Theophany Convent

Theophany or Bogoyavlensky Convent is one of the most populous Russian Orthodox convents. It is situated in Kostroma and is referred to as the area of the historical Feodorovskaya Icon of God's Mother. It turned into based as Bogoyavlensky Monastery within the 15th century by using Nikita, a disciple and a relative of St Sergius of Radonezh. The 5-domed katholikon of conventional Byzantine design changed into built under Ivan the Terrible, starting in 1559. The Tsar accused the father advanced and a number of the brethren of supporting his rival Vladimir of Staritsa and had them achieved in 1570.

The monastery became besieged and taken by using Aleksander Jozef Lisowski at some stage in the Time of Troubles. The attack claimed the lives of 11 monks. A monastic residence dates from the 17th century. The different homes arose from the monastery's reconstruction in the Russian Revival fashion inside the overdue 19th ?century. In 1863 the monastery became converted into the convent. After the Revolution the convent changed into abolished and changed into now not revived until the 90s. The remains of the wall paintings in the katholikon were destroyed in a latest fireplace. You can visit this place with your loved ones.