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CARSONP Says: Walk in the forest - you never know what you will come across
CARSONP Says: Professional singers come from St Petersburg during the summer to sing unaccommpanied. It is a beautiful experience to listen to these wonderful singers
Klod5 Says: You can hear also Russian Orthodox Church Music on Radio "Radonezh". The "Radonezh" society was founded in 1987 by a group of Orthodox Christians for the purpose of spiritual enlightenment and mutual support
The Patriarch Alexy II in Valaam
Klod5 Says: His Holiness the Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and all Russia jubilee visit to the Stauropegion Valaam monastery of the Transfiguration of the Saviour
Klod5 Says: There are many monuments, on all parts of Valaam. Look the card joint !
Klod5 Says: One of Valaam legends says that long time ago, before the finno-ugric and Slavic peoples inhabiting the shores of Ladoga lake adopted Christianity, the islands used to be a huge site of pagan sacrifices. The first of Christ's disciples, St. Andrew the First-Called went...
Monastery's life of the monks of Valaam
Klod5 Says: Life for the monks of Valaam was always something of a feat. Situated on the border between Russia and Sweden, this Russian monastery was frequently raided and demolished by Swedes. The monks, following God's commandment, never took arms to defend themselves. They either...
Klod5 Says: But here the beauty of the material world is the reflection of that of the spirit. For Russians, as well as for all the adherents of the Orthodox Church, Valaam is first of all a cloister with a long history and great spiritual significance. For many centuries it has been...
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His Holiness the Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and all Russia jubilee visit to the Stauropegion Valaam monastery of the Transfiguration of the Saviour
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IIn the northern part of Lake Ladoga, which was called Nyevo in the ancient times, there lie numerous islands, the largest of them being Valaam. The clear waters of the rough lake wash an archipelago,...
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Valaam - beautiful island in Lake Ladoga
If you arrive by river cruiser from Moscow, you will most likely dock in the secluded bay.
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