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Epiphany Monastery was founded by St. Daniel, the first Moscow prince, in 1296. He was a son of Blessed Grand Prince Alexander Nevsky. It is one of the oldest monasteries in Moscow. St. Sergius of Radonezh' older brother Stefan was one the Monastery's first abbots.
Epiphany temple was built in 1342 and replaced an original wooden church, which w...
Russia · Moscow
Construction of the Cathedral that is dedicated to Our Lady of Kazan was financed by Duke Dmitry Pozharsky as gratitude toward God for the victory over the Poles of 1620.
In 1650, a bell tower was built.
The Cathedral had been repeatedly reconstructed and finally completely demolished in 1936.
Architect Pyotr Baranovsky was lucky to measur...