* Siya Monastery
2010, Kholmogorsky district of the Arkhangelsk region.
The Holy Trinity Anthony-Siysky Monastery is a male monastery of the Arkhangelsk diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, located on a peninsula in Bolshoi Mikhailovsky Lake near the village of Antonyevo-Siysky Monastery in the Kholmogorsky District.
It was founded in 1520 by the Monk Anthony of Siysk and played a prominent role in Russian history and culture in the 16th-17th centuries. An architectural ensemble that finally took shape before the end of the 17th century.
The monastery was closed by the decision of the Yemetsky Executive Committee of June 12, 1923 and the decision of the Presidium of the Arkhangelsk Gubernia Executive Committee of July 11, 1923. The territory was used for the needs of the labor commune, collective farm. It also housed a rest home for timber industry workers, a home for disabled children, and a nursing home. Since the 1970s, there has been a pioneer camp "Avtomobilist" for the children of employees of motor transport enterprises in Arkhangelsk and Severodvinsk, part of the territory was given as a dacha for the Arkhangelsk Regional Executive Committee.[5]
In 1992, the monastery was transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church.