Lintula is the estate of high-ranking official Fedor Neronov. Located 50 km from St. Petersburg, the estate was acquired with the aim of organizing a women’s monastery there. F.P. Neronov invited architects and builders who built a wooden Trinity Church, cells for sisters, refectory and outbuildings. The official date of opening of the community is 1896. Although the monastery was located on Finnish lands, they were part of the Russian Empire at that time and many Orthodox lived there.
In the early years, the monastery flourished. He opened a village school, a home for orphans. At the dacha of the monastery (7 km from the monastery), a health resort for veteran soldiers was arranged. The monastery was small, but stood firmly on its feet.
The trouble began in 1916. The fire completely destroyed the Trinity Church. A huge library, many icons, objects of utensils died in the fire.
In 1917, the premises of the monastery were taken by a military unit. The number of sisters decreased, there was no one to work. There was a famine in the monastery.
In 1918, the territory of the monastery ceded to Finland, the commissars left, the monastery began to revive.
In 1919, the church was rebuilt in the name of the Holy Trinity. Divine services were conducted by the monks of the Valaam monastery.
In 1939, the monastery was in a combat zone. The sisters were evacuated to the interior of Finland, in the town of Palloki. Over time, residential buildings appeared, and in 1966 — a new temple. The sisters opened a small candle factory, which still supplies candles to all Orthodox churches in Finland.
In Russia, too, did not forget about the monastery in Lintoul. In 2007 it was decided to revive it. At the site of the monastery, a prayer was performed, a bowed cross was installed. In 2015, a new Trinity Church was consecrated.
Charitable Foundation Holy Land
Russian Temples and Monasteries
