ST. TRIPHON'S MONASTERY i8i 



ferred to Kola within the palisades, and attached to the Church of 

 the Annunciation of the Holy Virgin. After the destruction by fire 

 of the town of Kola and the monastery, a new one was built in the 

 reign of Michael Theodorovich in 1619 near Kola, on the banks of 

 the river of the same name ; and at a later date it was named the 

 new Kola Monastery by ukas of the Emperor Peter I. ; in 1701 the 

 monastery was attached to the prelacy; and finally in 1764, during 

 the reign of the Empress Katherina II., it was merged into the Kola 

 Cathedral ; and thus ended its existence. 



There exists the following most interesting tradition regarding 

 the wicked murder of the brotherhood, among the Laplanders on the 

 coast. " It was Christmas tide ; the sun had seemingly gone down 

 earlier than usual this year (1590), and the state of the air increased 

 the darkness of the heaven. A mist was continually hovering over 

 the earth, and the fog was so dense that at five paces distance you 

 could not see the light in a Laplander's tent. The evil spirit Avas 

 abroad in the land which had been forsaken by the light of God ; 

 and he led people into every wickedness, and aided them in their 

 evil deeds. On the seashore, a day's journey from Pechenga, a nom- 

 adic Laplander, owner of a herd of reindeer, pitched his tent. They 

 called him Ivan, as he had been baptized by Triphon himself: but 

 he became a Christian merely because he expected presents ; and as 

 he received none, he was filled with spite against the Holy Triphon 

 and against God Himself; and resumed his heathenish life. And 

 God had visibly forsaken him. That year the frost had hardened 

 the snow, and his reindeer were dying daily from want of food ; so his 

 herd melted away like ice melts in the sun at summer time. Ivan 

 became furious with anger, and tried to think of some way to make 

 good his losses. Long and deep Avere his thoughts ; and at last he 

 harnessed his sledge and drove into Norway to a place Avhere he 

 knew that pirates lived during the winter. He proposed to lead 

 them to the Pechenga Monastery that they might plunder it, and 

 great Avere the rejoicings of the robbers. They had had their eye on 



