Orthodox monasteries

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The Othodox monasteries. The oldest monasteries located on the territory of the Leningrad Oblast - the Monastery of the Dormition, the Monastery of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and the Zastenny Monastery of St. George in Ladoga were founded probably in the 12th century; the Holy Trinity Monastery of St. Anthony Dymsky and the Staraya Ladoga Monastery of St. John the Baptist were founded in the 13th century; the Konevets Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, the Staraya Ladoga Monastery of the Dormition were founded in the 14th century; the Cheremenets Monastery of St. John the Theologian was founded in the 15th century; the Tikhvin monasteries: the Monastery of the Holy Dormition, the Monastery of the Presentation in the Temple and the Monastery of St. Nicholas of the Conversation, the Zelenets Monastery of the Holy Trinity, the Macarius Hermitage (see the Monastery of the Resurrection) were founded in the 16th century. Among founders of the Orthodox monasteries there were renowned in the Community of Saints: Venerable Anthony Dymsky, Venerable Arsenius of Konevets, Theophilus and Jacob of Omuchi, Hilarion of Gdov, Alexander of Svir and his followers, Cyprian Storozhensky, Cornelius Padansky, Martiriy Zelenetsky, Macarius Rimlyanin. From the 14th century the region became a part of ""The North Fivaida"", the territory of the most intensive ""monastery colonizing"". Some monasteries were closed during Swede rule (the 17th century). After 1764 during a church reform of Catherine II landed properties were taken from the orthodox monasteries, some of them were closed (The Peredolsky Monastery, Ozersky Monastery, Posolotin Monastery, Shchirsky Monastery and others). In the late 19th - early 20th century some of the monasteries were opened again, particularly, the Monastery of the Resurrection and the Hermitage of Cornelius Padansky (see the Padansky Convent of the Presentation in the Temple); some new monasteries were founded: Vokhono Convent of St. Mary-Magdalene, Pyatigorsk Convent of the Mother of God, the Tvorozhkovsky Monastery, the Monastery of the Resurection and the Patronage of the Mother of God and others, in 1919 the Porechsky Convent of the Patronage of the Mother of God was founded. By 1917 there were 16 monasteries in the eparchy, 1629 monks lived in the monasteries. After the Revolution the Orthodox monasteries were begun to close and clergymen began to be subjected to repressions. In 1918-1919 the Holy Trinity Monastery of St. Aleksandr of Svir, the Oyat Monastery of the Presentation in the Temple, the (Vvedeno-Ostrovsky - The Island Monastery of the Presentation in the Temple), the Zelenets Holy Trinity Monastery, the Holy Trinity Monastery of St. Anthony Dymsky were closed the first. From the late 1920s repressions became stronger, the last Othodox monasteries were closed; on the oblast territory it was the Monastery of the Resurection (it was closed in February 1932). During World War II the Dormition Convent (11 nuns) and the Theophany Monastery (7 monks) were opened in the settlement Vyritsa on the territory of the occupied Leningrad Oblast under the aegis of the Pskov Ecclesiastical Mission, they were closed in 1944. The revival of the Orthodox monasteries was begun in the 1990s, some monasteries were opened in the Oblast: the Konevets Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary (in 1991), the Zelenets Monastery of the Holy Trinity (in 1993), the Oyat Convent of the Presentation in the Temple (in 1993), the Tikhvin Monastery of the Holy Dormition (1995), the Cheremenets Monastery of St. John the Theologian (1993, 1997), the Tervenichi Convent of the Patronage of the Mother of God (1996-1997), the Holy Trinity Monastery of St. Alexander of Svir (1998), the Staraya Ladoga Monastery of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker (2004) and the Staraya Ladoga Convent of the Dormition (2005). In 2005 in the Leningrad Oblast there were 9 Orthodox monasteries (6 monasteries and 3 convents), 3 scetes, 3 city residences, a registered chapel. Bertash, Aleksandr Vitalyevich
Shkarovsky, Mikhail Vitalyevich
Aleksandr Svirsky, St.
Antony Dymsky, St.
Arseny Konevsky, St.
Catherine II, Empress
Feofil Omuchsky
Iakov Omuchusky
Ilarion Gdovsky
Kiprian Storozhensky, St.
Kornily Pasansky, St.
Makary the Roman, St.
Martiry Zelenetsky (Mina Stefanovich), St.
Historical Toponyms/Ladoga Town
Leningrad Oblast, the/Gatchina District/Vyritsa Urban Settlement
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Cheremenetsky Monastery of St. John the Theologian
Holy Trinity Monastery of St. Aleksandr of Svir, the
Holy Trinity Monastery of St. Antony Dymsky, the
Konevets Munastery of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary
Padansky Convent of the Presentation in the Temple
Pyatigorsky Convent of the Mother of God
Resurrection Monastery, the
Resurrection Monastery, the
Staraya Ladoga Dormition Convent, the
Staraya Ladoga Monastery of St. John the Precurser
Staraya Ladoga Monastery of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
Tervenichi Convent of the Intercession of the Virgin Mary
The " Behind- the- Wall" Monastery of St. George
The Convent of the Dormition
The Monastery of the Epiphany
The Porechsky Convent of the Intercession of the Mother of God
The Shchirsky Monastery
The Tvorozhkovsky Monastery
Tikhvin Convent of the Presentation in the Temple
Tikhvin Conversation Monastery of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
Tikhvin Dormition Convent, the
Vokhonovsky Convent of St. Mary Magdalene
Vvedeno - Oyatsky (Vvedeno-Ostrovsky) Monastery, the
Zelenets Holy Trinity Monastery, the