Novodevichiy Convent (Nunnery)<\/b> is one of the most beautiful Moscow
\n convents. By studying its history we discover many facts about the history
\n of the State, which is extremely interesting.<\/p>\n
It was founded in the early 16th<\/sup> century. Its So Great Prince Vassily 3 founded the Novodevichy Convent in 1524 in The convent is like a miniature Kremlin. Its cathedral church was built It was the richest convent in Moscow. Noblewomen of the time became noviciates The same fate was in store for Yevdokia Lopukhina, the first wife of It was here, in the Novodevichy Convent, that Boris Godunov was «summoned A picturesque pond with ducks just near the convent makes it a wonderful Novodevichy Convent has been witness to many historical events in its After the revolution the convent was secularised, then it housed a branch Novodevichiy Convent (Nunnery) is one of the most beautiful Moscow convents. By studying its history we discover many facts about the history of the State, which is extremely interesting. It…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","css_class_manager_body_classes":"","css_class_manager_use_in_post_loop":false},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[25],"class_list":["post-284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","category-main-article","tag-december-2002"],"yoast_head":"\n
\n main cathedral was consecrated in honour of the Smolenskaya Icon of the
\n Mother of God Hodigitria. According to the legend, St. Luke himself painted
\n the icon, and it is closely linked with the convent’s foundation.<\/p>\n
\n honour of the seizure of Smolensk. The Convent stood on the road leading
\n to southwest, in the direction of Smolensk, a small town 300 km away from
\n Moscow.<\/p>\n
\n with the Kremlin Cathedral of the Assumption as a model, perhaps by the
\n Italian architect Aleviz Fryazin, and in 1525 the copy of the Smolenskaya
\n Icon was placed in it. The convent’s fortified, toothed walls and
\n the towers were added at the end of the 16th<\/sup>
\n century in the reign of Boris Godunov, and their design was also based
\n on the Kremlin. In the 17th<\/sup> century the towers
\n were decorated with splendid tracery crowns.<\/p>\n
\n in it- wives and widows of the tsars and boyars, their daughters and sisters
\n – and on taking the veil they handed over their jewels, pearls,
\n gold and silver. Women were secluded into this convent for several causes:
\n either if they couldn’t get a divorce, which was impossible at those
\n times, or if they became widows, also if they were to be devoid of their
\n political rights, like it was the case with the sister of Peter the Great.
\n It was here in 1689 that Peter the Great confined the intelligent and
\n power-loving Sofia, who did not wish to concede the throne to her brother
\n after he had attained adulthood.<\/p>\n
\n Peter the Great and mother of Tsarevich Aleksei. In 1727 she was brought
\n here from the Shlisselburg Fortress in St. Petersburg after Peter’s
\n death, and not long before her own. Both of Peter’s relatives are
\n buried in the convent’s Smolensk cathedral.<\/p>\n
\n to kingdom» in 1568. In the fire of 1812 the convent was nearly ruined.
\n At the beginning of September numerous French soldiers were billeted here
\n and later on Napoleon himself visited the place on horseback. Without
\n dismounting he looked round at the convent and gave orders for the Church
\n of John the Baptist to be blown up, then he departed. On the night of
\n 8 October the French troops were getting ready to retreat. Before leaving
\n they stuck lighted candles on the wooden iconostases and threw them on
\n to the floor where they had scattered straw everywhere. In the cellar
\n of Smolensky Cathedral the nuns discovered open barrels of powder with
\n smouldering fuses. With only seconds before a terrible explosion, the
\n nuns managed to put out the fuses and prevent a fire in the convent.<\/p>\n
\n place.<\/p>\n
\n time, but it managed to go through it, endure it and not only preserve
\n but also multiply spiritual heritage with centuries.<\/p>\n
\n of the State History Museum. Today it’s a convent with 2 museums
\n but it has been given back to the church.<\/p>\n
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