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St. John the Baptist Convent in Vyazma
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Regions, Travel
St. John the Baptist Convent, founded in 1536, is located in the small town of Vyazma (population about 50,000), in the east of Smolensk region, 210 km from Moscow.
The convent itself is small, on its territory there are two churches: Church of the Ascension with a bell tower and Church of the Icon of the Holy Mother “Hodegetria.”
Church of the Ascension
The convent is the main attraction of the town mainly due to its famous three-domed stone church of the Smolensk Icon of the Holy Mother “Hodegetria.”
It is a unique architectural monument included in the UNESCO list of monuments of world importance. Photos by: Alexander Maretsky.
Church of the Icon of the Holy Mother “Hodegetria”
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