St. Avraam Pokrovsky Monastery, located in Nozhkino village on a steep bank overlooking the deep blue Chukhloma Lake near Kostroma, is a male monastery that belongs to the diocese of the Russian Orthodox Сhurch. The monastery was founded in the 14th century by Reverend Avraam Chukhlomskoy, a disciple of St. Sergius of Radonezh, founder of the Trinity Monastery and a patron saint of Russia.

It was the first stone temple built in the Northern part of the Kostroma region. The relics of Avraam are buried under the temple’s wall. A silver reliquary, which is an authentic piece of jewelry and art, was erected over the place where Avraam’s relics are kept.