Church of Spas Nerukotvorniy in Zachatyevsky Monastery
Posted by: haggaeus
N 55° 44.422 E 037° 35.975
37U E 412077 N 6178072
A Church in Moscow Baroque style over the gate of Zachatyevsky monastery.
Waymark Code: WM89QQ
Location: Russia
Date Posted: 02/23/2010
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The church is dedicated to the image of Christ "not made by hand" - see the
legend of Edessa at Wikipedia.
The Zachatyevsky monastery is the oldest woman monastery in Moscow, founded by St. Alexis in 1358. In 1696 the monastery wall was repaired and this new church has been built.
The main monastery church, Church of the Birth of the Blessed Mother of God, was built in 1805-1807, torn down in 1930s and started to be rebuilt again in 2005.
Photographing inside the monastery is prohibited without a permit from the abbess.