12 versts from the Feodorovsky Monastery in Pereslavl, along the Moscow-Yaroslavl highway towards Sergiev Posad, 2.5 versts east of the village of Vypolzova Sloboda, the Alexievskaya Desert was founded. Its founder, like the All-Saints Desert near the Berendeev Station and the Resurrection Desert in the village of Novoselye, was the abbess of the Feodorovsky Monastery, Evgenia. She actively participated in acquiring land and indicated what and how to build. She also attracted benefactors, mainly Moscow merchants, to support the Feodorovsky Monastery and its 'remote offices.'
The land for the Alexievskaya Desert was purchased with donations from Moscow merchant Vasily Glinsky. The church in the name of Alexius, Man of God, and the bell tower were built with funds from the wife of Moscow merchant Anna Afanasyevna Anukina.
The laying of the Alexievskaya Church took place on July 8, 1889, and the consecration was held on July 28, 1891, by Archbishop Theognost of Vladimir. The church was equipped with high-quality icons, utensils, vestments, and liturgical books. The heating in the temple was spiritual. The desert was enclosed with a stone fence. Inside, a two-story wooden building for monks, a two-story stone building for nuns and novices, and a stone cattle yard were constructed. There was also a wooden house, where one half housed novices, and the other half accommodated a church school for boys and girls.
A priest was assigned to conduct services at the desert. A wooden house with outbuildings was built for him outside the fence. In addition to providing food, the priest was assigned interest from a capital of 10,000 rubles.
In the 1920s, the desert was closed and devastated. By the 1980s, only part of the walls of the stone refectory remained, and the cell building was left with bare walls.
In 1991, the Alexievsky Church was returned to the faithful. Under the guidance of Priest Alexey Vasilenko, restoration work was carried out: a baptismal church was built, and a parish school with a museum and library was opened in the restored cell building. The temporary wooden bell tower was replaced with a restored bell tower.
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