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Holy Land Spring 2023

Holy Land Spring 2023

Georgia October 2022

Georgia October 2022

Holy Land November 2022

Holy Land November 2022

Святая Земля - ноябрь 2022

Holy Land November 2022

Estonia July 7, 2021 Lohusuu. The Church of the Epiphany of the Lord.

Estonia July 7, 2021 Lohusuu. The Church of the Epiphany of the Lord.

Pühtitsa (Est. - Sacred place) is a village in Vesenberg county, Estland province, on the border of Pskov and S.-Petersburg provinces. Petersburg guberniya, 16 versts to the northwest from Lake Peipsi; part of the village is inhabited by Russian peasants, part of the so-called

Estonia on July 1, 2021. Pyukhtitsky Assumption Monastery.

Святая Земля февраль 2006 год

Holy Land February 2006

Святая земля 3-13.10.2008 год

Holy Land 3-13. 10. 2008

Святая Земля-Прага Пасха апрель 2009 год

Holy Land-Prague Easter April 2009

Туринская Плащаница 18-25 мая 2010 года

The Shroud of Turin May 18-25, 2010

Эстония 1 июля 2009 года Пюхтицкий Свято-Успенский монастырь

Estonia July 1, 2009 Pyuchtitsky Holy Dormition Monastery

On August 19, 2020, the Festive Divine Liturgy of the Transfiguration of the Lord in the church of the VIC.Catherine of Pärnu

Estonia On August 19, 2020, the Festive Divine Liturgy of the Transfiguration of the Lord in the church of the VIC.Catherine of Pärnu

Estonia 21 September 2020 Alayye-Lake Peipus. Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos

Estonia 21 September 2020 Alayye-Lake Peipus. Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos

Святая Земля октябрь 2018 г

Holy Land October 2018

Святая Земля октябрь 2006 год

Holy Land October 2006

Святая Земля 26-06.03.2008 год

Holy Land 26-06. 03. 2008

Святая Земля 17 - 26.04.2007 год

Holy Land 17-26.04.2007

Россия Серафимо-Дивеевский монастырь 20-25.07.2010 года

Russia Seraphim-Diveyevsky Monastery 20-25. 07. 2010

Россия Свято-Успенский Псково-Печерский мужской монастырь 24 августа 2019 год

Russia Holy Dormition Pskov-Pechersk Monastery August 24, 2019

Россия Псков 25-26 февраля 2019 года

Russia Pskov 25-26 February 2019

Krypetsky St. John the Theologian Monastery, located in the middle of the woods, is one of the most beautiful active monasteries in Pskov. The monastery was founded in 1485 by the Monk Savva Krypetsky in the middle of the Pskov swampy swamps, in an impassable place where only bears and other wild animals lived, near a lake rich in fish. Having built a hut on a stone, Sava lived in fasting and prayer for many years. Soon his disciples began to flock to his residence, attracted by the rumor of his holy life. In 1487, a monastery was officially founded at the Pskov Veche. Prince Yaroslav Vasilyevich Striga-Obolensky of Pskov took an active part in the construction of the monastery. It is known that with his participation, a bridge was built on the road to the Holy Gate of the monastery. Not wanting to be in charge himself, the blessed elder put an abbot named Cassiana at the head of his monastery. In the cell of Sava himself there was nothing but the icon of the Savior and the Mother of God His mother, the old matting on which he used to lie down for a short rest. The Monk died Sava was born on August 28, 1495, and was buried in the wooden church of St. Nicholas built by him. St. John the Theologian. The present stone cathedral was built in 1557. In 1581, the monastery was attacked by the Polish troops of Stefan Batory. Russian Russian peasant, who had deceived the Poles by assuring them that there was no one in the monastery, failed in the siege: the Poles were routed by a Russian detachment hiding in the walls of the monastery. In the XVI century, in the Krypetsk monastery, the Monks Nil Stolobensky and Nikander the Hermit began their exploits and took monastic vows in it. In 1672 here he also accepts monastic life with the name Anthony Athanasius Lavrentyevich Ordyn-Nashchokin, head of the Embassy Order under Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich. In the second half of the XIX century, the blessed monk Cornelius lived and asceticized in the Krypetsk monastery. In July 1997, the remains of the blessed monk Cornelius were found, and until January 2000, they were in the monastery church. In September 1999, the monk Cornelius was glorified as a locally venerated saint Pskov Diocese. By the beginning of the XX century, the Krypetsky Monastery was one of the richest in Russia. It consisted of 40 monks, 21 novices, and the monastery land included 3,602 tithes of land. Now on the territory of the Krypetsky monastery, restoration work has been carried out, some dilapidated buildings have been dismantled, and new ones are being built. The monastery takes on a beautiful, majestic appearance. The monastery is now home to about 70 monks and novices. Pilgrims come to venerate the relics of the Venerable Sava and Cornelius Krypetsky, as well as to drink healing water from the holy spring. About the miraculous water of the Holy Lake in the Krypetsk monastery: The lake, called the Holy One, also has the ancient name Kopanets, showing its man-made character. The water in the Holy Lake of the monastery has been famous for its wonderful properties for centuries. More Reverend Cornelius Krypetsky healed the suffering with water from the Holy Lake. Now on the Holy Lake in the monastery there is a chapel of St. Sava Krypetsky with a baptismal font and a bath for dipping. The water in the lake is warm and soft, but after dipping, the cleansing power of the Holy Lake water is felt. >Go to Gallery

