Kozheozersky Monastery
The former gate church
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| Monastery information | |
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| Full name | Кожеозерский монастырь |
| Order | Russian Orthodox Church |
| Established | 1550s, 1853, 1999 |
| Disestablished | 1764, 1919 |
| Diocese | Arkhangelsk and Kholmogory Eparchy |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | Niphont of Kozheozero, Serapion of Kozheozero |
| Important associated figures | Nikodim of Khozyuga, Patriarch Nikon |
| Site | |
| Location | Lake Kozheozero, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: 63°09′24″N 38°04′58″E / 63.15667°N 38.08278°E |
| Public access | Yes |
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 30 kilometres (19 mi) by foot.
In the 16th century the valley of the Onega River was already populated, and the ascetic monks were looking for remote places to get away from people. Niphont of Kozheozero, a monk in the Syryinsky Monastery close to the selo of Chekuyevo, in the lower course of the Onega, arrived to Lake Kozhozero. According to the tradition, this occurred in 1552. In 1557, Sergey, a baptized Tatar prince, arrived to Lalke Kozhozero and became a monk, taking the name Serapion. He later became the first hegumen of the monastery. Since the lands around Lake Kozhozero were not suitable for agriculture, the monastery was initially poor. In 1585, Tsar Feodor Ivanovich transferred lands around the lake to the monastery, and two churches were built. Serapion died in 1611. The next hegumen was Avraamy, who was the disciple of Serapion and died in 1634. The only saint ever living in the monastery was Nikodim of Khozyuga, who came to Kozhozero in 1607, and in 1609 left for a remote location 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) from Kozheozersky Monastery.
Nikon, the future patriarch of Moscow and reformer of Russian Orthodox Church, arrived to the monastery in 1641 and was the hegumen from 1643 to 1646. During his period, he solicited considerable investments from two tsars. In 1646, he left for Moscow for some business related to the monastery, and never returned, getting a new appointment.
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