Archive

The historical documents brought from the old location of the monastery in Lake Ladoga and preserved by the brotherhood start from the year 1750 and continue until the year 1940. The archive contains documents in two languages, Russian and Finnish. Startin from the year 1918, the number of documents in Finnish steadily increases.

The archive includes for example historical data, decisions, reports concerning the economy and the building projects of the monastery, a collection of photographs, letters and other documents, each of which is as extremely valuable.

Most of the material in the archives dates back to the second half of the 19th century, i.e. the period when hegoumen Damascene (Damaskin) was the head of the monastery.

The correspondence of the hegoumens of the monastery is a valuable part of the archives. The letters of the spiritual elders, hieromonks, spiritual fathers and regular monks are a spiritual and theological treasure.

The archives also include correspondence of Russian painters, scientists and other important persons who were active in Valamo monastery.