The Spaski Monastery is a female Orthodox monastery in the city of Kobryn.

The monastery was founded in the XV century by the princes of Kobryn. After the Union of Brest in 1596, the monastery became Uniate and belonged to the Basilian Order. By the decree of the Russian emperor in 1828, a theological school was opened in the monastery. After the Polack Council of 1839, where the Union was abolished, the monastery was closed. After the fire in the 2nd half of the XIX century, it was not restored. In the 1920s, it was restored, there was a county court in it. Since 2010, the building has housed the Spaski Nunnery.

A stone two-storey rectangular building with a high broken roof (the length of 30 meters, the width of 10 meters) has been preserved to our time. The symmetrical main facade is highlighted by a central risalite, completed with a figured attic pediment. The facades are liberated by pilasters and curly panels around rectangular window openings. A developed cornice runs along the top of the walls. There is a wide one-step staircase in the interior at the entrance. The initial layout has been changed. Elements of Baroque decor have been preserved in the interior. The thickness of the walls is 1.2 meters, and in the dungeons more than 2 meters. The ceilings above the floors are flat beams, above the basements the ceilings are cylindrical vaults. The initial layout has been changed, part of the windows in the left wing has been bricked up.

Publication date: 28.09.2023.

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