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New Jerusalem Monastery
Istra, Istrinsky District, Moscow Oblast, Russia, Russia
The New Jerusalem Monastery in Istra, Moscow Oblast, Russia, was founded in 1656 by Patriarch Nikon as a patriarchal residence replicating the Holy Land, with the Istra River symbolizing the Jordan and structures mimicking Jerusalem's sacred sites. Its centerpiece is the massive Resurrection Cathedral (1656–1685), a rotunda modeled after the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, joined by a stone wall with towers (1690–1694), the Church of the Holy Trinity (1686–1698), and contributions from architects like Bartolomeo Rastrelli and Matvei Kazakov, all adorned with majolica and stucco. Closed in 1918, it suffered severe WWII damage from German forces before reopening as a museum and resuming monastic life in the 1990s, now fully restored and active.
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