The monastery's chronicle reports that the church of Zosima, Savvatiy, and Herman was built with three domes and a small bell tower above the entrance, facing the embankment of the Dvina River. The walls and ceiling are adorned with sacred images from the lives of the Solovetsky saints. The frescoes and icons in the iconostasis were created by the monastery's icon painters under the guidance of Hieromonk Flavian, the head of the icon painting workshop. The iconostasis is made of oak, intricately carved and crafted by Hieromonk Palladiy.
In the summer of 1920, the Solovetsky Monastery was closed and nationalized. Seventy years later, it reopened in Arkhangelsk at its historical site. After the reopening, the restoration of the church of Zosima, Savvatiy, and Herman began. On July 30, 1998, on the feast day of Saint Irinarh, Bishop Tikhon of Arkhangelsk and Kholmogory consecrated the church after restoration, which lasted more than five years.
On August 17, 1998, during a visit to Arkhangelsk, Patriarch Alexy II blessed the establishment of a subsidiary farm at the Solovetsky Monastery and the construction of a church in honor of the Protection of the Mother of God. In April 2002, by the decree of the Patriarch, the Orthodox religious organization 'Radovo-Prokrovskaya Women's Monastic Community' was established at the Arkhangelsk Monastery in the village of Izhma, Primorsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast.
Despite the restoration and ongoing functioning of the church of Zosima, Savvatiy, and Herman, the residential and utility buildings of the monastery need restoration. Regular services are held in the church.
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