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Belopesotsky Convent is a Russian Orthodox Convent. It is the preeminent landmark of Stupino, the town 99 kilometers south of Moscow. The monastery in that place was found in the end of XV century by Vladimir Belopesotsky (former boyar from the town Rzhev, the monk of Khytun monastery near Novgorod). It was found near Oka river, which was the border of Russian lands in that time. Along the river were built many fortresses which protected Russian lands from devastating raids of Krimean tatars. The new monastery also had defensive meaning and could serve the role of fortress it it was necessary. In the second half of XVII century the monastery lost its military significance and became poor. It lost all its lands because of Secularization decree during the reign of Catherine the Great. However Belopesotsky monastery continued to exist until October revolution. 50 monks lived there in 1916. The part of monks was shot in 1918 and in 1924 the monastery closed. F...

Yesterday, after visiting Yegoryevsk, we were returning home by way of the road to Likino-Dulyovo.  The rest of the day was open, and I decided to take a look at a monastery that was located near our route. . The entrance to the monastery is situated several meters from the road, and has a small parking area in front of it. This is the entrance to the monastery.  The town of Kurovskye is not a popular tourist spot, like the entire eastern part of the Moscow region, so Transfiguration Monastery of Guslitsy doesn't attract many visitors.  In fact, I think that--other than the woman in the photo above--I may have been the only out-of-towner there at the time. Transfiguration Monastery was founded through an initiative of Emperor Alexander II in 1858.  The main purposes of the new monastery were missionary work and the education of children.  The area where the monastery is situated was called Guslitsy in that time, and it was inhabited almost entire...