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, Moscow, just one block away from the Kremlin.

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Type: Monastery
Denomination: Russian Orthodox
Description: orthodox monastery in Moscow
Also known as: “Zaikonospassky monastery” and “Заиконоспасский ставропигиальный мужской монастырь”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bolshoi Theatre and Revolution Square.

Bolshoi Theatre

Theater building

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The Bolshoi Theatre is a historic opera house in Moscow, Russia, originally designed by architect Joseph Bové. Before the October Revolution it was a part of the Imperial Theatres of the Russian Empire along with Maly Theatre in Moscow and a few theatres in Saint Petersburg. Bolshoi Theatre is situated 430 metres north of Monastery of the Holy Mandylion, Moscow.

Revolution Square

Metro station

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Ploshchad Revolyutsii is a station of the Moscow Metrosystem, in the Tverskoy District of central Moscow, Russia. The station is on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line and named after Revolution Square, under which it is located.

Church of the Holy Mandylion at Zaikonospassky Monastery (Moscow)

Church

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kitay-gorod and Moscow.

Kitay-gorod

Neighborhood

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Kitay-gorod, also referred to as the Great Possad in the 16th and 17th centuries, is a cultural and historical area within the central part of Moscow in Russia, defined by the remnants of now almost entirely razed fortifications, narrow streets and very densely built cityscape.

Moscow

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Since its founding in 1147, Moscow has been at the crossroads of history as the capital of empires and a frequent target for invaders. As the capital of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and, today, the Russian Federation, it has played a central role in the development of the largest country in the world.