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Intercession (Pokrovsky) Monastery (Покровский монастырь) is a Russian Orthodox convent situated in Moscow, in the neighbourhood of Taganka. It was named after the Intercession of the Theotokos.
The monastery has been known since 1635 and long remained a poor monastic abode outside the city proper, neighbouring a large cemetery for commoners. It was a filial monastery of the Zaikonospassky Monastery between 1680 and 1731.
Much of the monastery is Neoclassical in design and dates from the early 19th century. The five-domed
/ref> It is dedicated to the Renewal of the Temple of the Resurrection in Jerusalem. The Soviets disbanded the brethren and had some of the walls torn down. The monastery was revived in 1994 as a stauropegic nunnery. It derives much of its popularity and income from the relics of St. Matrona of Moscow, a very popular saint.
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{{Cloisters of Moscow Convents in Russia Monasteries in Moscow 1635 establishments in Russia Russian Orthodox monasteries in Russia Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Moscow
Intercession (Pokrovsky) Monastery (Покровский монастырь) is a Russian Orthodox convent situated in Moscow, in the neighbourhood of Taganka. It was named after the Intercession of the Theotokos.
The monastery has been known since 1635 and long remained a poor monastic abode outside the city proper, neighbouring a large cemetery for commoners. It was a filial monastery of the Zaikonospassky Monastery between 1680 and 1731.
Much of the monastery is Neoclassical in design and dates from the early 19th century. The five-domed katholikon
A ''katholikon'' or catholicon ( gr, καθολικόν) or ''sobor'' ( Slavonic: съборъ) refers to one of three things in the Eastern Orthodox Church:
* The cathedral of a diocese.
* The major church building (temple) of a monastery corre ...
was erected in the mid-1850s to Mikhail Bykovsky's Byzantine Revival designs.The Encyclopaedia of Moscow/ref> It is dedicated to the Renewal of the Temple of the Resurrection in Jerusalem. The Soviets disbanded the brethren and had some of the walls torn down. The monastery was revived in 1994 as a stauropegic nunnery. It derives much of its popularity and income from the relics of St. Matrona of Moscow, a very popular saint.
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{{Cloisters of Moscow Convents in Russia Monasteries in Moscow 1635 establishments in Russia Russian Orthodox monasteries in Russia Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Moscow