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==History==
The existence of New Valaam Monastery began with the founding of Valaam Monastery of Valaam Island sometime during the twelfth to the fourteenth centuries. The foundation of the monastery has been attributed to [http://www.ortodoksi.net/index.php/Sergius_and_Herman_of_Valaam Ss. Sergei and Herman of Valaam]. During the years following its founding the monastery experienced periods of tribulation and expansion. Early in the seventeenth century the monastery was destroyed and monastic life ended for about a hundred years. Under a decree by Tsar Peter I the monastery was rebuilt and began an active existence until early twentieth century.
As the monastery was located in the Russian Grand Duchy of Finland, when Finland gained its independence in 1917, during the Russian revolutions, Karelia and Valaam became part of the new nation of Finland. The Orthodox Christians in Karelia then formed the [[Church of Finland]] that became autonomous under the [[Church of Constantinople]]. Valaam was the most important monastery of the Finnish Orthodox Church. The liturgical language was changed from [[Church Slavonic]] to Finnish, and the liturgical [[calendar]] from the Julian to the [[Gregorian Calendar|Gregorian]] calendar. These changes led to bitter decade-long disputes in the monastic community, but the monastery prospered. In 1940, life for the monastery on Lake Lodoga changed radically.
== External links ==
*[http://www.valamo.fi/ Official site: The New Valaam Monastery in Finland]
*[http://www.ortodoksi.net/tietopankkiindex.php/luostarit/valamon_luostari.htm Uuden_Valamon_luostari The New Valaam Monastery/ Ortodoksi.net]*[http://www.ortodoksi.net/kuvat/paikat/valamon_luostari.htm Pictures/ Ortodoksi.net]*[http://www.ortodoksi.net/tietopankki/luostarit/valamo_suuri.htm Panorama picture of Valaam Church/ Ortodoksi.net]*[http://www.ortodoksi.net/index.php/Sergius_and_Herman_of_Valaam Ss. Sergius and Herman of Valaam / Ortodoksi.net]
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