One of the main attractions of Zadonsk and the Lipetsk region is the Zadonsky Nativity-Bogoroditsky Monastery, founded here in 1610. Since that time in the monastery is kept his shrine - the icon of the Mother of God, the only survivor of the fire in 1692. The second relic - the relics of St. Tikhon of Zadonsk - were found here later, in the middle of the 19th century. At that time, according to the project of the architect K. Ton, the construction of a new cathedral in honor of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God was held on the territory of the monastery.

Today in the complex of the monastery, In 1990, the cathedral of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God, the Church of Tikhon of Zadonsk and Ignatius of the God-Bearer, the Nativity of the Virgin and the Icon of the Mother of God "The Life-giving Spring", as well as the bell tower with the Church of St. Nicholas and the refectory with the Church of the Ascension of the Lord. 15 km from the monastery itself in the pine forest there is a spring which Tikhon Zadonsky himself has dug himself and which is very popular with pilgrims and tourists

Address: Zadonsky district, Lipetsk region, left bank of the Don.