Prayer, stillness and life in the forest in the Lutheran monastic community in rural Ihamaniemi, Finland

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  Beschreibung

  We are a Christian monastic community within Lutheranism. We function legally as a non-profit association and the community functions as a family unit, living together, having a shared household, working together and praying together. Our daily tasks are monastic prayer, hosting guests who come to stay at the Monastery, doing gardening and renovating the 120 years old school building we live in. We are working to create self-sustaining lifestyle, permaculture-inspired food growing and to organize workshops for crafts.
  
  We pray traditional monastic prayer hours in our Chapel three times a day and do meditative Bible reading.
  
  Our property is in rural village in Eastern Finland and we wish to contribute to village activities by giving opportunities to do crafts in our Workshop and have local community meetings in our Library.
  
  You are welcome to stay with us, regardless the faith or religion. We respect you as you are. We require respect, curiousness to learn about Christianity and willingness to live according our monastic schedule while you are staying. You will become part of the Christian community while you stay with us.

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  Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

  Kunstprojekte

  Hilfe bei Ökoprojekten

  Leichte Gartenarbeit

  Kreative Heimwerkerprojekte

  Zubereiten / Kochen von Mahlzeiten für die Familie

  Hausarbeiten

  Leichte Instandhaltungsarbeiten
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  Interessengebiete

  

  Selbstentwicklung

  

  Karitative Arbeiten

  

  Tischlerarbeiten

  

  Gartenarbeiten

  

  Heimwerken & DIY

  

  Bücher

  

  Natur
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  UNO-Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung, die dieser Gastgeber verfolgt

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  Was ist das?
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  Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

  We offer you a glimpse to Finnish countryside, to traditional way of life and how to live everyday life in the middle of Finnish forests. You can go fishing to lake Saimaa, visit the nearby National Park in Kolovesi and hike the nearby half-day walking trail.
  We wish to share our way of monastic prayer with psalm chanting. In our Chapel we have a couple of guitars and a keyboard.
  We also wish to connect with those who are interested in learning what kind of life style Christian community life is, and to learn from people having community life experiences.

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  Arbeit

  We wish to have help for gardening and housework, and occasionally various tasks in christian community, for example finding texts and hymns for prayer material from liturgical books and copying and printing them out, organizing them and keeping the library in order.
  
  Those workawayers who are interested in or skilled in light indoor decoration tasks can help us with minor painting projects inside, wall papering and carpentry. If you have craft skills, you can sew, knit or crochet small items or help mending curtains and linen.

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  Gesprochene Sprachen

  Englisch: Fließend
  Finnish: Fließend
  Spanisch: Gute Kenntnisse

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  Unterkunft

  Workawayer will stay with us in one person room, The room is furnished with a bed, a desk or a chest and a wardrobe. The wc and shower are shared. The main facility for washing oneself is a traditional, wood burning stove sauna.
  Our volunteers are expected to clean their own space and leave the shared spaces clean and organized after the use.
  
  The community eats breakfast, lunch, afternoon coffee/tea and dinner together. The Workawayers are eating with the community. We take turns in making the meals. The Workawayer is expected to participate the cooking.
  
  
  Smoking and alcohol consumption is not allowed in the community.

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  Was noch ...

  The nearest shop, cafe and restaurant are 21 km away from the community, in Enonkoski village.
  The nearest city, 52 km from the community, is Savonlinna. You can visit a medieval castle there. The summer activities in the castle include international opera festival.
  The nearby lake Saimaa is the only lake in Europe where Saimaa ringed seal lives.
  If you are interested to see more monasteries, the only Eastern orthodox monasteries in Finland are located apprx. 90 km from Enonkoski Community.

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  Etwas mehr Information

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    Internet Zugang

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    Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang

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    Wir besitzen Tiere

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    Wir sind Raucher

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    Familien möglich

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  Kann Digital Nomads unterbringen

  The digital nomads ought to bring their own internet access with them. The 4G works well in the area.

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  Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans

  We welcome one camper/motorhome at the time. We do not offer facilities to empty the septic tanks.

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  Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

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