The most beautiful monasteries in Moscow * Moscow-Third Rome

St. John the Baptist Monastery

John the Baptist Convent was founded at the end of the 15th century. It later became known that the monastery was associated with the Clist sect, and two of its founders were buried there until their bodies were removed by the authorities and disposed of in 1739.

The monastery was also used to imprison several noble ladies. The most famous of them are Daria Saltykova, a noblewoman who tortured and killed more than 100 of her serfs, and the nun Dosifeya.

Location: Maly Ivanovsky Lane 2.
Metro station: Kitay-Gorod.

Ioanno-Predtechensky

The monastery was founded in Moscow, not far from Solyanki Street, at the end of the 15th century, where the Grand Duke's estate and the Vladimir Church were previously located. During the well-known fire of 1812, when Napoleon's troops burned most of wooden Moscow, it was significantly damaged. The buildings were rebuilt only in 1879 according to the design of the architect Bykovsky, becoming a real decoration of the capital. The restoration of temples and other buildings was sponsored by the daughter of General Mazurin, and now the ensemble of temples and churches has become a Russian echo of the Florentine Catholic Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore. By the way, these very buildings, dearly loved by Mikhail Kozakov, often appeared in the film “Pokrovsky Gates”.

Zaikonospassky Monastery

Moscow's most central and smallest monastery is so hidden in a courtyard next to Nikolskaya Street that most tourists don't even notice its presence. The monastery was founded in 1600 by Tsar Boris Godunov.

Its name means Savior behind the icons, since the main cathedral of the monastery is the miraculous image of the Spassky Cathedral, which used to be located behind the kiosks with icons.

Location: Nikolskaya street 7.
Metro station: Revolution Square.

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Conception Women's Monastery

Moscow monasteries are places with a long history, for example, the Conception Monastery was founded in 1584 and is dedicated to the conception of St. Anna. However, before this there was another monastery here, founded by St. Alexy, Metropolitan of Moscow, in 1360, but destroyed by fire in 1547.

Soon after the founding of the Conception Monastery, it was destroyed during troubled times. Major construction work was carried out at the monastery in the late 17th, mid-18th and early 19th centuries.

Location: Zachatievsky Lane 2.
Metro stations: Kropotkinskaya, Park of Culture and Rest.

Novo-Alekseevsky Women's Monastery

On both sides of the Third Transport Ring there is a church ensemble, which was once part of the Novo-Alekseevsky Convent. The original Alekseevsky Monastery was founded in 1360 by Metropolitan Alexy where the Conception Monastery now stands.

Location: 2nd Krasnoselsky lane 3.
Metro station: Krasnoselskaya.

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Sretensky Monastery

Sretensky Monastery was founded in 1397 on the spot where Grand Duke Vasily I met the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God when it was brought from Vladimir to Moscow to protect the city from Tamerlane, who was heading to Moscow.

When Tamerlane unexpectedly turned back, the icon was credited with saving the city, and a monastery was built in gratitude for this. In the 16th century the monastery was moved to its current location.

Location: Bolshaya Lubyanka street 19.
Metro stations: Turgenevskaya, Tsvetnoy Boulevard.

Novodevichy Convent

The most famous monastery of the capital, included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. It was founded in 1524. The famous Novodevichy cemetery with outstanding Russian figures buried there is also located here.

Novodevichy Convent

The monastery houses an Icon of St. Nicholas with a particle of relics.

Divine services. Divine Liturgy: daily at 7:40, on Sundays and holidays at 6:20 and 8:40. In the evening worship service at 17:00.

Address: Novodevichy pr-d, no. 1.

How to get there. The nearest metro station is “Sportivnaya”, Sokolnicheskaya (Red) line. After exiting the subway, you need to walk for 6-8 minutes along the 10th Anniversary of October Street (800 meters)

In addition, the monastery can be reached by land transport. From the Sokolnicheskaya metro station by minibus No. 132, from Smolenskaya - minibus No. 64, from Arbatskaya and Koropotkinskaya - trolleybuses No. 15, 5, from Krasnopresnenskaya - bus No. 64.

Nikolsky Old Believer Monastery

Nikolsky Old Believer Monastery was founded in 1866. Before the founding of the monastery, an Old Believer community already existed here. Under Tsar Nicholas I, the Old Believer community was persecuted, and some were even exiled.

Those who remained were forced to accept the authority of the official Russian Orthodox Church and began to be called co-religionists.

Location: Preobrazhensky Val street 25.
Metro station: Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad.

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Marfo-Mariinskaya Convent

Marfo-Mariinskaya Convent is a female Orthodox monastery, founded at the beginning of the last century in…

Novodevichy Convent

Novodevichy Convent is a picturesque ancient temple complex in Moscow. Over its long history...

