The Island of Valaam. / Остров Валаам.
Valaam is the island in Republic of Karelia of Russia, located in the Northern part of the largest freshwater lakes in Europe - Ladoga, it is the largest island in the Valaam archipelago. On the island there is the village of Valaam, and the monument of Russian architecture - the Valaam monastery, founded before the baptism of Russia, in the year 960, the monk Sergius and Herman, the Greek Holy monks. Transfiguration monastery became the spiritual center of Ladoga lands. It is believed that in ancient times on the island, was located the main temple of Veles (or Volos) and Perun, who were the main deities for the Gentiles living close. The monastic tradition says that the Holy Apostle Andrew, enlightener of the Scythians and the Slavic peoples, moving along the route from the Varangians to the Greeks, blessed of cross the mountain on the island. In the 15th century the monastery was called the Great Lavra or the Northern Athos. Here was the center of world Orthodoxy and writing of books. By the early 16th century in the monastery lived 600 monks. Now in the monastery about two hundred inhabitants. Life revived in All saints, the Baptist, St. Nicholas, Svyatoostrovsky, Sergievsky sketes.
Period 1839-1917 is the heyday of the monastery. In 1989 on December 13, the day of memory of St. Andrew, when the island came six monks, the monastery began the process of revival. And 16 years later, in 2005, was first heard 1000-pound bell Andrew, mounted on the bell tower in the monastery in the framework of the restoration of an ancient belfry. The feast of the Nativity of the blessed virgin Mary September 21, 2008 Patriarch Alexy II consecrated the St. Vladimir skete on Valaam island and conducted the first divine Liturgy in the temple. Resurrection skete, located above Big Nikon Bay, on the mountain, was built in the early twentieth century in the place where according to tradition St. The Apostle Andrew erected a stone cross. Valaam island attracts every year thousands of tourists. The reason - the Valaam Islands have a unique nature, pine forests on the cliffs, warm and quiet inland lakes, the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Valaam monastery. During its formation, the monks brought the land, seeds and seedlings of plants from different parts of our country. For such a Northern location is not usual to see some trees and grass. The age of some of them is over three hundred years. The work of the Valaam monks are so fundamental that some areas are truly hand-made. Balaam - the natural reserve, a unique monument of Park art. There are more than 480 species of plants. The island was visited repeatedly by emperors Alexander I, Alexander II, and other members of the imperial family and also Tchaikovsky and Mendeleyev.
The present life of the monastery, another indication that faith invariably raises and restores the monastery from the ruins. So it was throughout the history of Valaam barbarous raids of the Swedes in ancient times, the bombing and the uncertain fate of the monastery during World War 2, it complete, it would seem that the devastation in the era of atheism – monastic life always has returned to these shores.
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A monument to a mother – In – law as people jokingly called it. It’s an exact copy of Tyrannosaurus Rex. It was placed in 1989 as the symbol of Tula’s exotarium. Exotarium is the zoo of reptiles and amphibians. . People love this dinosaur and they dress it in different funny clothes. And in this exotarium there is the unique in Russia – serpentarium. It’s the place where biologists try to breed and revive disappearing kinds of snakes . парк йюрк
A monument to Leo Tolstoy – a famous Russian writer. Everybody knows his famous “War and Peace”. This monument is located in Tolstoy’s square. And in front of him there is a liquor factory and that’s why people called this monument “Leo Tolstoy is going to buy vodka”.
This is the monument to a tail. ‘Tails’ students call their “educational arrears”. It means if you failed the exam, you have one more chance to take it and pass it. This monument was placed in 2007. Many students come here every day when they have exams. They bring coopers and rub this lizard to take a little luck on exam.
This is the monument to Tula’s honey cake. Tula’s factory of the production of honey cakes is famous all over Russia. It’s two meters high and weighs more than a ton. Of course you can not taste this honey cake but you can take couple pictures with it and touch the history.
The monument to Demidov.
Demidov was Russian industrialist who founded the Demidov industrial dynasty. Nikita built one of the first metallurgical factories in Tula. Except for this monument which was installed in 1996, a museum is devoted to him in Tula. And people called this monument “Rambo”, I hope you guessed why.
“Levsha and steel flea” is a well-known story by Nickolay Leskov. It tells us about left-handed craftsman, who outperformed his English colleagues by providing a clockwork steel flea they’d made with horseshoes.
This is the monument to Vladimir Lenin – the leader of Soviet people. Every city and town and village in Russia has such kind of monument from the Soviet Union. All Soviet pupils knew: “Lenin lived, Lenin is alive, Lenin will live forever!” Of course now these monuments are just a part of history that’s why people don’t dismantle them.
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Amazing Maria ringing the 12 bells of Cathedral Alexander Nevsky in Sofia, Bulgaria
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78-year-old Maria Zabova with her most faithful helpers - Tanya and George.
