Novodevichy Pond in Moscow: description of how to get there by metro

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The Novodevichy Convent in Moscow is an ancient picturesque temple complex located in a historical place near Luzhniki. This monastery is one of the ancient Orthodox ensembles of the Christian religion, located on the territory of the state and revered for more than one century. According to existing belief, during the period of the Mongol-Tatar yoke, it was in this area that the selection of Russian beauties for the Golden Horde was carried out.

How to get to Novodevichy Ponds?

Those who are planning to visit Novodevichy Ponds simply need to know how to get there by metro, because this is the main way to get there. You need to go to the stations “Studencheskaya”, “Frunzenskaya” or “Sportivnaya”, and then walk about fifteen minutes. For those traveling by car, you can use a navigator or a map of Moscow roads. However, it must be taken into account that it will not be possible to drive up to the ponds themselves; the vehicle will have to be left in the parking lot.

Novodevichy Ponds, whose address is: Moscow, Novodevichy Proezd, is located next to the monastery. You can even get to them by accident, just walking around the neighborhood.

The Khamovniki district, where the ponds are located, is located in the southwestern part of Moscow. The area occupied by the reservoir reaches 3.5 hectares.

How to get from the Novodevichy Convent to the Novodevichy Cemetery

The territory of the monastery is closely adjacent to the cemetery, but the direct passage between them is closed. To get to the right place, you need to exit the monastery gate, turn right and go straight to the round tower. After it, turn right. Walking along the wall, you can get directly to the entrance to the cemetery territory.

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Novodevichy Park

This beautiful park, beckoning couples for a walk, is located on the banks of ponds. It is specially equipped with elegant benches, incredible silence reigns here, in a word, everything seems to be created for romantic individuals.

Novodevichy Ponds Park has another characteristic feature. It is here that the famous Sophia Tower is located, on the walls of which wishes are written. There is a belief that later they come true.

There is a children's playground for the youngest visitors of the park. There are very convenient paths for mothers with strollers. You can also roller skate or bike along them. By the way, this park has a very long history: it was founded in 1524 by Prince Vasily III.

Novodevichy Convent

The Khamovniki district is famous for another attraction: the Novodevichy Convent. It is not only one of the oldest, but also one of the most beautiful monasteries in Moscow. It is located on Devichye Pole, in the very bend of the Moscow River. It was founded in the same year as Novodevichy Park.

In tsarist times, many of the royal family were in one way or another connected with the monastery: they lived here, took monastic vows, and became novices. However, not all of them ended up here of their own free will; some were simply exiled.

The Novodevichy Convent is more like a fortress. Most of its buildings are made in the Moscow Baroque style at the end of the 17th century. All this retains some kind of mysterious grandeur and mannerism, capable of leaving a permanent mark on the soul of anyone who visits here at least once.

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Address: , Moscow, Novodevichy proezd, 1 Telephone, 8 (916) 538-58-05 (abbot. building), (shop), 8 (499) 246-42-36 (accounting) Official website: novodev.msk.ru More news and photos from the temple:

