The Holy Spirit Monastery, located in Veliky Novgorod, is an Orthodox monastery known since the 12th century. It is currently not operational.

The history of the monastery is little studied. It is first mentioned in the chronicles in the year 1162, and in 1386, when the troops of Dmitry Donskoy approached Novgorod, the monastery was burned down, like many others.

By the end of the 16th century, there were three stone churches in the monastery: the Church of the Holy Spirit, the Church of the Trinity, and the Church of Nicholas. In the 18th century, the male monastery was abolished, and the monks were transferred to Valaam. Later, the monastery was revived as a female monastery. Today, only the Church of the Descent of the Holy Spirit and the refectory of the Church of the Trinity have survived. These buildings are distinguished by an abundance of decorations and small wooden domes on high narrow drums. They are not plastered, allowing the features of the brickwork to be seen.

In the early 1920s, the monastery was closed, and the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit was transferred to the Gubarkhivburo for the storage of archives in February 1926. During World War II, the German command used the cathedral as a warehouse. After the war, the monument was repaired and again occupied by the archive. It did not suffer significant destruction, although some of the paintings in the interiors were lost.

In 1984-1985, repair and restoration work was carried out in the cathedral, including the replacement of the covering of the central dome, strengthening of the frame, installation of a cross, and repair of decorative elements and facades. Architect N.N. Kuzmina conducted an examination of the monument in 1984 and developed a restoration project. The monument is a four-pillar single-dome church from the late 19th century in the 'neo-Russian' style, rarely found in the Novgorod region.

The Church of the Trinity is a small pillarless church on a basement, to which the refectory adjoins from the west. Architectural elements such as pointed arches and a frieze of niches connect the church with Novgorod buildings of the mid-16th century. The refectory contains household and cult premises. The architecture combines local and Moscow traditions. The church was damaged during the war and was restored in 1963 according to the project of architect T.V. Gladensko.