The well with healing water not far from the Uspensky Cathedral was discovered by chance. For a long time there was a porch on this spot, and when repair work on the damaged wall was carried out here in 1644, a spring burst forth from the dug ditch. One of the monks was then healed by it, while the second, who doubted its life-giving power, soon died. It was then decided to arrange a well here, and a little later a chapel was built above it.
In 1792, near the Uspensky Well, by order of Metropolitan Platon, a monument was installed in the form of a four-sided obelisk carved from a single piece of stone. The monument is crowned with a gilded sphere, and sundials are built into three sides. The pedestal is decorated with inscriptions on marble plaques glorifying the monastery.
Privy Councilor N.G. Ryumin, being a well-known patron of the arts, funded the installation in 1872 of a cast-iron basin into which water from the well flows. By the way, the blessing of the healing water is still regularly performed in it to this day.
The chapel is a four-tiered building that outwardly resembles a church. It is crowned with a dome with a cross. The surface of the chapel is covered with rich carving and multicolored painting.
