Valaam Monastery
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The Valaam Monastery is a stauropegic Orthodox monastery in Russian Karelia, located on Valaam, the largest island in Lake Ladoga, the largest lake in Europe.
View of Valaam Monastery
Illustration in Finland framstäldt i teckningar edited by Zacharias Topelius and published 1845–1852.
New Valamo monastery in Heinävesi, Finland.
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New Valamo
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New Valamo or New Valaam is an Orthodox monastery in Heinävesi, Finland. The monastery was established in its present location in 1940. However, the tradition of the Valamo monastery dates back to 1717. The monastery was then originally established on Valaam which is an archipelago in the northern portion of Lake Ladoga, lying within the Republic of Karelia in the Russian Federation.
Inside the main church at New Valamo with the old iconostasis
Deanery after the fire
Chapel of Saint Nicholas, private eukteria of New Valamo