Pechenga Monastery

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Pechenga Monastery is a historic Russian Orthodox monastic complex in the far northwest of Russia, known for its remote Arctic location and long, turbulent history near the Norwegian border.

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Pechenga Monastery canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Russian Orthodox monastery
monastic complex
architecturalStyle traditional Russian Orthodox monastic architecture
associatedWithEthnicGroup Sami people NERFINISHED
associatedWithEvent Russian–Norwegian border changes
wars in the far north
borderRegion Russia–Norway border NERFINISHED
country Russia
culturalSignificance part of Russian–Norwegian borderland history
symbol of Orthodoxy in the Arctic region
dedicatedTo St. Tryphon of Pechenga NERFINISHED
the Holy Trinity NERFINISHED
foundedAs missionary monastery
foundedBy St. Tryphon of Pechenga NERFINISHED
Tryphon of Pechenga NERFINISHED
foundedFor Christianization of the Sami people
evangelization of the Kola Peninsula
governingBody Russian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED
hasCharacteristic harsh climate
remote Arctic location
turbulent history
hasFeature cemetery
chapels
churches
monastic cells
hasType male monastery
heritageStatus historic monastery
languageOfLiturgy Church Slavonic
locatedIn Murmansk Oblast NERFINISHED
Pechenga NERFINISHED
northwest Russia NERFINISHED
locatedNear Norwegian border
locatedNorthOf Arctic Circle NERFINISHED
locatedOn Kola Peninsula NERFINISHED
nearbyCountry Norway NERFINISHED
nearbyTown Pechenga NERFINISHED
partOf Russian Orthodox Church in the Murmansk region NERFINISHED
region Far North of Russia
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
religiousAffiliation Russian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED
significance important center of Orthodoxy in the Arctic
northernmost Russian Orthodox monastic centers
tradition Russian monasticism
usedFor missionary activity
monastic life
pilgrimage
religious worship

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Pechenga religiousSiteNearby Pechenga Monastery