Museum of Dionisy’s Frescoes - Ferapontov Monastery

greatly satisfied

The historical features give this place most of its character. My wife and I loved it. By the way, there is a lake (picnic and swimming) near the grounds.

Jaw-dropping frescoes

A must-see whether you travel from Moscow, St Peterburg, Vologda, on a river cruise ship or any other way (except for the plane, of course). Russia has very few monasteries so nicely preserved. By str...

Wonderful

It was like a miracle for us to see all those icons painted more than 500 years ago. The colours look like fresh. Amazing!

just come and see

like a miracle - can hardly describe in words. Certainly worth a special trip from Moscow or any other place in the world. Counts to a world's heritage together with the most known frescoes in Vatican...

Ferapontov Belozersky Godoyce-Christmas Monastery

Original Text

Ferapontov Belozersky Godogorodice-Christmas Monastery was founded in 1398 on the shore of Borodavsky Lake by the monk Simonov of the Monastery Ferapont, of the kind of boar Poskochin. Together with the inok arrived ...