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The St Nicholas Monastery in Gostinopolye stood on the bank of the River Volkhov, not far from Staraya Ladoga. The date of its founding is unclear, although it is known to have existed in the fifteen...
The Tolga Monastery of the Presentation of the Virgin stands on the bank of the River Volga in Yaroslavl. The cloister was founded on the site of a divine vision, witnessed by Bishop Prochoros of Ros...
The Syama Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin was founded in 1524 on the south-west shore of Lake Kubena in Vologda Province. It enjoyed the attention and patronage of the rulers of Muscovy. Thro...
The Kargopole Monastery of the Transfiguration was founded on the right bank of the River Onega in the late thirteenth century. It was originally named St Bassian’s Hermitage after its founder, St Ba...
The St Cornelius of Komel Monastery is believed to have been founded in 1497, when St Cornelius first moved to the Vologda countryside. In 1551, he and a group of monks built the first wooden church,...
The Solovetsky Archipelago is located in the middle of the White Sea, only a hundred miles south of the Arctic Circle. The archipelago consists of six islands, known collectively as the Solovki. Thou...
The Russian Federation is a multi-confessional state. Besides Orthodox Christians, the country is also inhabited by Muslims, Roman Catholics, Buddhists, Jews and representatives of other religions. T...
The adoption of Christianity in 988 marked the start of a new historical period, linking Russia to Christian life and culture. Many important events in Russian history are closely associated with Ort...
The Eastern Slavs were pagans and worshipped many gods. Dažbog (also known as Jarilo or Hors) was the god of the sun. Stribog was the god of the wind, Perun was the god of thunder, Veles was the god ...
The small village of Izborsk is mentioned in the Tale of Bygone Years or Russian Primary Chronicle. In 862, when the legendary Varangian princes were invited to Rus, Izborsk was ruled by Prince Truvo...