City Photos News Russia/New Jerusalem

Windmill in the wooden architecture museum

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 03:37:37 +0000

Windmill in the wooden architecture museum.
New Jerusalem, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.

Back gate of the monastery

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 03:33:56 +0000

The stairs lead to Nikon's cell (its photo is also here), to the bank of Istra river - near the monastery it's called Jordan, with an ablution place just behind Nikon's cell, to a holy spring, to the local museum of history and culture, and to the former monastery orchard which is now a museum of wooden architecture.
New Jerusalem, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.

Interior of the Resurrection cathedral - waiting for restauration

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 03:33:52 +0000

As I have already written, this cathedral was supposed to represent Jerusalem; for making pilgrimages to Russian people not so long and costly, Patriarch Nikon ordered to search for holy places closer to Moscow. When they discovered that a place just about 50-60 km from Moscow topographically was almost a calc of the original Jerusalem, they took it for a Sign and built a big Resurrection monastery. As other monasteries, it also served as a fortress protecting Moscow, as a big feudal producer of various goods, and as a prison; when Nikon fall into disgrace and was dismissed from the Patriarch's throne, he found himself in a cell here. Though looking like a tiny 5-store palace, it was still a penance cell, and Nikon was more a prisoner then a monk here. It looks ((http://cityphotos.info/cms/russia/new_jerusalem/411_%22cell%22_of_patriarch_nicon.htm like this)) from the outside. .
New Jerusalem, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.

"Catacomb" church cupolas

Sat, 20 Jan 2007 06:14:35 +0000

"Catacomb" church cupolas.
New Jerusalem, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.

Main cupola of the Resurrection Cathedral (2)

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 06:44:39 +0000

Main cupola of the Resurrection Cathedral (2).
New Jerusalem, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.

Monastery wall

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 06:40:46 +0000

Monastery wall.
New Jerusalem, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.

Main cupola of the Resurrection cathedral

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 06:40:41 +0000

Main cupola of the Resurrection cathedral.
New Jerusalem, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.

Graveyard

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 06:37:13 +0000

Graveyard.
New Jerusalem, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.

Tile-decorated monastery window

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 06:32:44 +0000

Tile-decorated monastery window.
New Jerusalem, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.

Strange gravestone with Arabic letters in the churchyard

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 06:29:32 +0000

Strange gravestone with Arabic letters in the churchyard.
New Jerusalem, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.

Old gravestone in the churchyard

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 06:29:28 +0000

Old gravestone in the churchyard.
New Jerusalem, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.

Old gravestone in the churcyard

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 06:22:57 +0000

Old gravestone in the churcyard.
New Jerusalem, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.

Old gravestone (er, graveironboard)

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 06:22:53 +0000

Old gravestone (er, graveironboard).
New Jerusalem, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.

New Jerusalem Monastery

Mon, 22 May 2006 10:42:16 +0000

The church (St. Konstantine and St.Helen) next to the Resurrection Cathedral (on the right) is built in a pit to represent the place where Emperor Konstantin, following his wife Helen's dream discovered the Holy Cross (at least as far as the legend says)..
New Jerusalem, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.

"cell" of Patriarch Nicon

Mon, 22 May 2006 10:42:16 +0000

Nikon, born Nikita Minin (May 7, 1605 Valmanovo, Russia - August 17, 1681), was the seventh patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church. This was one of the most important periods in the Church's history, as Nikon introduced many reforms which eventually led to a lasting schism known as Raskol. Very interesting story: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarch_Nikon.
New Jerusalem, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.