Danilov Monastery or Holy Danilov Monastery;
History
Danilov Monastery is claimed to have been founded in the late 13th century by
In 1560,
In 1606, the rebels led by
In 1710, there were 30 monks in Danilov Monastery. In 1764, there were only twelve of them on staff. By 1900, however, the number rose to seventeen. Among the monks who lived in Danilov Monastery during its history was the renowned Greek scholar Nikephoros Theotokis, who retired to this monastery in 1792 from his bishop's position in South Russia, and lived here until his death in 1800.[1]
In 1805, an almshouse for elderly women was established at the monastery; later it was turned into an almshouse for elderly clergymen and their widows.
In 1812, the monastery was ransacked by the
First documented information on Danilov Monastery's landownership can be traced back to 1785, when it owned 18
In the second half of the 19th century, Danilov Monastery's cemetery was a final resting place for many writers, artists and scientists, such as
After the
Buildings
Apart from the 17th-century defensive towers and walls, the surviving buildings include the katholikon (main church), the Neoclassical cathedral of the Holy Trinity (1833-1838), the Baroque gate church and belltower of St Simeon Stylites (1681, 1732), a group of 19th-century dwellings for monks and the father superior, and the extensive modern residence of the Holy Synod and the Patriarch (1988). Right next door is the large parish church of the Renovation of the Temple in Jerusalem, built in 1832–1837 to Neoclassical designs by Fyodor Shestakov.
The oldest building is the
Bells
When the monastery was closed in 1929 and 1930, its bell set was saved from
References
- ^ Никифор Феотоки (Nikifor Theotoki) in Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian)
- ^ "Harvard bell returns to Russia - The Boston Globe". www.boston.com.
- ^ "A History by Diana Eck § Lowell House". Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2010-09-07.
- ^ "Russian monastery's delight as bells head home from Harvard". the Guardian. September 7, 2006.
- ^ "Returning of the bells". www.danilovbells.com. Archived from the original on October 16, 2017.
External links
- Media related to Danilov Monastery at Wikimedia Commons
- Official site of the Danilov Monastery Archived 2011-03-02 at the Wayback Machine