Velikiy Novgorod, Russia
Yuriev Monastery
The St. George's Monastery is usually cited as Russia's oldest monastery. It stands in 5 kilometers south of Novgorod on the left bank of the Volkhov River near where it flows out of Lake Ilmen.
- City
- Velikiy Novgorod
- Country
- Russia
- Category
- Religious
- Suggested visit
- About 45 minutes
More places in Velikiy Novgorod
- Church of the Transfiguration on Ilyina Street
- Cathedral of Saint Sophia, Novgorod
- Church of St. Paraskevi, Novgorod
- Zverin Monastery
- Millennium of Russia
- Volotovo Church
Background: Wikipedia