AUG 1 — The Orthodox monastery of Valamo in Finland usually receives around 160,000 visitors a year, many from Europe and Russia who come to experience the peaceful surroundings and expansive orthodox library, as well as the country’s largest whisky distillery.
Faced with the loss of around a third of the monastery’s annual revenues of three million euros , the monks opted to cut down and sell four years’ worth of their trees at once. The brotherhood relocated 200 kilometres away to Heinavesi, believing the new site’s vast forests could provide an economic buffer against future crises.
“If the monks were doing this, it would have taken all week,” he smiled — not least because they must spend as much time praying as working each day.
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