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The Resurrection New Jerusalem Monastery of the Stauropegic
The Resurrection New Jerusalem Monastery of the Stauropegic (Воскресе́нский Новоиерусали́мский ставропигиальный мужской монастырь, г. Истра Московской области)
Camera: Olympus OM-1n
Lens: Zuiko Auto-W 28mm f/ 2.8
Film: Agfa Vista Plus 400
Filter: No filter
Scanned by Minolta Dimage ScanElite 5400 by VueScan
The New Jerusalem Monastery was founded in 1656 in Moscow by Patriarch Nikon. According to his plan, the monastery was to become the center of the Orthodox world. Topography, toponymy, church buildings of the monastery and the surrounding territory, stretching for several tens of kilometers, created the image of the Holy Land and reproduced the main Christian shrines of Palestine. On a hill in the center of this territory, which was called Zion, a monastery was founded - a peculiar city-temple. Some buildings of the monastery complex repeat the outlines of the buildings of the Holy Land, and the main cathedral of the monastery, consecrated in 1685, is built in the likeness of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. In the cathedral, the sacred similarities of Mount Golgotha, the caves of the Holy Sepulcher, the place of the three-day burial and the Life-giving Resurrection of the Savior are reproduced. The towers also have symbolic names: the Wojido Jerusalem, Gethsemane, etc. The hills surrounding the monastery were called the Mount of Olives, Favorsky, etc., villages - Preobrazhensky, Nazareth, Capernaum. On the land of Russian Palestine, a fast, tortuous river flows Istria, which received the name of the Jordan; The creek that flows around the monastery hill is the Kidron stream. Now a significant part of the territory is occupied by the city of Istra, which until 1930 was called Voskresensk.
Beginning to deteriorate even after the closure, the monastery suffered greatly during the Great Patriotic War. During the three-week German occupation in 1941, the museum was looted. When the fascist troops retreated, the monastery was blown up, the tower and bell tower of the monastery were destroyed, and the cathedral was significantly damaged.
Restoration and restoration work in the monastery began in 1947; especially intensively they were conducted in 1960-80s.
On March 6, 2009, the President of the Russian Federation D.A. Medvedev signed a decree "On measures to recreate the historical appearance of the Resurrection New Jerusalem Jerusalem Stauropegic Monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church."
Full-scale restoration activities were started in December 2011. The restoration of the Resurrection Cathedral was completed in 2015.
By 2014, near Voskresensky Cathedral, the bell tower destroyed in 1941 by German troops was restored and new bells were installed.
Restoration of the monastery, which represents the only successful attempt to recreate the image of the Holy Land, cost 10 billion rubles, of which almost 1 billion 300 million were national donations. By the end of 2016, the restoration work in the monastery was completed.
The Resurrection New Jerusalem Monastery of the Stauropegic
The Resurrection New Jerusalem Monastery of the Stauropegic (Воскресе́нский Новоиерусали́мский ставропигиальный мужской монастырь, г. Истра Московской области)
Camera: Olympus OM-1n
Lens: Zuiko Auto-W 28mm f/ 2.8
Film: Agfa Vista Plus 400
Filter: No filter
Scanned by Minolta Dimage ScanElite 5400 by VueScan
The New Jerusalem Monastery was founded in 1656 in Moscow by Patriarch Nikon. According to his plan, the monastery was to become the center of the Orthodox world. Topography, toponymy, church buildings of the monastery and the surrounding territory, stretching for several tens of kilometers, created the image of the Holy Land and reproduced the main Christian shrines of Palestine. On a hill in the center of this territory, which was called Zion, a monastery was founded - a peculiar city-temple. Some buildings of the monastery complex repeat the outlines of the buildings of the Holy Land, and the main cathedral of the monastery, consecrated in 1685, is built in the likeness of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. In the cathedral, the sacred similarities of Mount Golgotha, the caves of the Holy Sepulcher, the place of the three-day burial and the Life-giving Resurrection of the Savior are reproduced. The towers also have symbolic names: the Wojido Jerusalem, Gethsemane, etc. The hills surrounding the monastery were called the Mount of Olives, Favorsky, etc., villages - Preobrazhensky, Nazareth, Capernaum. On the land of Russian Palestine, a fast, tortuous river flows Istria, which received the name of the Jordan; The creek that flows around the monastery hill is the Kidron stream. Now a significant part of the territory is occupied by the city of Istra, which until 1930 was called Voskresensk.
Beginning to deteriorate even after the closure, the monastery suffered greatly during the Great Patriotic War. During the three-week German occupation in 1941, the museum was looted. When the fascist troops retreated, the monastery was blown up, the tower and bell tower of the monastery were destroyed, and the cathedral was significantly damaged.
Restoration and restoration work in the monastery began in 1947; especially intensively they were conducted in 1960-80s.
On March 6, 2009, the President of the Russian Federation D.A. Medvedev signed a decree "On measures to recreate the historical appearance of the Resurrection New Jerusalem Jerusalem Stauropegic Monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church."
Full-scale restoration activities were started in December 2011. The restoration of the Resurrection Cathedral was completed in 2015.
By 2014, near Voskresensky Cathedral, the bell tower destroyed in 1941 by German troops was restored and new bells were installed.
Restoration of the monastery, which represents the only successful attempt to recreate the image of the Holy Land, cost 10 billion rubles, of which almost 1 billion 300 million were national donations. By the end of 2016, the restoration work in the monastery was completed.