The Zimnensky Svyatogorsky Monastery is one of the oldest in Ukraine. According to legend, it was founded in 1001 by Prince Vladimir the Great. The monastery complex includes the Assumption Church (1495-1550), defensive walls with four corner towers and five gates, a refectory with a church, a school and outbuildings. On the northern plateau is the small Trinity Church (1465 - 75). Next to it is the entrance to the caves with the underground Varlaam church. The first documentary mention of the monastery dates back to 1458. The first Vladimir-Volyn bishops, Stefan and Amfilohiy, lived in the Zimnensky Monastery. The abbot here was Saint Nifont - the successor of the legendary chronicle of Nestor the Chronicler. In 1682 the monastery passed into the hands of the Uniates. The Orthodox again received this place in 1839. Since that time, a nunnery has been founded here. In Soviet times, the monastery was closed. During the Great Patriotic War, the monastery buildings were significantly damaged. Until now, an unexploded shell is visible in one of the walls of the Assumption Church. The monastery was saved from complete destruction only by the fact that it was recognized as a historical monument. Only in 1990 the nuns returned to its walls. Since that time, with the support of Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine and the abbess of the monastery, Abbess Stephanie, the Zimnensky Svyatogorsky Monastery has become a true pearl of Orthodoxy. Every year, hundreds of pilgrims come to the monastery to bow to its main Shrine - the Zimnenskaya icon of the Mother of God. It is said that it was presented to the monastery by Prince Vladimir himself. It was with this icon that the Patriarch of Constantinople blessed the marriage of the Grand Duke with the Greek Empress Anna.