Alan Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos, Orthodox monastery in Hidikus, Russia

The Alan Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos is an Eastern Orthodox monastery in the village of Khidikus, in the Kurtat Gorge of North Ossetia-Alania, Russia. It is the highest-altitude monastery in Russia. Its buildings include the 19th-century Church of the Holy Myrrh-Bearing Women, the Cathedral of the Mozdok Icon of the Mother of God, a brotherhood building, and two medieval guard towers that now serve as a bell tower.

The monastery was founded by synodal decision on 19 April 2000, after monks from North Ossetia trained at the St Nicholas Monastery in Rylsk under Archimandrite Ippolit (Khalin). He told them to go to Beslan, where they received the Church of St Barbara in January 2000. The community later moved to the Kurtat Valley and restored the 19th-century Church of the Holy Myrrh-Bearing Women.

The monastery takes its name from the Alans, an ancient people whose descendants still live in North Ossetia today. Visitors attending services can see how Orthodox worship and local identity are woven together in everyday religious life here.

The monastery is reached by the road that runs through the Kurtat Valley toward Khidikus and is generally walkable from the village center. Visitors are welcome to attend services but should dress modestly before entering any of the buildings.

Although the monastery was founded recently, it is one of very few active male monasteries across the North Caucasus as a whole. Its position deep in the Kurtat Valley means it can be cut off by snow and mountain roads in winter, which shapes the daily rhythm of the community living there.