Alexander Svirsky Monastery

Leningrad Oblast · Russia

Alexander Svirsky Monastery, Russia
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A monastery founded in the fifteenth century in the lake country between Ladoga and Onega, associated with the ascetic Alexander of Svir. Two adjoining complexes stand among wetlands and pine woods. It draws pilgrims to the saint's incorrupt relics.

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