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Order | Orthodox |
Established | 1397 |
Diocese | Vologda |
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Founder(s) | 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 Russian Orthodox monastery in Kirillov, Russia. It used to be the largest monastery and the strongest fortress in Northern Russia.
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.