🏛 Khotkovo Intercession Convent (Pokrovsky Khotkov Monastery)

Хотьково, Кооперативная ул.

A 14th-century convent where the parents of Sergius of Radonezh, Saints Cyril and Maria, are buried; the huge early 20th-century St Nicholas Cathedral is visible from the station.

The monastery is first mentioned in 1308 and was originally mixed, for both monks and nuns.
Sergius of Radonezh's elder brother Stephen also lived here as a monk before withdrawing to a hermit's life.
By tradition, pilgrims on the way to the Trinity Lavra of St Sergius first paid respects to Sergius's parents, and the road ran straight through the monastery.
The relics of Cyril and Maria are kept in the classicist Intercession Cathedral of 1812–1816.
The Byzantine-style St Nicholas Cathedral was built in 1900–1904 to a design by the architect A. A. Latkov.
Mikhail Nesterov painted studies here for “Holy Russia”, including “The Wanderer Anton” in 1896.
The monastery was closed in 1922, and monastic life returned only in 1989.

Part of these routes

Abramtsevo: the Mamontov estate and Khotkovo Monastery