The Holly Spirit Cathedral is a part of the Holly Spirit Monastery. The Monastery was first mentioned in the 1162 chronicle.
All buildings were wooden until the mid-14th century. In 1357, a stone Holly Spirit Temple was built, while all other constructions remained wooden till the mid-16th century.
When Dmitry Donskoy's army approached the town in 1386, the Monastery was burned down as many other monasteries.
The now-existing Holly Spirit Cathedral was built from 1889 to 1892.
After the 1917 Russian Revolution, in the 1920s, the Holly Spirit Monastery was shut down, while the Holly Spirit Cathedral was handed over to the Regional Archives as the main depository in February 1926.
During World War II, the German Commandment's Office arranged a warehouse in the Cathedral.
After the war, it was repaired and occupied by the Archives again. The Church was not significantly damaged. However, some of the interior paintings were lost.
In 1984, architect Ninel Kuzmina inspected the monument and drafted a repair and reconstruction plan.
In 1984 and 1985, the Cathedral was repaired and reconstructed, particularly, the central dome was remade, its frame was reinforced, a cross was made and mounted, as well as decorative domes of the quadrangle, kokoshniks, and the northern porch were repaired, facades were whitewashed, etc.).
The Cathedral is a 19th-century triple two-storey temple with four columns and one dome. Its facades are made in "pseudo-Rusian" style, which is rarely met in Novgorod Region.
The Cathedral keeps relics of the Great Martyr Euphemia and St. Moses, his cane, and wonder-working icons including the Descent of the Holy Spirit, painted before 1357, and the icon of St. Nicholas, painted in 1500.
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