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Elizabethan tower of New Jerusalem Monastery
The New Jerusalem Monastery in Istra is a piece of Palestine in Russia. The New Jerusalem Monastery is also known by a different name - the Resurrection New Jerusalem Monastery. The male Orthodox convent was founded in 1656 near the city of Istra in the Moscow region. By her appearance she is obliged to Patriarch Nikon, who wished to break the residence of the patriarchs in this place. Nikon himself repeatedly stayed here for the night. With the construction of a new monastery, the patriarch wanted to build the center of the Orthodox world in Moscow. In this case, it was planned that the grand structure would topographically transmit the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, located in Jerusalem..
Elizabethan tower of New Jerusalem Monastery
The New Jerusalem Monastery in Istra is a piece of Palestine in Russia. The New Jerusalem Monastery is also known by a different name - the Resurrection New Jerusalem Monastery. The male Orthodox convent was founded in 1656 near the city of Istra in the Moscow region. By her appearance she is obliged to Patriarch Nikon, who wished to break the residence of the patriarchs in this place. Nikon himself repeatedly stayed here for the night. With the construction of a new monastery, the patriarch wanted to build the center of the Orthodox world in Moscow. In this case, it was planned that the grand structure would topographically transmit the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, located in Jerusalem..