Donskoy Monastery

The Donskoy Monastery is stauropegial, that is, subordinate directly to the patriarch or...

Novospassky Monastery

Novospassky Monastery is one of the oldest Orthodox monasteries in Moscow. Acting male…

Conception Monastery in Moscow

The Conception Monastery is the first convent for women in the Moscow lands, dating back to the second...

Intercession Monastery in Moscow

Pokrovsky Stavropegial Monastery is an Orthodox convent in Moscow near Pokrovskaya...

Danilov Monastery

Danilov Monastery is a functioning monastery in Moscow, subordinate directly to...

St. Andrew's Monastery

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Nikolo-Perervinsky Monastery

The southernmost monastery in Moscow is the Nikolo-Perervinsky Monastery, located near the Moscow River in the Pechatnikov area. The first record of the monastery was made in 1623, but it is believed to be much older than that, perhaps even dating back to 1380 after the Battle of Kulikovo Field.

At the end of the 17th century, Patriarch Adrian made the monastery his summer residence, as a result of which the first stone cathedral was built.

Location: Shosseynaya street 89.
Metro stations: Pechatniki, Volzhskaya.

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Vysoko-Petrovsky Monastery

The first mention of the Vysoko-Petrovsky Monastery appeared in 1377, and it is traditionally believed that it was founded by Metropolitan Peter, who moved to Moscow in 1325 and died in 1326.

The monastery was closed in 1918, although its Church of the Virgin Mary remained open until 1929. In 1992, several buildings of the monastery were returned to the Orthodox, and in 2009 a decision was made to completely restore the monastery.

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Location: Petrovka street 28/2.
Metro stations: Tverskaya, Pushkinskaya, Chekhovskaya.

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The most beautiful monasteries in Moscow

Since ancient times, Moscow has been famous for its beautiful monasteries. In the 18th century there were about three dozen of them. Despite good fortifications and high walls, many Christian shrines were looted and destroyed during the Russian-Polish War of the 17th century, as well as during the Napoleonic invasion. The years of Soviet power made a fatal contribution to the destruction of monasteries, during which churches were mercilessly robbed and blown up. But, despite all the hardships, several beautiful ancient monasteries have survived to our time. Let's try to consider the most famous of them.

An old drawing of one of the monasteries in Moscow

Donskoy Monastery

Address: Moscow, Donskaya Square 1 Metro: Shabolovskaya

The Donskoy Monastery was founded in 1591 in honor of the deliverance of Moscow from the invasion of the Crimean Khan Kazy-Girey. A century later, stone walls were erected and towers were built.

Many prominent figures of Moscow are buried in the cemetery of the Donskoy Monastery: Chaadaev, Odoevsky, Klyuchevsky, Beauvais, the Golitsyn princes.

During Soviet times, a museum was opened on the territory of the monastery.

Donskoy Monastery in Moscow

Danilovsky Monastery

Address: Moscow, Danilovsky Val 22 Metro: Tulskaya

One of the most ancient monasteries, Danilovsky, was founded in 1282 by Prince Daniil. During the reign of Ivan the Terrible, the monastery was rebuilt, replacing wooden buildings with stone ones. In the 17th century, walls with towers were erected around the Danilovsky Monastery.

Gogol, Perov, Rubinstein and other great people are buried on the territory of the monastery.

Under Soviet rule, the monastery housed a colony for minors. Only after the return of the Danilovsky Monastery to the Orthodox Church was it possible to restore the former appearance of the temple complex.

Danilovsky Monastery is one of the most ancient in Moscow

Novospassky Monastery

Address: Moscow, Krestyanskaya Square 10 Metro: Proletarskaya

The monastery was founded in 1330 by monks from the Danilovsky Monastery on the territory of the Moscow Kremlin and named Spassky. In connection with the redevelopment of the Kremlin in 1462, the monastery was moved to the town of Kturitsy and named Novospassky. A century later, the monastery was significantly strengthened by building a stone wall with towers and loopholes.

At the end of the 18th century, a bell tower was erected, and many stone buildings were created. At the same time, a tomb for the noble Sheremetev family was built on the territory of the monastery.

Like other monasteries in Moscow, Novospassky also suffered from the Soviet regime: in 1918 it was turned into a prison, then there was a sobering-up center and other institutions. Only in 1991 the monastery was given back to believers.

The Novospassky Monastery appeared due to the transfer of the Spassky Monastery from the Moscow Kremlin

Conception Monastery

Address: Moscow, 2nd Zachatievsky lane 2 Metro: Kropotkinskaya, Park Kultury

The oldest convent in Moscow was founded in 1360. Burning several times, the Conception Monastery was finally destroyed during the war between Poland and the Russian Empire. The monastery was rebuilt again only under Peter I. The next time the Conception Monastery was destroyed to the ground after the October Revolution, but restored in 1999, in our time it again pleases the townspeople and guests of the capital.

