Savior-Androniki Monastery

The Moscow Spaso-Andronikov Monastery was founded in the middle of the 14th century by Metropolitan Alexy and named in honor of the Savior Not Made by Hands, and Andronik is the name of his first rector.

The monastery is located on the left bank of Yauza, at the address Andronevskaya Square, 10 and 11. It can be reached on foot from the Earthshaft or by tram from the Kursk station.

The monastery complex is included in the federal list of cultural heritage sites. It has preserved walls, several residential and commercial buildings and two churches. This is the Church of Archangel Michael, a vivid example of Moscow Baroque, and built in the early Moscow style Spasska Cathedral (an architectural monument, was partially destroyed and then restored). Part of the buildings was transferred to the ROC, since 1989, divine services have been held.

In the Savior-Andronikovsky monastery took tonsure and lived more than 20 years icon painter Andrei Rublev. Several frescoes of his work have been preserved here, and the Andrei Rublev Museum has been operating since 1960.