The village of Monastery is located in the Gai district of the Komi-Permyak region of the Perm Krai. Here stands the Nikolskaya church, a wooden structure built in 1910. According to local elders, the history of this place began when Stephen of Great Perm established a Cross of Veneration here. Then seven monks arrived, who first built a chapel and later founded the Holy Trinity Monastery, officially dated to 1539. In tsarist times, the village served as a place of exile for those who displeased the authorities, and half of its population consisted of soldiers guarding the convicts. After the Streltsy Uprising, the Streltsy were exiled here. During the time of Peter I, when monasteries began to be liquidated, the Trinity Monastery became a branch of the Pyskor Monastery. In 1775, both monasteries were abolished, and the monks dispersed.

In 1910, the Church of Nicholas the Wonderworker was built in the village with funds from merchant and timber industrialist Stefan Abramovich Likhachev. It was constructed by craftsmen from Vyatka, and later residents from twenty nearby villages came here for services. The church, built according to a standard design, imitates stone cult structures. Special attention is drawn to the three-tiered bell tower with a tent roof supported by gables. After the Civil War, the church was closed and remained vacant until 1925. At that time, 325 people signed a petition for permission to hold services, but on the condition that they would not speak of God or teach children to pray. This agreement was found in the Kudymkar archive.

In 1930, the church was closed again, bells and crosses were removed, and icons were partially sent to Perm, while some remained in the Gai museum. Priest Apollonius Likhachev and psalmist Stepan Cheremukhin left the village on a raft. Sidor Prokopyevich Kukshinov secretly took everything necessary for services and went to the village of Palnik, where he continued services in the chapel of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Church of Nicholas the Wonderworker has survived to this day, but in poor condition. It has served as a warehouse, club, and post office. During the war years, Orthodox Christians prayed in the empty church. In the 1960s, the church was freed, but a request from 43 people for permission to hold services was denied. Later, someone removed the iron from the roof, leading to the collapse of part of the roof and ceiling.

Currently, no one lives in Monastery. Galina Grigoryevna Sushkova from the village of Seyva has begun restoring the church on her own. She has completed the paperwork and is gradually cleaning the area, removing trash and rotten logs.