Saviour and St. Euthymius monastery in Suzdal was founded in 1350 at the Suzdal-Nizhny Novgorod Prince Konstantin. The monastery is located on a steep bank of the Kamenka River. Its mighty walls of the XVI century with loopholes and heterogeneous high towers are distinguished by their spectacular pinkish color among banks, reflected in the surface of the river. The architectural complex of the monastery is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The walls of the monastery is buried Prince Pozharsky. His funeral was held in 1642, and set a tombstone on the grave, it was constructed in 1974. From 1767 to 1905 the monastery served as the central prison for dissidents. To the prisoners here were used the most inhuman punishment, and the place it has become disrepute.

The monastery complex consists of: Transfiguration Cathedral (1564), hip Assumption Church (1525), the monastery's farm and residential buildings, a belfry (XVI-XVII centuries). In our time, the belfry is completely restored, and again it hanging bells.

The main temple of the monastery - Transfiguration Cathedral - built in the tradition of the ancient white-stone architecture of Suzdal, it is monumental and austere. Pride of the cathedral - the frescoes of the XVI century, restorers open facades and paintings by famous masters of the XVII century Gury Nikitin and Sila Savin.

Gate Church of the Annunciation, built in 1624, is the Holy Monastery gate and initially, before the construction of the stone wall, the monastery is a facade, and only in 1664 after the construction of the walls was inside the fence. The window openings of the southern facade of the church and Kyoto have different processing decorative frames, talking about love Suzdal masters to a variety of decorative finishes.

Assumption Refectory Church in Suzdal, built in 1525, stands out for its high octagonal tent, put on longlines corbel arches and massive bushel. On its eastern side are three apses separated faces have narrow windows. In the lower part of the apse - the original decoration, consisting of a small kokoshniks inserted in them at the front of the throat pots filled with lime, forming a circle the correct form. This is a rare admission of decorative treatment of the facade of the building. This is one of the earliest monuments tent type in the history of ancient architecture.