Trinity Boldin Monastery

The Trinity Boldin Monastery is at the old Smolensk road (now it is rarely used) in the environs of Dorogobuzh. The monastery was founded by St. Gerasimus of Boldino (a monk from the Goritsky Monastery of Pereslavl-Zaleski) in 1530. It is the oldest monastery in Smolensk region. Later St. Gerasimus of Boldino also founded the Monastery of John the Forerunner in Vyazma.