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Russia or Rus Folder (Varangia, Novgorod, Kiev, Vladimir, then Moscow, Perm and Siberia)

Russia, Lands of Slavic (Russian) People (Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe)
Lands of the Slavic People; Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Founder of Monasticism in Russia, Commemorated on July 10 ; Martyr Inna, Disciples of the Apostle Andrew, in Scythia, Commemorated on January 20 ; St Anthimus, Bishop of Georgia, Commemorated on June 13;

Russia - Land of the Varangians Folder

Russia - Land of the Varangians - Nine Cities
Land of the Varangians was a series of cities (nine) along the rivers north of the Black Sea. Gardarski was the Viking name for this land. Lyubsha was the first of the Varangian or Viking cities established in Gardariki or the Land of the Varangians, the others were: Ladoga, Novgorod, Kiev, Polotsk, Smolensk, Suzdal, Murom and Rostov. Apostle Andrew, the Holy and All-Praised First-Called, Commemorated November 30;

Varanger Peninsula (Land of the Varangians)
Varanger Peninsula (Land of the Varangians); 12 Greeks who built the Dormition Cathedral in the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Lavra, Commemorated on February 14; Martyr Theodore and his son of Kiev, Commemorated on July 12;

Gardarika, Varangia (the land of cities north of the Black Sea)
Gardarika (the land of cities): Land of the Varangians was a series of cities (five) along the rivers north of the Black Sea. Gardarski with the Viking name for this land. Lyubsha was the first of the Varangian or Viking cities established in Gardariki or the Land of the Varangians. Gardarika (the land of cities) Along the Volkhov River; Apostle Andrew, the Holy and All-Praised First-Called, Commemorated November 30 ;

Russia - land of the Varangians - Lyubsha
Lyubsha - earliest fort of the Varangians; Ladoga - Staraya Ladoga - a fort of the Varangians; Apostle Andrew, the Holy and All-Praised First-Called, Commemorated November 30;

Russia - land of the Varangians - Ladoga
Lyubsha - earliest fort of the Varangians; Ladoga - Staraya Ladoga - a fort of the Varangians; Apostle Andrew, the Holy and All-Praised First-Called, Commemorated November 30;

Russia - land of the Varangians - Kiev
land of the Varangians - Kiev; Land of the Varangians was a series of cities (nine) along the rivers north of the Black Sea. Gardarski was the Viking name for this land. Lyubsha was the first of the Varangian or Viking cities established in Gardariki or the Land of the Varangians, the others were: Ladoga, Novgorod, Kiev, Polotsk, Smolensk, Suzdal, Murom and Rostov. Apostle Andrew, the Holy and All-Praised First-Called, Commemorated November 30;

Russia - land of the Varangians - Polotsk, Belarus
land of the Varangians - Polotsk; Land of the Varangians was a series of cities (nine) along the rivers north of the Black Sea. Gardarski was the Viking name for this land. Lyubsha was the first of the Varangian or Viking cities established in Gardariki or the Land of the Varangians, the others were: Ladoga, Novgorod, Kiev, Polotsk, Smolensk, Suzdal, Murom and Rostov. Apostle Andrew, the Holy and All-Praised First-Called, Commemorated November 30;

Russia - land of the Varangians - Smolensk
land of the Varangians - Smolensk; Land of the Varangians was a series of cities (nine) along the rivers north of the Black Sea. Gardarski was the Viking name for this land. Lyubsha was the first of the Varangian or Viking cities established in Gardariki or the Land of the Varangians, the others were: Ladoga, Novgorod, Kiev, Polotsk, Smolensk, Suzdal, Murom and Rostov. Apostle Andrew, the Holy and All-Praised First-Called, Commemorated November 30;

Russia - land of the Varangians - Suzdal
land of the Varangians - Suzdal; Land of the Varangians was a series of cities (nine) along the rivers north of the Black Sea. Gardarski was the Viking name for this land. Lyubsha was the first of the Varangian or Viking cities established in Gardariki or the Land of the Varangians, the others were: Ladoga, Novgorod, Kiev, Polotsk, Smolensk, Suzdal, Murom and Rostov. Apostle Andrew, the Holy and All-Praised First-Called, Commemorated November 30;

Russia - land of the Varangians - Murom
land of the Varangians - Murom; Land of the Varangians was a series of cities (nine) along the rivers north of the Black Sea. Gardarski was the Viking name for this land. Lyubsha was the first of the Varangian or Viking cities established in Gardariki or the Land of the Varangians, the others were: Ladoga, Novgorod, Kiev, Polotsk, Smolensk, Suzdal, Murom and Rostov. Apostle Andrew, the Holy and All-Praised First-Called, Commemorated November 30;

Russia - land of the Varangians - Rostov
land of the Varangians - Rostov; Land of the Varangians was a series of cities (nine) along the rivers north of the Black Sea. Gardarski was the Viking name for this land. Lyubsha was the first of the Varangian or Viking cities established in Gardariki or the Land of the Varangians, the others were: Ladoga, Novgorod, Kiev, Polotsk, Smolensk, Suzdal, Murom and Rostov. Apostle Andrew, the Holy and All-Praised First-Called, Commemorated November 30;

Russia - land of the Varangians - Novgorod
land of the Varangians - Novgorod : Land of the Varangians was a series of cities (nine) along the rivers north of the Black Sea. Gardarski was the Viking name for this land. Lyubsha was the first of the Varangian or Viking cities established in Gardariki or the Land of the Varangians, the others were: Ladoga, Novgorod, Kiev, Polotsk, Smolensk, Suzdal, Murom and Rostov.

Russia, Moscow Volga Canal Folder

Moscow Volga Canal

Tushino, near Moscow Volga Canal
Tushino; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 17;

Moscow Volga Canal 1 (Volga River 5)
Moscow Canal;

Moscow Volga Canal 2

Moscow Volga Canal 3 (Yakhroma River)

Moscow Volga Canal 4

Moscow Volga Canal 5

Moscow Volga Canal 7 (Moscova River 3)
Moscow Canal;

Russia, Moscow to St Petersburg Route Folder

Moscow to St Petersburg Trade Route

Moscow to St Petersburg 1 (Overview Northwest from Moscow)

Moscow to St Petersburg 2 (Volga River)

Moscow to St Petersburg 3 (Tver, Tversta River Mouth, Volga River 4)

Moscow to St Petersburg 4 (Torzhok, Tversta River 2)

Moscow to St Petersburg 5 (Tversta River 1)

Moscow to St Petersburg 6 (Sources both Tversta and Msta Rivers)

Moscow to St Petersburg 7 (halfway) (Bologoye)

Moscow to St Petersburg 8 (Borov)

Moscow to St Petersburg 9 (Vishera River Novgorod Source)

Moscow to St Petersburg 10 (Volkhov River, Novgorod)

Moscow to St Petersburg 11 (Overview Southeast from St Petersburg)

Moscow to St Petersburg 12 (St Petersburg)

Moscow to St Petersburg 13 (St Petersburg)

Moscow to St. Petersburg Trade Route 1 (Krasnogorsk, Moscow towards Tver)

Russia, Oka River Folder

Oka River

Oka River Source (along the border)

Oka River 1 (Oryol)

Oka River 2 (Upa River Mouth)

Oka River 3 (Zhizdra River Mouth)

Oka River 4 (Kaluga, Ugra River Mouth)

Oka River 5 (Protva River Mouth)

Oka River 6 (Serpukhov Crossing, Nara River Mouth)

Oka River 7 (Kolomna, Moskva River and Osyotr Rivers)

Oka River 8 (Ryazan, Vozha River Mouth)

Oka River 9 (Ryazem and Pereslavl)

Oka River 10 (Pronya and Para River Mouths)

Oka River 11 (Pra River Mouth)

Oka River 11 (Zheleznoborov, Gus River Mouth)

Oka River 12 (Moksha River Mouth)

Oka River 13 (Murom, Tyosha River Mouth)

Tyosha River Mouth (Murom, Oka River 13)

Oka River 14 (Gorokhovetsa, Klyazma River Mouth)

Oka River Mouth (Nizhny Novgorod, Volga River 9)

Russia, Dnieper (Varangian) Trade Route Folder

Dnieper (Varanigan) Trade Route (Varangia to Constantinople)
The chief trade route of Rus, from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea, was then called ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Âœthe Way from the Varangians to the Greeks.ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ

Dnieper (Varangian) Trade Route 1 (Constantinople)

Dnieper (Varangian) Trade Route 2 (Cherson, Korsun, Crimea)

Dnieper (Varangian) Trade Route 3 (Dnieper Gulf)

Dnieper (Varangian) Trade Route 4 (Ekaternoslav)

Dnieper (Varangian) Trade Route 5 (Kiev)

Dnieper (Varangian) Trade Route 6 (Mogilev)

Dnieper (Varangian) Trade Route 7 (Smolensk)

Dnieper (Varangian) Trade Route 8 (Dorogobuzha, Dnieper River 1)

Dnieper (Varangian) Trade Route 9 (Sehzharovo, Volga River 2)

Russia, Volga Trade Route Folder

Volga Trade Route (St Petersberg, Lake Ladoga to the Caspian Sea)

Volga Trade Route 1 (Ladoga, Lake Ladoga, St Petersburg)

Volga Trade Route 2 (Novgorod)

Volga Trade Route 3 (Lake Ilmen)

Volga Trade Route 4 (Lovat River Mouth)

Volga Trade Route 5 (Lovat River 3, Kolm)

Volga Trade Route 6 (Lovat River 2)

Volga Trade Route 7 (Lovat River 1, Luki)

Volga Trade Route 8 (Volga River 1)

Volga Trade Route 9 (Volga River 2, Sehzaharovo, Varangian Trade Route)

Volga Trade Route 10 (Volga River 3, Staritza)

Volga Trade Route 11 (Volga River 4, Tver)

Volga Trade Route 12 (Volga River 5, Moscow Volga Canal)

Volga Trade Route 13 (Volga River 7, Three Rivers)

Volga Trade Route 14 (Volga River 8, Yaroslavl)

Volga Trade Route 15 (Volga River 9, Nizhni-Novgorod)

Volga Trade Route 16 (Volga River 10, Kazan)

Volga Trade Route 17 (Volga River 14, Saratov)

Volga Trade Route 18 (Volga River 15, Golden Horde, Sarai)

Volga Trade Route 19 (Caspian Sea)

Russia, Volga River Folder

Volga River

Volga River Source (Valdai Hills)

Volga River 1 (Stolobnoye Island, Stolbensk Lake, Lake Seliger)

Volga River 2 (Selizharovo)

Volga River 3 (Staritsa)

Volga River 4 (Tver)

Volga River 5 (Moscow Volga Canal)

Volga River 6 (Kalyazim)

Volga River 7 (three rivers; Mologa,Sheksna and Sogozha)

Volga River 8 (Yaroslavl and Kostroma)

Volga River 9 (Nizhny Novgorod)

Volga River 10 (Kazan)

Volga River 11 (Overview)

Volga River 12 (Annunciation Monastery, Tolyatti)

Volga River 13 (Sumara)

Volga River 14 (Saratov)

Volga River 15 (Sarai, Golden Horde)

Volga River Mouth (Caspian Sea)

Russia, Muravsky Trail Folder

Muravsky Trail
Muravsky Trail To avoid major river crossings, the route followed the high ground between the basins of the Dnieper and Don, making an almost straight line from the Dnieper bend to Tula. It ran mostly through thinly populated tallgrass steppe country ('MuravÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â¡' is an old Slavic word for prairie or grassland) avoiding forests, marshes and river crossings. ;

Muravsky Trail 1 (Perekop)
Muravsky Trail To avoid major river crossings, the route followed the high ground between the basins of the Dnieper and Don, making an almost straight line from the Dnieper bend to Tula. It ran mostly through thinly populated tallgrass steppe country ('MuravÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â¡' is an old Slavic word for prairie or grassland) avoiding forests, marshes and river crossings. ;

Muravsky Trail 2 (Parallel to the Sea of Azov)

Muravsky Trail 3 (east of Dnieper 6 and west of Donets 3)

Polovetsians (Cumans) Chuhuiv, Muravsky Trail 3
Polovetsians (Cumans) Chuhuiv, Muravsky Trail 3; Martyr and Confessor Michael the Wonderworker of Chernigov, Commemorated on September 20;

