page_title: Skolts
section_title: Religion
hierarchical_section_title: Skolts / Religion
caption_attribution_description: English: Orthodox St. Georg's Chapel in Neiden/Norway, build 1565Deutsch: Die orthodoxe Kapelle "Hl. Georg" in Neiden/Norwegen von 1565Norsk bokmål: Den ortodokse Sankt Georgs kapell i Neiden, bygget i 1565Русский: Православная часовня святого Георгия Победоносца в Нейдене/Норвегия, воздвигнутая в 1565 году
context_page_description: The Skolt Sámi or Skolts are a Sami ethnic group. They currently live in and around the villages of Sevettijärvi, Keväjärvi, Nellim in the municipality of Inari, at several places in the Murmansk Oblast and in the village of Neiden in the municipality of Sør-Varanger. The Skolts are considered to be the indigenous people of the borderland area between present-day Finland, Russia and Norway, i.e. on the Kola Peninsula and the adjacent Fenno-Scandinavian mainland. They belong to the eastern group of Sámi on account of their language and traditions, and are traditionally Orthodox rather than Lutheran Christians like most Sami and Finns.
context_section_description: Saint Tryphon of Pechenga converted the Skolts to Christianity in the 16th century and even today, the majority of Skolts are members of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
caption: The Skolt Sámi Orthodox Chapel in Neiden
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