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St Therapontus Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin

The St Therapontus Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin was founded by Fyodor Poskochin, who was born to a family of boyars in 1331. After entering the St Simon Monastery in Moscow and taking the ...

Novodevichy Convent in Moscow

As Kievan Rus declined after the eleventh century, its south-western territories were gradually absorbed into the kingdom of Poland and the grand duchy of Lithuania. The capital of Rus moved north-ea...

St Nicholas Monastery in Gostinopolye

The St Nicholas Monastery in Gostinopolye stood on the bank of the River Volkhov, not far from Staraya Ladoga. The date of its founding is unclear, although it is known to have existed in the fifteen...

Tolga Monastery of the Presentation of the Virgin

The Tolga Monastery of the Presentation of the Virgin stands on the bank of the River Volga in Yaroslavl. The cloister was founded on the site of a divine vision, witnessed by Bishop Prochoros of Ros...

Syama Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin

The Syama Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin was founded in 1524 on the south-west shore of Lake Kubena in Vologda Province. It enjoyed the attention and patronage of the rulers of Muscovy. Thro...

Kargopole Monastery of the Transfiguration

The Kargopole Monastery of the Transfiguration was founded on the right bank of the River Onega in the late thirteenth century. It was originally named St Bassian’s Hermitage after its founder, St Ba...

St Cornelius of Komel Monastery

The St Cornelius of Komel Monastery is believed to have been founded in 1497, when St Cornelius first moved to the Vologda countryside. In 1551, he and a group of monks built the first wooden church,...

Solovetsky Monastery

The Solovetsky Archipelago is located in the middle of the White Sea, only a hundred miles south of the Arctic Circle. The archipelago consists of six islands, known collectively as the Solovki. Thou...

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