The twelve bells of Alexander Nevsky were created in 1911 in Tula and Moscow. They have outstanding sound. In quiet times they can be heard ringing within a radius of 30 km. The bells are mounted on 54-meter tower three years after. Their total weight is about 25 tons. The largest of them, which weighs 12 tons, was cast on May 26, which is the birthday of Maria toothed. The tongue of the largest bell weighs 780 kg, its diameter is 2.7 m and height - 2.8 m second largest bell is 6-ton. The two largest bells are decorated with relief images and commemorative inscriptions in ancient bulgarian language.
Russia: Cadets deck out Kremlin Christmas tree
Christmas festivities were in full swing at the Kremlin on Thursday, as Russia’s ‘main New Year tree’ was dressed by a team of decorators.
Workers used almost a kilometre of fairy lights and some 3,500 toys to dress the tree, or 'Yolka' in Russian.
In keeping with a decades-old tradition, decorators invited children to assist with the finishing touches. After hanging Christmas toys, children made wishes for the coming year. This year, cadets of the Moscow Suvorov Military School were invited to join the ceremony.
The Kremlin’s New Year celebrations will start on December 26, when 5,000 children will come from all over the country for a show and to see the Yolka on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invitation.
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L' Accademia di Musica presents SACRARIUM - Sacred Music In Our Time works by Schubert, Rachmaninov, Tachaikovsky, JS Bach, Cassini, JF Handle, Debussy, Faure, Monteverdi at the Cathedral Church Of the Redemption in New Delhi. A Trio Soprano performance by Larissa Rai, Nadya Balyan, Aching Shaiza.
Larissa Rai is a trained Opera singer. She graduated from Rimksy - Korasakov Conservatoire from St Petersburg, Russia in 1997. She has been trained under the guidance of renowed Professor Irina Bogachova. She specializes in BELCANTO style of Iralian singing. She learned this unique technique from Valentina Simyonovna Chechneva - Trambatore while learning and performing in The Peter Academy of Arts and Saints. This technique is in continuation of the Glorious tradition of great teachers like Sonic, Giraldoni, Everardi and Garcia. She has performed concerts in Germany, France, Switzerland, Turkey, India & Russia spreading World classical music among the young people and is Laureate of the 'International Pechkovsky Vocal Competition' (1993) She is presently the vocal tutor at L'Accademia di Musica.
Aching Shaiza a graduate of the Patkai Christian University was trained under the tutelage of Mrs. Margaret A Shishak (M.Mus Michigan University), Mr. William Leigh Knight from Westminster Abbey (Opera Vocal coach at Morley, London ATCL, Dip ABRSM and has a performer's Certificate piano and voice, Trinity College of Music, London). She is the founding Director of The Delhi and has taught IB Music at The British school. She has performed at Birmingham Symphony Hall, International Convention Centre London, Switzerland and Malaysia and has conducted music workshop in South Korea, Mumbai NCPA and shall be performing in Singapore in March 2014.
Nadya Balyan was born in Tula, Russia. She holds a Masters Degree in Arts & Music (conducting) from the Moscow Sate University of Culture & Arts. After completing her initial music education as a pianist, she completed the Bachelor of Music Degree in Music Education (Choral conducting) from the Dirzhinsky College of Muic, Yula, Russia. A professional music teacher with a high level of experience and a zest for sharing her passion for all things musical. She is presently the Director of L'Accademia di Musica, New Delhi and the Choir Conductor of Neemrana Music Foundation and The Delhi Chamber Choir.
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Wonderful Moscow!! Red Square a city square in Moscow, Russia. It separates the Kremlin, the former royal citadel and now the official residence of the President of Russia, from a historic merchant quarter known as Kitai-gorod. Red Square is often considered to be the central square of Moscow since the city's major streets, which connect to Russia's major highways, originate in the square. This place is the main attraction in Moscow. My host dropped me at this location , I spent the day by walking and explored the heritage sites of Moscow.
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Akathist to the Mother of God The Inexhaustable Cup (Неупиваемая чаша)
The Icon of the Inexhaustible Cup ~ Commemorated May 18th
Herein follows a translation of an official pamphlet printed in Serpukov, Russia, in the year 1912:
The miraculous Icon of the Mother of God The Inexhaustible Cup is located in the main Cathedral of the Serpukov Women's Monastery, dedicated to the Mother of God. It resides in a separately made iconostasis next to the sepulcher of St. Varlaam, the original builder of the Monastery. This icon is widely renowned, for people come to pray in front of it from everywhere, not only from within Serpukov but even from far away.
For many people, however, the meaning of this Icon's title of The Inexhaustible Cup is incomprehensible. The Inexhaustible Cup is an inexhaustible cup of joy, consolation, healing, life; in other words, the inexhaustible spring of all blessings and gifts. (The Cup which draws forth joy, as it says in the Akathist.) By calling the Mother of God The Inexhaustible Cup one understands this in the sense of Her being quintessentially pure. One can see thereby the deep spiritual reason as to why the Icon The Inexhaustible Cup has become the source of salvific hopes and healings for those who, by coming to this Icon, run to Her when fighting their passion of drunkenness.
