By 1897, the community already had a two-story stone building, wings, houses for workers, a stable, a cow shed, a warm cellar, and a small bathhouse made of pine wood. The Astrakhan merchant and philanthropist Ivan Ivanovich Gubin, brother of the nun Evgenia, who lived in the community, built a church in honor of the Holy Myrrh-Bearing Women. It was consecrated in 1887 and underwent major restoration in 1908. The community provided shelter for the poor and needy, including Chuvash and Kalmyk women who converted to Orthodoxy.
In 1922, the monastery cathedral was destroyed. To this day, part of the monastery wall, the sisterhood buildings, and the church in honor of the Holy Myrrh-Bearing Women have survived, in which a rural club was located during the Soviet era.
On April 26, 2015, an archpastoral service was held to mark the beginning of the revival of the Voskresensko-Myronositsky women's monastery. At that time, the monastery did not yet have facilities for the residents. Currently, the monastery has the status of a dependency of the Christ the Savior Women's Monastery.
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