Ivanovsky Monastery, Tobolsky District, Eastern Orthodox monastery in Tobolsky District, Russia.
Ivanovsky Monastery is a monastic complex in the Priiryshskiy region featuring several church buildings arranged around a central courtyard. The site displays traditional Russian Orthodox architecture with two primary churches dedicated to John the Baptist and Seraphim of Sarov.
Founded in 1653 on a site linked to the 1638 healing of a blind peasant girl before the Znamenie icon, the monastery was originally male. By the mid-19th century it was nearly deserted; in 1854 Archbishop Evlampy petitioned to convert it into a convent, confirmed by imperial decree in 1864. Closed under Soviet rule, it was returned to the Tobolsk-Tyumen diocese and reopened on 26 January 1998.
The monastery serves as an active center for Eastern Orthodox worship and spiritual practice in the region today. Visitors can observe how religious life unfolds here and how locals engage with the sacred spaces.
The monastery is located in the Priiryshskiy settlement on Redikul'ceva Street and can be reached on foot from the village center. Visitors should know that this is an active religious site where prayer and services take priority, so respectful behavior is important.
The monastery's school for daughters of the clergy, opened in 1864 with an icon-painting workshop for 30 girls, was funded by N. D. Pushchina, widow of the Decembrist M. V. Fonvizin. The school was later moved to Tobolsk under Abbess Evsevia.
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