God and the Selfie Generation: A Monastery Reborn
Moscow’s 700-year-old Vysoko-Petrovsky complex opens up to the world using the latest in smartphone technology
April 25, 2017 — 16:56— Update: Apr. 25 2017 — 14:07
By Emily Erken
The twin gates of the Vysoko-Petrovsky Monastery beckon visitors into an oasis away from central Moscow’s noisy streets. Inside the tall brick walls, children roughhouse in piles of snow, tourists snap photos, elderly beg- gars talk about their difficulties with heads held high. The Trapeznaya bakery yields heavenly smells of cinnamon rolls and pirogi.
For the monastery, it’s a remarkable scene. After being shuttered for years under the Soviets, Vysoko-Petrovsky has returned to life. It became an active monastery again in 2009. Soon after, the Russian federal budget began to fund renovations in the compound’s churches and Patriarch Kirill started returning its famous icons. The monastery now has 12 monks, 20 workers and seven churches.
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Some of those Eastern Churches are so beautiful.
