PLENAIR IN NEW JERUSALEM / JUNE-1982
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Stavropighialny Voskresensky Monastery - the New Jerusalem - was founded in 1656 by Patriarch Nikon as his own residence and as the embodiment of the idea of "Third Rome" in Russia.
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Stavropighialny Voskresensky Monastery - the New Jerusalem - was founded in 1656 by Patriarch Nikon as his own residence and as the embodiment of the idea of "Third Rome" in Russia.