Conception Monastery - the oldest convent in Moscow

Novodevichy Convent

Address: Moscow, Novodevichy proezd 1 Metro: Sportivnaya

Built by Prince Vasily III in honor of the capture of Smolensk in 1524. The Novodevichy Convent gained great fame due to the fact that Princess Sophia was imprisoned here after the Streltsy riot on the orders of Peter I.

Pokrovsky Monastery

Address: Moscow, Taganskaya 58 Metro: Marksistskaya

The Intercession Monastery was founded in 1635 by Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich. Over the following centuries, the monastery was gradually rebuilt and improved: a bell tower and stone churches, as well as a theological seminary, were erected.

The first serious damage to the Intercession Monastery was caused by Napoleonic troops, who plundered it in 1812. Then, a century later, the Bolsheviks who came to power blew up the churches and the bell tower, and the remaining buildings housed workshops and entertainment venues.

The restoration of the monastery began in 1994.

Pokrovsky Monastery

Vysoko-Petrovsky Monastery

Address: Moscow, Petrovka 28 Metro: Chekhovskaya, Pushkinskaya

Vysoko-Petrovsky Monastery was founded in 1377 by the Metropolitan of All Rus' - Peter. During the reign of Peter I, the monastery was significantly devastated: several stone churches and a gate bell tower appeared, all of which was fenced with a powerful stone wall.

On the territory of the Vysoko-Petrovsky Monastery there is a tomb of the Naryshkin princes.

During Soviet rule, the Vysoko-Petrovsky Monastery housed an art museum. Since 1991, the monastery has been revived.

Vysoko-Petrovsky Monastery

Spaso-Andronikov Monastery

Address: Moscow, Andronevskaya Square 10 Metro: Ilyich Square

Spassky Monastery was founded by Metropolitan Alexy in 1361 in honor of his miraculous rescue at sea during a storm. The monastery received its second name in honor of one of the first abbots, Andronik.

The great Russian painter Andrei Rublev, as well as the princes Lopukhins and Trubetskoys, are buried on the territory of the monastery.

During the Napoleonic invasion, the monastery was burned. And after the Bolsheviks came to power, the Spaso-Andronikov Monastery housed a colony for street children, and then a museum of painting. The monastery began to be revived only in 1989.

Spaso-Andronikov Monastery in Moscow

Mother of God Nativity Convent

At the corner of Rozhdestvenka Street and Rozhdestvensky Boulevard there is the Mother of God Nativity Convent, dedicated to the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Traditionally it is believed that it was founded in 1386 by Princess Maria Andreevna of Serpukhov, who became a nun and died in the monastery in 1389.

Location: Rozhdestvenka street 20.
Metro station: Tsvetnoy Boulevard.

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Mother of God Nativity Monastery

It is considered the oldest convent in Moscow. It was founded in 1386. It was closed in 1926; there were various educational institutions on its territory, and there were communal apartments in the cells. In 1993, the monastery began its work again. It runs Sunday and church singing schools. Located at the intersection of Rozhdestvensky Boulevard and Rozhdestvenka Street.

Former Simonov Monastery

Simonov Monastery was founded in 1370 by St. Fedor Simonov, a disciple of St. Sergius of Radonezh. In 1379 the monastery was moved a little further east to its current location. It was developed as a fortress-monastery, and towers and strong walls were erected in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Location: Vostochnaya street 4.
Metro station: Avtozavodskaya.

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Vysoko-Petrovsky

This male Orthodox monastery has the status of an object of cultural heritage of the country, although for almost a hundred years, after the Bolsheviks came to power, it did not officially function and openly resumed work only in 2009. The main priceless shrine of the temple are the relics of St. Peter, as well as the relics of many other figures canonized as saints, including all of the Kiev Caves, Seraphim of Sarov and Sergius of Radonezh. The main temple of St. Peter's Cathedral has an eight-petal shape and a beautiful, not the most ordinary helmet-shaped dome.

St. Andrew's Monastery

Among the Sparrow Hills of Moscow is the St. Andrew's Monastery. Some believe that the monastery has existed since the 13th century, although it is generally believed that it was founded in 1648 around the already existing church of St. Andrew Stratelates, from which the monastery took its name.

The church was built in 1591 in gratitude for saving Moscow from the Crimean Khan Gazi II Geray, but the current version dates from 1675.

Location: Andreevskaya embankment 2.
Metro station: Leninsky Prospekt.

St. Andrew's Monastery

Located in Moscow, not far from Vorobyovy Gory. Founded in 1648. The gate temple, built in 1675, has survived to this day.

St. Andrew's Monastery

Divine services . The schedule of services in the monastery is published every month; for up-to-date information, you should contact the official website of the monastery.

