Borovsk monastery

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Borovsk monastery

monastery, Borovsk, Russia

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Saint Joseph of Volokolamsk
…prominence at the monastery at Borovsk, a wealthy religious foundation supported by the grand prince of Moscow. In 1477 Joseph was made abbot of Borovsk; however, his ascetical reforms soon met with the disapproval of Prince Ivan III Vasilyevich, who had provided the monastery with luxurious surroundings and whose sons…
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…prominence at the monastery at Borovsk, a wealthy religious foundation supported by the grand prince of Moscow. In 1477 Joseph was made abbot of Borovsk; however, his ascetical reforms soon met with the disapproval of Prince Ivan III Vasilyevich, who had provided the monastery with luxurious surroundings and whose sons…
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