#valaam

[classic-art-favourites]

View of Valaam Island, Kukko by Ivan Shishkin, 1860.

[vintage-russia]

View of the Skete of Saint Nicholas,Valaam (1899)

[alexxx-malev]

Russia. Lake Ladoga. Valaam. The skete of saint Nicolas the Wonder-Worker Ладожское озеро. Валаам. Скит во имя святителя Николая Чудотворца

[my-russia]

Valaam, Karelia

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[kirstythejetblackgoldfish]

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko visiting Valaam Archipelago, Russia, today, 1 August 2025

[sad-sad-detective]

Valaam Island, Karelia.

Photo by yours truly.

[russianicons]

The Valaam Monastery is the sacred place where the iconic Valaam chants were born. The Russian Orthodox monastery is situated on Valaam, the largest island in Lake Ladoga, Karelia. This 19th-century icon features the monastery buildings, two saints, and the Son of God blessing from Heaven. Painted by an anonymous icon painter, it pays tribute to the holy place that once was the frontier of the Eastern Orthodox Church against pagans.

https://russianicon.com/the-valaam-monastery-as-a-place-of-spiritual-solitude/

[byzantia]

Kontakion of the Great Canon

Кондак, глас 6: Душе́ моя́, душе́ моя́, воста́ни, что спи́ши? Коне́ц приближа́ется, и и́маши смути́тися; воспряни́ у́бо, да пощади́т тя Христо́с Бог, везде́ сый и вся́ исполня́яй.

Dushé moyá, dushé moyá, vostáni, chto spíshi? Konéts priblizháetsya, i ímashi smutítisya; vospryaní úbo, da poshchadít tya Khristós Bog, vezdé syy i vsyá ispolnyáyay. My soul, my soul, rise, why are you sleeping? The end is drawing near and you will be confused; Awake, so that Christ God, who is omnipresent and fills all, may spare you.

Аудио, Валаамский монастырь:

Audio, Valaam Monastery :

Кондак Великого Канона Андрея Критского, глас 6 Северный Афон

(MP3, 1.6 MB)