Old church

Old Church - Church of All Saints of Valaam

The Old Church, built in 1940 by combining two barns, was used to hold all the monastery's daily services until 1977. Today, the church is only used in the summer, when evening and a small post-evening service are held there, as well as the three canons on Friday evenings, as well as midnight service, morning service and liturgy on Saturday mornings. On Saturdays and Sundays, a prayer service (moleben) is also held in the old church in the middle of the day. The church is dedicated to the memory of All the Saints of Valamo and its temple feast is celebrated on the last Sunday of July.

Almost all the icons and objects in the church come from Valamo, Lake Ladoga. The majority of the icons were also painted in the monastery's own icon painting studio at the end of the 19th century. The old church also served as the brotherhood's dining room for a long time. This is still evidenced by the marks left by dining tables and benches on the wooden floor and the serving hatch on the back wall. The side room of the church is decorated as a monk's apartment in the style of the 1950s.

There is a wheelchair ramp at the entrance to the old church.