St. John the Theologian Monastery
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Here's an excellent drone video of an important monastery on the plains of Central Russia, compliments of AirVuz contributor and pilot romanblats. It's called St. John the Theologian Monastery, and it's situated on the banks of the River Oka (,the largest right tributary of the Volga) in the oblast (province) of Ryazan, southeast of Moscow. The monastery is believed to have been founded in the 12th-13th century on the veneration of an icon of Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian.
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St. John the Theologian Monastery is one of ancient Russian cloisters, a multicolored pearl of Ryazan region. The monastery is situated on the right bank of the Oka in Poshchupovo in Rybnoye district of Ryazan region 25 km from Ryazan. The historical legend traces its foundation to the end of the 12th century or to the beginning of the 13th century when monks first came to this place. They were preachers of God’s word. They brought a wonderworking icon of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian. It had been painted by an orphan boy in Byzantium in the 6th century. The icon became the main sanctity of St. John the Theologian Monastery.
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