Religion

Christ at the Sea of Galilee

The Book of Matthew describes how Jesus met two brothers, Andrew and Simon called Peter, catching fish at the Lake of Gennesaret, otherwise known as the Sea of Galilee. Calling on them to leave their...

Our Lady of Balaam

Our Lady of Balaam was painted in 1878 by an hieromonk called Alypius at the Balaam Monastery of the Transfiguration. Mary stands at full length, on a cloud, holding the Christ Child out in front of ...

Convent of the Intercession in Suzdal

The founding of the Convent of the Intercession in the middle of the fourteenth century was the direct result of a promise made by Prince Andrei Konstantinovich of Suzdal and Nizhny Novgorod. Sailing...

St Euthymius Monastery of the Saviour in Suzdal

The St Euthymius Monastery of the Saviour was founded in Suzdal in the middle of the fourteenth century, when cenobitic traditions were being restored in Rus. The pious deeds and profound faith of su...

Snetogorsky Monastery in Pskov

While Prince Vsyevolod was the patron and defender of Pskov in the twelfth century, Prince Daumantas won the recognition of contemporaries and descendents in the late thirteenth century. Daumantas wa...

Mirozhsky Monastery in Pskov

In 1136, the Novgorodians dismissed Prince Vsyevolod, son of Mstislav, who fled to the town of Pskov. This gave Pskov the status of a capital city, while Vsyevolod became its patron saint – even thou...

St Anthony Monastery in Novgorod

The history of Russian cenobitic monasticism begins with the Kiev Monastery of the Caves, which developed out of the eremitic activities of St Anthony of Kiev. But the Monastery of the Caves was then...

St George (Yuriev) Monastery in Novgorod

In the early twelfth century, Novgorod was the second city of Kievan Rus and the seat of the heirs of the grand prince. The eldest son of Vladimir Monomachus, Prince Mstislav, occupied the throne of ...

Convent of the Dormition (Alexandrovskaya Slobodа)

The Convent of the Dormition is located in the town of Alexandrov in the north-west of Vladimir Region. Alexandrov stands on the main northern highway leading from Moscow in the direction of Yaroslav...

St Cyril of Belozersk Monastery of the Dormition

The Kiev Monastery of the Caves was the grandfather of all cloisters in Kievan Rus, while the St Sergius Monastery of the Trinity played a similar role in Muscovite Rus. In the history of monasticism...

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