The establishment was not easy, because Finland still had legislation from the time of Swedish rule, which in many ways sought to secure the status of the Lutheran Church as the only state religion.

Despite all the difficulties, the monastery was founded by the decision of the Holy Synod and with the consent of the Czar in the summer of 1895.

At the beginning of the century, things were further complicated by the Russification efforts of Finland, in which the Orthodox Church and its monasteries had to be involved to a considerable extent.

Most of them traveled on foot in October from the monastery to Terijoki and from there by train to Maavesi village of Joroinen municipality.

Only a few objects were saved from the entire collection, such as the Jerusalem Mother of Go icon taken by nun Nina at the last minute on October 11, 1939, which is today considered one of the miracle-working icons of the Finnish Orthodox Church.

Ultimately in 1945 the sisters acquired the farm owned by Hackman & Co in the village of Koskijärvi in Heinävesi and the nuns moved to their new home in Palokki in January 1946.

The nearby New Valamo monastery took care of the spiritual needs of the sisterhood and there was cooperation in many practical matters as well.

The 34 sisters who moved to Palokki were mostly Russians, but there were also Ukrainians, Karelians and one Estonian.

In the fall of 1966, the monastery's residential building, funded and implemented as a collaboration of many different parties, was completed near the old mansion.

The main building of the monastery was repaired in 2011 and at the same time the heating system of the old manor was renewed.

In 2020, the Lintula monastery applied to Heinävesi municipality for a safety zone against the mining industry.

The last nun to come from the old Lintula was Mother Abbess Antonina, who died in 1998, who came there as a young novice.

With the end of the agriculture, the monastery had to look for new means of livelihood in addition to tourism to secure its maintenance.

Candlemaking for the needs of the entire denomination today accounts for about half of the monastery's operating budget.