# Ugresha Monastery > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ugresha_Monastery > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ugresha_Monastery.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugresha_Monastery > Source revision: 1282590076 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{coord|55|37|18|N|37|50|24|E|region:RU_type:landmark_scale:2000|display=title}} [[File:Николо-Угрешский монастырь. Колокольня. 5.jpg|thumb|300px|Monastery of St. Nicholas has one of the [tallest bell towers in the Orthodox world](/source/List_of_tallest_Orthodox_churches)]] '''Nikolo-Ugreshsky Monastery''' ({{langx|ru|Николо-Угрешский монастырь}}) is a walled [stauropegic](/source/stauropegic) [Russian Orthodox](/source/Russian_Orthodox) [monastery](/source/monastery) of [St. Nicholas the Miracle-Worker](/source/Saint_Nicholas) located in a suburb of Moscow, [Dzerzhinsky](/source/Dzerzhinsky_(town)). It is the town's main landmark and is featured on the [city emblem](/source/%3AImage%3ACoat_of_Arms_of_Dzerzhinsky_(Moscow_oblast).png). The monastery is known to have existed as early as 1521, when the Tatar horde of [Mehmed I Giray](/source/Mehmed_I_Giray) reduced the city to ashes. The old [katholikon](/source/katholikon) of St. Nicholas (later destroyed by the Soviets) was built in the 16th century. The Ugresha Monastery was one of the walled abbeys defending approaches to the Russian capital from the south. A late legend attributes its foundation to [Dmitry Donskoy](/source/Dmitry_Donskoy) who, on his way to the [Kulikovo Field](/source/Kulikovo_Field), is supposed to have made a stay there and determined to give [a decisive battle to the Tatars](/source/Battle_of_Kulikovo) after seeing an image of St. Nicholas in a pious dream. He "is reputed to have called out in ecstasy ''ugresha'' ("this sets my heart aflame") and founded a monastery on the very spot".Kathleen Berton Murrell. ''Discovering the Moscow Countryside.'' {{ISBN|978-1-86064-673-7}}. Page 134. left|thumb|A bird's-eye view of St. Nicholas' Monastery The monastery was greatly expanded in the 17th century due to its proximity to the royal residences in [Izmailovo](/source/Izmaylovo_Estate) and [Kolomenskoye](/source/Kolomenskoye). After the [Russian Revolution](/source/Russian_Revolution_(1917)), the monastery was closed and its grounds were given over to a children's colony of the People's Commissariat of Finance in 1920. In an effort to fight children homelessness, [Felix Dzerzhinsky](/source/Felix_Edmundovich_Dzerzhinsky) had it transformed into a labour commune. The town was later renamed after Dzerzhinsky. Many church buildings were destroyed; others survived in a state of great disrepair. The ruined buildings were returned to the [Russian Orthodox Church](/source/Russian_Orthodox_Church) in 1991. The monastery has since been restored and operates several museums, including one dedicated to [Nicholas II of Russia](/source/Nicholas_II_of_Russia).{{cite web |url=http://ugresha.org/museum/nikolai2/ |title=Музей Императора-страстотерпца Николая II |website=ugresha.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005073657/http://www.ugresha.org/museum/nikolai2 |archive-date=2009-10-05}} There is a new [seminary](/source/seminary) on the grounds. == The modern life of the monastic community == The monastery was returned to the [Russian Orthodox Church](/source/Russian_Orthodox_Church) on January 30, 1991, by the decision of the Moscow Regional Council. [Archimandrite](/source/Archimandrite) Veniamin (Zaritsky) was appointed the [vicar](/source/vicar) of the monastery. A school at the monastery was opened in 1998 which was reorganised in 1999 into the Nikolo-Ugreshskaya [Theological Seminary](/source/Seminary). In 2004 a hipped-roof church-chapel in honour of the [Passion of Christ](/source/Passion_of_Jesus) was completed. In the same year, a new [iconostasis](/source/iconostasis) was made in the [Transfiguration](/source/Transfiguration_of_Jesus) Cathedral of the monastery. According to the project of [hieromonk](/source/hieromonk) Arseniy, the Nikolsky Cathedral was restored (rebuilt).{{Cite web|title=Храм-часовня в честь Страстей Господних в Николо-Угрешском монастыре|url=https://hramy.ru/regions/r50/lyuberetsky/dzerzhinsky/nustr.htm|access-date=2021-08-09|website=hramy.ru}} Since April 2021, the monastery has served as the residence of the [metropolitans](/source/Metropolitan_bishop) of [Krutitsy](/source/Krutitsy) and [Kolomna](/source/Kolomna), and it houses the administration of the [Moscow metropolis](/source/List_of_metropolitans_and_patriarchs_of_Moscow) and the [Kolomna](/source/Kolomna) [diocese](/source/diocese).{{Cite web|title=Николо-Угрешский ставропигиальный монастырь предоставлен митрополиту Крутицкому и Коломенскому для размещения в нем Управления Московской митрополии и Коломенской епархии / Новости / Патриархия.ru|url=http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/5803004.html|access-date=2021-08-09|website=Патриархия.ru|language=ru}} == See also == * [List of largest Eastern Orthodox church buildings](/source/List_of_largest_Eastern_Orthodox_church_buildings) ==References== {{commons category|Nikolo-Ugresha monastery}} {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{in lang|ru}} [http://ugresha.org/ Official website] {{Authority control}} Category:Russian Orthodox monasteries in Russia Category:Buildings and structures in Moscow Oblast Category:Christian monasteries established in the 14th century Category:Museums in Moscow Oblast Category:Religious museums in Russia Category:Biographical museums in Russia Category:Decorative arts museums in Russia Category:Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Moscow Oblast Category:Monasteries used as prisons --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ugresha Monastery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugresha_Monastery) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugresha_Monastery?action=history)). 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