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List of Christian monasteries in Finland

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This is an incomplete list of Christian monasteries and religious houses, both extant and dissolved, in Finland, for both men and women.

Catholic

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Dissolved

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Extant

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Eastern Orthodox

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Old Believers

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  • Pahkalammi Monastery (Pahkalammen luostari) in Pahkalammi, Vuottoniemi, in Ilomantsi, North Karelia; founded 1798 by Marki Alexandrov for monks and also later nuns of the Old Believers fleeing persecution in Russia; abandoned by 1880[11]
  • Megrijärvi Monastery, also Megri (Megrijärven luostari), in Ilomantsi, North Karelia, on the Russian border; founded c.1800 by Onefrei for Old Believers fleeing persecution in Russia, initially for monks, but from 1850 also for nuns; the state acquired the property in 1914 and the last resident, a nun, left in 1919[12]
  • Pyötikö Monastery (Pyötikön luostari) in Vuokko, Juuka, North Karelia; founded in 1847 for monks of the Old Believers fleeing persecution in Russia; closed 1890[13]
  • Tavajärvi Monastery (Tavajärven luostari) in Tavajärvi, Kuusamo; founded in the 1850s for monks of the Old Believers fleeing persecution in Russia after the destruction of the monastery at Tuoppajärvi in 1852; the last monks died in the 1920s[14]

Finnish Orthodox

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Lutheran

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See also

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References

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Further reading

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  • Salomies, Ilmari, 1962: Suomen kirkon historia ["History of the Church in Finland"], 3 vols., Helsinki: Otava