Bishop's service at the Novodevichy Convent on May 24, 2021
Vespers with the removal of the Shroud in the Novodevichy Convent on April 30, 2021
Matins of Great Saturday at the Novodevichy Convent on April 30, 2021
Great Saturday at the Novodevichy Convent on May 1, 2021
Matins of Great Heel at the Novodevichy Convent on April 29, 2021
Great Wednesday at the Novodevichy Convent April 28, 2021
Lazarus Saturday in the Novodevichy Convent on April 24, 2021
Feast of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem at the Novodevichy Convent on April 25, 2021
Matins with reading of the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete at the Novodevichy Convent on April 14, 2021
Divine Liturgy at the Novodevichy Convent on April 11, 2021
Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Novodevichy Convent on April 7, 2021
Cross Worship Week in the Novodevichy Convent April 4, 2021
Divine Liturgy on the Week of the Triumph of Orthodoxy at the Novodevichy Convent on March 21, 2021
Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts at the Novodevichy Convent on March 19, 2021
Thursday of the first week of Lent at the Novodevichy Convent on March 18, 2021
Tuesday of the first week of Lent at the Novodevichy Convent March 16, 2021
Monday of the first week of Lent at the Novodevichy Convent March 15, 2021
Feast of the Presentation of the Lord in the Novodevichy Convent on February 15, 2021
Feast of the Epiphany at the Novodevichy Convent on January 19, 2021
Prayer service for the New Year at the Novodevichy Convent on December 31, 2020
55th anniversary of the episcopal consecration of Metropolitan Yuvenaly December 26, 2020
Feast of the Entry into the Temple of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Novodevichy Convent on December 4, 2021
Divine Liturgy at the Novodevichy Convent on October 11, 2020
Meeting of the Organizing Committee for the preparation and holding of the celebration of the 500th anniversary of the founding of the Novodevichy Convent on September 17, 2021
Patronal feast of the church in honor of the Beheading of John the Baptist at the walls of the Novodevichy Convent on September 11, 2021
Awarding the clergy of the Moscow diocese at the Novodevichy Convent on September 3, 2021
Patronal feast day in the Novodevichy Convent on August 28, 2020
Feast of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God in the Novodevichy Convent on August 10, 2021
Memorial Day of St. Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, in the Novodevichy Monastery on June 28, 2021
Remembrance Day of All Saints, who shone in the Russian land, in the Novodevichy Monastery on June 21, 2021
Visit of Moscow Mayor S. S. Sobyanin to the Novodevichy Convent on June 17, 2021
Memorial Day of the Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council in the Novodevichy Monastery on May 31, 2021
Feast of the Ascension of the Lord in the Novodevichy Convent on May 28, 2020
Divine Liturgy at the Novodevichy Convent on the Week of the Blind, May 24, 2021
Memorial Day of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in the Novodevichy Convent on May 22, 2021
Divine Liturgy at the Novodevichy Convent on the Week of the Samaritan May 17, 2021
Divine service on the day of remembrance of departed soldiers at the Novodevichy Convent on May 9, 2021
Feast of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God in the Novodevichy Convent on May 6, 2021
Day of Remembrance of the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Novodevichy Convent May 2, 2021
Week of the Myrrh-Bearing Women at the Novodevichy Convent on May 3, 2020
Radonitsa in the Novodevichy Convent on April 28, 2021
Antipascha in the Novodevichy Convent on April 26, 2021
Bright Tuesday at the Novodevichy Convent on April 21, 2020
Easter Great Vespers at the Novodevichy Convent on April 19, 2020
Bright Monday at the Novodevichy Convent on April 20, 2020
Great Saturday at the Novodevichy Convent on April 18, 2020
Matins of Great Heel at the Novodevichy Convent on April 16, 2020
Good Friday at the Novodevichy Convent on April 17, 2020
Easter at the Novodevichy Convent April 19, 2021
Great Wednesday at the Novodevichy Convent April 15, 2021
Maundy Thursday at the Novodevichy Convent on April 16, 2020
Feast of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem at the Novodevichy Convent on April 12, 2021
Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Novodevichy Convent on April 6, 2021
Feast of the Praise of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Novodevichy Convent on April 3, 2021
5th Sunday of Great Lent, St. Mary of Egypt, in the Novodevichy Convent on April 5, 2021
Week of St. John Climacus at the Novodevichy Convent March 29, 2021
Cross Worship Week in the Novodevichy Convent March 22, 2020
Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts at the Novodevichy Convent on March 6, 2021
Monday of the first week of Lent at the Novodevichy Convent March 2, 2021
Forgiveness Sunday at the Novodevichy Convent on March 1, 2020
Feast in honor of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God and the day of remembrance of Archbishop Gregory of Mozhaisk in the Novodevichy Monastery on February 25, 2021
Divine Liturgy at the Novodevichy Convent on February 2, 2020
Feast of the Epiphany at the Novodevichy Convent on January 19, 2020
Feast of the Nativity of Christ in the Novodevichy Convent on January 7, 2020
60th anniversary of the priestly consecration of Metropolitan Juvenaly January 1, 2020
Memorial Day of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in the Novodevichy Monastery on December 19, 2021
Award ceremony at the Novodevichy Convent on November 25, 2021
Day of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in the Novodevichy Monastery November 4, 2021
Consecration of the crosses of the Transfiguration Church of the Novodevichy Convent on November 1, 2021
Day of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God in the Novodevichy Convent October 26, 2021
Awarding the clergy of the Moscow diocese at the Novodevichy Convent on October 21, 2021
30th anniversary of the Sunday school of the Novodevichy Convent October 20, 2019
Funeral service for Archimandrite Nestor (Zhilyaev) at the Novodevichy Convent on October 16, 2021
Feast of the Exaltation of the Honest and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord in the Novodevichy Convent on September 27, 2021
Patronal feast of the church in honor of the Beheading of John the Baptist at the walls of the Novodevichy Convent on September 11, 2021
Patronal feast day in the Novodevichy Convent on August 28, 2019
Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord in the Novodevichy Convent on August 19, 2021
Bishop's service at the Novodevichy Convent on August 18, 2019
Feast of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God in the Novodevichy Convent on August 10, 2021
Antipascha in the Novodevichy Convent on May 5, 2021
Bright Saturday at the Novodevichy Convent on May 4, 2021
Great consecration of the Church of the Beheading of John the Baptist on July 7, 2021

