Zverin Monastery, Cathedral of the Intercession of the Virgin Mary (Veliky Novgorod)

Zverin Monastery, Church of St. Simeon the God-Receiver Russia · Veliky Novgorod

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Holly Spirit Monastery, Holly Spirit Cathedral Russia · Veliky Novgorod

The Holly Spirit Cathedral is a part of the Holly Spirit Monastery. The Monastery was first mentioned in the 1162 chronicle. All buildings were wooden until the mid-14th century. In 1357, a stone Holly Spirit Temple was built, while all other constructions remained wooden till the mid-16th century. When Dmitry Donskoy's army approached the to...

Holy Spirit Monastery, Church of the Holy Life-Giving Trinity Russia · Veliky Novgorod

In the 1520s, Archbishop Makary introduced cenobitic rules in Novgorod monasteries. Thus, many monasteries built their refectories. A stone refectory with the Church of the Holy Life-Giving Trinity in the Holy Spirit Monastery was constructed in 1557 to order of Farther Superior John. It is supposed, that originally the Trinity Church had a s...