Winter Church

Winter Church - Church of Saints Sergius and Herman

In North Russian Orthodox monasteries, there is traditionally a separate winter church. Valamo Monastery's winter church is connected to the main church. The church is dedicated to the memory of the monastery's holy fathers, Sergius and Herman of Valamo, and its temple feast, or "praasniekka", is celebrated annually on the eleventh day of September.

The iconostasis of the church, built in the spirit of the 16th and 17th centuries, features both old and new icons. The youngest of these are by the disciples of the Russian icon painter Archimandrite Zinon. The fresco of the prayer group above the iconostasis was painted in collaboration by Archimandrite Zinon and Archimandrite Arsenius.