Monastery of Saint John the Baptist in Astrakhan, Orthodox monastery in Astrakhan, Russia.

The Monastery of Saint John the Baptist stands on Ivanovskaya Street beyond the Kutum River, outside Astrakhan's old White City. Its single stone church, dedicated to the Beheading of John the Baptist, was built in 1697 and holds a venerated icon of the saint. A two-storey abbot's building and a newer two-storey brotherhood block with refectory, lecture hall and cells stand within a metal fence.

Founded in 1688 with funds from Astrakhan Metropolitan Savvaty, the monastery stood outside the White City on Ivanovskaya Street, beyond the Kutum River. In 1723 it was abolished and turned into a lazaret, then restored in 1727; from 1764 it was a non-coenobitic monastery. Closed in 1919, its buildings were used for housing and storage, and in 1940 the bell tower and gate church of Saint John the Warrior were demolished. Restoration began in 1992, and the monastery was formally returned to the Church in 1995.

Locals call it "the church on the Big Isady" because it stands near Astrakhan's large Big Isady market. The monastery holds a church-parish school founded in 1884 and a children's and youth centre, "Bogolep", opened in September 2009. Its stone Church of the Beheading of John the Baptist was consecrated in 2009.

The monastery stands on Ivanovskaya Street beyond the Kutum river, near the Bolshiye Isady market, so it is reached from the city centre by crossing the Kutum. A metal fence now encloses the grounds, and the monastery church is the main building open to worshippers. The monastery runs a Sunday school and the "Bogolep" centre for children and young people.

The monastery is popularly called "the church on the Big Isady" because it stands near Astrakhan's large Big Isady market. In 2010, schema monk Mitrofan became the first and at that time only great schema monk in the Astrakhan and Yenotayevka diocese.