About the hotel

History

Intercession (Pokrovsky) Monastery was founded in 1635 and was originally a friary. In 1870, with the blessing of St. Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow, the monastery was given a status of the missionary. The first Missionary Institute operated in Russia within the monastery, which was preparing and sending dozens of missionaries to the Siberian diocese for 9 years. The monastery served as a hotel for people who came to Moscow on missionary matters. It also was meant as a place to have a rest (a poorhouse) for some honored missionaries. It was planned to place the library and an archive of the Orthodox Missionary Society, created by Saint Innocent. Unfortunately, with the death of the Saint in 1879, many of his undertakings did not continue. However, before the revolution, the monastery continued to receive missionaries within its walls, for which means in 1893 a separate hotel building was built.

Former monastery hotel in the 1970s. The view from Taganskaya street
Former monastery hotel in the 1970s. The view from Taganskaya street

After the monastery closure in 1929, various organizations were located in its buildings, including the upper floors of the Department Against Misappropriation of Socialist Property (shortly The OBKhSS).

By the end of the 1980s, the building of the hotel was so dilapidated that it was not even renovated but preferred to be demolished.

By the end of the 1980s, the building was demolished
By the end of the 1980s, the building was demolished

The whole foundation of the building before pouring concrete was sprinkled with petals, consecrated on the relics of the Holy Blessed Matronushka of Moscow.

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, while visiting the Intercession Monastery, carefully studied the progress of construction works.

The prayer service before the beginning of construction in November 2012
The whole foundation of the building was sprinkled with petals, consecrated on the relics of the Holy Blessed Matrona of Moscow
Abbess Feofaniya shows to the Primate of the Russian Church photographs of the work performed stages
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia visits and consecrates the construction site on March 8, 2013

The building was completely constructed in two years. The internal finishing jobs were continuing for about a year. Finally, to the great joy of the pilgrims, the consecration and opening of the reconstructed monastery hotel took place on July 23, 2015. The symbolic ribbon was cut by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the Abbess of the Monastery Feofania and the Chairwoman of the “Spiritual and moral culture of younger generation of Russia” program S.V. Medvedeva.

The ribbon was cut by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Abbess Feofaniya and Chairwoman of the Trust Board S.V. Medvedeva
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia consecrated the hotel
By the end of the service, His Holiness visited the hotel
In memory of the hotel’s visit, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church left the first record in the book of honorary guests
Hotel Pokrovskaya. 2016
Hotel Pokrovskaya. 2016