In the 17th-18th centuries, Feodorovsky Monastery in Pereslavl-Zalessky was a highly revered place. The Moscow nobility often came here, including members of the royal family.
It all began in the time of Ivan the Terrible, who personally patronized the monastery and donated substantial funds to it. Churches and other structures were built with these donations. In the first half of the 17th century, the monastery acquired a new wooden enclosure with towers, as well as a church with altars dedicated to Nicholas the Wonderworker and the Entry into the Temple.
Wood looks beautiful, but it is short-lived and impractical, so in 1710 Peter I's sister Natalia Alekseyevna allocated funds for the construction of a new Church of the Entry - in stone, with two side chapels: of the icon of the Mother of God "The Sign," as well as of the holy martyrs Adrian and Natalia.
Externally, the church is squat and broad, with spacious side chapels and three apses. The walls of the side chapels and the apses are decorated with half-columns. Above the main cube rises one dome on a drum, and another smaller dome above the refectory.
The refectory of the Church of the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple has now been restored and is used for its intended purpose. At present, twenty nuns live in Feodorovsky Monastery. When visiting the monastery on a tour, do not forget to try the local pastries - they are incredibly delicious.
