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As restrictions by the government lessened in the 1980s, St. Daniel Monastery, in 1983, was the first property given back to the Russian Orthodox Church. Reconstruction of the buildings began soon afterward, in the architectural style of the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. The Cathedral of the Holy Fathers of the Seven Ecumenical Councils was restored which also included the Church of the Protecting Veil of the Mother of God on the ground floor. The restored iconostasis was done in the manner of the Kostroma school.
The largest church in within the monastery, St. Trinity Cathedral was rebuilt with an interior styled after the original. The cathedral was originally built in 1838 by the architect O. Bove in a late classic style. The main [[altar]] was originally consecrated by the sainted Metropolitan of Moscow, [[Philaret (Drozdov) of Moscow |Philaret (Drozdov)]]. The regular Sundays and festive services are celebrated in the St. Trinity Cathedral.
Other churches in the monastery that were either restored or built anew are: the Church of Simeon Stylite over the gatesmain gate of the monastery, originally built in 1732; the Church of the Nativity of John the Baptist; the Church of St. Seraphim of Sarov; the Chapel over the Holy Well; and the Funeral [[Chapel]]. The bell tower and Church of St. Simeon the Stylite had been re-built a number of times. Before the post-Soviet restorations, the tower was rebuilt in the 1910s to support very heavy bells. As the weight of the bells was so great a steel structure was used for the first time. In March 1924, the Bolshevik government decided to sell the bells. In 1930 when the monastery was closed, the 18 bells were sold to the American industrialist Charles Crane, who presents them to Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. When restoration of the monastery began in 1985, representations were made for return of the bells. This was accomplished in 2007. At that time, the original bells were replaced at Harvard by a set of new duplicates of the original bells by the Church of Russia.
Relics of St Daniel have been recovered. Part of the relics were returned to the monastery by [[Theodosius (Lazor) of Washington|Theodosius]], the Archbishop of Washington, in 1986. Relics of the saint are now kept in the tabernacles of both the Cathedral of the Holy Fathers of the Seven Ecumenical Councils and St. Trinity Cathedral.
==See also==
*[[w:Danilov Monastery|Wikipedia: Danilov Monastery]]
==External links==
*[http://www.botik.ru/PZ/sites/monaster.html St Daniel Monastery]
*[http://www.danilovbells.com/saintdaniel/ St Daniel Monastery Moscow]
*[http://www.danilovbells.com/saintdaniel/history_of_the_bells_and_the_bel/ History of the Bells and Belfrey]
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