Moscow, Russia
Novodevichy Convent
Novodevichy Convent, also known as Bogoroditse-Smolensky Monastery, is probably the best-known cloister of Moscow. Its name, sometimes translated as the New Maidens' Monastery, was devised to differ from the Old Maidens' Monastery within the Moscow Kremlin. The convent was founded by Grand Duke Vasily III on May 13, 1524 in honor of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God "Hodegetria" - the main shrine of Smolensk, in gratitude for the capture of Smolensk in 1514.
- City
- Moscow
- Country
- Russia
- Category
- Religious
- Suggested visit
- About 45 minutes
More places in Moscow
- Bolshoi Theatre
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
- Central Dynamo Stadium
- Moscow Leningradsky railway station
- Red Square
- Russian Institute of Theatre Arts
Background: Wikipedia