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Elizaveta Feodorovna invited talented artists... 

and architects to create the convent. 

Here, we can see some great artworks. The Church of the Intercession was built by Alexei Shchusev, who later became a well-known architect and built some Moscow landmarks such as the Kazansky Railway Station and Lenin’s Mausoleum. 

The church was inspired by the oldest Russian churches in Novgorod and Pskov, and it was built in the popular at that time Russian art-nouveau style.

A famous Russian painter Mikhail Nesterov frescoed the church in white and blue colours. 

You can see heavenly birds, angels, lilies as symbols of purity and innocence, and the roses as symbols of love. Also, there are the scenes from the Bible and the main picture "The Holy Rus", where the nurses help people to come to Christ and get relief from their sufferings. 

The crypt was frescoed by a well-known Russian artist Pavel Korin.

St. Martha and Mary Convent in Moscow founded by a German Princess, as a memorial to her husband, also became a memorial to this wonderful woman, her soul, her deep faith and mercy and tragedy of her life. The Russian Orthodox Church canonized her. In Russia, there are several convents and churches devoted to St. Elizaveta. 

The convent of St. Martha and Mary continue its service. 

There is an orphanage, a hospital for seriously ill children here. 

And in summer, the convent is full of flowers... 

as it was in the time of Elizaveta Feodorovna.

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