• The New Jerusalem Monastery was re-established as a religious community only in the 1990s. The main buildings within the walled circuit are the following
  • The “New Jerusalem Monastery” is one of the most beautiful monasteries we have seen so far in Russia and its just in the Oblast of Moscow.
  • According to Nikon's plan, the New Jerusalem Monastery was to become the Orthodox world's center for all Slavic peoples.
  • New Jerusalem Monastery, Russia. Patriarch Nikon was actively involved not only in the religious but also social life of the country, trying to interfere with...
  • In the winter of 1941, the Resurrection Cathedral at the New Jerusalem Monastery was destroyed by German troops.
  • According to the architects' plan, the whole area should take on its historical features, for which the New Jerusalem Monastery is so famous.
  • In the 17th century, the New Jerusalem Monastery owned a large library, compiled by Nikon from manuscripts taken from other monasteries.
  • Istra’s most famous site is the New Jerusalem (Novoierusalimsky) Monastery. It is a stauropegic monastery, which means it is second in status to a lavra.
  • New Jerusalem Monastery is located on the river Istra not far from Moscow. ... Below is a location map and aerial view of New Jerusalem Monastery.