Kozheozersky Monastery
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The Kozheozersky Monastery (Russian: Кожеозерский монастырь) is a Russian Orthodox monastery founded by Niphont of Kozheozero and Serapion of Kozheozero in the 1550s. The monastery is located on a peninsula in Lake Kozhozero, in Onezhsky District in the north-west of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. Kozheozersky Monastery is one of the most remote monasteries in Russia; there are no roads leading to Kozhozero, and the only way to get to the monastery is by traversing 30 kilometres (19 mi) on foot.
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Full name | Кожеозерский монастырь |
Order | Russian Orthodox Church |
Established | 1550s, 1853, 1999 |
Disestablished | 1764, 1919 |
Diocese | Diocese of Plesetsk |
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Founder(s) | Niphont of Kozheozero, Serapion of Kozheozero |
Important associated figures | Nikodim of Khozyuga, Patriarch Nikon |
Site | |
Location | Lake Kozheozero, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia |
Coordinates | 63°09′24″N 38°04′58″E |
Public access | Yes |
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