Tryphon of Pechenga


Tryphon of Pechenga
Enlightener of the Sami
Abbot of Pechenga, Venerable
Born1495
Torzhok, Grand Duchy of Moscow
(now Russia)
Died1583 (aged 88)
Pechenga, Lapland
Venerated inEastern Orthodox Church[1]
Feast15 December
PatronageInvoked by Russian mariners

Tryphon of Pechenga (Russian: Преподобный Трифон Печенгский, Кольский; Finnish: Pyhittäjä Trifon Petsamolainen (Kuolalainen); Skolt Sami: Pââʹss Treeffan; Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish: St./S:t Trifon av Petsamo; 1495–1583) was a Russian monk and ascetic in the Eastern Orthodox Church on the Kola Peninsula and in Lapland in the 16th century. He is considered to be the founder of the Pechenga Monastery and "Enlightener of the Sami".[2]

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  2. ^ "Ortodoksi.net - Pyhittäjä Trifon Petsamolainen". www.ortodoksi.net. Retrieved 2016-03-08.