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The Monastery of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (; "the Carmelite monastery") was a small Seurakuntalainen - Viimeiset karmeliittanunnat jättävät Suomen ensi viikolla
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The Monastery of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (; "the Carmelite monastery") was a small Catholic
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...
monastery
A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of Monasticism, monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in Cenobitic monasticism, communities or alone (hermits). A monastery generally includes a ...
of Carmelite nuns
The Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel (; abbreviated OCarm), known as the Carmelites or sometimes by synecdoche known simply as Carmel, is a mendicant order in the Catholic Church for both men and women. Histor ...
in Espoo
Espoo (, ; ) is a city in Finland. It is located to the west of the capital, Helsinki, in southern Uusimaa. The population is approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland. Espoo is part of the Helsi ...
, Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...
, established in 1988 by sisters from the Carmelite monastery in San Rafael, California. The community latterly consisted of six nuns.
The last of the nuns left Finland in 2021, when the monastery was closed./ref>
See also
* List of Christian monasteries in FinlandReferences
1988 establishments in Finland Carmelite monasteries in Finland {{Catholic-monastery-stub