Muravsky Trail 4 (west of Donets River Source)

Muravsky Trail 5 (Stary Oskol)

Muravsky Trail 6 (Livny)

Muravsky Trail 7 (Tula)

Tula, Kaluga, Russia (Upa River 1, Muravsky Trail 7)
Tula, Russia (Upa River 1); Synaxis of the Saints of Tula, Commemorated on September 22 ; Venerable Leonid of Optina; Venerable Polycarp of Briansk, Commemorated February 23 ;

Muravsky Trail 9 (Serpukhov, crossing at Oka River 6)
Muravsky Trail To avoid major river crossings, the route followed the high ground between the basins of the Dnieper and Don, making an almost straight line from the Dnieper bend to Tula. It ran mostly through thinly populated tallgrass steppe country ('MuravÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â¡' is an old Slavic word for prairie or grassland) avoiding forests, marshes and river crossings. ;

Russia, Merchants Road Folder (Moscow, Vladimir, Nizhny Novgorod)

The Merchants Road - Moscow to Nizhny Novgorod

The Merchant's Road 1 - Moscow

The Merchants Road 2 - Vladimir

The Merchants Road 3 - Nizhny Novgorod

Russia, Trans-Siberian Railway and Road Folder

Trans-Siberian Railway (RWY)

Trans-Siberian Railway (RWY) 1 - Yaroslav Terminal in Moscow
Trans-Siberian Railway (Yaroslav Terminal in Moscow);

Trans-Siberian RWY 2 - Yaroslavl
Trans-Siberian RWY - Yaroslavl;

Trans-Siberian RWY 3 - Volga Bridge Yaroslavl
Trans-Siberian RWY - Yaroslavl;

Trans-Siberian RWY 4 - Danilov
Trans-Siberian RWY 3 - Danilov;

Trans-Siberian RWY 5 - Kirov

Trans-Siberian RWY 6 - Perm
Trans-Siberian RWY 6 - Perm;

Trans-Siberian RWY 7 - Yekaterinburg
Trans-Siberian RWY 7 - Yekaterinburg;

Trans-Siberian RWY 8 - Tyumen
Trans-Siberian RWY 8 - Tyumen;

Trans-Siberian RWY 9 - Nazyvayevsk
Trans-Siberian RWY 9 - Nazyvayevsk;

Trans-Siberian RWY 10 - Irtysh River Bridge (Omsk)
Trans-Siberian RWY 10 - Irtysh River Bridge (Omsk);

Trans-Siberian RWY 11 - Ob River Bridge at Novosibirsk
Trans-Siberian RWY 11 - Ob River Bridge at Novosibirsk;

Trans-Siberian RWY 12 - Yenisei River Bridge at Krasnoyarsk
Trans-Siberian RWY 12 - Krasnoyarsk;

Trans-Siberian RWY 13 - Tayshet
Trans-Siberian RWY 13 - Tayshet;

Trans-Siberian RWY 14 - Angara River Crossing - Irkutsk
Trans-Siberian RWY 14 - Angara River Crossing - Irkutsk;

Trans-Siberian RWY 15 - Ulan-Ude

Trans-Siberian RWY 16 - Chita
Trans-Siberian RWY 16 - Chita;

Trans-Siberian RWY 17 - Birobidzhan
Trans-Siberian RWY 17 - Birobidzhan;

Trans-Siberian RWY - 18 Amur River Crossing at Khabarovsk
Trans-Siberian RWY - 18 Amur River Crossing at Khabarovsk;

Trans-Siberian RWY 19 - Vladivostok
Trans-Siberian RWY 19 - Vladivostok;

Russia, Moscow Road to Poland Folder

Moscow Road to Mozhiask, Smolensk, Belarus and Poland

Moscow Road to Poland 1 (Moscow)

Moscow Road to Poland 2 (Mozhaisk)

Moscow Road to Poland 3 (Vyazma)

Moscow Road to Poland 4 (Smolensk)

Moscow Road to Poland 5 (Borisov, Belarus)

Moscow Road to Poland 6 (Minsk, Belarus)

Moscow Road to Poland 7 (Zyrovits, Belarus)

Moscow to Poland Road 8 (Lesna, Northeast Poland)

Moscow to Poland Road 9 (Warsaw, Poland)

Russia, Amber Road Folder

Amber Road (Mediterranean Sea to Baltic Sea)

Amber Road 1 (Venice, Italy)

Amber Road 2 (Aquileia, Italy)

Amber Road 3 (Ljubljana, Slovenia)

Amber Road 4 (Ptuj, Slovenia)

Amber Road 4b (Vienna, Austria, Danube River 5)

Amber Road 5 (Brno, Moravia, Czech Republic)

Amber Road 6 (Bouzov Castle, Czech Republic)

Amber Road 7 (Klodzko, Poland)

Amber Road 8 (Wroclaw, Poland)

Amber Road 9 (Milicz Ponds)

Amber Road 10 (Wielkopolska, Poland)

Amber Road 11 (Biskupin, Poland)

Amber Road 12 (Malbork, Poland)

Amber Road 13 (Gdansk, Poland)

Amber Road 14 (Kaliningrad, Prussia)

Amber Road 15 (Yantarny, Prussia)

Amber Road 16 (Nida, Lithuania)

Amber Road 17 (Palanga, Lithuania)

Amber Road 18 (Riga, Latvia)

Amber Road 19 (Tallinn, Estonia)

Amber Road 20 (St Petersberg)

Gatchina Road (Pskov to St Petersburg by Gotchina Palace)

Russia, Eastern Front WW1 Folder

Eastern Front WWI (Gulf of Riga to Transylvania)
Eastern Front WWI (Gulf of Riga to Transylvania);

Eastern Front WWI (Focsani on the Milcov River)

Eastern Front WWI (Bacau on the Siret River)

Eastern Front WWI (Suceava on the Suceava River)

Eastern Front WWI (Storozhi on the Siret River)

Eastern Front WWI (Terebovlya on the Seret River)

Eastern Front WWI (Marsh of Pinsk, Pripyat River)

Eastern Front WWI (Dvinsk on the Daugava River0

Eastern Front WWI (Gulf of Riga)

Eastern Front WWI (about 1,000 Miles)
The Eastern front of WWI (and many other wars). Eastern Front WWI (about 1,000 Miles), basically where the mountains and Great European Plain come together.

Russia, Dnieper Bug Canal Folder (Portages and Canals; Russia, Poland and Lithuania) 1775

Dnieper Bug Canal Start Point (Brest)
Dnieper Bug Canal (Portages and Canals; Russia, Poland and Lithuania;

Dnieper Bug Canal End Point - Pinsk, Russia (Pripyat River to Dnieper River)

Dnieper Bug Canal - Brest to Pinsk

Dnieper Bug Canal - Lesna, Poland (Narew River)

Dnieper Bug Canal End Point - Sapotskin, Lithuania (Neman River)

Dnieper Bug Canal - Brest to Sapotskin

Continental Divide - Black Sea to Caspean Sea, Caucasus Mountains

Russia, Novgorod, the capital of Rus till 882
Novgorod, the capital of Rus till 882; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœStaro RusÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ Old Russian, Commemorated on May 4;

Russia, Staro Rus (near Novgorod), Mid 10th Century on
Staro Rus; Venerable Constantine the Abbot of Kosinsk, Pskov, Commemorated on July 29; Translation of the Icon of the Mother of God in Triumph to Russia, Commemorated on September 18 ; St Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev and Gallich, Commemorated January 25 ; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœStaro RusÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ Old Russian, Commemorated on May 4;

Russia, Ancient Rus or Russia (Kievan Russia) 882-1240
Ancient Rus or Russia (Kievan or Ukrainian Russia); Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Founder of Monasticism in Russia, Commemorated on July 10 ; St Olga the Princess of Russia, in Holy Baptism Called Helen, Commemorated on July 11; Right-believing Great Prince Igor of Kiev and Chernigov, Commemorated on September 19 ; Dedication of the Church of the Greatmartyr George at Kiev, Commemorated on November 26 ; St Stephen the Confessor the Archbishop of Surozha in the Crimea, Commemorated on December 15 ; Martyr Stratonicus of Belgrade, Commemorated January 13 ; St Ephraim the Bishop of Pereyaslavl, Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Commemorated Janaury 28 ; Icon of the Mother of God "the Seeker of the Lost", Commemorated February 5 ; St Vsevolod (in holy baptism Gabriel) the Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated February 11 ; 12 Greeks who built the Dormition Cathedral in the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Lavra, Commemorated on February 14; St Niphon the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on April 8; Venerable Sava the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 24; St Leontius the Patriarch of Jerusalem, Commemorated on May 14; Blessed Constantine the Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on June 5;

Russia, Land of Rus (Ancient Kievan Rus), 882-1240
Land of Rus (Ancient Kievan Rus), 882-1240; St Olga the Princess of Russia, in Holy Baptism Called Helen, Commemorated on July 11; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15; Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on September 2; Venerable Theodosius of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated September 2 ; 12 Greeks who built the Dormition Cathedral in the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Lavra, Commemorated on February 14; Blessed Constantine the Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on June 5; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Most Holy Mother of God at Blachernae, Commemorated on July 2;

Rus - Novgorod Republic, 1136-1478, Centered in Kiev, Capital Novgorod
Rus- Novgorod Republic, 1136-1478, Centered in Kiev, Capital Novgorod; Venerable Arsenius the Abbot of Konevits, Commemorated on June 12 ;

Russia, Kievan Rus, 882-1240
Kievan Rus, 882-1240 ; Kievan Rus; East Slavs, Russian realm; St Olga the Princess of Russia, in Holy Baptism Called Helen, Commemorated on July 11; St Maximus, Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated December 6 ; St Vsevolod (in holy baptism Gabriel) the Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated February 11 ; St Niphon the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on April 8; St Photius the Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on July 2; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Most Holy Mother of God at Blachernae, Commemorated on July 2;

Rus Region (Vladimir was the capital 1157 - 1331)
Before Moscow, Vladimir was the original capital of the Orthodox Rus' (region); Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15; Icon of the Mother of God "the Seeker of the Lost", Commemorated February 5 ; St Niphon the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on April 8; Blessed Prince Gleb Andreevich the Son of St Andrew Bogoliubsky, Commemorated on June 20 ; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Most Holy Mother of God at Blachernae, Commemorated on July 2;

Russia, All Rus - Vladimir (1157-1331)
All Rus; Venerable Theodosius of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on September 2; Repose of St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on December 21 ; Hieromartyr Macarius the Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on May 1; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Most Holy Mother of God at Blachernae, Commemorated on July 2 ;

All Rus: Vladimir, Kiev and Novgorod
All Rus: Vladimir, Kiev and Novgorod; Repose of St Alexander Nevsky;

Russia, Golden Ring of Cities, 12th Century on, Northeast of Moscow
Golden Ring of Cities; Venerable Euthymius of Suzdal, Commemorated on April 1;

Rus or Russia - Final Capital Moscow after 1331
Russia; Russians; Tartars; Ukrainians ; Icon of the Mother of God "the Seeker of the Lost", Commemorated February 5 ; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4; Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on March 14; Right-believing Tamara, Queen of Georgia, Commemorated on May 1; Blessed Prince Gleb Andreevich the Son of St Andrew Bogoliubsky, Commemorated on June 20 ; St Menas, Bishop of Polotsk, Commemorated on June 20;

Russia, All Russia 1375, Moscow
All Russia 1375 ; SERGIUS, ABBOT OF HOLY TRINITY (25 SEPT 1392); Grand Duchy of Moscow; Repose of St Cyprian the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated September 16 ; Uncovering of the relics of St Innocent the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on February 9 ; Grand Duchy of Moscow; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on May 12; St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on June 15; Repose of St Job the Patriarch of Moscow, and All Russia, Commemorated on June 19;

Great Russia (1654-1721, Northern Russia)
Great Russia, Within 1654-1721, Russian Tsars adopted the word - their official title included the wording (literal translation): "The Sovereign of all Rus': the Great, the Little, and the White", Northern - Great Russia, Southern - Ukraine or Little Russia, and Western - White Russia; St Alexis the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated February 12 ;

