Zverin-Pokrovsky Monastery description and photos - Russia - North-West: Veliky Novgorod (Topic)

Zverin-Pokrovsky monastery description and photos - Russia - North-West: Veliky Novgorod. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photos and a map showing the nearest significant objects.

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The Zverin-Pokrovsky Monastery is a convent on the left bank of the Volkhov, where before the construction of the monastery a menagerie was located in a protected forest where the Novgorod prince hunted. The monastery was first mentioned in the annals in 1148. The monastery is famous for two ancient churches (one of them is the Church of Simeon - one-day church, built of wood during the pestilence of 1467, and a year later - already of stone) and the miraculous icon of St. Simeon the God-Receiver.

Church of Simeon the God-Receiver. is a typical Novgorod building of the 15th century. The architectural feature of the temple is its two-story structure; on the ground floor there was a sub-church, which was used as a service building. The temple itself was located on the second floor, distinguished by its special intimacy. The unique icon painting of the church is a wall pictorial calendar, which is not found anywhere else in Russia. The walls, pillars, arches are covered with small bosom images of saints.

The main church in the monastery is consecrated in honor of the Protection of the Holy Mother of God. The church has been wooden since the 12th century, and in 1335 a stone church was laid in its place by Archbishop Vasily. In 1399, the church continued to be built under Archbishop John II. After the Swedish ruin, the temple received a new dedication - in honor of the Position of the Robe of the Mother of God. At the beginning of the 20th century, a new five-domed church was added to the western facade of the Intercession Church.

On the territory of the Zverin Monastery, the House of Folk Art is located, where visitors are offered exhibitions on weaving and sewing as well as various temporary exhibitions of handicrafts and paintings. Here those who wish can learn traditional Russian crafts - weaving and gold sewing.

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