Pereslavl’-Zalesskiy, Russia
Nikitsky Monastery
The Nikitsky Monastery is a walled Orthodox monastery founded in the 12th century by Nicetas Stylites in a field sprawling between the Kholmogory Highway and the Lake Pleshcheyevo several miles north of Pereslavl-Zalessky. It is part of the Pleshcheyevo Lake National Park and one of the oldest monastic establishments in Zalesye. The monastic compound is separated from the town by a wooded cemetery with a round chapel from 1702.
- City
- Pereslavl’-Zalesskiy
- Country
- Russia
- Category
- Religious
- Suggested visit
- About 45 minutes
More places in Pereslavl’-Zalesskiy
- Goritsky Monastery
- Lake Pleshcheyevo
- Pleshcheyevo Ozero National Park
- St. Nicholas Monastery
- Blue Stone
- Kleshchin
Background: Wikipedia