Russia Krypetsky Monastery February 27, 2019

There are monasteries in the Russian land whose wondrous light attracts pilgrims from all over the world: the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, Optina of the Deserts, Diveevo… In this series, Balaam occupies a special place. Surrounded on all sides by water, remote from the worldly bustle, it seems to be created for a quiet, contemplative monastic life. Located in the northern part of Lake Ladoga, 22 km from the mainland, the Valaam archipelago has about 50 islands with a total area of 36 square kilometers, the largest of them is the island of Valaam (27.8 square kilometers), next to it are located about. Skytsky, Predtechensky Island, Yemelyanovsky Island and many other small islands. The distance to the nearest Karelian city of Sortavala (old name Serdobol) is 42 km, to Priozersk-about 60 km, to St. Petersburg-more than 220 km. The coastline of Valaam is cut by numerous straits, channels and bays, which gives it a special attraction, distinguishing it from many other Ladoga islands. The water area of the archipelago, due to the structure of the lake's currents, is least affected by the waters of the tributaries and can be considered as a reference for the central part of Ladoga. The Valaam archipelago has a rare and amazing beauty of nature. On a relatively small territory, there are about 480 species of plants inherent in various natural areas, more than 200 species of birds are found, moose, hares, squirrels, and foxes live. On the deserted islands of the archipelago, you can see the rookeries of the Ladoga seal listed in the Red Book, here you can catch salmon, palia, whitefish, grayling and other valuable fish species. The sheer cliffs that take on the mighty Ladoga waves, and the quiet peace of the inland lakes, the age-old firs and pines that resist the cold winds, and the discreet beauty of the bright alleys and gardens, the harsh grandeur of the pristine northern nature and the originality of the architectural ensembles — all this gives Valaam a unique appearance of one of the most beautiful islands in the world. But the earthly beauty of these places is also a visible reflection of the beauty of the unearthly, spiritual. For all Orthodox people Valaam is unthinkable without its ancient monastic monastery, which for centuries was the spiritual center of Orthodox Russia and was rightfully called Northern Athos. Modern historians date the first mention of the island of Valaam to 800 BC. At that time, there was a huge idolatrous temple on the island, where human sacrifices were offered to the gods Veles and Perun. This is how the ancient one could find it Balaam the Apostle Andrew The First-Called. Monastic tradition says that the holy Apostle Andrew The first-Called, the enlightener of the Scythians and the ancestors of the Slavs, arrived from Kiev to Novgorod, along the Volkhov River reached Lake Ladoga, and then-Valaam, where he blessed the mountains on the islands with a cross or an apostolic rod. This tradition is recorded on the first pages of the Go to Gallery">

Russia Valaam Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery June 22-25, 2019

Россия Cвято-Троицкий Александра Свирского мужской монастырь 5-9 июня 2009 года

Russia Holy Trinity Alexander Svirsky Monastery June 5-9, 2009

Египет-Синай Апрель 2007 год

Egypt-Sinai April 2007

Египет - Синай 3-13 октября 2008 года

Egypt – Sinai 3-13 October 2008

Грузия 4-14 июля 2019 год

Georgia July 4-14, 2019

Грузия 21 августа 2019 г

Georgia August 21, 2019

Грузия - Монастырь Рождества Пресвятой Богородицы Пасха 2019 год

Georgia-Monastery of the Nativity of the Most Holy Our Lady of Easter 2019

Грузия апрель 2018 год

Georgia April 2018

Греция сентябрь 2018 год

Greece September 2018

Греция о.Корфу июль 2019 год

Greece Corfu Island July 2019

август 2010 год Святыни Псковской земли

August 2010 Shrines of the Pskov land

1 июля 2011 год Пюхтицкий Свято-Успенский монастырь

July 1, 2011 Pyukhtitsky Holy Dormition Monastery

Estonia September 6, 2020 Valga Church of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God

Estonia September 6, 2020 Valga Church of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God

Россия Спасо-Преображенский Соловецкий монастырь сентябрь 2009 год

Russia Spaso-Preobrazhensky Solovetsky Monastery September 2009

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