Simon monastery
Russia, Moscow, East Street, 4s1
Description:
Simonov Monastery was built in 1370 by a disciple of Sergius of Radonezh, Saint Fyodor Simonov. In 1379, the monastery was moved east to its present location. The towers and strong walls of the fortress – the monastery were built in the 16th and 17th centuries.
In the monastery lived and worked monks Vasily Spit and Maxim the Greek, here is buried Simeon Bikbulatovich, whom Tsar Ivan the Terrible made the Grand Prince of Russia.
In 1771 Catherine the Great dissolved the monastery, but it was re-established in 1795. In 1920, the Bolsheviks closed the shrine forever. In the 1930s, part of the monastery - including the Assumption Cathedral of the XV century and the bell tower - was destroyed to make way for the Palace of Culture of the automobile factory.
Today, all that remains is the Tikhvin Church of Our Lady, one section of the wall with two towers, as well as several auxiliary buildings, including the refectory of the XVII century.
To get to the monastery is convenient by metro, if you get to the stop "Avtozavodskaya".