The Convent was founded by Duchess Maria, mother of Prince Vladimir the Bold, a hero of the Battle of Kulikovo, and wife of Prince Andrew of Serpukhov in 1386. It was built on the outskirts of the town, on a steep bank of the Neglinka River, and at the very edge of the Kuchkovo Field.
In 1501 to 1505, the stone Cathedral of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God was constructed in the Convent. Today, it is surrounded by buildings of the 17th to 20th centuries. The new Cathedral was damaged by the 1547 fire. However, it was reconstructed soon. By order of Tsar Ivan IV, St. Nicholas's Side Chapel was added in the southern altar apse. In the 17th century, it was supplemented with a refectory. In the late 18th century, the Cathedral turned out to be rounded by a closed porch from the north and south. In the 19th century, the Advent (1814) and St. Demetrius of Rostov's (1820) Side Chapels appeared there. In the 1670s, a burial vault of the Lobanovs-Rostovskys was added to the eastern side of the Cathedral, which was completed with a second floor refectory in the 19th century. From 1676 to 1687, the stone Church of St. John Chrysostom was built by Princess Photinia Ivanovna.
In the 16th century, there was a belfry upon the south-western corner of the Nativity Cathedral. However, it was demolished in the 17th century and replaced by a hipped-roof bell tower that was broken by the stroke of lightning in 1835.
A bell tower upon the Holy Gates was built by architect Nikolai Kozlovsky in 1835 and 1836. A church dedicated to Bishop Eugenios of Kherson was built by S. Shterich in the lower tier of the bell tower.
Cells of the 17th to 19th centuries along the eastern wall of the Convent fence as well as cleric buildings have survived till our days.
The Russian Revival Kazan Church with a refectory was built by architect Vinogradov from 1904 to 1906. A stone fence with four corner towers was constructed with support from Photinia Lobanova-Rostovskaya in 1671. In 1882, a new fence was built but based on the former one.
In the early 20th century, the Nativity Convent had enough people: an hegumeness, 23 sisters, 15 official and 210 unofficial novices. An asylum for girls and a parochial school functioned there.
The Nativity Convent was shut down in 1922. Practically no trace of an ancient Convent cemetery has left. The following people were buried there in their days: founder of the Convent Duchess Maria (religious name Marpha, December 2, 1389), wife of Vladimir the Bold Duchess Yelena (1452), and members of the Lobanov-Rostovsky Family.
Church services have been held in the Nativity Convent since 1989. The Convent has existed since July of 1993.
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