The monastery has been known since the XIII century. of the records, and associated with the name of Old Prince Daniil Galitsky, who in 1227 "in ECHA Zhidychin klanyatisya and pray to St. Nicholas." Originally made of wood. The existing complex of buildings erected in the 30s of the XVIII century. In the second half of XIX century. construction of new cells, located in the north-east of the church. The compositional center of the ensemble is Nicholas' Church. On its longitudinal axis to the west, is a bell tower to the north of the church is the house of the bishop, to the east - the building of the seminary in the north-east - the new cell. Stone wall that surrounded the monastery, demolished in 1916, Nicholas' Church, in 1723 in the western portal tympanum stucco inscription indicating the time of construction. Nave, four-pillar basilica. Blocked by cross vaults on the arches. The central entrance is framed by a segmental pediment with a portal. The interior is painted with oil painting (1913). Under the church - the cellars. Belltower, XVIII century. Brick, square in plan, bunk. The third tier of the final timber frame is an open arcade, built in the XIX century. by analogy with the Ukrainian wooden bell towers. The first tier is an arched passage, which was once the main entrance to the monastery. Facades of buildings are decorated with pilasters, cornice raskrepovannymi on. The house of the bishop, in 1723 in the premises of the first floor housed the consistory, the second - the episcopal quarters. Brick, two-story, symmetrical in plan, with balconies on two longitudinal sides. Window openings on the ground floor covered arched bridges, the second floor has a rectangular window. Office layout - cell. Seminary building (XVIII century). Is to the east of the church. Brick, stucco, rectangular, single-storey. Overlap - flat.