Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery
View of the monastery in 2016 | |
Interactive map of Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Order | Orthodox |
| Established | 1397 |
| Diocese | Vologda |
| People | |
| Founder | Kirill of Beloozero |
| Site | |
| Location | Kirillov, Vologda Oblast Russia |
| Coordinates | 59°51′26″N 38°22′07″E / 59.85722°N 38.36861°E |
Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery (Russian: Кирилло-Белозерский монастырь), known in English as White Lake St. Cyril's Monastery, is a male monastery of the Vologda Eparchy of the Russian Orthodox Church, located on the shore of Lake Siverskoye within the town of Kirillov, Russia which developed from a settlement (sloboda) that grew around the monastery. In the 15th to 17th centuries, it was one of the largest monasteries and most fortified fortresses in the Russian North.
The monastery was consecrated to the feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos, for which cause it was sometimes referred to as the Dormition Monastery of St. Cyril.