On Valaam
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On Valaam
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On Valaam.
A short survey. Walk on Valaam. Get acquainted with its natural beauty, its sketes, churches, past and present
Contents:
Word of the Patriarch
Location and nature of Valaam, legends about an origin of the name and about a most ancient history Valaam
The sense of Monasticism
Ancient history of a monastery
Valaam monastery in XVIII - beginning XIX century.
Heyday of monastery at Abbot Damaskin
Valaam monastery at the end of XIX - beginning XX century. The new Cathedral
Valaam monastery - fixture of Orthodoxy in Finland
Monastery within the Soviet-Finnish war. Evacuation
Desolation
Path to revival
The skete of st. John the Precursor
The Resurrection skete
The Gethsemane skete
The skete of the Konevskaya icon of Our Lady
The skete of Smolensk icon of Our Lady
The skete of All Saints
The skete of st. Nicolas the Wonder-Worker
The skete of st. Avramy of Rostov and the Oboronnyje islands
The skete of st. Alexander of the Svir
The monastery farm
Valaam Island, Sortavala, Kareliya, 186756, Russia
The Valaam Monastery of Transfiguration of the Savior
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