Ivanovo. Convent of the Entrance of the Theotokos. I’ve been here many times over the past few years. Living, praying, and taking pictures.
The camera lens has captured a great deal. Beautiful views, sunsets, sunrises, services, feasts, and – most importantly – people. Nuns, priests, parishioners, pilgrims, workers. At services, obediences, and trapeza. Believe me, there are plenty of interesting things at the convent.
This is neither a photo-essay nor a photo-report. This is simply the life of the convent, everyday and festive, color and black-and-white. Miscellanea.
Church of the Entrance of the Theotokos
Archimandrite Ambrose (Yusarov), the convent’s spiritual father
At confession
Abbess Maria (Perepecha)
“No entrance without a blessing!”
In the trapeza (refectory)
Inner courtyard
Church-girls
In the belltower
Kliros (choir stand)
Ceramics workshop
Sewing room
Prosphora bakery
Bakery
Library
On “Radio Radonezh”
Icon painting studio
Frescos in the Church of the Entrance of the Theotokos
Igumen Nikiphor (Mikula), iconographer who frescoed the Church of the Entrance of the Theotokos
Preobrazhenskoe Metochion. Service in the Transfiguration Church
Romanovka Metochion. Medical room
Church of the Entrance of the Theotokos
Romanovka Metochion. Kitchen
Preobrazhenskoe Metochion. Trapeza (refectory)
Mushroom hunting
Preobrazhenskoe Metochion
Preobrazhenskoe Metochion. Prosphora bakery
Winter! A novice exalts…
Translated from the Russian.
