St Andrew's Monastery

Located on the bank of the Moscow River, on the Sparrow Hills, opposite the Luzhniki. Founded no later than the XVI century. The official date of foundation is 1648, when the boyar Fyodor Rtischev laid the monastery on the site of the temple in honor of St. George. Andrei Stratilata. In the middle of the XVII century was the center of learned monasticism. By the end of the same century it was converted into a parish church and fell into decline.

Closed in 1923, the Church was returned in 1991. At present, the Synodal Library named after Patriarch Alexy is located here.