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The St. Nicholas Monastery (or Nikolsky Monastery) is a
The monastery was founded in the 14th century by St. Dimitri of Priluki. Several churches are located on the site; the St. Nicholas Cathedral was built in the 18th century and has a pyramidal shape. Two of the oldest temples on the site of the monastery have survived to the present times - the Peter and Paul Church and the Annunciation Refectory Church.
The
The St. Nicholas Monastery (or Nikolsky Monastery) is a Russian Orthodox
The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC; ;), also officially known as the Moscow Patriarchate (), is an autocephaly, autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox Christian church. It has 194 dioceses inside Russia. The Primate (bishop), p ...
monastery in Pereslavl-Zalessky
Pereslavl-Zalessky (, ), formerly known as Pereyaslavl-Zalessky, or simply Pereyaslavl, is a town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located on the main Moscow–Yaroslavl road and on the southeastern shore of Lake Pleshcheyevo at the mouth of the ...
, Russia.
History
The monastery was founded in the 14th century by St. Dimitri of Priluki. Several churches are located on the site; the St. Nicholas Cathedral was built in the 18th century and has a pyramidal shape. Two of the oldest temples on the site of the monastery have survived to the present times - the Peter and Paul Church and the Annunciation Refectory Church.
The Baroque
The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western Style (visual arts), style of Baroque architecture, architecture, Baroque music, music, Baroque dance, dance, Baroque painting, painting, Baroque sculpture, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from ...
-style Church of St. Peter and Paul was built in the mid-18th century. The Annunciation Church was built in 1748 also in the Baroque style.
The St. Nicholas Monastery was mostly destroyed during the Soviet period, but has been undergoing renovations since 1999.
References
Russian Orthodox monasteries in Russia Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Yaroslavl Oblast {{Orthodox-monastery-stub