Nikolo-Ugreshsky Monastery
Nikolo-Ugreshsky Monastery is a Russian Orthodox monastery named after St. Nicholas the Miracle-Worker. The monastery located in a suburb of Moscow formerly known as Ugreshi and now called Dzerzhinsky.
The monastery is known to have existed as early as 1521. The old main church of St. Nicholas was built in the 16th century. A legend attributes its foundation to Dmitry Donskoy, the Prince of Moscow from 1359 to 1389. On his way to the Kulikovo Field, is supposed to have made a stay there and determined to give a decisive battle to the Tatars after seeing an image of St. Nicholas in a pious dream. He "is reputed to have called out in ecstasy ugresha ("this sets my heart aflame") and founded a monastery on the very spot".
The main church of the monastery was built to a Russian-Byzantine design by Alexander Kaminsky between 1880 and 1894. It is one of the largest churches in the Moscow region.
After the Russian Revolution, the monastery was closed and was given over to a children labor colony. In an effort to fight children homelessness, Felix Dzerzhinsky had it transformed into a labor commune. The town was later renamed after Dzerzhinsky. Many church buildings were destroyed; others survived in a state of great disrepair. The field and ruined buildings were returned to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1991. The monastery has since been fully restored and operates several museums, including one dedicated to Nicholas II of Russia.
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The monastery is known to have existed as early as 1521. The old main church of St. Nicholas was built in the 16th century. A legend attributes its foundation to Dmitry Donskoy, the Prince of Moscow from 1359 to 1389. On his way to the Kulikovo Field, is supposed to have made a stay there and determined to give a decisive battle to the Tatars after seeing an image of St. Nicholas in a pious dream. He "is reputed to have called out in ecstasy ugresha ("this sets my heart aflame") and founded a monastery on the very spot".
The main church of the monastery was built to a Russian-Byzantine design by Alexander Kaminsky between 1880 and 1894. It is one of the largest churches in the Moscow region.
After the Russian Revolution, the monastery was closed and was given over to a children labor colony. In an effort to fight children homelessness, Felix Dzerzhinsky had it transformed into a labor commune. The town was later renamed after Dzerzhinsky. Many church buildings were destroyed; others survived in a state of great disrepair. The field and ruined buildings were returned to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1991. The monastery has since been fully restored and operates several museums, including one dedicated to Nicholas II of Russia.
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