Makaryev Monastery

It is located in the vicinity of the urban-type settlement of Makaryevo in Lyskovsky District of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast.

According to the legend, it was founded by the missionary Saint Macarius (Makary) in the early 15th century (1435, or, according to the Nizhny Novgorod Eparchy site, in 1415) by the waters of Zhyoltoye Ozero (Yellow Lake), from where comes the appellation "Zheltovodsky".

The entire complex is surrounded by a fortress-like stone wall with towers, forming a square with each side being about 200 meters long.

After the fair moved to Nizhny Novgorod, the monastery lost its primary source of income, and monks started leaving.

First, parts of the monastery walls fell due to erosion of the shore; in 1859, the cathedral's central dome was shattered.

Concerned with the monks' security, the Nizhny Novgorod Eparchy (Orthodox Diocese) and the local authorities decided to abolish the monastery.

Only the Holy Icon of St. Macarius stayed in the monastery due to the pleadings of the residents of the adjacent town of Makaryev (currently, the urban-type settlement of Makaryevo).

A military hospital used the premises during World War II, and in 1943 they were transferred to the Lyskovo College of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine (Лысковский зооветеринарный техникум).

In January 1992, the Zheltovodsky Makaryev Convent of Holy Trinity was restored to the Nizhny Novgorod Orthodox Diocese.