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when attacks on the Russian Orthodox Church had begun. Architectural preservationists voiced their concern that the outsize building would irrevocably alter the surrounding cityscape.
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The origin of the monastery's name comes from the fact that it was built on the spot where the muscovites and the ruling Prince had
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Unlike most other Russian Orthodox churches of the same name the monastery is not, as might be expected, named after one of the
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In November 2013, an official body that oversees construction on heritage sites approved the construction of a large "
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Services in the Vladimirsky Cathedral resumed in 1991. The cathedral was transferred to the authority of the
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In 1925, the monastery was closed down. In 1928–1930, most of its buildings were dismantled by the
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Activists criticise plans to build on site of 14th-century monastery in Moscow
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in 1994, but nowadays it is a separate monastic establishment, with Patriarch
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to Moscow to protect the capital from the imminent invasion of
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Cultural heritage monuments of regional significance in Moscow
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The katholikon (1677–1679) on the territory of the monastery
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New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Orthodox Church
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in 1397. It used to be located close to the present-day
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Christian monasteries established in the 14th century
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View of the monastery from Lubyanka Street in 1882.
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The katholikon (1677–1679)
Order
Diocese
Vasili I
Moscow
Russia
Coordinates
55°45′56.4″N 37°37′48.8″E / 55.765667°N 37.630222°E / 55.765667; 37.630222
Russian
romanized
Orthodox
monastery
Moscow
Grand Prince
Vasili I
Red Square
Bolshaya Lubyanka Street
Sretenka Street
Sretensky Theological Academy

twelve Great Feasts
Russian Orthodox Church
Church Slavonic
icon
Our Lady of Vladimir
Vladimir
Tamerlane
Russian army
Kazan
Soviets

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