• Dionisy

  Dionisy was entered in the paterikon of the St. Joseph Volokolamsk Monastery as Dionisy the Wise. Dionisy,...

  • The St. Paphnutius Borovsk (Pafnutiev-Borovsky) Monastery. The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin

    The St.Paphnutius Borovsk Monastery was founded
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  • The Moscow Kremlin. The Cathedral of the Dormition

    The new stone Cathedral of the Dormition in Moscow
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  • The Saviour Kamenny (Spaso-Kamenny) Monastery. The Saviour Transfiguration Cathedral

    It is the oldest cloister in Belosero, 137 older than
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  • The Moscow Kremlin. The Ascension Monastery. The Ascension Cathedral

    The Ascension Monastery was founded in 1386
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  • The St. Joseph Volokolamsk (Iosifo-Volokolamsky) Monastery. The Cathedral of the Dormition

    The monastery was founded by St. Joseph Volotsky
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  • The Chigasov Monastery. The Saviour Transfiguration Cathedral

    The monastery was founded by Hegumen (abbot)
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  • The St. Paul Obnorsk (Pavlo-Obnorsky) Monastery. The Trinity Cathedral

    The monastery was founded by St. Paul of Obnorsk, a
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  • The St. Ferapont Belozero (Ferapontov Belozersky) Monastery. The Cathedral of the Virgin Nativity

    The St. Ferapont Belozero Monastery emerged
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  • The St. Cyril Belozero (Kirillo-Belozersky) Monastery. The Dormition Cathedral

    The monastery was founded near Belozero by
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  • The Saviour Priluki (Spaso-Prilutsky) Monastery. The Saviour Transfiguration Cathedral

    The Saviour Priluki Monastery which is close
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• Ferapontov Monastery

  The St. Ferapont Belozero Monastery of the Virgin Nativity was set up at the turn of the 14th and 15th...

  • The Virgin Nativity Cathedral

    The Virgin Nativity Cathedral, which is the first stone
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  • The Church of the Annunciation with the Refectory

    It is a unique monument of architecture of the first
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  • The Treasury Chamber

    The oldest extant monument of civil architecture of
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  • The Church of St. Martinian. The porch was built in the middle of the 19th century

    The tented church was built over the tomb of the second
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  • The Gate Churches of the Epiphany and St. Ferapont

    The Holy Gates that divide the two worlds: the mundane
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  • The Bell-tower

    The tented three-storey bell-tower is a rare type of
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  • The Wall

    Up to the middle of the 19th century the
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• Museum of Frescoes

  The main cathedral of the former Ferapontov monastery, the Virgin Nativity Cathedral, houses frescoes...

  • Western Façade

  • Cupola, drum and pendentives

  • Section of Central Crosswise Nave. East View

  • Section of Central Crosswise Nave. West View

  • Section of Central Lengthwise Nave. North View

  • Section of Central Lengthwise Nave. South View

  • Section of Northern Lengthwise Nave. North View

  • Section of Northern Lengthwise Nave. South View

  • Section of Southern Lengthwise Nave. South View

  • Section of Southern Lengthwise Nave. North View

  • Section of Western Crosswise Nave. West View

  • Section of Western Crosswise Nave. East View

  • Section of Eastern Crosswise Nave. East View

  • Section of Eastern Crosswise Nave. West View

  • Medallions

  
  

• Library

  • St. Joseph, Hegumen of Volotsk

    St. Joseph Volotsky (secular name Ivan Sanin) was born
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  • St. Paphnutius of Borovsk, Hegumen and Miracle-Worker

    St. Paphnutius of Borovsk was a disciple of the Borovsk
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  • Dionisy and Andrei Rublev

    When approaching the extensive topic of “Dionisy and
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  • Team painting

    Team (artel) painting as a form of work organization
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  • Fresco technique

    How did medieval painters paint cathedrals? Fresco
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  • Genealogy of Icon Painter Dionisy

    Little is known about the life and genealogy of Dionisy,
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  • Cost of works

    From the biography of Paphnutius of Borovsk we learn
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  • The Simonov Monastery

    The Old Simonov Monastery was founded in 1370 with
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  • Aristotle Fioravanti (Fioravanti del Albertini, Rudolfo)

    Italian engineer and architect of the 15th century,
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  • St. Ferapont of Mozhaisk (Belozero), Miracle-worker from Luzhki

    The fates of St. Cyril of Belozero and St. Ferapont
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  • St. Cyril of Belozero

    St. Cyril was the greatest adherent of St. Sergius.
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  • St. Sergius of Radonezh

    St. Sergius (secular name Bartholomew) was born in
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  • St. Paul Of Obnorsk and Komelsk. Vologda miracle-worker

    St. Paul was born in 1317 in Moscow into a boyar family
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  • St. Martinian of Belozero

    St. Martinian of Belozero (secular name Mikhail St0monakhov)
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  • Dionisy’s sons Theodosius and Vladimir

    At the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries the Moscow
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  • Milestones of the St. Ferapont Belozero Monastery

    1397 Cyril and Ferapont leave the Simonov Monastery
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• Supplemental Information

  The Museum of Dionisy’s Frescoes is situated in the village of Ferapontovo in Kirillov region of Vologda...

  • How to get there

    The Museum of Dionisy’s Frescoes is in the village
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  • Historic Dates

    25 January Feast day of Saint Martinian 9 June Feast
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  • Public opening

    14 January Day of Culture of Vologda Region 9 May Victory
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  • Excursions

    Excursion History of the St. Ferapont Belozero Monastery
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  • Exhibitions

    History and Monuments of the St. Ferapont Belozero
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  • Surrounding Countryside

    At the beginning of the 20th century people traveled
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• Illustrations

  
  

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