In 1887, by the blessing of Kaluga Bishop Gregory, a wooden church was built on a stone foundation with a brick base over the well dug by the venerable Tikhon of Kaluga, dedicated to the icon of the Mother of God "Life-Giving Spring".

The church had five domes and was designed in the shape of a cross. Two bathing facilities, for men and women, were attached to its northern wall. To the southeast, there was a one-story wooden building for brotherly cells on a stone foundation. On the northwest side of the church, there was a building for female pilgrims, connected by an internal corridor to the women's bathing facility.

All the buildings around the church were enclosed by a wooden fence. The well of Venerable Tikhon, as a place of his spiritual labors and prayers, has long attracted many pilgrims.

After the monastery was closed in 1918, the church at the spring of Venerable Tikhon and all the skete buildings were completely destroyed, and the territory was fenced off with a barrier and barbed wire to prevent pilgrims from accessing the holy spring. Attempts were made to seal the spring with concrete, but the water found its way out in other places. According to archival data, in 1952, the Holy Tikhon spring was visited by 10,000 people from various regions, including Kaluga, Bryansk, Smolensk, Moscow, Oryol, Tula, and even from Ukraine.

The holy spring became the starting point for the revival of monastic life at the site of Venerable Tikhon's feats. On April 15, 1991, the Kaluga regional executive committee transferred the spring and 15.5 hectares of adjacent territory to the diocese. On March 21, 1992, the foundation of a new church in honor of the icon of the Mother of God "Life-Giving Spring" was consecrated. A skete was established, which served as a residence for the monastic brotherhood for two and a half years until the opportunity arose to move to the main monastery complex.

On September 17, 1994, the newly built stone church in honor of the icon of the Mother of God "Life-Giving Spring" was consecrated by Archbishop Clement of Kaluga and Borovsk.

The new brick church with a wooden cupola generally replicates the architectural features and dimensions of the previous building.

On the territory of the skete, a shop and a cafe "Monastic Bread and Tea", an icon and bookshop operate daily, and requests are accepted. There are also two bathing facilities, one for men and one for women. Every day, many people come for the purest water, taking with them a piece of the grace of this holy place.