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Jerusalem Monastery
New Jerusalem Monastery
In the 17th century, Nikon, then Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church,
had an inspiration to recreate Holy Land on the outskirts of Moscow.
Nikon's vision for this project included an exact replica of the Holy Sepulchre
and the Garden of Gethsemane.
This is how the New Jerusalem Monastery came to be. Its central architectural
masterpiece is the magnificent Cathedral of the Resurrection. The main shrine
of the monastery is the Resurrection Cathedral, made by the image of the Holy
Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Here one can also climb Golgotha, kneel down before
the Holy Sepulcher, bow to the nativity scene and dip into holy waters of the
Jordan River.
Today the New Jerusalem is still a functioning monastery, but it also houses
a museum with a variety of ethnographic and art collections.
In the adjacent park there are several fascinating examples of the traditional
Russian wooden architecture.
Opening hours of the monastery:
Every day: 7.30 am - 6 pm Sundays: 6.30 am - 6 pm Feast days: 6.30 am - 6 pm.
On the eve of Sundays and feast days when the all-night vigil is celebrated
the monastery is open till 8.30 pm.
The biggest museum in the Moscow region combines more than 10000 sq. m. of
high-tech exposition space and the park zone. The model of the Holy Sepulcher
of the 17th century, the facsimile signature of patriarch Nikon, and many other
unique exhibits are shown in the modem multimedia space, full of technologies
of augmented reality Holdings of the museum contain approximately 180000 depository
items and Include archeological, historical, ethnographical and art collections.
Opening hours of the museum:
- Tuesday - Friday: 10 am - 6 pm
- Saturday: 10 am - 7 pm
- Sunday and Holidays: 10 am - 6 pm
Monday: Day off Patriarch Nikon's Skete Windmill - XIX cent. Stable Forge
Peasant Farmstead of Kokorins - XIX cent. "New Jerusalem" Museum Exhibition
Hall.
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