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16-642: The Vladychny Monastery was founded in 1360 by Metropolitan Alexius of Moscow under the auspices of Prince Vladimir the Bold . It contains four churches dating from the 16th and 17th centuries. The katholikon was built under Boris Godunov and dedicated to the feast of the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple . It houses the relics of Saint Varlaam , a 14th-century monk who is considered to be

32-568: A Tatar raid on Moscow. In 1360s, Alexius founded the Andronikov , Chudov , and Alekseyevsky monasteries. He promoted Metropolitan Peter 's canonization by the Russian Orthodox Church . Shortly before his death, Alexius fruitlessly tried to convince Sergius of Radonezh to become his successor . Alexius was an author of a number of sermons and epistles . He was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1448 and

48-640: A nun remembered an icon in the passage between the convent and St. George's Church. That icon showed the Infant Christ standing in a communion chalice while behind Him the Mother of God raises her hands in an orans gesture as in the icon called the Virgin of the Sign. The old soldier is said to have been immediately healed and relieved of his alcoholic obsession. Afterwards, when he saw an icon of St. Varlaam at

64-575: Is a masculine given name . It comes from the Ancient Greek name Θεόδωρος ( Theódoros ), meaning "gift of God(s)" ( from the Ancient Greek words θεός , ( theós ) "God/Gods" and δῶρον ( dṓron ) "gift". The name was borne by several figures in ancient Greece, such as Theodorus of Samos and Theodorus of Byzantium , but gained popularity due to the rise of Christendom . In any form, it means "God(s)-given", or "gift of God/Gods", as do

80-594: Is revered as one of the patron saints of Moscow. 12 February, (the day of his repose), 20 May, (the day of the uncovering of his relics) and 5 October, (Synaxis of the Hierarchs of Moscow). His relics are venerated in Ephiphany Cathedral in Elokhovo . The 2012 film The Horde is a highly fictionalised narrative of how Alexius healed Taidula from blindness. Theodore (name) Theodore

96-475: The builder and the first abbot of the Vladychny monastery. For many years, the monastery was a major landowner and held a notable community of monks. By the end of the 18th century, it had fallen into poverty and the resident monks were few. In 1806, Metropolitan Platon obtained the permission to re-establish this monastic community as a nunnery and in 1806 first nuns came to live there. The convent reached

112-492: The convent, the old soldier at once recognized him as the holy elder who had appeared to him in the vision and commanded him to go to the Mother of God for healing from alcoholism. The news of the healing rapidly spread and the convent became a place of pilgrimage for those suffering from alcoholism. The original icon of the Inexhaustible Cup was preserved for many years in the convent at Vladychny Monastery until it

128-472: The court proceedings in 1874. The monastery was confiscated from the church by the Soviet authorities in the 1920s. The premises were given to a test pilot school. In the 1970s, the major buildings (including the cathedral and the rare tent-like church ) were restored with a view to reconstructing their presumed medieval (pre- Petrine ) appearance. The Vladychny Monastery is the site of the first appearance of

144-595: The given names Jonathan , Nathaniel , Matthew , hibatullah , Devadatta , Dosetai , Bogdan , and Adeodatus . The name has risen in popularity across the Anglosphere in recent years. Theodore was among the five most popular names for White newborn boys in the American state of Virginia in 2022. It was among the ten most popular names for newborn boys nationally in the United States in 2021. It

160-581: The highly revered icon called “The Inexhaustible Cup .” According to the legend, in 1878, a retired soldier who had suffered from alcoholism for many years had a vision where he saw a starets (elder) who commanded him to go to the Vladychny Convent to find the Icon “The Inexhaustible Cup” (Russian: Неупиваемая Чаша) and to hold a moleben (service of supplication) before it. At first, the nuns did not recognize any icon by that description. Finally,

176-600: The metropolitan's deputy in Vladimir and twelve years later was consecrated as Bishop of Vladimir. By the will of Symeon the Proud , Alexius was appointed adviser to his brothers – Ivan and Andrew. After visiting Constantinople , he was chosen to become the Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' in 1354. When Dmitry Donskoy and Vladimir the Bold were young, Alexius was their spiritual tutor and served as regent at

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192-459: The pinnacle of its prosperity and wealth under Abbess Mitrophania who, being Baron Rosen 's daughter, boasted numerous connections at the imperial court. After ruling the convent for 13 years, she was arrested for faking promissory notes and, after a highly publicized trial, was sentenced to exile in Siberia. Alexander Ostrovsky based his play Wolves and Sheep on his impressions of attending

208-524: The same time. He took the side of Dmitrii Donskoi in his struggle against Tver and Nizhny Novgorod , where he once sent Sergius of Radonezh to suspend service in churches and monasteries, until the political strife was over. In 1357, Alexius was summoned by Jani Beg , the Khan of the Golden Horde , to cure his mother Taydula Khatun of blindness. The metropolitan's success is held to have prevented

224-592: Was Eleutherius, was a son of Фе­о­до­р ( Theodore ) Biakont and Mary, his father was a boyar from Chernigov who settled in Moscow and founded the Pleshcheev boyar family. He took monastic vows at the Epiphany Monastery of Moscow around 1313, at which time he was given the religious name of Alexius. In 1333 or so, he joined the household of Metropolitan Theognostus . In 1340, Alexius was appointed

240-465: Was enshrined in the monastery. This copy is also reported to be wonder-working. Since August 2000, there have been reports that several of the icons at Vladychny have become myrrh-streaming. Alexius, Metropolitan of Moscow Alexius ( Russian : Алексий , Aleksii ; before 1296–1378) was Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' (from 1354) and presided over the Moscow government during Dmitrii Donskoi 's minority. Alexius, whose name at birth

256-590: Was lost during the Soviet period, along with other relics. In 1992, the iconographer Alexander Sokolov painted a new copy of the icon in the Byzantine style. In 1993, the copy was installed in the Vysotsky Monastery , also in Serpukhov, where it is now venerated as wonder-working, particularly in healing from addiction. The convent was re-opened in 1995. In 1996, a copy of the Inexhaustible Cup icon

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