The modern complex of the monastery at Bolshaya Lubyanka Street, 19, includes the Cathedral of the Meeting of the Vladimir Mother of God with two chapels, a gallery, a bell tower, and several service buildings. Founded in the 14th century, the monastery witnessed key historical events in Russia.

Since 1378, a church dedicated to Mary of Egypt, built by Prince Vladimir the Brave for his mother Maria, stood on this site at Kuchkov Field.

By 1395, the land passed to Grand Duke Vasily I. Before heading to war with Tamerlane, he ordered the revered icon of the Vladimir Mother of God to be brought to Moscow. The meeting of the Muscovites with the icon took place at the Church of Mary, after which the icon was ceremoniously carried along what is now Bolshaya Lubyanka Street to the Assumption Cathedral.

According to legend, at the moment of the meeting with the icon, Tamerlane had a warning dream and retreated. This event became a miracle!

On the site of the meeting with the icon, a wooden church in honor of the Vladimir icon was built, which was rebuilt in stone in 1679. In 1397, a male Sretensky Monastery was founded near two churches. The street along which the icon was carried was named Sretenskaya. On the day of the memorable meeting, August 26/September 8, a procession from the Kremlin to the monastery was established.

Over time, the monastery complex included: the Cathedral of the Meeting of the Vladimir Mother of God, the Church of St. Mary of Egypt, the Church of St. Nicholas, the bell tower, and monastery services. The monastery was surrounded by a moat, and in 1586 stone walls were built. There was a cemetery at the monastery.

In 1611, the monastery found itself on the front line. With the arrival of the militia led by Minin and Pozharsky, their headquarters was located here.

In 1613, the newly elected Tsar Mikhail Fyodorovich arrived in Moscow and was welcomed by the Muscovites at the monastery.

In 1812, after the French retreated, the archbishop stopped here, and the main church of the monastery became the cathedral of Moscow for several months.

In 1918, the monastery was closed. In 1928 and 1930, all churches except for the Vladimir Mother of God and almost all buildings were destroyed. The cathedral housed an NKVD dormitory, a garage, and executions took place there. From 1958, restoration workshops named after I. Grabar were located in the cathedral.

The monastery reopened in 1995. It now hosts the largest Orthodox publishing house, a renowned male choir, and a seminary.