Pereslavskiy Fedorov Nunneries

Pereslavskiy Fedorov Nunneries

Pereslavskiy Fedorov Nunneries
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Takarasina
2,101 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2020
This monastery was bult on the place where an army of Moscow princedom defeated their rivals from the princedom of Tver' in 1304. It happened on Theodore Stratelatos' day, a saint much revered by the Russian Orthodox Church which calls him Feodor Stratilat. Hence the name of the convent.
Since its consecration it was a friary, Ivan the Terrible used to visit and pray here and when his first son Feodor was born he ordered that an eponymous cathedral be constructed there.
In 1667 it was turned into a nunnery and functioned as such till 1923 when communists turned it into a juvenile detention centre, then into a care house, then into a hostel and finally into a military installation (?!). In 1937 its former father superiour (yes! not mother superior) was murdered in a gulag.
The property was returned to the church in 1998 in appaling condition and since then restoration works have been perpetual. Currently it's still a nunnery and it's vividly seen - colourful flowerbeds everywhere, footpaths swept clean, an exellent refectory selling pirozhki, honey, herbs, herbal teas and other blessed products.
We visited the place in the pouring rain and in the midst of covid hysteria so the refectory was closed, the cathedral locked and all in all the territory looked rather desolated. This did not blur the impression, though which was positive, pious and kinda sunny.
Recommended.
Written July 28, 2020
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Rob Rios
19 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2015 • Solo
On the side of main road into town. When you walk inside you can hear the prayers from outside the main church. At sunset I was there and as the last rays of light peered through the trees I stood there listening to the prayers. There were also two friendly kittens staring at me.
Written August 12, 2015
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Alexey K
Moscow, Russia87 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2015 • Couples
The convent is on the outskirts of the city and seemed very quiet when we arrived. It was founded by Ivan the Terrible's godfather and has plenty of historic buildings. Well worth spending half an hour there
Written May 14, 2015
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