On the eastern side of the cathedral was the family necropolis of the Pozharsky and Khovansky princes. In 1642, Prince Dmitry Pozharsky, a well-known hero of the struggle against Polish-Lithuanian forces, was buried here. In the 17th century, a chapel-tomb was built in the necropolis, which became the burial place for his parents. In the 18th century, after Catherine II's decree on the secularization of monastery lands, the necropolis was destroyed by angry monks, and some gravestones were used as building material. At that time, the chapel was also destroyed. The name of Prince D.M. Pozharsky was only remembered after the Patriotic War of 1812.

In 1818, a monument to Minin and Pozharsky was unveiled in Red Square, and a special commission was established to search for the prince's remains. In 1852, historian and archaeologist Count A.S. Uvarov discovered the burial of the Pozharskys in the Spaso-Evfimiev Monastery. In 1885, a new tomb, the mausoleum of the Pozharskys, was built according to the design of architect Gornostayev. In 1933, the tomb was dismantled, and part of the slabs made of Carrara marble was sent to Moscow. Almost all icons and interior decorations were lost. Only in 1974 was a flat slab with a bas-relief of D.M. Pozharsky installed at this site.

In 2008, excavations at the monastery resumed. The Soviet concrete slab was removed and transferred to the children's boarding school of the Cadet Corps named after D.M. Pozharsky in the city of Raduzhny, Vladimir Oblast. The mausoleum of the Pozharskys was restored based on measurements, drawings, and photographs preserved in archives. The carved decor of the facade walls was fully recreated according to archival drawings. A bronze door with a bas-relief and high relief was made in the workshops of the Russian Academy of Arts. A copy of the mosaic icon of the Savior Almighty was installed on the main facade. The new mausoleum was placed a little further from the apse of the cathedral than the previous tomb.