Joseph-Volokolamsk Assumption Monastery
Russia, 143615, Moscow region, Volokolamsk district, Teryaevo village
Description:
The Joseph-Volokolamsk Assumption Monastery is located in the village of Teryaevo, Moscow region, 110 km from the Moscow Ring Road. It is also known as the Joseph-Volotsky Monastery. It was discovered in the distant 1479 by the saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, in the face of the monks, Joseph.
During the troubled times, the monastery was destroyed, but then rebuilt and today it is one of the most beautiful places on the map of Russia. Majestic architectural ensembles, rich historical heritage attract many tourists and ordinary parishioners here.
Within the walls of the monastery, the relics of people who left a trace in Russian history are sharpened: Tsar Vasily Shuisky, Prince Vasily Patrickeev-Kosoy, heretics Matvey Bashkin and Vasily Kuritsyn.
Today the monastery is male. In 1999 he acquired the status of stavropegial.