Russia, Little Russia (Ukraine), 1764
Little Russia; Martyr Macarius the Archimandrite of Kanev and Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on September 7 ; St Maximus, Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on December 6 ; Holy, Glorious Demetrius the Myrrhgusher of Thessalonica, Commemorated on October 26 ; Venerable Paisius Velichkovsky, Commemorated on November 15; Dedication of the Church of the Greatmartyr George at Kiev, Commemorated on November 26 ; NICHOLAS OF MYRA, FRIEND OF CHILDREN, GIVER OF GIFTS, CLIMBER OF CHIMNEYS, ETC. (6 DEC 326) ; St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated on December 10 ; Martyr Tryphon of Campsada Near Apamea in Syria, Commemorated on February 1 ; Repose of St Theodosius of Chernigov, Commemorated February 5 ; 12 Greeks who built the Dormition Cathedral in the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Lavra, Commemorated on February 14; St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod; Monkmartyr Pachomius of Mt Athos, Commemorated on May 7; Confessor, whose relics are on the island of Euboia, Commemorated on May 27; Martyr Justin the Philosopher and those with him at Rome, Commemorated on June 1; Blessed Constantine the Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on June 5; St Anthimus, Bishop of Georgia, Commemorated on June 13; St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on June 15; Blessed Prince Gleb Andreevich the Son of St Andrew Bogoliubsky, Commemorated on June 20 ; Appearance of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on June 26; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Most Holy Mother of God at Blachernae, Commemorated on July 2;

Malorussia, Little Russia (Ukraine), 1764
Little Russia; Martyr Macarius the Archimandrite of Kanev and Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on September 7 ; St Maximus, Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on December 6 ; Holy, Glorious Demetrius the Myrrhgusher of Thessalonica, Commemorated on October 26 ; Venerable Paisius Velichkovsky, Commemorated on November 15; Dedication of the Church of the Greatmartyr George at Kiev, Commemorated on November 26 ; NICHOLAS OF MYRA, FRIEND OF CHILDREN, GIVER OF GIFTS, CLIMBER OF CHIMNEYS, ETC. (6 DEC 326) ; St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated on December 10 ; Martyr Tryphon of Campsada Near Apamea in Syria, Commemorated on February 1 ; Repose of St Theodosius of Chernigov, Commemorated February 5 ; 12 Greeks who built the Dormition Cathedral in the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Lavra, Commemorated on February 14; St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod; Monkmartyr Pachomius of Mt Athos, Commemorated on May 7; Confessor, whose relics are on the island of Euboia, Commemorated on May 27; Martyr Justin the Philosopher and those with him at Rome, Commemorated on June 1; Blessed Constantine the Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on June 5; St Anthimus, Bishop of Georgia, Commemorated on June 13; St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on June 15; Blessed Prince Gleb Andreevich the Son of St Andrew Bogoliubsky, Commemorated on June 20 ; Appearance of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on June 26; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Most Holy Mother of God at Blachernae, Commemorated on July 2;

Russia, Malorussia (Little Russia, Ukraine), 1764
Malorussia; St Sophronius the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on March 30;

Russia, Varangia Folder, Varanger Peninsula and 10 Russian Varantian Cities

Varangians and other Vikings came down at the end of the Middle Age Warming Period
Varangians and other Vikings came down at the end of the Middle Age Warming Period;

Jerusalem to Sweden, Verangian Penninsula 2,682 Miles North

Jerusalem to Moscow 1,659 Miles North

A point True North from Jerusalem

True North from Jerusalem

Russia, Novgorod Folder, its rivers and roads

Russia, Novgorod, 9th-11th Century, Varabguian Newcomers, Vikings, Kiev and Novgorod
Varangians; St Olga the Princess of Russia, in Holy Baptism Called Helen, Commemorated on July 11;

Russia, Novgorod, the capital of Rus till 882
Novgorod, the capital of Rus till 882; Icon of the Mother of God œStaro Rus Â Old Russian, Commemorated on May 4;

Novgorod, Russia (Volkhov River Source (Lake llmen))
Veliky Novgorod; Icon of the Mother of God of Konevits, Commemorated on July 10 ; St Olga the Princess of Russia, in Holy Baptism Called Helen, Commemorated on July 11; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15; Icon of the Mother of God of Chirsk-Pskov, Commemorated on July 16 ; Icon of the Mother of God "Tenderness" in Novgorod; Blessed Nicholas Kochanov the Fool-For-Christ at Novgorod, Commemorated July 27 ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Herman of Solovki, Commemorated on July 30; Venerable Anthony the Roman and Abbot of Novgorod, Commemorated on August 3 ; ; St Tikhon the Bishop of Voronezh and Wonderworker of Zadonsk and All Russia, Commemorated on August 13; St Macarius the Roman, Commemorated on August 15; Venerable Theodoritus the Enlightener of the Lapps, Solovki, Commemorated on August 17; Martyr Florus of Illyria, Commemorated on August 18; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on August 19; Venerable Abramius the Archimandrite and Wonderworker of Smolensk, Commemorated on August 21; St Martyrius, Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on August 24; St John the Archbishop and Wonderworker of Novgorod, Commemorated September 7 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Kholm, Commemorated September 8 ; Venerable Daniel the Abbot of Shuzhgorsk, Novgorod, Commemorated on September 21 ; Venerable Ephraim the Abbot of Perekop the Wonderworker of Novgorod, Commemorated on September 26; Right-believing Prince Vladimir Yaroslavich the Prince of Novgorod, Commemorated on October 4 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Korsun, Commemorated on October 9; Icon of the Mother of God "œJerusalem", Commemorated on October 12 ; Venerable Anthony the Abbot of Leokhnov, Novgorod, Commemorated on October 17; Translation of the relics of Blessed James of Borovichi the Wonderworker of Novgorod, Commemorated on October 23 ; St John the Archbishop and Wonderworker of Novgorod; Martyr and Confessor Michael the Wonderworker of Chernigov; Venerable Daniel the Abbot of Shuzhgorsk, Novgorod; Right-believing Prince Vladimir Yaroslavich the Prince of Novgorod; St Theophilus of the Kiev Caves and Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated October 26 ; Repose of St Jonah the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on November 5 ; Venerable Martyrius the Abbot of Zelenets, Pskov, Commemorated on November 11 ; Venerable Barlaam the Abbot of Khutyn, Novgorod, Commemorated on November 6, Barlaam settled on a solitary hill below Volkhov, in a place called Khutyn, ten versts from Novgorod.; Finding of the relics of the Venerable Cyril the Abbot of Novoezersk, Vologda; St Philip the Abbot of Irap Near Novgorod, Commemorated on November 14 ; St Sergius of Malopinega, Commemorated November 16 ; Martyr Michael the Prince of Tver, Commemorated on November 22 ; Repose of St Alexander Nevsky St Athanasius, "the Iron Staff" and disciple of St Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated November 26 ; Commemoration of the Weeping Icon of the Mother of God "of the Sign" at Novgorod, Commemorated November 27 ; Apostle Andrew, the Holy and All-Praised First-Called, Commemorated November 30 ; St Gennadius the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated December 4 ; St Maximus, Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on December 6 ; Venerable Anthony the Abbot of Siya, Novgorod, Commemorated December 7 ; Venerable Nilus of Stolbensk Lake, Commemorated on December 7 ; Venerable Tryphon the Abbot of Pechenga (Kolsk), Commemorated on December 15 ; Martyr Jonah the Disciple of Tryphon of Pechenga, Commemorated on December 15 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Novgorod; Repose of St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on December 21 ; Repose of St Theoctistus the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated December 23 ; Synaxis of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John, Commemorated January 7 ; Hieromartyr Philip the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on January 9 ; St Theophan the Recluse the Bishop of Tambov ; Venerable Michael the Fool-for-Christ of the Klops Monastery, Novgorod, Commemorated January 11; Venerable Anthony of Chernoezero, Commemorated on January 17 ; Venerable Anthony of Dymsk, Novgorod, Commemorated on January 17 ; Righteous Theodore of Novgorod the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated January 19 ; Venerable Macarius the Roman of Novgorod, Commemorated on January 19 ; Icon of the Mother of God "Xenophon Hodigitria", Commemorated January 21 ; Translation of the relics of St Theoctistus the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated January 23 ; Venerable Gennadius of Kostroma, Commemorated January 23 ; St Gerasimus the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated January 24 ; St Moses the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated January 25 ; St Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev and Gallich, Commemorated January 25 ; Venerable Xenophon of Robika, Commemorated January 26 ; St Gerasimus the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on January 29 ; Venerable Nikita of the Kiev Caves, Far Caves the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated January 31 ; Holy, Righteous Simeon the God-Receiver, Commemorated on February 3 ; Venerable Cyril the Abbot and Wonderworker of Novoezersk, Novgorod, Commemorated on February 4 ; St Joachim, First Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated February 10 ; St John, Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated February 10 ; Synaxis of the Hierarchs of Novgorod, Buried in the Cathedral of the Holy Wisdom (Hagia Sophia) in Novgorod, Commemorated February 10 ; Princess Anna of Novgorod, Commemorated on February 10 ; St Vsevolod (in holy baptism Gabriel) the Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated February 11 ; Venerable Isaac the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 14; Venerable Polycarp of Briansk, Commemorated February 23 ; Blessed Nicholas (Salos) of Pskov the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on February 28; Venerable Martyrius of Zelenets, Pskov, Commemorated on March 1; Venerable Lazarus of Murom, Commemorated on March 8; St Euthymius the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on March 11; Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on March 14; Right-believing Great Prince Rostislav-Michael the Prince of Kiev, Commemorated on March 14 ; Monkmartyr Euphrosynus of Blue Jay Lake, Novgorod, Commemorated on March 20; Venerable Seraphim of Virits, Commemorated on March 21; Icon of the Mother of God of œthe Uncut Mount, Commemorated on March 24 ; Venerable Mark of the Pskov Caves, Commemorated on March 29; Translation of the relics of St Job the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on April 5 ; St Tikhon the Patriarch of Moscow, and Enlightener of North America, Commemorated on April 7; St Niphon the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on April 8; Venerable Zosimas the Abbot of Solovki, Commemorated on April 17; Greatmartyr, Victory-bearer and Wonderworker George, Commemorated on April 23; Uncovering of the relics of St Nikita the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on April 30; Venerable Alphan with his brother of Novgorod, founder of the Sokolnitzky Monastery, Commemorated on May 4; Icon of the Mother of God œStaro Rus Old Russian, Commemorated on May 4; Virginmartyr Glyceria of Novgorod, Commemorated on May 13; St Nikita the Bishop of Novgorod and Recluse, of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on May 14; Venerable Euphrosynus the Abbot and Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated on May 15; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Ephraim the Abbot of Perekop, Novgorod, Commemorated on May 16; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19; Venerable Sergius of Shukhtom, Commemorated on May 19; Repose of St Theodore Yaroslavich the older brother of St Alexander Nevsky in Novgorod, Commemorated on June 5; Blessed Constantine the Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on June 5; Finding of the relics of St Basil the Bishop of Ryazan, Commemorated on June 10; Venerable Arsenius the Abbot of Konevits, Commemorated on June 12; St Michael the first Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on June 15; Repose of St Job the Patriarch of Moscow, and All Russia, Commemorated on June 19; Venerable Anthony the Abbot of Dymsk, Novgorod, Commemorated on June 24; Righteous John the Youth of Meniugi, Novgorod, Commemorated on June 24; Appearance of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on June 26; Venerable Xenophon the Abbot of Robeika, Novgorod, Commemorated on June 28; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5 ; Icon of the Mother of God œTenderness in Novgorod, Commemorated on July 8; St Olga the Princess of Russia, in Holy Baptism Called Helen, Commemorated on July 11;

Russia, Novgorod, 1136-1478, Novgorod Republic, hostile Monomakh line of the Olgovichi
Novgorod Republic, 1136-1478, Capital Novgorod; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Sergius the Wonderworker of Valaam, Commemorated on September 11; Venerable Arsenius the Abbot of Konevits, Commemorated on June 12 ;

Russia, Novgorod, 1380 or 1480 and Before, Mongol-Tartar Yoke, all except Novgorod and Tver
Mongol-Tartar Yoke before 1380, All of Russia except Novgorod and Tver; Repose of the Venerable Sergius, Abbot and Wonderworker of Radonezh, Commemorated on September 25 ;

Russia, Novgorod, 1471-1480, Fall of the Novgorod Republic to Moscow
Novgorod, Fall of the Novgorod Republic to Moscow (1471 - 1480); Battle of Shelon River 1471 ; Martha Boretskaya; St Theophilus of the Kiev Caves and Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on October 26 ;

