Kozheozersky Monastery

Onezhsky District, Russia · built 1560

The Kozheozersky Monastery 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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