The Savior Monastery (Murom)

 monastery, architectural ensemble/complex, Russian Orthodox Church, object of cultural heritage of federal importance (Russia)

The first mention of the Savior monastery in the Russian annals was made in 1095. A number of stone temples were erected in Murom, including the Transfiguration cathedral after the successful campaign of Ivan the Terrible to Kazan in the middle of the 16th century (the exact date of the construction is not known).
In December 1615 the town was exposed to invasion of the armed Lithuanian group commanded by A. Lisovsky. The Savior monastery suffered from the incursion. The Poles plundered churches, tore off the silver rizas and jewels from the icons.
In 1636 the territory of the monastery was surrounded by a wooden fencing. Inside the cloister there was a stone five-headed Transfiguration cathedral, Pokrov church, the stone church of St. Kirill Belozerski above the sacred gate. 28 monks lived in the monastery in 1636. Pokrov temple was rebuilt many times. Around 1687 a stone two-storeyed senior priest house was erected; it was the first stone civil construction in Murom.
The stone three-storyed bell tower with octahedral tent was erected in 1757 by Murom merchant Samarin P. It stood up to 1929 in the western part of Pokrov temple.
The stone fencing was constructed around the monastery in 1807-1810.
In 1891 a stone three-storeyed brotherly house with a church inside was erected.
The Savior monastery declined in the 18th century.
In 1725 one archimandrite and 19 monks lived in the monastery.
In 1886 there was the archimandrite, 5 celibate priests, 2 deacons, 17 lay brothers in the monastery.
The monastery was closed in 1918. In 1925 the church property of the monastery was given to the Murom museum.
In 1930 the monastery was occupied by the military department. At the same time the necropolis of the monastery was destroyed.