By the eighteenth century a number of monasteries began organizing within the diocese such that by 1764 there were eleven monasteries that received state subsidies, beside many other smaller, unsubsidized monasteries. The three major monasteries were: [[Holy Dormition Monastery of Sviyazhsk|Sviyazhsk Dormition Monastery]], Savior-Transfiguration Monastery, and Kazan Convent of the Mother of God.