The Alexander Nevsky almshouse was founded on land donated by peasant Yegor Naumov from the village of Mostya in the Ryazhsk district in memory of the liberation of the peasants from serfdom and the miraculous saving of the lives of Emperor Alexander Alexandrovich, his wife Maria Feodorovna, and their son Nikolai Alexandrovich on October 17, 1888, during the crash of the imperial train on the Taranovka-Borki stretch of the Southwestern Railway. The Holy Synod decreed to establish churches and monasteries in honor of this event. In early 1892, Sophrony laid the first stone of the church.

The two-altar church was consecrated in honor of the Holy Blessed Grand Prince Alexander Nevsky and the icon of the Sign of the Mother of God. Small houses for future nuns began to be built near the church. The place was initially called the Alexander Nevsky Almshouse. On March 3, 1904, by decree of the Holy Synod, the almshouse was transformed into a women's dormitory, and on May 7, 1907, the women's community was turned into a women's monastery.

Elder Sophrony actively participated in the life of the monastery, welcoming people from the surrounding villages and hamlets. In his last years, he lived in the monastery's settlement and passed away in 1914.

The events of 1917 also affected the Alexander Nevsky monastery. In 1918, it was officially closed, but continued to function for some time. Services were even held in the church. In 1919, the authorities prohibited services, and the sisters were forced to leave the monastery and relocate to nearby villages. On November 13, 1919, the monastery was officially closed. Most of the sisters were sent to Kazakhstan in Akmolinsk, where they worked at a weaving factory, while those who escaped exile dispersed to towns and villages.

In 1949, the Alexander Nevsky church was completely destroyed, and the bricks were used to build a cow shed. Icons and church property were partially transferred to the Protection Church in the village of Yasenok, while some holy images were preserved by local residents.

In 1993, the holy site was visited by monk Nikolai Anisimov from the John the Theologian Monastery. In his youth, Father Nikolai often visited the church in his hometown of Ryazhsk and heard stories from the locals about the destroyed monastery and Elder Sophrony.

Since 1996, the monastery began to be restored. The Alexander Nevsky church was rebuilt, and its great consecration took place on September 12, 1998. Today, the monastery has a church, a bell tower, and a well-kept cemetery where Elder Sophrony is buried. Nearby, there is a spring and a bathing place. The relics of the righteous elder have been resting in the Alexander Nevsky church since 1998.