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.
Aerial view of Valaam Monastery (2017)
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 171
Valaam Monastery
…World War II. Due to the Winter War, the monastery was evacuated in 1940, when 150 monks settled in Heinävesi in Finland. This community still exists as New Valamo Monastery in Heinävesi. Having received evacuees from the Konevsky Monastery and Pechenga Monastery, it is now the only monastery of the Finnish Orthodox…
New Valamo monastery main church
Inside the main church at New Valamo with the old iconostasis
Deanery after the fire
Chapel of Saint Nicholas, private eukteria of New Valamo