History of the region based on the materials of archeological excavations” is being opened on the lowest floor of the Church of the Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple with the refectory. It is the first full exhibition representing archaeology of the Belozersk district in the Vologda Region. Materials of the monastery archeology are displayed for the first time in our region. More than 4000 archeological objects dating back to different chronological periods are represented there: from the Mesolithic period (9000 B.C.) till the late Middle Ages.

Monk’s cell

At the end of the 20th – early 21st century considerable restoration work has been carried out in the Kirillo-Belozersky museum-reserve. Museumfication of the monuments is being realized at the same time. One of the most interesting architectural buildings of the Kirillo-Belozersky monastery is the Monks’ cells. In the process of its restoration architects and restorers managed to discover complicated structure of this dwelling house of the 17th-19th centuries.

Folk art of the Belozersk district

Exhibitions dedicated to the folk applied art and handicrafts of the Belozersk district are placed in the spacious vaulted chambers of the monastery cook-house of the 16th century. An important place is occupied by wood-carving, ceramics, peasant embroidery, weaving, lace-making and a folk female costume of the 19th-early 20th centuries.

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18.11.2014

Gala concert of “Native Shore” Festival took place in Cathedral of Christ Saviour on November 15

The final concert of the Moscow International Festival of Children’s Creative Activity “Native Shore” was held with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia in the Hall of Church Councils in the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour on November 15.

Sergey Belyashov, head of the Department of Cultural Events in the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve, was invited to this event. The museum has been successfully cooperating with the organizers of the “Native Shore” festival since 2010. Its participants have performed in Kirillov three times within this time. Artyom Polkovnikov, native of Kirillov, student of Vologda Institute of Law and Economy, represented the Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve at the gala concert in Moscow. His song “Motherland” won the hearts of spectators and got an ovation. During the whole program, people could see views of the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery and photos of the previous concerts of the festival in Kirillov on a screen installed on the stage.

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