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Kozheozersky Monastery
The former gate church
Monastery information
Full nameКожеозерский монастырь
OrderRussian Orthodox Church
Established1550s, 1853, 1999
Disestablished1764, 1919
DioceseDiocese of Plesetsk
People
Founder(s)Niphont of Kozheozero, Serapion of Kozheozero
Important associated figuresNikodim of Khozyuga, Patriarch Nikon
Site
LocationLake Kozheozero, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia
Coordinates63°09′24″N 38°04′58″E / 63.15667°N 38.08278°E / 63.15667; 38.08278
Public accessYes

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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