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Church of the Nativity of Christ
The Church of the Nativity on the territory of the Resurrection New Jerusalem Monastery is a stauropegial monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church in the city of Istra, Moscow Region.
It was founded in 1656 by Patriarch Nikon, according to whose plan a complex of holy places in Palestine was to be recreated near Moscow.
The Church of the Nativity of Christ was built at the direction of Tsarevna Sofya Alekseevna, who visited the monastery in 1685 for the consecration of the "great newly built stone church." Its construction lasted from 1686 to 1692. The church building adjoins the Refectory on the east side.
Church of the Nativity of Christ
The Church of the Nativity on the territory of the Resurrection New Jerusalem Monastery is a stauropegial monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church in the city of Istra, Moscow Region.
It was founded in 1656 by Patriarch Nikon, according to whose plan a complex of holy places in Palestine was to be recreated near Moscow.
The Church of the Nativity of Christ was built at the direction of Tsarevna Sofya Alekseevna, who visited the monastery in 1685 for the consecration of the "great newly built stone church." Its construction lasted from 1686 to 1692. The church building adjoins the Refectory on the east side.