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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Pechenga Monastery canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pechenga → religiousSiteNearby → Pechenga Monastery ⓘ
Pechenga River → locatedNear → Pechenga Monastery ⓘ