Fishing on Novodevichy Pond

Novodevichy Pond is not only a favorite vacation spot for those who want to sunbathe, but also a great place for fishing. Of course, you won’t be able to catch exclusive species of fish here, but crucian carp, carp and even chub may well be caught. The weight of caught crucian carp often reaches 1 kg.

They fish here mainly with a float rod from spring to autumn, but they focus mainly on weather conditions. You can see schools of crucian carp even just walking along the shore of the pond.

Interestingly, during the Soviet period, Novodevichy Pond was inhabited by quite a large number of fish:

crucian carp;
pike;
perch;
carp;
bream;
roach.

A huge number of crayfish could also be observed. However, fishing here was prohibited in those days; the police kept an eye on it. Nevertheless, the kids still managed to catch some kind of trophy; there were no fines. The Small Pond was cleaned in the 70s, after which its depth became significantly smaller. In the 90s, Nikita Mikhalkov filmed the film “The Barber of Siberia” here, after which all the fish in this reservoir died. Apparently, some toxic substances from the pyrotechnics got into the water.

Recently, Novodevichy Pond has begun to delight fishermen with rotan and verkhovka. Some kind of variety began to attract new fans of casting a fishing rod. Naturally, it is not customary to install networks here. But you can always have a wonderful time, even in dreary autumn weather.

Novodevichy Convent

The Novodevichy Convent is located almost in the center of Moscow, in a historical place that centuries ago was called the Maiden Field.

The monastery cannot be perceived separately from the surrounding park and cemetery, so we will talk about one, and the other, and the third. The ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The history of the Novodevichy Convent began with the fact that the Grand Duke of Moscow Vasily III promised that he would build a monastery in honor of the icon of Our Lady of Smolensk if he recaptured the Smolensk lands from the Lithuanians. In 1514, Smolensk became part of the Moscow Principality, and ten years later, in 1524, by order of Vasily III, construction of the monastery began.

The nuns of the monastery were mainly women of noble families. Under Ivan the Terrible, many ladies of the court who had fallen out of favor were exiled to the monastery. At the end of the 16th century, Boris Godunov was elected to the kingdom in the monastery. At the same time, the monastery was completely burned by the Crimean Khan Devlet Giray. Driven by the idea of making the monastery an outpost on the western approaches to Moscow, the new tsar completely renovated the monastery - built new fortified walls with loopholes and towers. The monastery has remained this way to this day.

Scheme/layout of the Novodevichy Convent

The Novodevichy Convent became a place of exile for some noble and royal persons. Thus, after the Streltsy revolt, Peter I imprisoned his sister Sophia in a monastery. Also here, Peter’s first wife, Evdokia Lopukhina, lived out her days. By the way, one of the modern superstitions of the monastery is associated with the name of Sophia. According to this belief, if you make a wish while leaning against the Naprudnaya Tower of the monastery or hugging it, your wish will certainly come true. In fact, the pilgrimage to the tower, which was popularly nicknamed Sophia, turned into vandalism. People write directly on the wall of the tower with markers, which is why the tower has to be re-whitened every few months.

