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Cheremenetsky Monastery of St. John the Theologian
The Cheremenetsky Monastery of St. John the Theologian (the locality of Cheremenets, the Luga district). The monastery was founded in 1478 according to the order of Ioann III on an island of Cheremenetsky Lake. In the second half of the 16th... more


Gostinopolsky Monastery of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
The Gostinopolye Monastery of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. It was located on the right bank of the Volkhov River to the south from the present-day village of Veltsa of the Volkhov district (the terrain feature of Nicholas pogost). The monastery... more


Holy Trinity Monastery of St. Aleksandr of Svir, the
The Holy Trinity Monastery of St. Alexander of Svir (the village of Staraya Sloboda/ Svirskoye, the Lodeynoye Pole district). The monastery was founded by Venerable Alexander Svirsky. In 1484 he settled in a forest area nearby the Svir River in... more


Holy Trinity Monastery of St. Antony Dymsky, the
The Holy Trinity Monastery of St. Anthony Dymsky (the settlement of Bronevik, the Boksitogorsk district) is one of the ancientest in the Saint Petersburg eparchy. It was founded by Venerable Anthony Dymsky (according to a version of the... more


Konevets Munastery of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary
The Konevets Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary (Konevets island, the Priozersk district). It is located in the southern part of the Konevets Island in seven kilometres from the West shore of Ladoga Lake. The monastery was founded in... more


Lintulsky Convent of the Holy Trinity
The Lintula Convent of the Holy Trinity (the settlement of Ogonki, the Vyborg distrikt). It was the first convent in Finland. The convent was founded by the privy Councillor F.P. Neronov in 1894 in the estate Lintula bought for this aim. The wooden... more


Lounatioki Convent of St. Seraphim
The Lounatioki Woman Monastic Community of St. Seraphim (the village of Zakhodnoye, the Vyborg district). It was founded in the 1900s with the blessing of archbishop of Finland Sergius (Stragorodsky) in a dacha area Lounatioki (from 1948 the... more


Medvedsky Monastery of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
The Medvedkovo Monastery of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker (the town of Staraya Ladoga). It was founded not later than in the 15th century on the left bank of the Volkhov River on the peninsula nearby the river mouth. The terrain feature of... more


Monastery of St.Basil, the
The Monastery of St.Basil (the village of Chernavino, the Volkhov district). The Monastery of St.Basil was founded before 1555, the church was devoted to Saint Basil the Great. In the 1580s the monastery was brought in ruins. According to the... more


Padansky Convent of the Presentation in the Temple
The Padansky Convent of the Presentation in the Temple (the Podporozhye district). It was founded about 1543 as the Verkhopadansky Cornelius Monastery (Hermitage) of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and was closed in 1764. It was reestablished in 1872... more


Pyatigorsky Convent of the Mother of God
The Pyatogorsky Convent of the Mother of God (the village of Kurkovitsi, the Volosovo district). It was separated from the Vokhono Convent of St. Mary-Magdalene. It was founded in 1899 according to the decree of the Holy Synod on the area (177.5... more


Resurrection Monastery, the
The Monastery of the Resurrection (The Tosno district, Macarius hermitage). It was located on the left bank of the Lezna River about 20 kilometres to the North-East from Lyuban. The monastery was founded in the first half of the 16th century on the... more


Senno Holy Trinity Skete
The Senno holy Trinity Skete (the village of Senno, the Boksitogorsk district). It is probably, in the the 16th century the church of Sts. Florian and Laurus was built in the village of Senno. The church was included into the Kolbetsky Pogost. In... more


Staraya Ladoga Dormition Convent, the
The Staraya Ladoga Dormition Convent (the Volkhov district, the village of Staraya Ladoga) is one the most ancient monasteries in the St. Petersburg Eparchy. It was presumably founded in the first quarter of the 12th century as a prince's convent... more


Staraya Ladoga Monastery of St. John the Precurser
1150 / 1000 the Staraya Ladoga Monastery of St. John the Precurser (Ivansky, Ivanovsky). It was founded on Malysheva Mountain (the northern part of Ladoga Lake) probably by Clement , the archbishop of Novgorod (he governed the eparchy during... more


Staraya Ladoga Monastery of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
The Staraya Ladoga Monastery of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker (Nikolsky; the village of Staraya Ladoga). On a local legend the monastery was founded in the 13th century in honour of the victory of Saint Prince Alexander Nevsky in the Neva battle. ... more


Storozhensky St. Nicholas Monastery of St. Cyprian
The Storozhensky St. Nicholas Monastery of St. Cyprian (the village of Storozhno, the Volkhov district). The middle of the 16th century is considered the time of the foundation of the monastery on the Storozhensky Cape of the Zagubsky Peninsula. ... more


Tervenichi Convent of the Intercession of the Virgin Mary
The Tervenichi Convent of the Intercession of the Virgin Mary (the Lodeynoye Pole district, the village of Tervenichi, 30 Nagornaya Street). It was founded in 1997 on the place of a grave-yard (it was firstly mentioned in 1137) which was named... more


The " Behind- the- Wall" Monastery of St. George
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The Monastery of the Nativity
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The Trinity Monastery at Zlatyn
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The Convent of St. John
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The Convent of the Dormition
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The Dominican Monastery
The Dominican Monastery(the town of Vyborg, 13 Vyborgskaya Street). In 1318 the wooden Dominican church was in Vyborg. In 1392 the construction of the Dominican Monastery of Black Brother was begun; in 1471-1481 the new stone cathedral was... more


The Franciscan Monastery (Vyborg Town)
The Franciscan Monastery (Vyborg Town, 4 Vodnaya Zastava Street). The Monastery was founded in the 15th century. A monastery school building of the 16th century, built from granite boulders and bricks is survived. In the middle of the 17th century... more


The Goritsky Monastery of the Nativity of Christ
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The Monastery of the Epiphany
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The Porechsky Convent of the Intercession of the Mother of God
The Porechsky Convent of the Intercession of the Mother of God (Kozya Gora Village, the Slantsy District). The petition about establishing a nun community was submitted on 7 June 1901 by contractors M.Ye. Yegorov and A.A. Kudryavtsev. The Holy... more


The Prichestinsky Monastery
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The Shchirsky Monastery
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