Palestine Near Moscow

19 points5 km4 hours

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.

Route author

Susanin Team

Things to do

📜 Learn the city's history
🌲🦋 Enjoy nature

Route points (19)

Necropolis in Istra

Point on route “Palestine Near Moscow”

Point 13

Necropolis

📜 Historic site • 🗿 Monument

Historical Background

The New Jerusalem necropolis is the surviving part of what was once a large cemetery. Members of the Golitsyn, Bestuzhev-Ryumin, Yushkov and other families are buried near the underground church.

The Tomb of A. S. Tserikova

The most beautiful monument in the necropolis is made of black labradorite. On its front is a mosaic icon of the Most Holy Mother of God, based on sketches by the artist Viktor Vasnetsov. Tserikova was the wife of a factory owner. She was a kind woman who looked after the women working at her husband's factory.

Why?

In the 1960s, when the monastery was a museum, the cemetery to the left of the entrance was bulldozed.