Russia, Novgorod History Folder

Russia, Novgorod, 850, 9th-11th Century, History Folder, Varangian Newcomers

Russia, Novgorod, 800, 9th Century History Folder, Varangian Newcomers, Cyril and Methodius

Russia, Novgorod, 800, 9th-11th Century, Varanguian Newcomers, Vikings, Kiev and Novgorod
Varangians; St Olga the Princess of Russia, in Holy Baptism Called Helen, Commemorated on July 11;

Russia, Novgorod, 879-912, K Rus King, Oleg of Novgorod, Oleg the Wise, tricked and killed Askold and Dir
Russia, Kiev, 879-912, Kiev Rus King, Oleg of Novgorod; He then came to the hills of Kyiv, and saw how Askold and Dir reigned there. He hid his warriors in the boats, left some others behind, and went forward himself bearing the child Igor'. He thus came to the foot of the Hungarian hill, and after concealing his troops, he sent messengers to Askold and Dir, representing himself as a stranger on his way to Greece on an errand for Oleg and for Igor', the prince's son, and requesting that they should come forth to greet them as members of their race. Askold and Dir straightway came forth. Then all the soldiery jumped out of the boats, and Oleg said to Askold and Dir, "You are not princes nor even of princely stock, but I am of princely birth." Igor' was then brought forward, and Oleg announced that he was the son of Rurik. They killed Askold and Dir, and after carrying them to the hill, they buried them there, on the hill now known as Hungarian, where the castle of Ol'ma now stands. Kiev Rus King, 870's, Princes Askold and Dir; Askold; St Methodius, Equal of the Apostles and Archbishop of Moravia, Enlightener of the Slavs, Commemorated on April 6; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Most Holy Mother of God at Blachernae, Commemorated on July 2;

Russia, Novgorod, 882, Novgorod was the capital of Rus till 882
Novgorod, the capital of Rus till 882; Icon of the Mother of God Ã¢Â€ÂœStaro RusÃ¢Â€ÂÂÂÂ Old Russian, Commemorated on May 4;

Russia, Novgorod, 900, 10th Century History Folder, incursion into Greece, then Orthodox

Russia, Novgorod, 907, Russian incursion into Greece, Oleg the Wise
Russian incursion into Greece in 907 (Rus-“Byzantine War (907)); The very first pages of the Russian Primary Chronicle, as foreordained by God, is bound up with the name of the holy Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessalonica. The Chronicle relates that when Oleg the Wise threatened the Greeks at Constantinople (907), the Greeks became terrified and said, œThis is not Oleg, but rather St Demetrius sent upon us from God.ÂÂ Russian soldiers always believed that they were under the special protection of the holy Great Martyr Demetrius. Moreover, in the old Russian barracks the Great Martyr Demetrius was always depicted as Russian. Thus this image entered the soul of the Russian nation. Russian Primary Chronicle; Timeline of Russian history; Holy, Glorious Demetrius the Myrrhgusher of Thessalonica, Commemorated on October 26; Oleg of Kiev and Novgorod (Little Russia); Little Russia (Ukraine);

Russia, Novgorod, 914-945, K Rus King, Igor, Oleg's son, besieged Constntnpl twice, plundered Arabs in Caspian
Kiev Rus King, 914-945, Igor of Kiev; Right-believing Prince Wenceslaus of the Czech Lands, Commemorated on March 4; St Olga the Princess of Russia, in Holy Baptism Called Helen, Commemorated on July 11; Martyr Theodore and his son of Kiev, Commemorated on July 12; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15;

Russia, Novgorod, 980-1015, Malusha, Vladimir's Mother, Olga's Servant, Sviatoslav's Wife, Christian 945
Novgorod, 980-1015, Malusha, Vladimir's Mother, Olga's Servant, Sviatoslav's Wife, Christian in 945; Novgorod, 980-1015, Dobrynya, Vladimir's Tutor, Pagan then Christian in 988; Novgorod Great Prince, 980-1015, Vladimir I The Great of Kiev; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15;

Russia, Novgorod, 980-1015, Dobrynya, Vladimir's Tutor, Pagan then Christian in 988
Novgorod, 980-1015, Dobrynya, Vladimir's Tutor, Pagan then Christian in 988; Novgorod Great Prince, 980-1015, Vladimir I The Great of Kiev; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15;

Russia, Novgorod, 980-1015, Vladimir I The Great of Kiev, Pagan, then Christian in 988
Novgorod Great Prince, 980-1015, Vladimir I The Great of Kiev; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15;

Russia, Novgorod, 988, Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God transferred to Novgorod by Vladimir the Great
Russia, Crimea, 988, Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God transferred to Korsun and Vladimir the Great; Vladimir the Great; Battle of Bassianae (Byzantine (Gothic, Roman) victory over the Huns) 469; The war ended in 469. Marcellinus Comes shortly recorded "The head of Dinzic, son of Attila, king of the Huns, was brought to Constantinople".[14] The Chronicon Paschale recounts "Dinzirichus, Attila's son, was killed by Anagastes, general in Thrace. His head was brought to Constantinople, carried in procession through the Middle Street, and fixed on a pole at the Wooden Circus. The whole city turned out to look at it".[14] Jordanes recounts events in c. 468: "Now after firm peace was established between Goths and Romans, the Goths found that what they received from the emperor was not sufficient for them. Furthermore, they were eager to display their wonted valor, and so began to plunder the neighboring peoples around them, first attacking the Sadagis[nb 1] who held the interior of Pannonia. When Dintzic, king of the Huns, a son of Attila, learned this, he gathered to him the few who still seemed to have remained under his sway, namely, the Ultzinzures[nb 2] the Angisciri[nb 3] the Bittugures[nb 4] and the Bardores[nb 5] Coming to Bassianae (see Battle of Bassianae), a city of Pannonia, he beleaguered it and began to plunder its territory. When the Goths learned this, they abandoned the expedition they had planned against the Sadagis and turned upon the Huns and drove them so ingloriously from their own land that those who remained have been in dread of the arms of the Goths from that time down to the present day."[22] Dengizich, Atilla's Son; Icon of the Mother of God Ã¢Â€ÂœJerusalemÃ¢Â€ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on October 12;

Russia, Novgorod, 989-1030, Saint, Joachim the Korsunian, First Bishop of Novgorod
Kiev Rus Bishop, 989-1030, Joachim the Korsunian; Kiev Rus Metropolitan, 988-992, Michael I of Kiev; St Michael the first Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on June 15; St Joachim, First Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on February 10; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on March 23;

Russia, Novgorod, 1000, 11th Century History Folder, Yaroslav the Wise and Anthony of Rome

Russia, Novgorod, 1000-1077, Abraham or Abramius of Rostov
Russia, Rostov, 1000-1077, Abraham or Abramius of Rostov; Venerable Abramius, Archimandrite of Rostov, Commemorated on October 29 Venerable Irenarchus the Recluse of Rostov, Commemorated January 13 ; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19;

Russia, Novgorod, 1010-1054, Kiev Rus King, Yaroslav the Wise, 1019 defeated Svy and united Novg and Kiev
Kiev Rus King, 1019-1054, Yaroslav the Wise ; Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Founder of Monasticism in Russia, Commemorated on July 10; Venerable Arcadius of Novotorsk, Commemorated on July 11; Venerable Moses the Hungarian of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated July 26 ; Appearance of the Smolensk œDirectress Icon of the Mother of God brought from Constantinople, Commemorated on July 28; Right-believing Prince Vladimir Yaroslavich the Prince of Novgorod, Commemorated on October 4 ; Venerable Damian the Healer and Clairvoyant of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 5 ; St Amphilochius the Bishop of Vladimir, in Volhynia, Commemorated on October 10; Venerable Nicholas Sviatosha Prince of Chernigov, and Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 14; St Hilarion, Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on October 21; Venerable Hilarion the Schemamonk of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 21; Blessed Yaropolk the Prince of Vladimir-Volhynia, in Holy Baptism Peter, Commemorated on November 22; Dedication of the Church of the Greatmartyr George at Kiev, Commemorated on November 26; Venerable Gregory the Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on January 8; Venerable Ephraim, Abbot and Wonderworker of Novy Torg, Commemorated on January 28 ; Princess Anna of Novgorod, Commemorated on February 10 ; Venerable Isaac the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 14; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on March 23; Greatmartyr, Victory-bearer and Wonderworker George, Commemorated on April 23; Translation of the relics of the Holy Passionbearer Boris, in Holy Baptism Roman, Commemorated on May 2 ; Venerable Theodosius the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves Monastery, and Founder of Coenobitic Monasticism in Russia, Commemorated on May 3; Venerable Constantine, (In baptism Yaroslav), with his children Michael and Theodore, Wonderworkers of Murom, Commemorated on May 21; St Menas, Bishop of Polotsk, Commemorated on June 20;

Russia, Novgorod, 1019-1050, Kiev Rus Queen, Princess Anna, Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden, two Cathedrals
Kiev Rus Queen, 1019-1050, Princess Anna, Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden ; Olofsdotter of Sweden, also known as Irene, Anna and Saint Anna (1001 – 10 February 1050), was a Swedish princess and a Grand Princess of Kiev. was the daughter of Swedish King Olof Skotkonung and Estrid of the Obotrites and the consort of Yaroslav I the Wise of Ingegerd or Saint Anna is often confused with the mother of Saint Vladimir “the Enlightener” of the Rus. This is mainly because Ingegerd and Yaroslav also had a son named Vladimir. However, Saint Vladimir was the father of Ingegerd’s husband Yaroslav I “the Wise”, thus making her Saint Vladimir’s daughter-in-law. Saint Vladimir was the son of Sviatoslav and Malusha.[1] 1 Life 1.1 Death and burial 2 Sainthood 3 Children 4 References 5 Bibliography 6 External links Sophia Cathedral in Kiev Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod was born a princess in the court of King Olof Skötkonung. In 1015, after Olaf II of Norway assumed the throne as King of Norway, he proposed a royal marriage alliance. In 1016, noblemen of both countries tried to arrange a marriage between King Olaf and Princess Ingegerd. Olof Skötkonung agreed at first but later he reneged. Rather he agreed to the marriage of his daughter, Astrid Olavsdatter to King Olaf. [2][3][4] Skötkonung subsequently arranged for the marriage of Princess Ingegerd to the powerful Grand Prince Yaroslav I the Wise of Novgorod with whom Sweden had a flourishing trade relationship. The marriage took place in 1019. [5] in Kiev, Ingegerd had her name changed to the Greek Irene. According to several sagas, she received as a marriage gift Ladoga and adjacent lands, which later became known as Ingria, arguably a corruption of Ingegerd's name. She arranged for her father's cousin, jarl Ragnvald Ulfsson, to rule in her stead.[6] [7] Ingegerd and Yaroslav had six sons and four daughters; three of the latter becoming Queens of France, Hungary, and Norway. The whole family is depicted in one of the frescoes of the Saint Sophia. and burial[edit] died on 10 February 1050. Upon her death, according to different sources, Ingegerd was buried in either Saint Sophia's Cathedral in Kiev or Cathedral of St. Sophia in Novgorod. initiated the building of the Saint Sophia's Cathedral in Kiev (foundation laid in 1037). also initiated the construction of Cathedral of St. Sophia in Novgorod (built between 1045 and 1050). was later declared a saint under the name of St. Anna in Novgorod and Kiev. The reason for her sainthood was that she initiated the building of both cathedrals in Kiev and in Novgorod together with many other good deeds. following was stated by the church in reference to her sainthood: Anna, Grand Duchess of Novgorod, She was the daughter of Swedish King Olaf Sketktung, the "All-Christian King," who did much to spread Orthodoxy in Scandinavia, and the pious Queen Astrida. Sweden she was known as Princess Indegard; she married Yaroslav I “the Wise“, Grand Prince of Kiev, who was the founder of the Saint Sophia Cathedral in 1016, taking the name Irene. gave shelter to the outcast sons of British King Edmund, Edwin and Edward, as well as the Norwegian prince Magnus, who later returned to Norway. is perhaps best known as the mother of Vsevolod of , himself the father of Vladimir Monomakh and progenitor of the Princes of Moscow. daughters were Anna, Queen of France, Queen Anastasia of Hungary, and Queen Elizabeth (Elisiv) of Norway. The whole family was profoundly devout and pious. reposed in 1050 in the Cathedral of Holy Wisdom (St. Sophia) in Kiev, having been tonsured a monastic with the name of Anna. As saint, her hymn goes: 4 stichera, in Tone I: Spec. Mel.: Joy of the ranks of heaven joy of the Swedish people, thou didst gladden the Russian realm, filling it with grace and purity, adorning its throne with majesty, lustrous in piety like a priceless gem set in a splendid royal crown. Ingegerd in the baptismal waters, O venerable one, thou wast called Irene by thy Russian subjects, who perceived in thee the divine and ineffable peace; but when thou didst submit to monastic obedience, thou didst take the new name, Anna, after the honoured ancestor of Christ, the King of kings. in honourable matrimony, O holy Anna, thou didst live in concord with thy royal spouse, the right-believing and most wise Prince Yaroslav; and having born him holy offspring, after his repose thou didst betroth thyself unto the Lord as thy heavenly all the allurements of vanity and donning the coarse robes of a monastic, O wondrous and sacred Anna, thou gavest thyself over to fasting and prayer, ever entreating Christ thy Master, that He deliver thy people from the all want and misfortune. Feast days: 10 February, 4 October. Princess Anna of Novgorod, Commemorated on February 10 ; Venerable Isaac the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 14; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on March 23;

