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 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Russian Orthodox monastery
monastic complex
architecturalStyle traditional Russian Orthodox monastic architecture
associatedWithEthnicGroup Sami people
associatedWithEvent Russian–Norwegian border changes
wars in the far north
borderRegion Russia–Norway border
country Russia
culturalSignificance part of Russian–Norwegian borderland history
symbol of Orthodoxy in the Arctic region
dedicatedTo St. Tryphon of Pechenga
the Holy Trinity
linked to: Trinity
foundedAs missionary monastery
foundedBy St. Tryphon of Pechenga
Tryphon of Pechenga
foundedFor Christianization of the Sami people
evangelization of the Kola Peninsula
governingBody Russian Orthodox Church
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
Pechenga
northwest Russia
linked to: Northwest Russia
locatedNear Norwegian border
locatedNorthOf Arctic Circle
locatedOn Kola Peninsula
nearbyCountry Norway
nearbyTown Pechenga
partOf Russian Orthodox Church in the Murmansk region
region Far North of Russia
religion Eastern Orthodoxy
religiousAffiliation Russian Orthodox Church
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
Pechenga River locatedNear Pechenga Monastery