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After repeated petitions, Hyacinth returned to the [[monastery]] and lived initially in St. Elias Skete, then later in the Skete of St. [[John the Forerunner|John the Baptist]].
On [[October 19]], 1921, he was appointed [[abbot]] of St. Tryphon of Pechenga Monastery. Then on [[November 13]], he was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[hierodeacon]] and on [[November 15]] a [[hieromonk]]. At that time, the monastery was within the territory of the newly independent Finland.
In 1932, Hyacinth returned to Valaam and, in 1933, he was tonsured in [[Monastic Ranks|Great Schema]] with the name John and began to live in seclusion in the Skete of St. John the Baptist. In 1938, he was elected the spiritual father of the monastery.