Коневский Рождество-Богородичный мужской монастырь / Konevsky-Theotokos Monastery - 1896

Коневский Рождество-Богородичный монастырь - 1896 The Konevsky-Theotokos Monastery in 1896 Music: The Great Prokeimenon - A Valaam Monastery Chant sung here by the Choir of the Novospassky Monastery The Konevsky Orthodox monastery is located on the island of Konevets in the western part of Lake Ladoga in Leningrad region . The Monastery was founded by Reverend Arseny Konevsky, the Novgorod Wonderworker, in 1393. Due to flooding, the location of the monastery changed once to avoid flooding. The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin was built by St. Arseney in 1421 and served as the main monastic church. The main shrine contained the miraculous Konevets Icon of the Mother of God, brought back by St. Arseny from Mount Athos. The Monastery is often regarded as the counterpart of the Valaam Monastery , also located on an island in Lake Ladoga. The golden years of the monastery had to be the 19th century, when the fame of the monastery spread throughout Imperial Russia. In June,