Valaam, Kizhi, Solovki. Guide: Sintsov, Istanbulayan, Fokin

The marvelous island of Valaam is silence … Holy silence. This is what every monastic soul is looking for. In ancient times, monks went into deserts, in forest wilds, on the islands lost in water expanses. To this day, units of such distant abode of the world have been preserved, where it is not so just to get to the simple mortal. Valaam – one of the oldest monastery not only of the north -west, but throughout Russia – is located on the Lake Ladoga archipelago, including about 50 islands with a total area of ​​36 square kilometers. To the city of Sortavala (former compassionate) (Karelia) from it a little more than 40 kilometers. Communication with the islands is carried out by water from Priozersk (Leningrad Region) and St. Petersburg, and in winter with the help of helicopters. But this is the main way to communicate with the island for inhabitants and workers of the monastery. Pilgrims usually get to the island from the passenger pier of St. Petersburg. The waterway itself on Valaam is amazingly beautiful. The ship sails to the “monastic kingdom” in the evening, in the SPo …

Author
Sintsov Artem Yuryevich, Istanbulyan Elena, Fokin Denis Nikolaevich
Editor
Hankova Maria
Publisher
Around the world, 2014
Series
Guidebooks

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