Russia, Novgorod, 1036-1052, Vladimir of Novgorod, Vladimir Yaroslavich
Novgorod, 1036-1052, Vladimir of Novgorod, Vladimir Yaroslavich; Right-believing Prince Vladimir Yaroslavich the Prince of Novgorod, Commemorated on October 4 ;

Russia, Novgorod, 1052-1054, Kiev Rus King, Izyaslav I, Demetrius, Yaroslavich
Kiev Rus King, 1054-1078, Izyaslav I (Demetrius) Yaroslavich ; Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Founder of Monasticism in Russia, Commemorated on July 10; Venerable Arcadius of Novotorsk, Commemorated on July 11; Venerable Moses the Hungarian of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated July 26 ; Icon of the Mother of God of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on August 17; Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on September 2; Venerable Theodosius of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated September 2 ; Venerable Damian the Healer and Clairvoyant of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 5; Venerable Nicholas Sviatosha Prince of Chernigov, and Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 14; Venerable Nestor the Chronicler of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 27; Venerable Barlaam the Abbot of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on November 19; Blessed Yaropolk the Prince of Vladimir-Volhynia, in Holy Baptism Peter, Commemorated on November 22; Dedication of the Church of the Greatmartyr George at Kiev, Commemorated on November 26; Venerable Arcadius of Novy Torg, Commemorated on December 13; Venerable Gregory the Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on January 8; Icon of the Mother of God of Elets, Commemorated on January 11; St Ephraim the Bishop of Pereyaslavl, Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Commemorated on January 28; Icon of the Mother of God Ã¢Â€ÂœElets-ChernigovÃ¢Â€ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on February 5 ; Princess Anna of Novgorod, Commemorated on February 10 ; 12 Greeks who built the Dormition Cathedral in the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Lavra, Commemorated on February 14 ; Venerable Isaac the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 14; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on March 23; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on March 23 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Constantinople, Commemorated on April 25 ; Venerable Stephen the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, and Bishop of Vladimir, in Volhynia, Commemorated on April 27 ; Translation of the relics of the Holy Passionbearer Boris, in Holy Baptism Roman, Commemorated on May 2; Venerable Theodosius the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves Monastery, and Founder of Coenobitic Monasticism in Russia, Commemorated on May 3 ; Venerable Constantine, (In baptism Yaroslav), with his children Michael and Theodore, Wonderworkers of Murom, Commemorated on May 21; Uncovering of the relics of St Leontius the Bishop and Wonderworker of Rostov, Commemorated on May 23; Venerable Agapitus the Unmercenary Physician of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on June 1 ;

Russia, Novgorod, 1054, Torgovaja Storona, Novgorod Fair, Norwegian Quarter
Torgovaja Storona, Novgorod Fair, Norwegian Quarter of Novgorod; Torgovaja Storona, Novgorod Fair, Norwegian Quarter of Novgorod, Early Foreign Ties; Righteous Theodore of Novgorod the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on January 19

Russia, Novgorod, 1087-1147, Saint Anthony of Rome, founder Antoniev monastery
Novgorod Saint, 1117-1147, Anthony of Rome, founder Antoniev monastery; Venerable Anthony the Roman and Abbot of Novgorod, Commemorated on August 3; Martyr Florus of Illyria, Commemorated on August 18; St Nikita the Bishop of Novgorod and Recluse, of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on May 14;

Russia, Novgorod, 1088-1093, 1095-1117, Prince, Mstislav I of Kiev, Vladimirovich the Great, Vladimir II's son
Novgorod Prince, 1088-1093, 1095-1117, Mstislav I of Kiev ; St Vsevolod (in holy baptism Gabriel) the Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated on February 11; Right-believing Great Prince Rostislav-Michael the Prince of Kiev, Commemorated on March 14; Uncovering of the relics of St Nikita the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on April 30;

Russia, Novgorod, 1095-1108, Venerable Nikita of the Kiev Far Caves, Bishop of Novgorod
Russia, Novgorod, 1095-1108, Venerable Nikita of the Kiev Far Caves, Bishop of Novgorod; Venerable Nikita of the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on January 31; Uncovering of the relics of St Nikita the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on April 30;

Russia, Novgorod, 1100, 12th-13th Century, Folder, Novgorod Republic of Novgorod and Kiev Time

Russia, Novgorod, 1100, 12th Century Folder, Novgorod Republic of Novgorod and Kiev

Russia, Novgorod, 1113, Monomakhovchi, House of Monomakh of Rurik dynasty, Kievan Rus, a Cumans
Russia, Kiev, 1113, House of Monomakh of Rurik dynasty, Kiev' Rurik dynasty, 862, from Chernigov, Kiev Rus, including Boryatinskys; Right-believing Great Prince Rostislav-Michael the Prince of Kiev, Commemorated on March 14;

Russia, Novgorod, 1113, Olgoviches, House of Oleg of Rurik dynasty, Kievan Rus, w Cumans
Russia, Kiev, 1113, Olgoviches of Rurik dynasty, Kievan Rus; Russia, Kiev, 1113, House of Monomakh of Rurik dynasty, Kiev' Rurik dynasty, 862, from Chernigov, Kiev Rus, including Boryatinskys; Right-believing Great Prince Rostislav-Michael the Prince of Kiev, Commemorated on March 14;

Russia, Novgorod, 1113-1125, Prince, Vladimir II Monomakh, related to B emperor, wars w Cumans
Novgorod Prince, 1113-1125, Vladimir Monomakh; St Vsevolod (in holy baptism Gabriel) the Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated on February 11; Right-believing Great Prince Rostislav-Michael the Prince of Kiev, Commemorated on March 14;

Russia, Novgorod, 1117-1138, K Rus King, Vsevolod of Pskov, Vsevolod-Gabriel, Mstislav's son, Monomahk' gson
Kiev Rus King, 1117-1138, Vsevolod of Pskov, Vsevolod-Gabriel ; Mstislavich, the patron saint of the city of Pskov, ruled as Prince of Novgorod in 1117–32, Prince of Pereslavl (1132) and Prince of Pskov in 1137–38. 1 Early life 2 Expulsion from Novgorod 3 Church-building and veneration 4 Marriage and children 5 Succession 6 References 7 External links life[edit] eldest son of Mstislav the Great and Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden, Vsevolod was born in Novgorod during his father's reign as prince there (1088–1093, 1095–1117) and given the baptismal name Gabriel, or Gavriil. His maternal grandfather was King Inge the Elder of Sweden. The date of his birth is unknown, although the idea has been advanced that the event was commemorated by the Annunciation Church in the Marketplace, founded by Mstislav in 1103.[1] was enthroned as Prince of Novgorod after his father Mstislav Vladimirovich became Grand Prince of Kiev in 1117 and ruled Novgorod, with some interruption, until he was ousted by the Novgorodians in 1136. He was married to a Chernigovian princess in Novgorod in 1123 and his son, Ivan, was born there (he died in 1128).[2] In 1123, Vsevolod led the Novgorodians against the Chud. These campaigns continued in 1130 and over the next several years.[3] Aside from Vladimir Yaroslavich, Vsevolod was the first Novgorodian prince known to have been in conflict with Finns (in 1123).[4] from Novgorod[edit] his father's death in 1132, support for him began to erode in Novgorod. That same year, he was sent by his uncle, Grand Prince Yaropolk, to Pereslavl, to reign there. When he tried to return to Novgorod later that year, the Novgorodians refused to accept him back because they considered his move to Pereslavl as a betrayal (He had sworn an oath to die in Novgorod). That being said, the chronicles indicate that he was back leading a Novgorodian army in 1133. It was during that campaign that Vsevolod captured the city of Yuryev (modern Tartu, Estonia).[5] 1134, Vsevolod led an unsuccessful campaign in Vladimir-Suzdal during which, according to the Novgorodians, he showed indecisiveness, one of the reasons for his dismissal a little over a year later. On 28 May 1136, he was confined in the Archbishop's courtyard (compound) in the Detinets along with his wife and family, guarded by thirty men so as not to escape. In mid-July he was allowed to leave, going to his uncle in Kiev.[6] The following year, he tried to come back to Novgorod at the head of an army but withdrew instead to Pskov, where he died in February 1138.[7] According to his own wishes, he was buried in the Church of St. Demetrius in Pskov. dismissal from Novgorod has traditionally been seen as the end of Kievan power in the north and the beginning of the Republic of Novgorod. After him a number of princes were invited in or dismissed over the next two centuries, although only a few, like Aleksandr Nevsky, could assert themselves in the city for a prolonged period. Church-building and veneration[edit] of Saint Nicholas, constructed by Vsevolod in Novgorod. addition to leading Novgorodian armies on several campaigns, Vsevolod built a number of churches in and around the city: the Church of St. John on Opoki (1127–1130),[8] the Church of St. George in the Market (1133), the Church of The Assumption in the Market (1133; built with Archbishop Nifont),[9] and the Church of St. George in the Yuriev Monastery.[10] It was Vsevolod who granted the charter to Ivan's Hundred, the first Russian merchant guild. In addition, the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Yaroslav's Court, while often attributed to his father Mstislav, was mostly built during Vsevolod's tenure in Novgorod. comparatively early death prevented him from claiming the Kievan throne. He was survived by a daughter, Wierzchosława, the wife of Bolesław IV the Curly. The prince was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church as Vsevolod-Gavriil. In the Stepennaya Kniga (the "Book of Degrees of Royal Genealogy"), he is listed as a Pskov Wonderworker.[11] His relics were moved from the Church of St. Demetrius to the Trinity Cathedral in the Pskov Kremlin in 1193. The Pskovians attached his name to a German sword with the inscription honorem meum nemini dabo, formerly preserved in the cathedral sacristy, but modern historians date the sword to the 15th century at the earliest. St Vsevolod (in holy baptism Gabriel) the Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated on February 11; Right-believing Great Prince Rostislav-Michael the Prince of Kiev, Commemorated on March 14 ;

Russia, Novgorod, 1119-1192, Saint, Barlaam of Khutyn
Novgorod Saint, died 1192, Barlaam of Khutyn; Venerable Xenophon of Robika, Commemorated on January 26; Meeting of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on May 21; Venerable Barlaam of Khutin, Commemorated on June 24 ; Venerable Xenophon the Abbot of Robeika, Novgorod, Commemorated on June 28;

Russia, Novgorod, 1119-1147, Saint, Anthony of Rome, founder Antoniev monastery, stone transport story
Novgorod Saint, 1119-1147, Anthony of Rome, founder Antoniev monastery; Venerable Anthony the Roman and Abbot of Novgorod, Commemorated on August 3; Martyr Florus of Illyria, Commemorated on August 18; St Nikita the Bishop of Novgorod and Recluse, of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on May 14;

Russia, Novgorod, 1130-1156, Bishop, Niphont, appointed Anthony of Rome Igumen
Novgorod Bishop, 1130-1156, Niphont; Venerable Abramius the Abbot of Mirozh, Pskov, Commemorated on September 24; St Niphon the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on April 8 ; St Nikita the Bishop of Novgorod and Recluse, of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on May 14;

