Преподобный Трифон Печенгский, апостол лопарей = The venerable Tryphon of Pechenga, apostle of the lapps = Pyhittäjä Trifon Petsamolainen, saamelaisten valistaja = Den aerverdige Trifon av Petsjenga, samenes apostel / [под редакцией епископа Митрофана (Баданина)]. - Санкт-Петербург ; Североморск : Ладан, 2017.

A Short Hagiography ojth e Venerable Ttyphon 21 abundant in the severe northern land. "Around the Pechenga River ; with no home or shelter, through forests, up mountains and down abysses, he wandered aimlessly”. The time had come for this “prodigal son” to weep bitterly and repent, "con stantly prostrating h im self on the ground before the Lord in tears and prayers with a contrite heart". Five years later, around 1519, oc curred Mitrofans meeting with the as cetic, scribe, theologian and spiritual el der Saint Theodoret o f Kola. This meet ing determined the fate o f the Pechenga hermit. Theodoret, who from his youth “had a burning desire to live as a hermit" and had prepared himself to bring enlightenment “to the p ro fou n d barbarians, the wild Lapps", was the bearer o f the Divine word who revealed to Mitrofan his present purpose, God’s intention for his new way o f life. Henceforth, the lot o f the hermit Mitrofan would not only be his personal salvation through repentance and weeping for his own great sins, but also heartfelt contrition for the sins o f his neighbours, who were living in the darkness o f pagan sinfulness, and a merciful concern to enlighten those " under the gloom o f burdensome idolatry". Remaining with Theodoret for about five or six years, Mitrofan learned the practice o f prayer, gaining great knowledge o f “sacred silence”. In about 1524, Mitrofan returns to the places o f his original penitential wanderings, the area o f the Pechenga River. There, on the shores o f the Frozen Sea, Mitrofan, who had be gun enthusiasiastically and boldly proclaiming the Word o f God to