Alexander-Svirsky Monastery

Local nameСвято-Троицкий Александра Свирского мужской монастырь
LocationStaraa Sloboda, Russia

Alexander-Svirsky Monastery is a Russian Orthodox monastery situated deep in the woods of the Leningrad Oblast, just south from its border with the Republic of Karelia. The golden age of this cloister was in the 17th century. It boasts one of the few preserved three-tented belfries and medieval clock towers in Russia.

The abbey was founded in 1487, when a monk of the Valaam Monastery, named Alexander, settled between Roshchinsky and Holy lakes, 20 km to the east from Lake Ladoga and 6 km from the Svir River. During his life in the woods, he had a vision of the Holy Trinity who ordered him to build two oaken chapels dedicated to the Trinity and the Saviour's Transfiguration. These churches gave birth to the twin Trinity and the Transfiguration cloisters, collectively known as the Alexander Svirsky Monastery.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander-Svirsky_Monastery

Official Website http://svirskoe.ru/

Phone +7 81364 44-4-02

Address (Unnamed Road), Старая Слобода 187700, Russia

Coordinates 60°46'44.673" N 33°18'45.725" E

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