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According to legend, the monastery was founded in 1240 by Alexander Nevsky and was intended for orphans and widows left after the Mongol-Tatar pogrom of Suzdal in 1238. Before the campaign against the Swedes (the Battle of Nevsky), the prince vowed to build a monastery in Suzdal, in the homeland of his ancestors, in honor of his patron saint Alexander of Rome.
According to legend, the monastery was founded in 1240 by Alexander Nevsky and was intended for orphans and widows left after the Mongol-Tatar pogrom of Suzdal in 1238. Before the campaign against the Swedes (the Battle of Nevsky), the prince vowed to build a monastery in Suzdal, in the homeland of his ancestors, in honor of his patron saint Alexander of Rome.
Alexander Nevsky originally built a wooden church in honor of his Angel – martyr Alexander of Rome.
In 1608-1610, the monastery was burned down by the Poles during the Russo-Polish War. No buildings from before the 17th century have survived.
In 1764, during Catherine II's secularization of the lands, the Alexander Convent was abolished, and the cathedral was converted into a parish church in the city.
In 2006, it was reopened as a monastery for men in the Vladimir-Suzdal Diocese.