Russia, Novgorod, 1136-1478, Novgorod Republic of Novgorod and Kiev
Novgorod Republic, 1136-1478, Centered in Kiev, Capital Novgorod; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Sergius the Wonderworker of Valaam, Commemorated on September 11; Venerable Arsenius the Abbot of Konevits, Commemorated on June 12 ;

Russia, Novgorod, 1136-1478, Novgorod Republic (Land of the Novgorodians)
Novgorod Republic, 1136-1478 (Land of the Novgorodians) ; Venerable Anthony the Abbot of Leokhnov, Novgorod, Commemorated October 17 ; St Gerasimus the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on January 29 ;

Russia, Novgorod, 1136-1164, P Svyatoslav, from hostile Monomakh Olgovichi line, Oleg's son, Oleg and Igor's fathr
Russia, Novgorod, 1136-1164, Prince Svyatoslav Olgovich; St. Vsevolod (in holy baptism Gabriel) the Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated on February 11;

Russia, Novgorod, 1149-1151, 1155-1157, K Rus King, Yuri I Dolgorukiy, far reaching, Kiev to Suzdal
Kiev Rus King, 1149-1157, Yuri I Dolgorukiy ; Venerable Titus the Presbyter of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 27; Venerable Gerasimus of Vologda, Commemorated on March 4; Right-believing Great Prince Rostislav-Michael the Prince of Kiev, Commemorated on March 14 ; St Niphon the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on April 8; St Cyril the Bishop of Turov, Commemorated on April 28 ;

Russia, Novgorod, 1154, 1159-1167, Kiev Rus King, Rostislav-Michael, Rostislav 1 of Kiev
Kiev Rus King, 1154-1157, Rostislav-Michael; Rostislav Mstislavich (c. 1110-1167), Kniaz' (Prince) of Smolensk (1125-“1160), Novgorod (1154) and Velikiy Kniaz (Grand Prince) of Kiev (Kyiv, 1154, 1159-“1167). He was the son of Mstislav I of Kiev and Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden. After Yaroslav II of Kiev was driven out of Novgorod, Rostislav was invited to become the ruler of Novgorod. He accepted, and became the prince on April 17, 1154. Then, learning that Iziaslav II had died, Rostislav left Novgorod to take the Kievan throne. Indignant that their prince had abandoned them and angered that "he did not make order among them, but tore them more apart", the citizens of Novgorod drove out Rostislav's son, David, who was their governor. They replaced him with Mstislav Yurievich, the son of Yury Dolgoruky. Rostislav ruled Kiev for one week before Iziaslav III of Kiev forced him to flee to Chernigov. He left four sons, princes David Rostislavich of Novgorod, Mstislav Rostislavich of Smolensk, Roman I of Kiev and Rurik Rostislavich and two daughters Elena Rostislavna of Kiev-Smolensk (died 1204) and Agrafena Rostislavna (died 1237). Venerable John the Long-Suffering of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on July 18; Venerable Polycarp the Archimandrite of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on July 24; Venerable Abramius the Archimandrite and Wonderworker of Smolensk, Commemorated on August 21; St John the Archbishop and Wonderworker of Novgorod, Commemorated September 7 ; Venerable Titus the Presbyter of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 27; Venerable Gerasimus of Vologda, Commemorated on March 4; Right-believing Great Prince Rostislav-Michael the Prince of Kiev, Commemorated on March 14 ; St Niphon the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on April 8; St Cyril the Bishop of Turov, Commemorated on April 28; St Nikita the Bishop of Novgorod and Recluse, of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on May 14; Blessed Constantine the Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on June 5;

Russia, Novgorod, 1157-1174, G Prince Andrey Bogolyubsky, Suzdal, tried to unite w Kiev and Novgorod, N Dvina, killed
Novgorod, 1157-1174, Great Prince Andrey Bogolyubsky; St John the Archbishop and Wonderworker of Novgorod, Commemorated on September 7; Icon of the Mother of God "Mirozh", Commemorated September 24 ; Commemoration of the Weeping Icon of the Mother of God œof the Sign at Novgorod, Commemorated on November 27; Venerable Gerasimus of Vologda, Commemorated on March 4; St Cyril the Bishop of Turov, Commemorated on April 28; St Nikita the Bishop of Novgorod and Recluse, of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on May 14; Icon of the Mother of God œthe God Loving, Commemorated on June 18; Burial of St Andrew the Prince, Commemorated on July 4 ;

Russia, Novgorod, 1165-1186, Ilya (1st Archbishop of Novgorod) AKA John, built Khutyn Monastery
Russia, Novgorod, 1165-1186, Ilya (Archbishop of Novgorod) AKA John; St. John the Archbishop and Wonderworker of Novgorod, Commemorated on September 7;

Russia, Novgorod, 1170, miraculous sign from the Novgorod Icon
miraculous sign from the Novgorod Icon in the year 1170; In that year the allied forces of Russian appanage princes, headed by a son of Prince Andrew Bogoliubsky of Suzdal, marched to the very walls of Great Novgorod. For the people of Novgorod, their only remaining hope was that God would help them. Day and night they prayed, beseeching the Lord not to forsake them. On the third night Bishop Elias of Novgorod heard a wondrous voice commanding that the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos be taken out of the church of the Savior™s Transfiguration on Ilina street, and carried about on the city walls. When they carried the icon, the enemy fired a volley of arrows at the procession, and one of them pierced the iconographic face of the Mother of God. Tears trickled from Her eyes, and the icon turned its face towards the city. After this divine Sign an inexpressible terror suddenly fell upon the enemy. They began to strike one another, and taking encouragement from the Lord, the people of Novgorod fearlessly gave battle and won the victory. Commemoration of the Weeping Icon of the Mother of God œof the Sign at Novgorod, Commemorated on November 27; Theotokos of Bogolyubovo; Andrey Bogolyubsky; Yury Bogolyubsky;

Russia, Novgorod, 1172-1188, George the Russian, Yury Bogolyubsky, Yuri D's gson, Novgorod Prince, m Tamar
Russia, Vladimir, 1172-1188, George the Russian, Yury Bogolyubsky; Vladimir Great Prince, 1157-1174, Andrey Bogolyubsky; Right-believing Tamara, Queen of Georgia, Commemorated on May 1;

Russia, Novgorod, 1177-1212, K Rus King, Vsevolod III, Big Nest, Yuri D's 11th son, long reign in Vladimir, m Georgian
Kiev Rus King, 1173, Vsevolod III, the Big Nest; Venerable Abramius the Archimandrite of Rostov, Commemorated on October 29; Commemoration of the Weeping Icon of the Mother of God œof the Sign at Novgorod, Commemorated on November 27; Venerable Anthony of Dymsk, Novgorod, Commemorated on January 17; Monkmartyr Anastasius the Deacon of the Kiev Near Caves Commemorated on January 22; St Ignatius, Wonderworker and Bishop of Smolensk, Commemorated on January 29; St Laurence the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, and Bishop of Turov, Near Caves, Commemorated on January 29; Venerable Erasmus of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 24; Venerable Titus the Presbyter of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 27; Venerable Gerontius the Canonarch of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 1; St Cyril the Bishop of Turov, Commemorated on April 28 ;

Russia, Novgorod, 1200, 13th Century Folder, Northern Crusades, Great Battle of the Ice, Andrew Nevsky

Russia, Novgorod, 1200 - 1232, Saint Anthony of Novgorod, the Pilgrim, to Constntnpl, Cyprus, Holy Land
Novgorod,1200 - 1232, Saint Anthony of Novgorod, the Pilgrim ;

Russia, Novgorod, 1212-1218, Prince, Konstantin of Rostov, Big Nest' son, a w Mitsislav against Yuri II
Novgorod Prince, 1212-1218, Konstantin of Rostov; Venerable Xenophon of Robika, Commemorated on January 26; Venerable Anthony the Abbot of Dymsk, Novgorod, Commemorated on June 24; Venerable Xenophon the Abbot of Robeika, Novgorod, Commemorated on June 28;

Russia, Novgorod, 1218-1238, Prince, Yuri II of Vladimir, St George, given N but kicked out
Novgorod Prince, 1218-1238, Yuri II of Vladimir; Venerable Xenophon of Robika, Commemorated on January 26; Venerable Cosmas the Abbot of Kosinsk, Pskov, Commemorated on July 29; Venerable Anthony the Abbot of Dymsk, Novgorod, Commemorated on June 24; Venerable Xenophon the Abbot of Robeika, Novgorod, Commemorated on June 28;

Russia, Novgorod, 1225-1246, Saint Michael of Chernigov, promoted trade, t routes K and Vohl, f Oleg Martyr
Novgorod, 1225-1246, Saint Michael of Chernigov; Martyr and Confessor Michael the Wonderworker of Chernigov, Commemorated on September 20 ; St Oleg the Prince of Briansk, Commemorated on September 20 ;

Russia, Novgorod, 1238-1246, Prince, Yaroslav II of Vladimir, N's f, restored country after M invasion, married Mtslav's d
Novgorod Prince, 1238-1246, Yaroslav II of Vladimir; Venerable Xenophon of Robika, Commemorated on January 26; Repose of St Theodore Yaroslavich the older brother of St Alexander Nevsky in Novgorod, Commemorated on June 5 ; Venerable Xenophon the Abbot of Robeika, Novgorod, Commemorated on June 28;

Russia, Novgorod, 1242, Great Battle of the Ice of Pskov Lake, defeat of Teutonic Knights
Novgorod, 1242, Great Battle of the Ice of Pskov Lake, defeat of Teutonic Knights; Repose of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated on November 23; Icon of the Mother of God of Saint Theodore, Commemorated on March 14 Theodore—Kostroma Icon of the Mother of God was painted by the Evangelist Luke and resembles the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God. icon received its name from Great Prince Yaroslav Vsevolodovich (+ 1246), the father of Saint Alexander Nevsky, and who in holy Baptism was named Theodore in honor of Saint Theodore Stratelates (February 8). to Tradition, the icon was found by his elder brother, Saint George (February 4), in an old wooden chapel near the city of Gorodets. Later, the Gorodetsk Theodorov monastery was built on this spot. Prince Yaroslav-Theodore became the Great Prince of Vladimir after his brother Saint George perished in battle with the Mongols at the Sita River. In the year 1239, he solemnly transferred the relics of his brother from Rostov to the Vladimir Dormition cathedral. He gave the icon which he inherited from his brother to his own son, Saint Alexander Nevsky. is renowned in Russian history. He continued with the glorious traditions of his uncle Saint Andrew Bogoliubsky (July 4), and of his father Vsevolod III Big-Nest, and he was connected to almost all of the significant events in the history of Rus in the first half of the thirteenth century. was burned and torn apart by the Mongols in 1237-1238. He raised it up from the ashes, rebuilt and embellished the cities, the holy monasteries and the churches. He restored cities along the Volga devastated by the enemy: Kashin, Uglich, Yaroslavl’, Kostroma, Gorodets. founded he church of Theodore Stratelates at Kostroma and the Theodorov monastery near Gorodets in honor of his patron saint. For eight years he ruled as Great Prince, but he had to guide the land through a singularly difficult path, maintaining a military-political balance with the Golden Horde to the East, while mounting an active opposition to Catholic Europe in the West. His closest companion was his son, Saint Alexander Nevsky, who also continued his policies. wonderworking Theodore Icon of the Mother of God was constantly with Saint Alexander, and he prayed before it. After Saint Alexander Nevsky died on November 14, 1263 at the monastery founded by his father, the icon was taken by his younger brother Basil. Yaroslavich was the youngest (eighth) son of Yaroslav Vsevolodovich. In 1246 after the death of his father (Prince Yaroslav was poisoned in the capital city of Mongolia, Karakorum when he was only five years old) Basil became prince of the Kostroma appanage-holding, the least important of his father’s domains. In the year 1272, he became Great Prince of Vladimir. four years as Great Prince (1272-1276) were filled with fratricidal princely quarrels. For several years he waged war against Novgorod with an unruly nephew Demetrius. In becoming Great Prince, however, Basil did not journey to Vladimir, but remained under the protection of the wonderworking icon at Kostroma, regarding this place as safer in case of new outbreaks of strife. had occasion also to defend Rus against external enemies. In 1272, during a Tatar incursion, a Russian army came forth from Kostroma to engage them. Following the example of his grandfather, Saint Andrew Bogoliubsky (who took the wonderworking Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God with him on military campaigns), Prince Basil went into battle with the wonderworking Theodore Icon. A blinding light came forth from the holy image, and the Tatars dispersed and fled from the Russian land. Chronicles say that the Great Prince Basil had a special love for the Church and the clergy. After the martyric death of Bishop Metrophanes of Vladimir during the storming of Vladimir by Tatars on February 4, 1238, the Vladimir diocese had remained widowed for many years. This grieved Great Prince Basil. With his help, a large cathedral was constructed in Vladimir in 1274. This was apparently in connection with the consecration of Saint Serapion (July 12) as Bishop of Vladimir. He was an igumen from the Monastery of the Caves. Cyril III (+ 1282) presided over a council of Russian hierarchs. This was the first council in the Russian Church since the time of the Mongol invasion. Many problems and disorders had arisen in Church life, but the Russian Church was just barely beginning to recover from the woe that had befallen it. One of its main tasks was to recover a Russian churchly literacy, and the restoration of the tradition of the ancient Russian “princely order.” books the Church’s salvific activity would be almost impossible. Books were needed for church services, and for preaching, for the monastic cell rule, and for believers to read at home. Through the efforts of Metropolitan Cyril and the Russian bishops and monastic scholars, this important task was begun. The council approved new editions of essential books which formed the canonical basis of Orthodox church life. 1276, Prince Basil completed his life’s journey. Most of the important events in his life occured with the blessing of the Theodore Icon of the Mother of God. He died at Kostroma, and there he also found his final resting place. Since that time, the holy icon has been in the Kostroma cathedral of Saint Theodore Stratelates. interest in the Theodore Icon of the Mother of God and the spread of its veneration throughout all Russia is connected with events of the beginning of the seventeenth century, and the end of the Time of Troubles. In the year 1613, the wonderworking Theodore Icon from the Kostroma cathedral was used at the proclamation of Michael Romanov as the new Tsar. In memory of this historic event, March 14 was designated for the commemoration of the Theodore Icon of the Mother of God. copies were made from the Kostroma Theodore Icon, and one of the first was commissioned and brought to Moscow by Tsar Michael’s mother, the nun Martha. From the second half of the seventeenth century, various copies of the Theodore Icon were enlarged with scenes depicting events from the history of the wonderworking icon. the year 1670 the hierodeacon Longinus from the Kostroma Hypatiev monastery wrote the “Narrative concerning the Manifestations and Miracles of the Theodore Icon of the Mother of God in Kostroma.” Not all the things contained in it agree with things previously stated. Theodore Icon is two-sided. On the reverse side is the image of the holy Great Martyr Paraskeva, depicted in the splendid attire of a princess. It is believed that the image of Paraskeva on the reverse of the icon is connected with the wife of Saint Alexander Nevsky. Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Saint Theodore is also commemorated on August 16.

