The Cathedral of Saint Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky, also known as Novoyarmarchny, has been an Orthodox cathedral since 2009. It is located at the confluence of the Volga and Oka rivers in the historical center of Nizhny Novgorod. Its construction took place from 1868 to 1881, based on the design by architect Lev Vladimirovich Dal.

The idea of building a second Orthodox church at the fair arose in 1856 after the visit of Emperor Alexander II. The merchants appealed to Bishop Antoniy for the construction, who forwarded the request to Governor A. N. Muravyov. Construction began in 1866 with donations collected over 10 years.

On September 8, 1864, the first stone of the future church was laid. Architect Robert Kilevein's project had to be revised due to insufficient strength and lack of funding. The new project by L. V. Dal was also not approved. On November 18, 1865, the government approved a project whose authorship remains unknown. In 1866, Dal returned to Nizhny Novgorod and refined the design based on the project of the Annunciation Church of the Horse Guards Regiment in St. Petersburg.

On September 15, 1867, a construction committee was formed, and on August 11, 1868, the cathedral was re-laid. Construction lasted 13 years, finishing in 1881. The height of the church reached 87 meters. On July 20, 1881, the cathedral was consecrated in the presence of Emperor Alexander III and his family. The church did not have a permanent congregation, as it was visited by merchants attending the fair, and it was not heated in winter. Only the winter church of Macarius of Yellow Waters and Unzha was operational. The church hosted honored guests of the city, including the royal family and church hierarchs.

In 1929, the cathedral was closed, valuables were confiscated, and in the winter of 1930, the iconostases and wooden decorations were used for heating. Parishioners saved several icons, which were later kept in the Holy Trinity Highkovskaya Church. In the late 1920s, a project for the reconstruction of the area was developed, which included the demolition of the cathedral, but it was not implemented. In the 1930s, the domes were dismantled, and the basement was used for storage and living quarters.

During the Great Patriotic War, an anti-aircraft battery was placed on the roof of the cathedral to protect the city from aviation.

Restoration of the cathedral began in 1983, and in 1989, the restoration of the domes commenced. In February 1991, the "Brotherhood in the Name of Saint Blessed Grand Prince Alexander Nevsky" was established, and in June 1992, the cathedral was transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church. Since 1992, services have been held in the winter chapel. On December 30, 1998, the central altar was consecrated, and in 1999, the Mariinsky and Nikolsky chapels were completed.

On September 8, 2009, Archbishop Georgiy consecrated a new icon of the Not-Made-By-Hands Image of the Savior, and on September 12 of the same year, the cathedral received the status of a cathedral. On July 1, 2010, the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God was consecrated, and in August 2011, work on the Don Icon was completed. From November 4 to 6, 2011, the Belt of the Most Holy Theotokos was exhibited in the cathedral, which was venerated by about 170,000 people, including Patriarch Kirill and President Dmitry Medvedev.