Alexius monastery in Krasnoe village

Originally it was founded in 1360 by Metropolitan Alexius of Moscow near Ostozhenka and was called Zachateivsky , but after another fire, in 1547, it moved to Chertolye, to the White City (the old place is now Zachatievsky Monastery).Here in 1625 it received the stone double-steepled church, survived the invasion of the Poles in the early XVII century, the devastation of 1812, but was rebuilt each time. However, in 1837, by order of Nicholas I, the territory of the monastery was chosen for the construction of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. The monastery moved to Krasnoye Selo. At that time it was the north-eastern outskirts of Moscow. The move was not carried out to an empty place, but to the church in the name of the Cross Exaltation (1692), which became the core of the new monastery. For the new monastery were purchased extensive land - under the cathedral, buildings and a cemetery. To match the name, in the Church of the Cross Exaltation a chapel was created in the name of Alexy the Man of God, and it was expanded. From the original appearance was preserved an octagon with a decoration in the style of the Naryshkin Baroque and a tented bell tower. In 1853, under the project of M.D. Bykovsky a new monastery cathedral with a dedication to Alexius the Man of God was built : it combined pseudo-Byzantine and Venetian features. In the years 1887-91, A.A. Nikiforov built a separate cemetery temple of All Saints. The church combined Russian and Byzantine features, and from the west a three-domed bell tower was added. Finally, a small church in the name of the Archangel Michael was consecrated in 1879 with the almshouse, the chambers of the abbess and the "school for the South Slavic girls". The monastery was closed after the revolution, worship at his church ceased. Holy Cross church turned into a five-story building, now occupied by the Institute of Fisheries. Church of the Archangel Michael and the almshouse, school and rectory rests of first rebuilt into a house, and in 1979 was demolished. The Cathedral of Alexis the Man of God lost the dome and was given to the House of Pioneers. In the cemetery church of All Saints the warehouse and the repository of the Moscow archive are arranged, and in the neighboring buildings of the cells there is a branch of the plant for the production of umbrellas. The All Saints temple together with the territory of the former cemetery, completely looted, in the 1980s was cut off from the rest of the monastery buildings by the Third Transport Ring. In 1991, the Church of All Saints was again used for worship services and regained its former shape, and in 2000, the Cathedral of Alexeev was transferred to the community of believers who began its restoration. In 2013, a decision was made to restore the monastic status.