The Mother of God prays for all sinners. She desires the salvation of all. She is merciful. Witnessing the sufferings of those who have fallen into the passion of drunkenness, She sees that many of them sincerely desire to renounce this terrible tyrant, to be healed of this sickness, but that they do not have enough power within themselves to fight this enemy and overcome it.
So the Mother of God through Her icon The Inexhaustible Cup, as it were, entreats all these sufferers to appeal to her, the heavenly Queen, for help. She is the inexhaustible spring of spiritual joy; She will pour into their hearts from Her inexhaustible cup the spiritual gifts of heavenly sweetness after which they will hate and reject that destroying cup of strong drink which so strongly attracted them before.
You unfortunate sufferers who are subject to this drinking passion: At every place and at all times, come to the powerful protection of the heavenly Queen; make a rule, if you want to be healed, to read three times a day the angelic greeting, O Theotokos and Virgin, rejoice! Mary full of grace the Lord is with Thee. Blessed art Thou amongst women, and blessed is the Fruit of Thy womb, for Thou hast borne the Savior of our souls! It doesn't matter how strongly this passion has overpowered you, it will be powerless against the heavenly help of the Mother of God. No one who comes to Her will be turned away.
In the end, O sufferer, there will be joyful salvation for you and all your household and there will be glory to our God who have to us sinners the gift of such a powerful helper, comforter, and giver of mercy--His Mother. From the following account the reader will see when and on what occasion the icon of the Theotokos The Inexhaustible Cup was reveled and glorified.
This story truly belongs to the whole monastery because only 35 years have passed since that time and many still remember it. Yet this story is mostly the story of Nun Elizabeth (+1910) because it was she who had the obedience of caring for the Church where the wonder-working Icon, The Inexhaustible Cup, was at that time revealed. Moreover, this nun had a remarkably sharp memory and time seemed to be powerless in stealing away any detail from what she knew. It may be added that Nun Elizabeth was noted for her simple, compassionate heart, and for that reason everyone loved her. She tended the holy Icon of the Theotokos, The Inexhaustible Cup until her death. Here is her story. . .
All of this happened in the first year of Mother Maria’s abbacy (1878). A certain peasant of the Tula province (in the district of Efremov), a retired soldier on pension, had a weakness for wine* [*This was in actuality a “passion for alcohol”, which describes the spiritual condition of addiction. One may similarly be bound by other addictions, such as to drugs.] He would drink away all his pension, everything that he possessed and anything that could be found in his house. As a result he ended up in absolute misery. From excessive drinking, his legs became paralyzed but still he continued drinking.
One day, the man, who was in such disorder—in body, should, and material resources—had an unusual dream. In it a venerable elder came to him and said: “Go to Serpukov, to the Monastery of the Theotokos. There, in the Church of Saint George, is an icon of the Mother of God called “The Inexhaustible Cup”. Have a molben served before it, and you will be healed—both spiritually and physically.”
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After visiting Moscow for the first time in summer 2018, I decided to come back here. Moscow is a beautiful city and very interesting in terms of culinary delights.
I was simply walking around in Moscow without any plans. The only thing I really wanted today was to eat a heartily prepared Khachapuri and some tasty Georgian dumplings called Khinkali in a Georgian restaurant.
After the delightful meal I coincidentally found a hidden gem.
A magnificent supermarket. Probably the coolest supermarket in the world.
You should definitely take a look inside!
Then I wanted to experience the sunset on Red Square but unfortunately I arrived too late.
However, the Red Square it's magic even in the evening. It seems like to be in a fairytale. Just too bad that there were barriers everywhere. That way I couldn't do any great Instagram pictures there.
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Frontline at Znamenka: Watch in the name of Culture
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On 28 April 2017 Maliy Znamensky lane was marked by a Frontline, an invisible line which divided the 26 year history of the International Center of the Roerichs (ICR) into the period “before” and “after”.
In the past the International Center of the Roerichs and its non-governmental Museum named after Nicholas Roerich were recognized internationally, they organized travelling exhibitions, international scientific conferences, issued books and magazines... And now the Museum is destroyed by the Ministry of Culture and the Roerichs heritage seized.
It means that there should be a non-governmental control over the actions of the intruders here at Frontline. The documentary covers the history of the establishment of the non-governmental Museum named after Nicholas Roerich, its heyday and barbarous destruction. Please, help to spread the documentary, so that more people would know the truth about an unprecedented tragedy of our culture.
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Foes are currently trying to destroy the International Center of the Roerichs under the pretext of protection of state interests. They are attempting to liquidate this non-governmental organization through forced bankruptcy by imposing enormous taxes and fines amounting to 60 million rubles. On October 29, 2019, the Arbitration Court of Moscow is to hold a hearing, in the outcome of which the International Center of the Roerichs might be declared bankrupt.
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