Excursions with a visit to the Zaikonospassky monastery

An interesting attraction of Kitay-gorod

• The Zaikonospassky Monastery, located in the Kitay-gorod of Moscow on Nikolskaya Street, is an important historical and religious center. This Stavropol monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church has a rich history, full of events and significant moments.
• The monastery received the nickname "teacher's" because of the creation of an educational school within its walls, which was later transformed into the Slavic-Greek-Latin Academy. This academy became the basis for the Moscow Theological Academy, emphasizing the importance of this place in the educational and spiritual sphere.
• Some researchers claim that on the site of the current monastery in the XIV century there was a "Spassky Monastery on the Nikolsky Sacrum, on the Sands, in the Old Place" - also known as the monastery of St. Nicholas the Old.
• The Transfiguration Cathedral of the monastery, dedicated to the Savior Not Made with Hands, resumed its services in July 1992 and received the status of a Patriarchal compound. In 1993, the Russian Orthodox University was opened in the monastery, which, despite the temporary move to the Vysoko-Petrovsky Monastery, gave the monastery complex a new educational aspect.
• On February 20, 2010, Patriarch Kirill visited the monastery, holding the first patriarchal divine service in the ancient monastery after a 310-year break. In March of the same year, the Holy Synod blessed the opening of the Zaikonospassky Stavropol Monastery, separating it from the Patriarchal Compound of the former Zaikonospassky and Nikolsky monasteries in Kitay-gorod.
• Today, many monastic premises are occupied by non-church organizations, including the Historical and Archival Institute of the Russian State University and the Godunov restaurant. Despite these changes, the cathedral, the fraternal building, shopping malls and other historical buildings retain their architectural beauty and historical value, recalling the rich heritage of the Zaikonospassky Monastery from antiquity to the present day.