The Old Church

Old Church - Church of All Valamo Saints

The Old Church, built in 1940 by combining two granaries, hosted all daily services of the monastery until 1977. Today, the church is used only in summer, when Vespers and a small Compline, as well as the three canons on Friday evenings, and the Midnight Service, Matins, and Liturgy on Saturday mornings are held there. On Saturdays and Sundays at noon, a prayer service (moleben) is also held in the Old Church. The church is dedicated to the memory of All Saints of Valamo, and its temple feast is celebrated on the last Sunday of July.

Almost all the icons and artifacts in the church originate from Valamo on Lake Laatokka. The majority of the icons were also painted in the monastery's own icon painting workshop in the late 19th century. The Old Church also served for a long time as the brotherhood's refectory. Traces left by dining tables and benches on the wooden floor and a serving hatch on the back wall still serve as reminders of this. A monk's cell has been furnished in the side room of the church in the style of the 1950s.

There is a wheelchair ramp at the entrance of the Old Church.