Oyat Monastery Introduced

Medieval Period

The exact date of foundation is unknown, presumably no later than the turn of the XIV - XV centuries . ^[1] The first information about him is contained in the life of St. Alexander Svirsky , written by his disciple Herodion in 1545 .

One of the memorable events in the history of the monastery is the birth in the village of Mandera , which was opposite the monastery on the other side of the Oyat River, in the family of the villagers Stefan and Vassa, St. Alexander Svirsky . The parents of the future saint were buried in the monastery next to each other around the years 1475-1480 . It is known that until 1503 both monks and nuns lived in the monastery. Later, the monastery became only male.

In 1582 - 1617 , during the period of the Swedish ruin, the monastery ceased to exist. From the middle of the XVII century until 1764, the monastery was attributed to the Alexander Svir monastery . In 1764 the monastery became supernumerary.

Until the 19th century, the monastery was completely wooden. After the Time of Troubles, the monastery had two churches - a cold Vvedensky church with an aisle of the apostles Peter and Paul and a warm Epiphany church with a refectory, a bell tower with six bells, fraternal cells along the perimeter, a wooden fence with holy gates, a well and outbuildings. From the 17th century there was a monastery mill on the Chegle River.

Monastery in the New and Modern Time

In its modern form, the stone monastery complex was formed in the first half of the 19th century .

The first stone building - the Vvedensky Cathedral Church with a warm aisle in honor of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God - was built in 1817. Subsequently, stone construction continued.

VVEDENSKO-OSTROVSKY - a non-staff monastery near the Oyat River, the number of yards - 4, the number of inhabitants: 56 m., 5 w. P.; There are two Orthodox churches.
VVEDENSKO-OSTROVSKY - monastery plant near the Chegle River, number of yards - 3, number of inhabitants: 3 m. P.; Sawmill ^[2] . ( 1862 year )

By the beginning of the 20th century, the Vvedensky-Ostrovsky monastery had a well-established economy, more than 500 hectares of land belonged to the monastery, although the number of brethren was still small.

In 1910, instead of the shabby wooden church, which stood above the graves of the parents of Alexander Svirsky, a magnificent cathedral of the Epiphany of the Lord with three chapels was built in the neo-Russian style (not preserved) according to the project of the diocesan architect A.P. Aplaksin .

The Vvedensky Ostrovsky monastery was opened on December 27, 1993 as a female monastery.

The monastery has a courtyard in St. Petersburg - the church of the holy pious princess Anna Kashinsky on the Vyborg side . The compound communicates with the believers of St. Petersburg, in the church you can always find detailed information about the monastery.

From the monastery comes a carved icon of the Virgin Hodegetria of 116.5 × 87 cm in size, received in 1937 at the State Russian Museum . It dates from the first half of the 16th century; indicated in the oldest surviving inventory of the monastery in 1675. ^[3]

• Soykin P. P. Ostrovsky Vvedensky Monastery in Novoladozh Uyezd // Orthodox Russian Monasteries : A Full Illustrated Description of Orthodox Russian Monasteries in the Russian Empire and Mount Athos. - SPb. : Resurrection, 1994 .-- S. 189. - 712 p. - 20,000 copies. - ISBN 5-88335-001-1 .
• Ostrovsky-Oyatsky-Vvedensky Monastery // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.

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• Holy spring of the Oyato Monastery