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Chudov Monastery was the place where [[Patriarch]] [[Hermogenes of Moscow|Hermogenes]] was [[martyr]]ed by starvation at the hands of the Poles during the Time of Troubles in 1612.
With the establishment of the Romanov dynasty as tsars of Russia in 1613 and the end of the Time of Troubles, a Greek-Latin school was opened within the monastery with the support of Patriarch [[Philaret (Romanov) of Moscow|Philaret]]. In the following years new churches were added to the monastery compound. The Churches of St. Alexis, the Metropolitan, and of the [[Cathedral of the Annunciation (Moscow Kremlin)|Annunciation]] were completed in 1680.
During Napoleon's invasion of Russia and capture of Moscow in 1812, the monastery was occupied by the French. French Marshal Louis Nicolas Davout commandeered the monastery for his own use and used the [[altar]] area of the cathedral for his office, a desecration documented in Vasili Vereshchagin's [[commons:Image:Davout in chudov.jpg|painting]]. After the monastery was recovered following Napoleon's retreat, the Church of St. Andrew was completed in 1887.
