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===Church of St. Nicholas===
[[Image:SNicholasDormMonSviya97.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Church of St. Nicholas, Dormition Monastery, Diocese of Kazan]]
The oldest [[church]] on the Dormition Monastery grounds is the Church of St. Nicholas. This church was built during the years 1555 and 1556 by a team of builders from Pskov led by Ivan Shyryay, The church was built out of limestone and includes the old [[cell]] used by St. German. A 138 foot (43 meters) high bell tower was built in the seventeenth century.