Russia has created an organizing committee for the 700th anniversary of the Ipatiev Monastery

Russia has formed an organizing committee that will prepare for the celebration of the 700th anniversary of the Holy Trinity Ipatiev Monastery in Kostroma. The order on approval of its composition was signed by the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin.

The Kostroma region will be represented in the committee by Governor Sergey Sitnikov and Metropolitan Ferapont of Kostroma and Nerecht. The participants also included Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova, Metropolitan Grigory of Voskresensk, Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov, Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative in the Central Federal District Igor Shchegolev, representatives of federal ministries, rectors of leading universities and public organizations.

Ipatiev Monastery is one of the oldest Orthodox monasteries in Russia and occupies a special place in the history of the state. It was from here in 1613 that Mikhail Fedorovich Romanov, elected to the kingdom, went to Moscow. This event marked the beginning of the three-century rule of the Romanov dynasty.

The anniversary of the monastery will be celebrated in 2030. The decree on the celebration of the 700th anniversary of the President of Russia signed on August 4, 2026 after a meeting with Sergei Sitnikov.