Pokrovsky Alexander Nevsky Diocesan Convent

The Pokrovsky Alexander Nevsky diocesan convent was founded in 1991. During his first visit to Siberia, his Holiness Patriarch Alexy II visited the village of Kolyvan. On  May 16, 1991, on the feast of the Lord's Ascension, his Holiness Patriarch consecrated the Cross (now located in the vestibule of the temple) and the cornerstone of the residential housing of the women's monastery created .

On July 19, 1992, after the completion of the restoration, Bishop Tikhon made a solemn consecration of the temple, in which the first sisters were already working.

Currently, 40 sisters of charity belabour at the Pokrovsky Aleksandro-Nevsky convent. They carry out a variety of obediences such as: in the temple, in the choir, in the bell tower, in the icon-painting workshop, in the sacristy, in the refectory, in the boiler room, in the utility room. Sisters mastered construction specialties such as plasterer, painter; finished courses of professional drivers (carry potatoes and hay from the monastery field, sand, clay, lumber for construction). Constant remembrance of God and prayer are the duty of the nuns.

The inhabitants of the monastery feed the chapel in the name of St. Lazarus the Four-day, opened at the district hospital. They also take care of the elderly and sick parishioners of the temple, conduct Sunday school classes with orphans from the boarding school. From the harvest collected from its vegetable gardens, the monastery sends aid to several children's institutions and parishes.

In 2004, the holy-water chapel in honor of the Holy Royal Martyrs, New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia was erected and consecrated in the convent.

There are three patronal festivals in the monastery:
• October 1 (14) is Intercession of the Blessed Mother of God;
• November 23 (December 6) is the commemoration day of St. Grand Prince Alexander Nevsky, in schema of Alexis;
• August 30 (September 12) is the day of remembrance of the transfer of the relics of the Holy Blessed Prince.

It is important to mention the venerated icons and shrines of the temple such as:
• Icon of the Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky with particles of relics.
• Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God - Hegumenia of the Blessed Mount Athos.
• Icons of saints Innocent of Irkutsk, Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow, Luke of Simferopol, Gurius of Kazan, Filaret of Moscow and Nicholas of Alma-Aty with particles of relics.
• Icon of St. Siluan of Athos with the particle of relics;
• Icon of St. Alexandra, the original Diveevskaya with the particle of relics.
• Icon of St. John of Tula with the particle of relics.
• Ark with the relics of many saints.
• Cross with the particle of the Life-giving Tree of Christ.

Location: 22 Kalinina str., the worker's settlement of Kolyvan (district center), Kolyvansky district, Novosibirsk region, 633161.

How to get there: the distance from the city of Novosibirsk to the settlement of Kolyvan is 49 km by car. One can get from the Novosibirsk bus station (4 Krasny avenue) to the settlement of Kolyvan by bus on the route "Novosibirsk-Kolyvan". In addition, bus No. 127 and route taxi No. 328 go from the public transport stop "Metro Zayeltsovskaya" to the settlement of Kolyvan.

Work pattern: daily from 09:00 till 18:00 or till the end of the evening church service.