- Yelizarov Monastery
Yeleazarovsky Monastery is a small convent founded in 1447 to the north of
Pskov , along the road leading toGdov , by a local peasant named Eleazar. He constructed the wooden church of Three Holy Fathers, wherein he was interred upon his death on15 May ,1481 . Eleazar was canonized at theStoglavy Sobor in 1551.In the mid-16th century, the monastery was heavily fortified and attained a position of great importance and celebrity, owing to its learned
hegumen ,Philotheus of Pskov , who is credited with authorship of the "Legend of the White Cowl " and theThird Rome prophesy. It was during his hegumenship that the monastery became known for its school of icon-painters and [http://www.sobory.ru/photo/index.html?photo=4971 its still-standing cathedral] was built. Some scholars believe that the only known copy of the "Lay of Igor's Campaign " was created by one of local monks at the behest of Philotheus.External links
* [http://www.sobory.ru/article/index.html?object=00280 Views of the Yelizarov Monastery]
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