Voskresenskiy Goritskiy Monastyr'

Goritsy, Vologda Oblast, Russia, Russia

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The Voskresenskiy Goritskiy Monastery in Goritsy, Vologda Oblast, Russia, overlooks the Sheksna River as one of the region's oldest women's monasteries, founded in 1544 by Princess Euphrosinia Staritskaya, widow of Ivan III's son Andrei, who replaced wooden churches with a stone Resurrection Cathedral featuring Cyril Belozersky side-chapel.

It flourished through royal patronage amid 17th-century restorations post-Time of Troubles, adding structures like a bell tower over the cathedral, All Saints Church, and fortified walls before secularization under Catherine the Great transformed it into an ecclesiastical residence with Baroque expansions.

Housing Kirillo-Belozersky Museum collections since the 1970s after Soviet repurposing, its preserved architecture including 19th-century chapels draws visitors to this scenic riverside UNESCO buffer zone site.