Khutyn Monastery

58°35′14″N 31°23′42″E / 58.58722°N 31.39500°E / 58.58722; 31.39500 Khutyn Monastery of Saviour's Transfiguration and of St. Varlaam (Russian: Хутынский Спасо-Преображенский Варлаамиев монастырь) is an Orthodox monastery situated on the right bank of the Volkhov River some 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north northeast of Novgorod, in the village of Khutyn. It used to be one of the main Christian shrines of the medieval Novgorod Republic.

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