Assumption Cathedral of the Holy Dormition Princess Monastery

The Holy Dormition Princess convent in Vladimir was founded in the XII century by Princess Maria Shvarnovna, the wife of Prince Vsevolod the Great Nest. The cathedral of the monastery was founded in 1200. It was used as a tomb, it was buried the wives and daughters of Alexander Nevsky and Vsevolod Big Nest, since 1230 there were relics of St. Abraham of Bulgaria.

At the end of the XV-early XVI centuries, the cathedral, destroyed by the Tatars, was rebuilt in the traditions of early Moscow architecture. It was restored in 1926 and 1961.

The modern appearance of the cathedral, mainly preserved from the XV-XVI centuries. The building is a one-headed four-pillar temple, with three altar apses, it is characterized by a wide division of facades. On the southern and northern sides of the cathedral are attached chapels.

Inside the cathedral are preserved unique wall paintings of 1649, the work of master Mark Matveev.

In the cathedral there is also a miraculous Bogolyubov icon of the Mother of God of the XII century.