Ivanovsky Monastery description and photos - Russia - Moscow: Moscow (Topic)

Ivanovsky Monastery description and photos - Russia - Moscow: Moscow. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photos and a map showing the nearest significant objects.

Photo and description

Ivanovsky Monastery or St. John the Baptist Convent is located in the center of Moscow. It is believed that it was founded in the 15th century, in the area of modern Solyanka, on the site of the abandoned grand ducal estate with the Vladimir Church. A convent was founded to the south of this church.

Noble patrons donated funds for the maintenance of the monastery. The monastery also received funds from the state treasury. In 1700 there were 37 peasant households at the monastery, in 1744 there were 713 peasants. Since 1654, "woolen fairs" have been held near the walls of the Ivanovo monastery. The monastery put up for sale woolen yarn, various wool products, silver and gold embroidery. In 1700, the descendants of Prince Pozharsky donated the Ivanovsky monastery the village of Safonovo and the village of Yuryevskoye in the Moscow district.

The monastery burned in 1688 and 1737, and in 1748 it ceased to exist after a severe fire. In 1761, by decree of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, work began on the restoration of the monastery.

For many years, it was the Ivanovo monastery that was the place of imprisonment of unwanted women of the royal house. Tsarina Maria Petrovna, the wife of Vasily Shuisky, and Pelageya, the second wife of Tsarevich John, the eldest son of Ivan the Terrible, was imprisoned in the monastery. The Ivanovo monastery was used as a prison. It contained eldress Taisiya, a participant in V. Golitsyn's conspiracy against V. Shuisky in 1610. & nbsp; From 1768 to 1801, Saltychikha was kept in the monastery - D.M. Saltykov - for the murder of 139 of his serfs.

After the great fire of 1812, the monastery ceased to exist. In 1859 the monastery was revived. A school for orphans was opened there. A hospital for nuns, a nursery for foundling children, and an icon painting school for the sisters of the monastery were organized.

In 1861-1878, the architect M. Bykovsky rebuilt the Ivanovsky monastery. The money for this was donated by the merchant Makarova-Zubacheva.

The style of the ensemble of the Ivanovsky monastery is consonant with the Italian architecture of the heyday of the Renaissance. A monumental cathedral with a huge faceted dome was erected in the center of the territory. The Cathedral of the Beheading of John the Baptist dominates the development of the area surrounding the monastery. On the side of the facade, facing west, two bell towers were erected. The Holy Gates are located between them. On the east side of the cathedral there is a hospital building with the Church of Elizabeth attached to it. A cell building and a refectory are located in the northwestern part of the monastery.

In 1918 the monastery was closed. In 1941, a correspondence school of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs was opened on the premises of the monastery. In the 1980s, the monastery's cathedral housed the Central State Archives of the Moscow Region, the Mosenergo organization was located in the cell building, the clergy's house had a sewing factory and residential apartments. The new history of the Ivanovsky Monastery began in 1992.

Today the Ivanovsky Monastery is active. The main cathedral of the monastery, the Beheading of John the Baptist, was restored. Several premises of the monastery were transferred to the Brotherhood of the Holy Prince Vladimir. In the Elizabeth Church, built in 1879 and rebuilt in 1995, services resumed. An almshouse was opened in the hospital building. A gymnasium is open in the clergy's house.

The picturesque view of the Ivanovsky Monastery is loved by filmmakers. He appears several times in the frames of the famous film "Pokrovskie Vorota".

We also recommend reading Building of the State Bank of Tatarstan description and photo - Russia - Volga region: Kazan

Topic: Ivanovsky Monastery description and photos - Russia - Moscow: Moscow.