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St. Catherine's Stauropegial Monastery

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Description	:	St. Catherine's Stauropegial Monastery ( Ekaterininskaya Hermitage ) is a functioning Orthodox stauropegial monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church in the city of Vidnoye , Moscow Region . Pustyn was founded in the reign of Alexei Mikhailovich and named after the Great Martyr Catherine of Alexandria , according to legend, she appeared to the ruler during a hunt and announced the birth of her daughter . In 1918, the monastery was given to accommodate the sisters of the Krasnostok Convent evacuated from Poland . but was soon closed. Since 1931, a children's educational colony was located on its territory, and... Read More	St. Catherine's Stauropegial Monastery ( Ekaterininskaya Hermitage ) is a functioning Orthodox stauropegial monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church in the city of Vidnoye , Moscow Region . Pustyn was founded in the reign of Alexei Mikhailovich and named after the Great Martyr Catherine of Alexandria , according to legend, she appeared to the ruler during a hunt and announced the birth of her daughter . In 1918, the monastery was given to accommodate the sisters of the Krasnostok Convent evacuated from Poland . but was soon closed. Since 1931, a children's educational colony was located on its territory, and in 1938-1953 the Sukhanovskaya special regime prison operated . In 1991, the buildings of the monastery were again transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church, and the monastery was restored . The architectural ensemble of the monastery is an architectural monument of federal significance .

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