In two hundred kilometers from Saint-Petersburg, on a bank of the river Ojat the monastery, now known as Vvedeno-Ojatsky settles down. But before it was closed after the October Revolution, its name was Vvedensky Ostrovskoj monastery. The time of foundation of this monastery with accuracy is not known - any data on it was not kept. But it is doubtless that in XV century the monastery already existed.

   Till 1764 the Vvedensky Ostrovskoj monastery has been attributed to big Aleksandro-Svirskij monastery and only after this date has received independence.

   The number of brotherhood of Vvedensky Ostrovsky monastery was always insignificant. There were two temples: the stone one, Vvedenskaya, constructed in 1817 and a wooden one, Preobrazhenskaya, constructed in 1782 and then reconstructed in 1836.

   In the wooden Preobrazhenskaya temple there were tombs of parents of Saint Alexander Svirskij, esteemed Russian saint.
   During the Soviet period the wooden temple has been destroyed, and in Vvedenskaya church have been arranged a village clubhouse. The last monks were shot down here, in the monastery in 1930-s. Now on a place of the destroyed temple there is a cross.

   In 1992 the monastery has been revived, as a nunnery. It got a new name - Vvedeno-Ojatsky monastery.

   I have visited this monastery in 1991 when works on his restoration just began. All monastic constructions were in a depressing condition, we had to empty mountains of various dust from everywhere. The dilapidated monastic bell tower became a shelter for birds. The same year near to a monastery the sacred spring has come to life. For long years there was no water in it, and people told about it, as about any legend. Now it is full of water and dozens of pilgrims come to it every year.

   The monastery little by little comes to life and restores the economy. Vvedensky temple is already restored and works, the new top of the monastic bell tower is built up.