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Ascension Convent, known as the Starodevichy Convent or Old Maidens' Convent until 1817 ( Russian: Вознесенский монастырь, Voznesensky monastyr ' ), was an Orthodox nunnery in the Moscow Kremlin which contained the burials of grand princesses, tsarinas, and other noble ladies from the Muscovite royal court. It was destroyed ...
Elena Vasilyevna Glinskaya (Russian: Елена Васильевна Глинская; c. 1510 – 4 April 1538) was the grand princess consort of Moscow as the second wife of Vasili III of Russia, and de facto regent of Russia from 1533 until her death in 1538.
- Vasili Lvovich Glinsky
- Vasili III of Russia
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The exposition in the southern annex of the Archangel Cathedral is devoted to one of the oldest and venerated monasteries in Russia – the Ascension (Voznesensky) Convent in the Moscow Kremlin, which was founded by Grand Princess Eudokia, the wife of Grand Prince Dmitry Donskoy. The white stone cathedral, built by her order, was consecrated in ...
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Grand Prince Vasily III – ruler of Moscow from 1505 to 1533, and often mockingly known as Vasili the Adequate – commissioned the Church of the Ascension to celebrate the long anticipated birth of the heir to the Russian throne, Ivan IV Vasilyevich. Ivan, who was born on 25 August 1530, would become known as Ivan the Terrible. The Church of the Asce...
Nestled in the Kolomenskoye Reserve, overlooking the river, the church is particularly attractive and worth a visit for its significance – it’s closed Mondays. The interior is smaller than you’d expect from outside. Kolomenskoye also provides a pleasant respite from the intensity of central Moscow, and exploring the park for a day or an afternoon i...
The Church of the Ascension is located deep in the Kolomenskoye Museum Reserve, on the edge of the Moskva River. The nearest metro stations are Kashirskaya (south) or Kolomenskaya (north): both are about a 2km walk through the leafy parkland to access the church itself. A map is helpful as there are lots of paths and it’s easy to get lost or distra...
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Shortly before her death, the Grand Princess took the veil under the name Euphrosyne in the founded convent. She died half a month later, on 7 June 1407, and was buried by her will in the convent, though uncompleted yet. That burial started the organization of the shrine for grand princesses and other members of the royal house in the cathedral.
The Ascension of Jesus (anglicized from the Vulgate Latin: ascensio Iesu, lit. 'ascent of Jesus') is the Christian belief, reflected in the major Christian creeds and confessional statements, that Jesus ascended to Heaven after his resurrection , where he was exalted as Lord and Christ , [1] [2] sitting at the right hand of God .
May 9, 2022 · The Ascension Convent was a Russian Orthodox nunnery in the Moscow Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. The Moscow Kremlin is a fortified complex founded by the Rurik dynasty in the late 15th century. It includes five palaces, four cathedrals, and the enclosing Kremlin Wall. Before the founding of St. Petersburg by Peter I (the Great), Emperor of All ...
