Patriarch Nikon dreamed of recreating Jerusalem's Holy Land near Moscow, complete with Mount Zion, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, an underground church and much more. Follow the route and judge for yourself how well this sacred landscape was transplanted.
Istoriya Mesta (History of the Place)
🎨 Art installations
Vintage Car Exhibition
🏛️ Museum · 🌿 Public garden or park
Bridge over the Istra River
🌉 Bridge
New Jerusalem Monastery
🕍 Place of worship · 🌿 Public garden or park · 🏟️ Architectural landmark · 📜 Historic site
Monastery Wall. Tower of David
📜 Historic site · 🏟️ Architectural landmark
Zion Tower
🏟️ Architectural landmark
Gethsemane Tower
🏟️ Architectural landmark
Sunday School
🏟️ Architectural landmark
Cannons
📜 Historic site · 🗿 Sculptures
Monument to the Fighters for Soviet Power
🗿 Monument
Gate Church
🕍 Place of worship · 🏟️ Architectural landmark
Underground Church of Sts. Constantine and Helen
🕍 Place of worship
Necropolis
📜 Historic site · 🗿 Monument
By the Tsar's Palace
📜 Historic site
Images of Bethlehem
🏟️ Architectural landmark · 📜 Historic site
Chamber of the Monastery Wards
🏟️ Architectural landmark · 📜 Historic site
Chambers of Tsarevna Tatiana Mikhailovna
🏟️ Architectural landmark · 📜 Historic site
Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ
🕍 Place of worship · 🕵️ Urban legend
Bell Tower and Church of All Saints
🕍 Place of worship
Point 3
🌉 Bridge
The bridge leads to the New Jerusalem Monastery. The river it crosses is called the Jordan; it is believed that Patriarch Nikon himself renamed it. The river links all the holy sites of New Jerusalem. Next to the bridge is a wooden figure of an elderly couple with a hen, which is truly hilarious.
Rumor has it that in the 1960s the Soviet authorities sank the “measure stone” of the Holy Sepulchre to the bottom of the Istra; the stone had supposedly been brought to Russia from Constantinople in the 12th century. Divers searched the riverbed for it, but the muddy bottom apparently kept the Christian relic hidden.
In 1935 a reservoir was built on the Istra River, and it still supplies Moscow with drinking water.
Point on route “Palestine Near Moscow”
Point 3
🌉 Bridge
The bridge leads to the New Jerusalem Monastery. The river it crosses is called the Jordan; it is believed that Patriarch Nikon himself renamed it. The river links all the holy sites of New Jerusalem. Next to the bridge is a wooden figure of an elderly couple with a hen, which is truly hilarious.
Rumor has it that in the 1960s the Soviet authorities sank the “measure stone” of the Holy Sepulchre to the bottom of the Istra; the stone had supposedly been brought to Russia from Constantinople in the 12th century. Divers searched the riverbed for it, but the muddy bottom apparently kept the Christian relic hidden.
In 1935 a reservoir was built on the Istra River, and it still supplies Moscow with drinking water.
19 points
5 km
4 hours
