Saint Simeon Church in Zverin Monastery, Orthodox church in Zverin Monastery, Veliky Novgorod, Russia

Saint Simeon Church sits within the Zverin Monastery grounds and displays traditional Orthodox architecture with multiple domes and religious artworks throughout its interior. The building combines sturdy stone walls with characteristic Byzantine features typical of Novgorod construction.

A wooden church was built in one day on 1 October 1467 by vow during a plague outbreak, on the site of a mass grave of plague victims in the Zverin Monastery. The stone church replaced it in 1468, consecrated on 1 October, and was painted that same summer. A 1661 graffiti in the diakonikon records 48,842 plague deaths in Novgorod. It is the last dated church of independent Novgorod.

The interior walls, pillars and vaults are covered with 15th-century frescoes uncovered from whitewash during restorations. They form a complete calendar of saints in bust, the only known example of its kind from that era in Russia, beginning with Simeon. Two local masters painted them, marking the start of the decline of fresco art in the Novgorod lands.

The church stands on the grounds of the former Zverin-Pokrovsky Monastery, north of the Kremlin on the left bank of the Volkhov. Entry is through a mid-19th-century western annex, while the original access to the upper church was a wooden stair on the west side. The building is now a museum open to visitors; the annex holds the exhibition "Monuments of Architecture of the Nerevsky End".

The structure is among the few buildings from the 15th century that blends Novgorod architectural traditions with Orthodox design features. Its preservation makes it a rare record of medieval building styles that are particular to this region.