Презентация на тему Welcome to Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery

is Arina.
I’m from Kadui. Kadui is

situated in Vologda region. In my opinion, our region is the best place in the world! It has many places of interests. I like to visit them and to learn interesting facts about its history and people.

Vologda region is Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery. I visited it last

summer. It is the largest monastery in Russia and Europe which is situated on Lake Siverskoye. This monastery was founded in 1397 as a monastery in honour of Uspenia God’s Mother. The monastery walls are 7 metres wide and 11 metres high! It is one of the symbols of Old Russian Culture.

the founder and first hegumen of the monastery that

bears his name. Cyril was sixty at the time when he founded the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery. He was a follower of Sergius of Radonezh.

were built in XV-XVI centuries. There are eleven churches

on its area of twelve hectares.

begins. Crowds of people from different countries visit Kirillo-Belozersky

Monastery.
You can bow low to the shrine with relics of Saint Cyril Belozersky.

standing atough siege for six years. There were 500

monks there. During the siege two third of defenders died. They didn’t let the enemies in the fortress.

in this monastery. One of them is about Ivan

the Terrible birth. The other touches upon Patriarch of All Russia Nicon who was in exile in Beloozero from 1666 to 1681. I think there are another people secrets there.