• The St. George's (Yuriev) Monastery (Russian: Юрьев монастырь, romanized: Yur'ev monastyr') is usually cited as Russia's oldest monastery.
  • Yuriev monastery was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church December 25, 1991. Since 1995, St. George was resumed monastic cloister.
  • 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.
  • Yuriev Monastery, (Russian: Юрьев монастырь), also St. George's Monastery, is among the oldest monasteries of Russia.
  • Like other ancient Russian churches, St. George's Cathedral of the Yuriev Monastery near Novgorod is made as a large front building.
  • St. George (Yuriev, in Russian) Monastery is located in the surroundings of Veliky Novgorod, an historical town 200km far from St. Petersburg.
  • Archbishop Leo is its rector. So, St. Yuriev Monastery in Veliky Novgorod is a beautiful complex of churches with a rich history.
  • The land holdings of the St George (Yuriev) Monastery were nationalised after the 1917 revolution and awarded to the peasants of the nearby sloboda.
  • “Very beautiful monastery with 3 cathedrals”. St. George (Yuriev, in Russian) Monastery is located in the surroundings of Veliky Novgorod, an... read more.