The Cathedral of St. George the Victorious is the central church of the St. Yuriev Monastery in Veliky Novgorod. It is the largest cathedral in the monastery and the second largest Orthodox church in the city. Its construction began in 1119 at the behest of Prince Vsevolod, known in baptism as Gabriel.

The cathedral impresses with its beauty, simplicity of silhouette, and harmony of forms, creating the impression that it is carved from a single piece of white stone. The facades are divided by powerful pilasters and adorned with two tiers of two-step niches, alternating with window belts. Three drums supporting three helmet-shaped domes are decorated with arcature belts. A tower adjoins the northwestern corner of the cathedral, forming a unified whole with it. Inside the tower is a spiral stone staircase leading to the choir, intended for the prince and his family. The choir housed two chapels: the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos and the holy passion-bearers Boris and Gleb.

The modern appearance of the St. George Cathedral is close to its original form. Numerous additions that appeared over eight centuries were removed during the restoration from 1931 to 1935. In 1130, the temple was more than a meter taller and had a roof that repeated the shape of the vaults. Large wall icons were located in the niches. The 12th-century frescoes covering the walls, vaults, and arches were removed, and new plaster was covered with later paintings. Only small fragments of ornamental decorations of the window slopes and the painting of a small chapel in the northwestern tower have survived.

The cathedral was built by master Peter, known for the construction of the Nikolsky Cathedral at Yaroslav's Court and the Nativity Cathedral of the Antoniev Monastery. In ancient times, the cathedral served as a burial place. In the southern part, under the floor slabs, there were stone princely tombs from the 12th and 13th centuries. Here were buried the mother of Alexander Nevsky, Feodosia Mstislavovna, the claimant to the grand princely throne Dmitry Shemyaka, and others. In the western part of the cathedral, wooden coffins contained the burials of the posadniks: Miroshka, his son Dmitry Miroshkinich, and grandson Dmitry, as well as posadnik Semyon Borisovich, who was killed during the uprising of 1230.

To this day, the interior decoration of the temple has not survived, but its exterior appearance has remained almost unchanged. In 2008-2009, restoration work was carried out on the cathedral and conservation of the paintings, and in 2014, the restoration of the roof was completed.