In Soviet times, the Novodevichy Convent suffered the fate of many holy places - it was closed. For many years there was a branch of the Historical Museum here. After the Great Patriotic War, a theological seminary was located here for some time, and only in 1994 the monastery became operational again. In 2010, the monastery became part of the Moscow Diocese, and since the same year there has been a church museum here.

The most ancient building on the territory of the monastery is the Cathedral of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God. Initially, it was the only stone building on the territory of the monastery. In the basement of the cathedral there is a tomb in which the sisters of Peter I and his first wife are buried. There are also chambers of Irina Godunova and Evdokia Lopukhina on the territory of the monastery. Basically, all the buildings of the monastery have been preserved from the 17th century.

The history of the Novodevichy cemetery originates in monastery burials. Initially, novices were buried here, including nobles and royals. In the 19th century, the first graves of famous people, including men, appeared. Unfortunately, the necropolis of the Novodevichy Convent was badly damaged during Soviet times; out of 2,000 burials, no more than a hundred remain. Including the Volkonsky mausoleum, the tomb with the chapel of the owners of the Trekhgornaya Manufactory, and the grave of Denis Davydov have been preserved. By the beginning of the 20th century, there was no space left for burials on the territory of the monastery, so it was decided to expand the territory. Thus, first the old territory of the cemetery appeared, then in the 40-50s of the twentieth century - a new one, and at the end of the 70s the newest territory.

Unlike other public burial grounds, this cemetery does not evoke melancholy. Apparently, there is such a concentration of graves of the famous and great here that you rather feel the touch of eternity than of dust and decay. Judge for yourself: Chekhov, Gogol, Bulgakov, Mayakovsky, Chaliapin, Evstigneev, Gurchenko, Nikulin, Yeltsin - these are just a few of the names of those who found eternal refuge here. In addition to writers, poets, actors, directors, and politicians, outstanding academicians, scientists, engineers, and philosophers are buried here. And what monuments there are here! Their authors, as a rule, are famous sculptors, for example, the author of the monument to N.S. Khrushchev - Ernst Neizvestny. Each monument has its own history; they can be perceived as independent works of art.

Sculptural composition “Mother Duck and Ducklings” - a gift from Laura Bush

And finally, the ensemble is completed by a park stretching along the western wall of the monastery. The park has developed around the Bolshoi and Maly Novodevichy ponds, which represent the old bed of the Moscow River. It’s nice here at any time of the year and very picturesque, which made this place famous among Moscow photographers. The park contains the famous sculpture "Mother Duck and Ducklings" - a gift from Laura Bush. In summer, picnics are often held here. In addition, there are many benches here - you can enjoy the view of the pond and the monastery. And what’s important is that the park is always very clean.

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Novodevichy pond for tourists

Those who come to see the capital and want to get acquainted with its main attractions should definitely visit Novodevichy Ponds. After all, this is not only a charming place where you can relax your soul and get in touch with nature, and take a break from the bustle of the city. It is also a historical and cultural monument.

Novodevichy Ponds, like the park and the monastery, have a rich and long history. They contain a piece of a long-ago era, when people belonging to the royal family walked along their banks. In modern times, many films were filmed here; artists took great pleasure in relaxing in these places after a hard day at work. You can often meet famous people here.

Novodevichy Ponds are loved not only by those who live nearby. Some people come to this wonderful place specifically to spend a weekend or a weekend here. Those who love silence and do not want to be a regular at noisy clubs can happily sit with a book in the park or on the shore of a pond, or simply admire the beauty of these places. It’s not worth telling what impression these places make on a person. It’s better to visit here in person once and see everything, because it’s very difficult to convey the atmosphere reigning here and all its magic in words. The impressions that you can get here can be shared with friends and family, so that they, too, will certainly want to visit this amazing corner.