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.
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Church of the Entrance of the Theotokos
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Archimandrite Ambrose (Yusarov), the convent’s spiritual father
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At confession
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Abbess Maria (Perepecha)
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“No entrance without a blessing!”
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In the trapeza (refectory)
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Inner courtyard
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Church-girls
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In the belltower
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Kliros (choir stand)
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Ceramics workshop
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Sewing room
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Prosphora bakery
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Bakery
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Library
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On “Radio Radonezh”
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Icon painting studio
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Frescos in the Church of the Entrance of the Theotokos
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Igumen Nikiphor (Mikula), iconographer who frescoed the Church of the Entrance of the Theotokos
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Preobrazhenskoe Metochion. Service in the Transfiguration Church
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Romanovka Metochion. Medical room
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Church of the Entrance of the Theotokos
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Romanovka Metochion. Kitchen
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Preobrazhenskoe Metochion. Trapeza (refectory)
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Mushroom hunting
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Preobrazhenskoe Metochion
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Preobrazhenskoe Metochion. Prosphora bakery
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Winter! A novice exalts…
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Translated from the Russian.