On the banks of the Volga is based in 1328 and 1330 years. Archbishop of Suzdal St. Dionysius Pechersky Ascension Monastery. In 1640-50-ies. Nizhny Novgorod famous architect Antipas Vozoulinym built nowadays existing monastic complex, which includes a five-domed Cathedral of Ascension with a gallery, belfry, a hip Assumption Church with a refectory, a hip Gate Church of St.. Euphemia Suzdal, abbot's quarters and cells housing the temple Venerable. Macarius. Stone fence and a small temple gate Intercession built later, in 1765

Decision of the NKVD in the Nizhny Novgorod region, the monastery was closed in 1924. The services were resumed in 1993. In 2000-2004. monastery building was renovated. On the territory of the monastery is now a museum of the Nizhny Novgorod diocese.