North Karelia
Joensuu
Heinävesi

New Valamo

New Valamo or New Valaam is an Orthodox monastery in , . The monastery was established in its present location in 1940. However, the tradition of the Valamo monastery dates back to 1717.
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  • Type: Monastery
  • Denomination: Orthodox
  • Description: monastery in Heinävesi, Finland
  • Also known as: “New Valaam”, “New Valaam Monastery”, “New Valamo Monastery”, “The Monastery of New Valamo”, “Uusi-Valamo”, “Valaam Monastery”, “Valamo Monastery”, and “Valamon luostari”
  • Address: Valamontie 42, Heinävesi, 79850

New Valamo

Latitude
62.56237° or 62° 33′ 45″ north
Longitude
28.79099° or 28° 47′ 28″ east
Elevation
112 metres (367 feet)
Open location code
9GJCHQ6R+W9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 365716044
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­monastery
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­orthodox
Geo­Names ID
13213945
Wiki­data ID
Q1776224
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Swedish—“New Valamo” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “新瓦拉姆修道院”
  • Chinese: “新瓦拉莫修道院”
  • Chinese: “瓦拉莫修道院”
  • Danish: “Nye Valamo kloster”
  • Dutch: “New Valamo”
  • Finnish: “Heinäveden Valamon luostari”
  • Finnish: “Uuden Valamon luostari”
  • Finnish: “Uuden Valamon ortodoksinen munkkiluostari”
  • Finnish: “Uusi Valamo”
  • Finnish: “Valamon Kristuksen kirkastumisen luostari”
  • Finnish: “Valamon luostari”
  • Finnish: “Valamon Luostari”
  • French: “Monastere de Nouveau Valaam”
  • French: “Monastère de Nouveau Valaam”
  • French: “monastère de Nouveau Valamo”
  • French: “Monastère de Nouveau Valamo”
  • German: “Kloster Neu Valamo”
  • German: “Kloster Uusi Valamo”
  • German: “Uusi Valamo”
  • Greek: “Νέο Βαλαάμ”
  • Greek: “Νέο Βάλαμο”
  • Italian: “Monastero di Valamo (Finlandia)”
  • Italian: “Monastero di Valamo”
  • Italian: “Monastero Ortodosso di Valamo”
  • Japanese: “新ヴァラーム修道院”
  • Japanese: “新ヴァラモ修道院”
  • Livvi: “Uvven Valamoin manasteri”
  • Livvi: “Uvven Valamoin monasteri”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Valamo nye kloster”
  • Norwegian: “Valamo nye kloster”
  • Polish: “Monastyr Nowy Walaam”
  • Polish: “Monastyr Nowy Wałaam”
  • Russian: “Ново-Валаамский монастырь”
  • Russian: “Нововалаамский монастырь”
  • Russian: “Новый Валаам”
  • Skolt Sami: “Ođđ Valaam namstar”
  • Skolt Sami: “Ođđ Valam”
  • Skolt Sami: “Valaam namstar”
  • Skolt Sami: “Valaam ođđ namstar”
  • Swedish: “Klostret Nya Valamo”
  • Swedish: “Nya Valamo kloster”
  • Swedish: “Valamo nya kloster”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “New Valamo”. Photo: Vollkornbrot, CC BY-SA 4.0.