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VALAMON YSTÄVÄT RY

Founded in 1973 to contribute to the construction and maintenance costs of the Valamo main church, the Valamo Ystävät ry supports and promotes the Valamo monastery in cooperation with the monastery director and the brotherhood. The purpose of the association is to support the construction and maintenance costs of the Valamo monastery, the acquisition and maintenance of church artifacts, and to promote cultural activities, knowledge of the monastery tradition and pilgrimage knowledge. The association organizes monastery and pilgrimage trips, seminars, lectures, volunteer work and markets.

The association is active in local associations in the Helsinki metropolitan area, Lahti, Lappeenranta, Tampere and Turku. The association's membership fee is 20 €. Membership benefits include the Valamon Ystävä magazine, which is published twice a year.

http://www.valamonystavat.fi/

VALAMON HOUSING FOUNDATION

Ksenia houses are located on the shore of Juurikkaselkä, approximately 300 meters from the Valamo Monastery. The houses are owned by the Valamo Housing Foundation, which was jointly established by the municipality of Heinävesi and the Valamo Monastery in 1988. There are three terraced houses on the shore, with a total of 15 rental apartments (2 bedrooms + 1 bathroom + 1 bedroom, 36 m2 or 2 bedrooms + 1 bedroom, 48 m2). The apartments have individual electric heating.

The rental apartments are intended for people who accept the Orthodox lifestyle and want to live within the monastery's sphere of influence. The purpose of the Valamo Housing Foundation is to support and promote the maintenance of housing and housing communities for people who accept the Orthodox lifestyle, to study and develop the living conditions of the elderly, and to revive the activities and traditions of village communities based on the Orthodox lifestyle.

For more information, please contact the property manager Kati Toivanen, tel. 044 425 9211 or kati.toivanen@valamo.fi