Novospassky Monastery, Moscow

Novospassky Monastery, Moscow (Russia)

Novospassky Monastery is one of the Russian Orthodox Church fortified monasteries surrounding Moscow from the south-east. The abbey traces its history back to Moscows first monastery established in the early 14th century at the location where the Danilov Monastery now stands. The Church of the Savior in the Wood of the Kremlin was its original katholikon. Upon its removal to t