(2006) Award of Merit - Art Association in Roxbury - Fall Members Show (NJ)
Novodevichy, or "New Maidens Convent" in English, was founded by Vasily III in 1524 to commemorate the recapture of Smolensk from the Lithuanians in 1514. Novodevichy was closed in 1922 by the Soviet Government, its nuns evicted and the convent building used to house a "Museum of Women's Emancipation". The convent was later re-opened as a museum to Novodevichy's history and in 1964 became the official residence of the Orthodox Church's Metropolitan of Kruitsky and Kolomensky. The entire complex is now open to visitors.
(2006) Award of Merit - Art Association in Roxbury - Fall Members Show (NJ)
Novodevichy, or "New Maidens Convent" in English, was founded by Vasily III in 1524 to commemorate the recapture of Smolensk from the Lithuanians in 1514. Novodevichy was closed in 1922 by the Soviet Government, its nuns evicted and the convent building used to house a "Museum of Women's Emancipation". The convent was later re-opened as a museum to Novodevichy's history and in 1964 became the official residence of the Orthodox Church's Metropolitan of Kruitsky and Kolomensky. The entire complex is now open to visitors.