Russia, Novgorod, 1250-1298, Saint Theodore the Balck, P of Smolensk, bored, he went to Sarai, prominence in H
Kiev, 1250-1298, Saint Theodore the Balck; St Theodore the Prince of Smolensk and Yaroslav, Commemorated on September 19;

Russia, Novgorod, 1195-1242, Northern Crusades, ordered by Pope Celestine III
Russia, Novgorod, 1195-1242, Northern Crusades, ordered by Pope Celestine III; Rome, 1191-1198, Pope, Celestine III; Novgorod, 1242, Great Battle of the Ice of Pskov Lake, defeat of Teutonic Knights; Repose of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated on November 23;

Russia, Novgorod, 1252-1263, Prince, Alexander Nevsky, battles of Neva and Ice
Novgorod Prince, 1252-1263, Alexander Nevsky; St Eupraxia, Princess of Pskov, Commemorated October 16; Venerable Xenophon of Robika, Commemorated on January 26; Icon of the Mother of God of Saint Theodore, Commemorated on March 14 Theodore—Kostroma Icon of the Mother of God was painted by the Evangelist Luke and resembles the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God. icon received its name from Great Prince Yaroslav Vsevolodovich (+ 1246), the father of Saint Alexander Nevsky, and who in holy Baptism was named Theodore in honor of Saint Theodore Stratelates (February 8). to Tradition, the icon was found by his elder brother, Saint George (February 4), in an old wooden chapel near the city of Gorodets. Later, the Gorodetsk Theodorov monastery was built on this spot. Prince Yaroslav-Theodore became the Great Prince of Vladimir after his brother Saint George perished in battle with the Mongols at the Sita River. In the year 1239, he solemnly transferred the relics of his brother from Rostov to the Vladimir Dormition cathedral. He gave the icon which he inherited from his brother to his own son, Saint Alexander Nevsky. is renowned in Russian history. He continued with the glorious traditions of his uncle Saint Andrew Bogoliubsky (July 4), and of his father Vsevolod III Big-Nest, and he was connected to almost all of the significant events in the history of Rus in the first half of the thirteenth century. was burned and torn apart by the Mongols in 1237-1238. He raised it up from the ashes, rebuilt and embellished the cities, the holy monasteries and the churches. He restored cities along the Volga devastated by the enemy: Kashin, Uglich, Yaroslavl’, Kostroma, Gorodets. founded he church of Theodore Stratelates at Kostroma and the Theodorov monastery near Gorodets in honor of his patron saint. For eight years he ruled as Great Prince, but he had to guide the land through a singularly difficult path, maintaining a military-political balance with the Golden Horde to the East, while mounting an active opposition to Catholic Europe in the West. His closest companion was his son, Saint Alexander Nevsky, who also continued his policies. wonderworking Theodore Icon of the Mother of God was constantly with Saint Alexander, and he prayed before it. After Saint Alexander Nevsky died on November 14, 1263 at the monastery founded by his father, the icon was taken by his younger brother Basil. Yaroslavich was the youngest (eighth) son of Yaroslav Vsevolodovich. In 1246 after the death of his father (Prince Yaroslav was poisoned in the capital city of Mongolia, Karakorum when he was only five years old) Basil became prince of the Kostroma appanage-holding, the least important of his father’s domains. In the year 1272, he became Great Prince of Vladimir. four years as Great Prince (1272-1276) were filled with fratricidal princely quarrels. For several years he waged war against Novgorod with an unruly nephew Demetrius. In becoming Great Prince, however, Basil did not journey to Vladimir, but remained under the protection of the wonderworking icon at Kostroma, regarding this place as safer in case of new outbreaks of strife. had occasion also to defend Rus against external enemies. In 1272, during a Tatar incursion, a Russian army came forth from Kostroma to engage them. Following the example of his grandfather, Saint Andrew Bogoliubsky (who took the wonderworking Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God with him on military campaigns), Prince Basil went into battle with the wonderworking Theodore Icon. A blinding light came forth from the holy image, and the Tatars dispersed and fled from the Russian land. Chronicles say that the Great Prince Basil had a special love for the Church and the clergy. After the martyric death of Bishop Metrophanes of Vladimir during the storming of Vladimir by Tatars on February 4, 1238, the Vladimir diocese had remained widowed for many years. This grieved Great Prince Basil. With his help, a large cathedral was constructed in Vladimir in 1274. This was apparently in connection with the consecration of Saint Serapion (July 12) as Bishop of Vladimir. He was an igumen from the Monastery of the Caves. Cyril III (+ 1282) presided over a council of Russian hierarchs. This was the first council in the Russian Church since the time of the Mongol invasion. Many problems and disorders had arisen in Church life, but the Russian Church was just barely beginning to recover from the woe that had befallen it. One of its main tasks was to recover a Russian churchly literacy, and the restoration of the tradition of the ancient Russian “princely order.” books the Church’s salvific activity would be almost impossible. Books were needed for church services, and for preaching, for the monastic cell rule, and for believers to read at home. Through the efforts of Metropolitan Cyril and the Russian bishops and monastic scholars, this important task was begun. The council approved new editions of essential books which formed the canonical basis of Orthodox church life. 1276, Prince Basil completed his life’s journey. Most of the important events in his life occured with the blessing of the Theodore Icon of the Mother of God. He died at Kostroma, and there he also found his final resting place. Since that time, the holy icon has been in the Kostroma cathedral of Saint Theodore Stratelates. interest in the Theodore Icon of the Mother of God and the spread of its veneration throughout all Russia is connected with events of the beginning of the seventeenth century, and the end of the Time of Troubles. In the year 1613, the wonderworking Theodore Icon from the Kostroma cathedral was used at the proclamation of Michael Romanov as the new Tsar. In memory of this historic event, March 14 was designated for the commemoration of the Theodore Icon of the Mother of God. copies were made from the Kostroma Theodore Icon, and one of the first was commissioned and brought to Moscow by Tsar Michael’s mother, the nun Martha. From the second half of the seventeenth century, various copies of the Theodore Icon were enlarged with scenes depicting events from the history of the wonderworking icon. the year 1670 the hierodeacon Longinus from the Kostroma Hypatiev monastery wrote the “Narrative concerning the Manifestations and Miracles of the Theodore Icon of the Mother of God in Kostroma.” Not all the things contained in it agree with things previously stated. Theodore Icon is two-sided. On the reverse side is the image of the holy Great Martyr Paraskeva, depicted in the splendid attire of a princess. It is believed that the image of Paraskeva on the reverse of the icon is connected with the wife of Saint Alexander Nevsky. Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Saint Theodore is also commemorated on August 16. Repose of St Theodore Yaroslavich the older brother of St Alexander Nevsky in Novgorod, Commemorated on June 5 ; Venerable Xenophon the Abbot of Robeika, Novgorod, Commemorated on June 28;

Russia, Novgorod, 1276-1293, G Prince, Dmitry of Pereslavl, Nevsky's 2nd, Novg too young, welcmd back, Koporye F, with Nagoli over Andrey and Horde
Vladimir Great Prince, 1276-1293, Dmitry of Pereslavl ; Alexandrovich (ca. 1250-1294) was Grand Prince of Vladimir-Suzdal from 1276 until 1281 and then from 1283 until 1293. was the second son of Alexander Nevsky. When his elder brother Vasily died young, Dmitry remained the chief heir to his illustrious father. As early as 1259, he was left by Alexander in charge of Novgorod. Upon Alexander's death in 1264, however, the Novgorodians expelled Dmitry to his native Pereslavl-Zalessky, citing his youth as a pretext. years later, when Dmitry had turned 18, he was welcomed back to Novgorod and ” together with his future son-in-law, Daumantas of Pskov ” led a local militia against Livonian Knights in the Battle of Rakvere. During the following decade, he struggled for control of Novgorod against his uncles, Yaroslav III and Vasily of Kostroma. In 1276, when his elders died, he finally ascended the coveted thrones of Vladimir and Novgorod. Two years later, he founded a great fortress of Koporye, which he intended to rule himself. The Novgorodians revolted, forcing Dmitry to leave Koporye and Novgorod altogether. Dmitry was preoccupied with pacifying Novgorod, Andrey of Gorodets (Dmitry's younger brother) went to the Golden Horde and received from the khan permission to replace Dmitry as the Grand Prince. In 1281, Andrey returned to Russia, joined his forces with princes of Rostov and Yaroslavl and, after much devastation to Dmitry's lands, seized his capital Pereslavl. Dmitry fled to Koporye but, failing to win support of Novgorodians, had to retreat further northward, probably to Scandinavia. years later, Dmitry returned to Russia, only to find his lands ravaged by the Mongols and his brother Andrey. Thereupon he went to the Black Sea and met Nogai Khan, who was the greatest enemy of the Golden Horde at that time. Wishing to increase his authority in Russia, Nogai vowed to support Dmitry in his struggle for the grand ducal throne. On hearing about this, Andrey renounced his claims to Vladimir and Novgorod and returned to Gorodets. 1285 Andrey again brought Mongol hordes to Russia, but these were expelled by Dmitry and his allies. Finally, in 1293 Andrey managed to unite the Mongols and Russian princes in opposition to Dmitry. Reluctant to renew fratricidal hostilities, Dmitry took monastic vows in 1293 and died the next year. He was buried in the Saviour Cathedral of Pereslavl-Zalessky. Icon of the Mother of God of Sven, Commemorated on August 17; St Charitina the Princess of Lithuania, Commemorated on October 5; St Stephen Miliutin of Serbia, Commemorated on October 30; Venerable Dragutin (Theoctistus in Monasticism) of Serbia, Commemorated on October 30; Martyr Michael the Prince of Tver, Commemorated on November 22; Right-Believing Prince Roman of Uglich, Commemorated on February 3; St Simeon the Bishop of Polotsk and Tver, Commemorated on February 3; Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, Commemorated on March 4; Venerable Sophronius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on March 11; Venerable Zachariah the Ascetic of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on March 24; Icon of the Mother of God of St Maximus, Commemorated on April 18; Blessed Dovmont (Timothy) the Prince of Pskov, Commemorated on May 20; St Ignatius the Bishop and Wonderworker of Rostov, Commemorated on May 28 ; Miracle of the Annunciation Icon of the Mother of God at Ustiug, Commemorated on July 8 ;