Address: Andreevskaya embankment, 2.

How to get there. From the Leninsky Prospect metro station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya (Orange) line or from the Gagarin Square MCC station, you need to move to the Gagarin monument and, bypassing Leninsky Prospekt, walk towards the river (about 850 meters).

From the Sparrow Hills of the Sokolnicheskaya (Red) Line you need to walk along the Moskva River embankment (about 1000 meters).

Donskoy Monastery

The Donskoy Monastery is one of the best surviving examples of a fortified monastery, and since it is located a little away from the center, there will be much fewer tourists here than, for example, in the Novodevichy Convent.

The monastery was founded by order of Tsar Fedor I between 1591 and 1593 on the site where the Russians were able to repel the invasion of the Crimean Khan Gazi II Giray in 1591.

Location: Donskaya Square 1.
Metro station: Shabolovskaya.

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St. Danilov Monastery

Before his death in 1303, Prince Daniel became a monk in a monastery, and in 1652 he was canonized as Saint Daniel of Moscow.

Location: Danilovsky Val street 22.
Metro station: Tulskaya.

Danilov Monastery

Male Orthodox stauropegic monastery. Founded in 1560, it belonged to the fortified monasteries and defended the southern borders of Moscow in the 16th and 17th centuries. In 1930, an isolation ward was opened on the territory. Children of repressed citizens of the USSR lived in it. Today the monastery operates, there is a Sunday school, church workshops, and so on. Located at: Danilovsky Val, building 22, on the right bank of the Moscow River.

Novospassky Monastery

The Novospassky Monastery was founded in 1490 by order of Grand Duke Ivan III, after which the monks of the monastery surrounding the Transfiguration Cathedral inside the Kremlin were transferred here, hence the name of the Novospassky Monastery, meaning “new savior”.

The monastery was badly damaged during the Time of Troubles, and subsequently had to be restored. Between 1640 and 1642 new stone walls and towers were built around the monastery.

Location: Peasant Square 10.
Work station: Proletarskaya.

Intercession Women's Monastery

The Intercession Convent was founded in 1635 by Tsar Michael as a monastery dedicated to the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos. The monastery's main church was first built in 1655, but it, like the rest of the monastery, was rebuilt in the 19th century.

These building works also included surrounding the monastery with walls and towers. At the end of the 19th century it became a missionary monastery, responsible for training missionaries.

Location: Taganskaya street 58.
Metro stations: Taganskaya, Proletarskaya.

Marfo-Mariinskaya Convent

A convent founded by Princess Elizaveta Fedorovna in 1909. Located in the historical center of the city.

Marfo-Mariinskaya Convent

The monastery contains reliquaries with particles of the relics of Grand Duchess Elisaveta Feodorovna and her kaleinisa of the Holy Martyr Barbara. Also in the monastery there is a reliquary with a particle of the relics of the first confessor of the monastery, the holy venerable confessor Sergius (Srebryansky). A piece of the relics of the cleric of the Mariinsky Monastery Gabriel (Igoshkin) is kept.

Divine services. Current information about the times of services can be found on the monastery website www.mmom.ru.

Address: st. Bolshaya Ordynka, 34.

How to get there. From the metro station "Polyanka" of the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya (Grey) line, a few minutes walk. When exiting the subway, you need to cross Bolshaya Polyanka Street, then follow straight through the block to exit onto Bolshaya Ordynka.

Not far from the Tretyakovskaya station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya (Orange) line. From Klimentovsky Lane you need to turn onto Bolshaya Ordynka and go straight in the direction from the center.

In addition, the monastery can be reached by land transport. Bus No. M6 and trolleybus No. 8 (Metro Polyanka stop), bus No. M5 (Iversky Lane).

St. Daniel's Monastery

St. Daniel's Monastery was founded at the end of the 13th century by Moscow Prince Daniil, the youngest son of Alexander Nevsky. Although the exact date is unknown (somewhere between 1272 and 1303 during the reign of Daniel), it is considered the oldest monastery in Moscow. Before his death in 1303, Prince Daniel became a monk in a monastery, and in 1652 he was canonized as Saint Daniel of Moscow.

Location: Danilovsky Val street 22.
Metro station: Tulskaya.

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Danilov

Mentions of this monastery are found in documents dating back to the end of the 13th century, which makes it the oldest in Moscow. It was founded by the son of Alexander Nevsky, and in the first Soviet times the Moscow opposition to Metropolitan Sergius gathered here. In the 30s, its churches suffered the unenviable fate of an isolation ward for the children of repressed persons, and in the place where the dead children were buried en masse, there now stands an Orthodox chapel. Today, the monastery operates a Sunday school, catechism courses for adults, often conducts excursion services and operates various workshops.