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Valaam (Russian: Валаам or Валаамский архипелаг; Finnish: Valamo) is an
archipelago in the
northern portion of Lake Ladoga,
lying within the
Republic of...
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Valaam Monastery (Russian: Валаамский монастырь; Finnish:
Valamon luostari) is a
stauropegic Orthodox monastery in
Russian Karelia,
located on
Valaam...
- average, 5 m
above sea level. Most of the islands,
including the
famous Valaam archipelago,
Kilpola and Konevets, are
situated in the
northwest of the...
- New
Valamo or New
Valaam (Finnish:
Valamon luostari, or more informally,
especially in the
postal address: Uusi-Valamo, Swedish:
Valamo nya kloster, Russian:...
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Sergius of
Valaam (Сергий Валаамский) was a Gr**** monk and
wonderworker credited with
bringing Orthodox Christianity to
Karelian and
Finnish people. Conflicting...
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Biographers disagree about Herman's
early life. His
official biography,
which Valaam Monastery published in 1867, said that his pre-monastic name was unknown...
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Herman of
Valaam (Russian: Герман Валаамский) is a
saint of the
Russian Orthodox Church.
Herman of
Valaam together with
Sergius of
Valaam are considered...
- born on
April 23, 1965, in the
village Viinijärvi,
which is 40 km from New
Valaam, in a
Karelian family with four sons. His
father was Orthodox, his mother...
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silver medal for his
study Pine on
Valaam. In 1859, he was
awarded a
small gold
medal for his
landscape Gorge on
Valaam, and finally, in 1860, he earned...
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Herman of
Valaam Church is a
historic Russian Orthodox church in Nanwalek, Alaska. It is
named for the
Saints Sergius and
Herman of
Valaam. Now it is...
