Monastery of the Holy Mandylion, Moscow

The Monastery of the Holy Mandylion or Zaikonospassky Monastery is an Orthodox monastery on the Nikolskaya Street in Kitai-gorod, , just one block away from the Kremlin.
zaikonospasskiy.ru
Wikipedia
Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Monastery
  • Denomination: Russian Orthodox
  • Description: orthodox monastery in Moscow
  • Also known as: “Zaikonospassky monastery”, “Заиконоспасский ставропигиальный мужской монастырь”, and “Московский Заиконоспасский монастырь”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Bolshoi Theatre and Ploschad Revolyutsii.

Theater building
Photo: Юрий Д.К., CC BY 4.0.
The is a historic opera house… is situated 430 metres north of Monastery of the Holy Mandylion, Moscow.

Metro station
Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ploshchad Revolyutsii is a station of the Moscow Metro…

Church
Photo: Ludvig14, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kitay-gorod and Moscow.

Neighborhood
Photo: Matthäus Merian the Elder, Public domain.
, also referred to as the Great Possad…

Photo: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Since its founding in 1147, has been at the…

Photo: OlesyaKn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Moscow include areas from 's 3rd Ring to Moscow Ring Road.

Monastery of the Holy Mandylion, Moscow

Latitude
55.75642° or 55° 45′ 23″ north
Longitude
37.62055° or 37° 37′ 14″ east
Open location code
9G7VQJ4C+H6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 466651241
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­monastery
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­religious
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­russian_orthodox
Wiki­data ID
Q4184203
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Monastery of the Holy Mandylion, Moscow” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Заіконаспаскі манастыр”
  • Czech: “Zaikonospasský klášter”
  • French: “monastère Zaikonospasski”
  • French: “Monastère Zaikonospasski”
  • Georgian: “ზაიკონოსპასკის მონასტერი”
  • Hungarian: “Zaikonoszpasszkij kolostor”
  • Polish: “Monaster Zaikonospasski”
  • Russian: “Заиконоспасский монастырь”
  • Slovenian: “Zajkonospaski samostan”
  • Tatar: “Заиконоспас кәшишханәсе”
  • Ukrainian: “Заіконоспаський монастир”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Москва 109012 and Факультет истории, политологии и права РГГУ.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Ozon and Церковная лавка Заиконоспасского мужского монастыря.

Moscow Oblast: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Moscow and Podolsk.

Curious Monasteries to Discover

Uncover intriguing monasteries from every corner of the globe.