Moscow. Novospassky Pond is an artificial reservoir in the center of Moscow. In 1750, two ponds were dug on the banks of the Moskva River in the city center at the current location of the pond: the larger one had a rectangular shape, and the smaller one was square. In the course of these works, an old pond with an island in the center was also ennobled. The ponds were connected to each other and to the Moskva River by a system of underground pipes.
Up to now, only one rectangular reservoir has reached this system - this is Novospassky Pond. Its area is 1.5 hectares and its average depth is 2.5 meters. Food is provided by groundwater and surface water. To prevent water erosion, coastlines were reinforced with a reinforced concrete structure.
Around the pond is a small park, this is a popular vacation spot! Swimming in Novospassky Pond is not permitted, but this prohibition is often violated. From the pond you can see the Moscow International House of Music from one side - beyond the Moscow River and the Novospassky Monastery from the opposite. Novospassky Monastery, one of 10 operating in Moscow, belongs to the Russian Orthodox Church. Do not believe it - A quiet monastic monastery formed in the 13th century has turned into a complete architectural ensemble for many centuries. This is an amazing monument of the ancient history of Orthodoxy in Russia, and the monastery of the monastic community, living according to its strict rules and regulations. Regular services are held in the cathedral and in the temples of the monastery.
It was founded in 1490 with the name of the Savior of the New, Grand Duke Ivan III, who transferred the fraternity of the Kremlin monastery of the Savior on Bor to the city. The latter arose around 1330 under the Grand Duke Ivan Kalita.
The first stone Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Our Savior was built in 1494. The monastery began to enjoy royal favor and acquire a modern look after the Romanovs came to power, whose ancestral tomb has long been in the Novospassky monastery.
The monastery was closed in 1918, and in the same year a concentration camp was organized on its territory. Monuments of the monastery, which had museum significance, were attributed to the museum of the Simonov Monastery. In the 1920s, the architect Sergei Rodionov carried out the restoration of the monastery buildings. In 1925, the Second Women's Correctional House occupied the territory of the monastery. The monastery cemetery was demolished in 1927-1930.
Since 1935, the territory of the monastery was in charge of the economic department of the NKVD. All the monastery buildings were converted for household needs or for housing. The eviction of tenants began in 1960. In 1968, it was decided to organize on the basis of the monastery a "museum of history and modern practice of restoration in the USSR."
Restoration work dragged on for many years. The cathedral planned to open a Museum of the history of restoration. A large restoration center on the territory of the monastery existed from 1985 until the end of 1990, when it was decided to return the monastery to the Moscow Patriarchate.
The revival of monastic life began in April 1991. In July of the same year, the male choir of the Novospassky Monastery was created.
In 1995, the ashes of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, who was killed 90 years earlier by the terrorist Ivan Kalyaev, was transferred here. A memorial cross was erected on the territory of the monastery, recreated according to the surviving project of Viktor Vasnetsov, an exact copy of the monument that existed in the Kremlin.
In February 2014, Patriarch Kirill consecrated the 16-ton “Romanovsky” bell, which was cast to replace the historic bell destroyed in the 20th century.
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