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Chudov Monastery
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<p>The Chudov Monastery was founded in the <a href="/facts/Moscow_Kremlin/yvbofbcu">Moscow Kremlin</a> in 1358 by <a href="/facts/Metropolitan_bishop/p0M89wH9">Metropolitan</a> <a href="/facts/Alexius,_Metropolitan_of_Moscow/sj3kcWvl">Alexius of Moscow</a>. The <a href="/facts/Monastery/t8MRXpsM">monastery</a> was dedicated to the <a href="/facts/Miracle/W9KGIGPh">miracle</a> (<i>chudo</i> in Russian) of the <a href="/facts/Archangel_Michael/tJWtDcGy">Archangel Michael</a> at <a href="/facts/Chonae/rzQEY4M5">Chonae</a> (<a href="/facts/Feast_day/HIapcqYk">feast day</a>: September 19 [<a href="/facts/Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates/kb3020Wy">O.S.</a> September 6]). The Monastery was closed in 1918 and dismantled in 1929 by the Soviet government. </p>