Answers to Internet quiz questions

October 25, 2016

QUESTIONS:

1. What was the weight of the oversize brick used to erect the buildings and walls of the monastery?

2. Who donated money for construction of the 17th-century fortifications and how much money was given?

3. When was the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery closed? When was the monastic life revived on its grounds?

ANSWERS:

1. The weight of the oversize brick used to erect the buildings and walls of the monastery was 7-8 kg.

2. In July 1657, B.I. Morozov gave 5000 rubles to construct the 17th-century walls and towers. In March 1661, Tsar Alexei Romanov gave 45000 rubles for it.

3. The Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery was closed in September 1924. In 1997, the area of the Small Ivanovsky Monastery was given back to the Church to revive monastic life there.