The Holy Abodes of the Russian Soul
By: photographs by Charles Xelot ; authors of texts, Rev. A. Bertash, [and seven others] ; [editor, E.V. Shevchenko ; English translation and editing, A. Kobrina]
Contributors: Bertash, Aleksandr, author; Shevchenko, E. V., editor; Kobrina, A., translator, editor; Cherche midi éditeur; Fondation Neva (Geneva, Switzerland)
Publisher: Cherche midi; Foundation Neva
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Paris; [Geneva, Switzerland]
Language: fre
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9782749141343
Subjects: History; Orthodox Eastern monasteries; Pictorial works; Monasteries; Convents; Orthodox Eastern monasticism and religious orders; Monasticism and religious orders; Russkai͡a pravoslavnai͡a t͡serkovʹ
Notes: Published simultaneously in Russian.
Table of contents: title: I.; title: Early history of the Russian monasteries : the 11th century.  Kiev Monastery of the Caves dedicated to the Dormition of the Mother of God -- -- II.; title: The most ancient monasteries in Russia : the 12th century.  St Anthony Monastery in Novgorod the Great dedicated to the Nativity of the Mother of God.  St George Monastery in Novgorod the Great dedicated to the Holy Great-Martyr and Trophy-Bearer George -- -- III.; title: "The Golden Age" of Russian monasticism : the 14th-15th centuries.  The Holy Trinity - St Sergius Lavra.  Savva Storozhevsky Monastery dedicated to the Nativity of the Mother of God.  St Euthymius Monastery in Suzdal dedicated to the Transfiguration of the Saviour.  St Therapont's and St Martinian Monastery dedicated to the Nativity of the Mother of God.  St Cyril of Belozersk Monastery dedicated to the Holy Dormition of the Mother of God -- -- IV; title: Increasing independence of the Russian Orthodox Church : autocephaly 1448-1589.  St Alexander of Svir Monastery dedicated to the Holy Trinity.  The New Maidens Convent dedicated to the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God.  Tikhvin Monasterdy dedicated to the Holy Dormition of the Mother of God -- -- V.; title: Fortress monasteries.  Solovki Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Saviour.  Pskov Monastery of the Caves dedicated to the Holy Dormition of the Mother of God -- -- VI.; title: The patriarchal period and the schism : 1589-the early 1600s.  Valdai Monastery dedicated to the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God -- -- VII.; title: The monasteries during the synodal period : the early 1700s-1917.  Valaam Monastery dedicated to the Transfiguration of the Saviour.  The Holy Trinity St Seraphim-Diveyevo Convent.  Sts Martha and Mary Convent in Moscow.  Gormensky Convent dedicated to the Kazan icon of the Mother of God.  The Mount of Olives Convent of the Ascension of the Saviour.  Convent of St Mary Magdalene in Gethsemane.  The Russian Monastery dedicated to Great Martyr Panteleimon on Holy Mount Athos.