Joseph-Volokolamsk Monastery
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Joseph Volokolamsk Monastery is a monastery for men, located 17 km northeast of Volokolamsk, Moscow Oblast. In the 15th and 16th centuries, it rivaled the Trinity as the most authoritative and wealthy
View of the monastery from across an adjacent lake.
The monastery in 1900
Bird's-eye view.
The monastery's belltower was destroyed by German forces in WWII
Maximus the Greek
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Maximus the Greek, also known as Maximos the Greek or Maksim Grek, was a Greek monk, publicist, writer, scholar, and translator active in Russia. He is also called Maximos the Hagiorite, as well as Ma
Joseph-Volokolamsk Monastery
…of struggle against the opponents of church landownership and heretics. Its vaults were used as a prison for dissenters. The famous inmates included Maximus the Greek (who spent 14 years there), Vassian Patrikeyev, Feodor Kuritsyn, Feodosii, Archbishop of Novgorod (1542–1551) who helped in compiling the Velikaia…
16th- or 17th-century icon
Maximus the Greek has been held in the greatest repute by Old Believers, and his images are normally featured in every Old Believer church.
Hagiographical fresco of Saint Maximus the Greek (Graikos) in the Greek Orthodox tradition.