John the Theologian monastery, Religious monastery in Cherdyn, Russia.

John the Theologian monastery is a religious retreat located on the outskirts of Cherdyn in northern Russia. The structures display traditional Orthodox architecture with domes, religious icons, and spiritual symbols characteristic of Russian monastery design.

Founded around 1462 by Bishop Jonah of Perm on the bank of the Kolva, the monastery received a charter from Ivan IV in 1580, reconfirmed by later tsars in 1586, 1600, 1608, 1615 and 1624. Catherine's church reforms stripped its lands and it was closed in 1784; it reopened as a women's monastery in 1910, was shut again in 1919, and was restored as a men's monastery in 2004.

The monastery church kept functioning as a parish through most of the Soviet period, closed only from 1939 to 1946, and the superior notes it was the only active church in the whole district. Since 2004 the monks have run a Sunday school for children and adults and a guesthouse for pilgrims.

The monastery stands on the bank of the Kolva in Cherdyn. The John the Theologian church, built 1704–1718, kept working as a parish church through most of the Soviet period, closed only in 1940 and returned in 1947. The brotherhood building reopened in 2008 and the church was restored in 2011; the monastery is active, so visitors should respect the resident brothers.

The refectory church of St John the Theologian, built in brick between 1704 and 1718, has a bell tower set into the octagonal drum of its single cupola rather than in a separate bell tower. Its lower warm church is dedicated to St John and the upper summer church to the Ascension. Closed in 1940 and handed to the local museum, it was returned to the church in 1947 and has not closed since.