The monastery was found­ed in the first half of the 16th cen­tu­ry through the efforts of St. Tryphon of Pechen­ga. For the future monastery, Tryphon chose the place where the Nama­jo­ki Riv­er flowed into Pechen­ga, but lat­er, when he left the monastery, the monks decid­ed to move a lit­tle high­er along the mouth. Lat­er, the Pechen­ga Monastery was repeat­ed­ly moved from place to place, burned, was abol­ished by Cather­ine II and destroyed after the Bol­she­viks came to pow­er. The revival of the monastery began in 1997, and today the com­plex of build­ings has been almost com­plete­ly rebuilt. The monastery still hous­es the relics of more than 100 mar­tyrs who died in 1589 dur­ing the destruc­tion of the monastery by the Finns. Like the Theodor­ite Monastery, Pechen­ga Monastery is entire­ly built of wood and looks very authen­tic.