• The archimandrites of the Yuriev Monastery were often called Archimandrite of Novgorod, as in 1270, when Varlaam "Hegumen of St. George's [the Yuriev...
  • Yuriev monastery was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church December 25, 1991. Since 1995, St. George was resumed monastic cloister.
  • The Yuriev Monastery was founded by Yaroslav the Wise in honor of his holy great martyr George in 1030 on the banks of the Volkhov River, almost at the place...
  • GPS: 58.48686700, 31.28473800. You can get to St. George monastery from the central railway and bus station or the bus stop «Sennaya sq.» on buses № 7, 7A.
  • Like other ancient Russian churches, St. George's Cathedral of the Yuriev Monastery near Novgorod is made as a large front building.
  • Archbishop Leo is its rector. So, St. Yuriev Monastery in Veliky Novgorod is a beautiful complex of churches with a rich history.
  • Yuriev Monastery suffered the fate of most Orthodox Church property in Russia after the government of Russia was taken over by the Bolsheviks.
  • The St. George's (Yuriev) Monastery is usually cited as Russia's oldest monastery. It was used to be the most important in the medieval Novgorod Republic.
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  • Altar of St. George Cathedral at St. Yuri Monastery. Later, two more churches were built on the territory of the Yuriev monastery: the Church of the Exaltation of...