Kamenny Monastery

Kamenny Monastery
Kamenny Monastery in 2013
Location within Russia
Monastery information
OrderOrthodox
Establishedc. 1260
Disestablished1925
DioceseVologda
Site
LocationVologda, Russia
Coordinates59°36′27″N 39°34′22″E / 59.60750°N 39.57278°E / 59.60750; 39.57278

Kamenny Monastery (Russian: Спасо-Преображенский Свято-Каменный монастырь) was the name of a Russian Orthodox monastery situated on a small eponymous island in the very centre of the Kubensky Lake, in Ust-Kubinsky District of Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is distinguished as the first stone monastery of the Russian North.

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