Svyatogorsky Monastery, Orthodox monastery in Pushkinskiye Gory, Russia

Svyatogorsky Monastery is a white-walled complex on Sinichya Hill above Pushkinskiye Gory. Its main church has a dark pitched roof, a small white drum with a single black onion dome and gold cross, and a taller white bell tower with arched openings topped by a slender dark spire. A single-storey whitewashed stone building with a long dark roof and a small cupola stands nearby.

The monastery was founded in 1569 and initially served as a defensive fortress along the empire's western frontier. It later developed into a major center of Orthodox faith in the region.

Pushkin was buried here on 6 February 1837 in the family vault of the Hannibals and Pushkins, near his mother's grave. In 1841 his daughter Natalia commissioned a marble obelisk by the sculptor Permagorov, and in 1902 a white marble railing was added around the grave.

Visitors can attend daily religious services in the cathedral and explore the grounds either independently or with guided tours. Plan to walk on uneven ground as the complex spreads across the hillside with distance between its various structures.

The monastery's main relic, the Odigitria icon, was reportedly found around 1566 by a shepherd named Timofey on a hill near Voronich. The monastery was founded in 1569 by order of Ivan the Terrible, and its founder was the Pskov governor Prince Yuri Tokmakov.