Novospassky Monastery

Coordinates: 55°43′55″N 37°39′24″E / 55.73194°N 37.65667°E / 55.73194; 37.65667
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55°43′55″N 37°39′24″E / 55.73194°N 37.65667°E / 55.73194; 37.65667

The New Monastery of the Saviour in 2012

Novospassky Monastery (New Monastery of the Savior,

monasteries surrounding Moscow from the south-east. Like all medieval Russian monasteries, it was built by the Russian Orthodox Church
.

The abbey traces its history back to Moscow's first monastery established in the early 14th century at the location where the

Moskva River in 1491, the abbey was renamed New Abbey of the Savior, to distinguish it from the older one in the Kremlin.[1]

The monastery was patronized by

Princess Tarakanova (a pretender who claimed to have been the only daughter of Empress Elisabeth) and Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia
.

In 1571 and 1591, the wooden citadel withstood repeated attacks by Crimean Tatars.[2]

Moskva River

Upon the Romanovs' ascension to the

Michael of Russia
completely rebuilt their family shrine in the 1640s. Apart from the large 18th-century bell-tower (one of the tallest in Moscow) and the Sheremetev sepulcher in the Church of the Sign, all other buildings date from that period. They include:

  • The Cathedral of the Transfiguration (Russian: Преображенский собор) (1645–49), a large five-domed katholikon with frescoes by the finest Muscovite painters of the 17th century[2][3]
  • The Intercession Church[3] (Russian: Покровская церковь) or Church of the Veil of the Virgin[1] (1673–1675) with a refectory
  • The Church of the Sign[1] or Church of the Znamenie Icon of the Virgin[2] (1791–1795)
  • The bell tower (1759–1785)[2]
  • The infirmary Church of St. Nicholas the Miracle Worker[1] and monks' living quarters
  • The house of
    Patriarch Filaret[1]
  • The House of Loaf-Giving.

During the Soviet years, the monastery was converted into a

art restoration institute, and finally returned to the Russian Orthodox Church
in 1991.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "The Novospassky Monastery". moscow.info. Archived from the original on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d Brumfield, William (20 June 2014). "Novospassky Monastery: Romanov shrine". Russia Beyond the Headlines. Rossiyskaya Gazeta. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Novospassky Monastery". lonelyplanet.com. Retrieved 20 February 2015.

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