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Resurrection Monastery is a Russian Orthodox Monastery of
the Rybinsk diocese located in Uglich. It is unclear when
Resurrection Monastery was established, but it was probably
found in 1482. Although some evidence suggest that it was
first settled by Orthodox monks during rule of Uglich prince
Roman Vladimirovich (1261-85). At the time of its foundation
these lands were located outside of Uglich city walls.
Existing buildings of the Resurrection Monastery date back
to the 1677. Resurrection Monastery was renovated in 1975.
Cracks were repaired and interior was renovated to fit its
historic appearance. In 1999 Resurrection Monastery was
renovated again and returned to the Russian Orthodox church.
Resurrection Cathedral is the main church in
Resurrection Monastery of Uglich. Main church is adjacent to
two small chapels, refectory, the church of Odigitrii and a
belfry that are all connected by a gallery.
Building history
The surviving buildings of the
Resurrection monastery were built in 1674-1677 at the direction of
the Rostov Metropolitan Iona Sysoevich, who took tonsure in this
monastery. He also initiated extensive construction work in Rostov.
The buildings were built in a new place, as the bank of the Troitsky
brook was destroyed in the old place. For the first time in Uglich,
glazed green tiles were used to decorate its buildings, which depict
battle and genre scenes, animals, and emblems. The monastery was
abolished in 1764, its buildings served as parish churches.
The capital restoration of the Resurrection monastery buildings was
completed in 1975, while serious work was required to strengthen the
soil under the sagging foundations. A project by Professor
B.A.Rzhanitsin (Research Institute of Foundations and Underground
Structures), one of the authors of the soil strengthening method,
was used, for which the Stalin Prize was awarded in 1947. Cracks in
the walls were repaired, decorative elements were restored.
Resurrection Cathedral
The building of the cathedral rises above
the rest of the buildings of the monastery. It makes a majestic and
somewhat harsh impression. The main volume of the temple is adjoined
from the north and south by two side-altars, which are connected by
a gallery that bends around the building from the west. The west
porch and stairs lead to the gallery and temple. From the south, the
gallery turns into a belfry that connects the cathedral with the
refectory and the church of Hodegetria.
The cathedral has a
variety of external decorations. In the design of the portals
leading from the gallery to the temple and side-altars, decorative
bricks of various shapes were skillfully used. The décor of the
basement floor is simple, arches, simple framing of door and window
openings. The arcade of the gallery is decorated with tiles. The
absides of the altar part have window trims of various patterns. The
walls of the cathedral above the gallery and apses are decorated
with a decorative belt.
Belfry
The belfry building
connects the Resurrection Cathedral with the monastery refectory and
the Hodegetria church. In its lower part there was a gateway to the
monastery. The second floor is a continuation of the cathedral
gallery - the passage itself. Above it was a small church and an
open arcade for bells. The belfry ends with a small cupola.
Refectory and Hodegetria Church
The refectory, like the
cathedral, was located on the basement, which was used for household
needs. The entrance to the church and the refectory passed from the
gallery of the cathedral through the belfry. The vault of the
refectory is supported by a massive central pillar. According to the
descriptions, earlier it housed a clock: "a chapel, a tent on the
chapel ... the floor of the chapel is a tent, and there is a clock
in it, a window in the tent." Later, the “shatrik” at the chime was
replaced with a “pretentious, ugly” roof.
Behind the
refectory there is a small church of Hodegetria. Small fragments of
frescoes give very little idea of the original rich painting. The
outer decoration of the refectory and the church is more modest than
the decoration of the cathedral.