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One of the oldest centres of spiritual life in Russia, this monastery on a high right bank of the Volga was founded by Dionysos, a monk of the Kiev Pechersk Monastery, in the 14th century, and was then 5 kilometres away from the town of Nizhny Novgorod. Following a devastating landslide in 1597, it was moved closer to the town.
One of the oldest centres of spiritual life in Russia, this monastery on a high right bank of the Volga was founded by Dionysos, a monk of the Kiev Pechersk Monastery, in the 14th century, and was then 5 kilometres away from the town of Nizhny Novgorod. Following a devastating landslide in 1597, it was moved closer to the town. Read more