Russia, Novgorod, 1283-1303, P Daniel of Moscow, Nevsky's 4th and youngest s , Churches and Ms, first victory over Tartars, unified rus
Russia, Moscow, 1283-1303, Prince Daniel of Moscow; father died when he was only two years old. Of his father's patrimonies, he received the least valuable, Moscow.[1] Aleksandrovich (1261-“ 4 March 1303) was the youngest son of Alexander Nevsky and forefather of all the Grand Dukes of father died when he was only two years old. Of his father's patrimonies, he received the least valuable, Moscow.[1] When he was a child, the tiny principality was being governed by tiuns (deputies), appointed by his paternal uncle, Grand Prince Yaroslav has been credited with founding the first Moscow monasteries, namely the Lord's Epiphany, and The Danilov Monestery (Saint Daniel Monestery): named in his honor, situated on the right bank of the Moskva River at a distance of 5 miles from the Moscow Kremlin, and founded, by Daniel, as the first monastery wooden church of St. Daniel-Stylite no later than also built the first stone church in the Moscow Kremlin in the 1280s, dedicated to the Great Martyr took part in his brothers (”Dmitri of Pereslavl and Andrey of Gorodets) ”struggle for the right to govern Vladimir and Novgorod, respectively. After Dmitry's death in 1294, Daniel made an alliance with Mikhail of Tver and Ivan of Pereslavl against Andrey of Gorodets of Novgorod. participation in the struggle for Novgorod in 1296 indicated Moscow's increasing political influence. Constantine, the prince of Ryazan, tried to capture the Moscow lands with the help of a Mongol force. Prince Daniel defeated it near Pereslavl. This was a first victory over the Tatars, though not a tremendous victory, but it was noteworthy as a first push towards freedom.[2] 1300, he went to Ryazan with an army and imprisoned the ruler of the Ryazan Principality "by some ruse", as the chronicle says, and destroyed a multitude of Tatars. To secure his release, the prisoner ceded to Daniel his fortress of Kolomna. It was an important acquisition, as now Daniel controlled all the length of the Moskva River. 1302 his childless nephew and ally, Ivan of Pereslavl, bequeathed to Daniel all his lands, including Pereslavl-Zalessky.[2] the Mongol occupation and internecine wars among the Rus' princes, Daniel created peace in Moscow without bloodshed. 30 years of ruling Daniel participated in battles only once.[1] According to legend, Daniel was popular and respected by his subjects for his meekness, humility and peacefulness. Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, Commemorated on March 4; the time of Great Prince Ivan III (1462-1505), Saint Daniel gave reminders of himself to his forgetful descendents. He appeared as a stranger to a youth who attended the Great Prince and said: Don’t be afraid of me. I was a Christian and the master of this place, my name is Daniel Prince of Moscow, and by the will of God I am here. Tell Great Prince John about me saying: you are enjoying yourself while you have forgotten me, but God has not forgotten me. this, the Great Prince ordered panikhidas for his ancestral princes to be sung in the cathedral. During the time of Tsar Ivan the Terrible, the dying son of a barge merchant was healed at the grave of Saint Daniel. The Tsar, struck by the miracle, renovated the ancient Danilov monastery and established a yearly church procession. The Metropolitan led the way to the the holy prince’s tomb, and served a panikhida there. 1652 holy Prince Daniel was glorified by the uncovering of his incorrupt relics, which were transferred on August 30 to the church dedicated to the Holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council. holy relics were placed in a reliquary “to the glory of the Holy Trinity and for the healing of the infirm. Metropolitan Platon of Moscow (+ 1812), in the Life of the holy prince which he compiled, writes: “The founder laid the foundation of Moscow’s grandeur, modestly making only a small path to it. Just as any edifice, which is not built with excessive haste, but rather with great artistry and skill, receives a particular firmness and stands indestructible for a long time; like a tall tree that grows for many centuries after beginning as a small sapling, then slowly becomes sturdier, with its branches spreading about far around, so this city was to grow from small, but firm beginnings, so that its first sparkle would not bedazzle the eyes of the envious, and so it would not be shaken or felled early on, before it had attained its full height. Thus did this founder prepare the great city given him, giving it a modest but steady radiance, undisturbed by any gusts of the wind. He left the great glory of its rise to his son Great Prince John, called Kalita.

Russia, Novgorod, 1285-1305, Patriarch Maximus, Metropolitan of all Rus
Vladimir, 1285-1305, Patriarch Maximus, Metropolitan of all Rus; Repose of St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on December 21; Icon of the Mother of God of St. Maximus, Commemorated on April 18;

Russia, Novgorod, 1293-1304, Alexander or Andrey of Gorodets, Nevsky's 3rd s, K Fortress, took V from b, lost V to D, lost to Daniel
Vladimir Great Prince, 1293-1304, Andrey of Gorodets of Vladimir-Suzdal; Andrey III Alexandrovich (ca. 1255 -“ 27 July 1304), a Russian prince, son of Alexander Nevsky, received from his father the town of Gorodets on the Volga. In 1276 he added Kostroma to his possessions and joined the struggle for the Grand Duchy of Vladimir-Suzdal. In 1281 Andrey, joining the Mongol army, expelled his elder brother Dmitri from Vladimir. After some feasting with Mongols in Vladimir, Andrey went to Novgorod, where the populace made him heartily welcome. Meanwhile, his brother allied himself with the powerful Nogai Khan, who reinstated Dmitry as Grand Duke of Vladimir in 1283. During the following decade, Andrey thrice brought the Mongols to Russia in order to wrest Vladimir from his brother. In the campaign of 1293 they pillaged 14 Russian towns, finally forcing Dmitry to abdicate. Even when elevated to the grand-ducal throne of Vladimir, Andrey continued to live in Gorodets. During the last decade of his reign he struggled with a league formed by Daniel of Moscow, Mikhail of Tver, and Ivan of Pereslavl [ru]. In 1301 he drove the Swedes from Landskrona near present-day Saint Petersburg.[1] For more description of Alexander, see Daniel of Moscow March 4 below: Icon of the Mother of God of St Maximus, Commemorated on April 18; St Basil the Bishop of Ryazan, Commemorated on July 3 ; Miracle of the Annunciation Icon of the Mother of God at Ustiug, Commemorated on July 8 ; Miracle of the Annunciation Icon of the Mother of God at Ustiug, Commemorated on July 8 ; Repose of the Holy Right-believing Princess Anna of Kashin, Commemorated on October 2 ; St Athanasius the Patriarch of Constantinople, Commemorated on October 24 ; St Stephen Miliutin of Serbia, Commemorated on October 30; Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, Commemorated on March 4; 1272, Prince Daniel received as his allotted portion the city of Moscow and its adjacent lands. The holy prince built a church (and a monastery beside it) in honor of his patron saint, Saint Daniel the Stylite (December 11) on the banks of the River Moskva. this period, the Moscow principality was small and unobtrusive. While growing up, Prince Daniel strengthened and expanded it, not in unjust or coercive ways, but peacefully and with benevolence. It was a time of unrest. Fratricidal strife among the appanage princes was rife. Often bloodshed was averted, thanks to Prince Daniel and his incessant striving for unity and peace in the Russian Land. 1293 his brother, the Great Prince Alexander, with Tatars summoned from the Horde and headed by Diuden (“the Diudenev Host”), laid waste to Russian cities: Murom, Suzdal, Kolomna, Dmitrov, Mozhaisk, and Tver. Prince Daniel decided to join them to Moscow to save their people from perishing, for they were not strong enough to resist. prince braced himself for terrible destruction and pillaging. Standing up for his rights, Saint Daniel was compelled to come out against his brother near a place called Yurievo Tolchische (“Yurievo Threshing-Mill”), but his desire for peace prevailed, and bloodshed was averted. 1300, when the Ryazan prince Constantine was making secret preparations for a sudden assault on the Moscow principality, Prince Daniel went to Ryazan with an army. He defeated the enemy, took Constantine captive,and destroyed a multitude of Tatars. This was a first victory over the Tatars, though not a tremendous victory, but it was noteworthy as a first push towards freedom. he had beaten the Ryazan prince and scattered his confederates the Tatars, Prince Daniel did not take advantage of his victory to seize foreign lands or take booty, as was the accepted custom during these times. Instead, he displayed an example of true non-covetousness, love and fraternity. The holy prince never resorted to arms to seize the lands of others, nor did he ever take away the property of other princes either by force or by treachery. And so the Lord saw fit to expand the boundaries of his princely realm. John of Pereslavl-Zalessk, Daniel’s nephew, was gentle and pious and benevolent towards the poor, and he esteemed and loved his uncle. Dying childless in 1302, he bequeathed his principality to Saint Daniel. The Pereslavl lands together with Dmitrov, had the most inhabitants after Rostov, with the corresponding fortification befitting a major city. Pereslavl-Zalessk was well protected on all sides. But the holy prince remained faithful to Moscow and did not transfer the capital of his princedom to the stronger and more significant seat of Pereslavl. This annexation allowed Moscow to be considered as the most significant principality. Here the principle of the unification of the Russian Land into a single powerful realm was set in place. the ages God’s providence concerning Russia and its destiny was clearly manifest! for the constant blessings of the Hodēgḗtria (She who leads the Way) both in his personal life, and also in the life of the Russian realm, Saint Daniel’s father, Saint Alexander Nevsky said, “God is not in might, but in right!” Venerable Joasaph of Snetogorsk, Pskov, Commemorated on March 4; Venerable Sophronius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on March 11; Venerable Zachariah the Ascetic of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on March 24; Venerable Gerontius the Canonarch of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 1; Icon of the Mother of God of St Maximus, Commemorated on April 18;

Russia, Novgorod, 1300, 14th Century, Folder, Novgorod the Great, Vladimir Time

Russia, Novgorod, 1300, 14th Century, Novgorod the Great
Novgorod the Great; Repose of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated on November 23; Monkmartyr Euphrosynus of Blue Jay Lake, Novgorod, Commemorated on March 20; Appearance of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on June 26;

Russia, Moscow, 1304-1318, Mikhail of Tver, Nervsky's b, studied in N. he lost influence to Yury of M, who gained I in Novgorod while M was in Sarai
Tver, 1304-1318, Vladimir Great Prince, Mikhail of Tver; Icon of the Mother of God of Tolga, Commemorated on July 18 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Tolga, Commemorated on August 8 ; Repose of the Holy Right-believing Princess Anna of Kashin, Commemorated on October 2 ; Martyr Michael the Prince of Tver, Commemorated on November 22; St Theodore the Archbishop of Rostov, Commemorated on November 28; Repose of St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on December 21; Venerable Zachariah the Ascetic of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on March 24; Venerable Gerontius the Canonarch of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 1; Venerable Rufus the Obedient of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 8;

Russia, Novgorod, 1253-1359, Prince Ivan II of Moscow, Donskoy's Father
Novgorod Prince, 1253-1359, Ivan II of Moscow; II Ivanovich the Fair (Russian: Иван II Иванович Красный) (30 March 1326 – 13 November 1359) was the Grand Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of Vladimir in 1353. Until that date, he had ruled the towns of Ruza and Zvenigorod. He was the second son of Ivan Kalita, and succeeded his brother Simeon the Proud, who died of the Black Death. Upon succeeding his brother and because of increased civil strife among the Golden Horde, Ivan briefly toyed with the idea of abandoning traditional Moscow allegiance to the Mongols and allying himself with Lithuania, a growing power in the west. This policy was quickly abandoned and Ivan asserted his allegiance to the Golden Horde.[1] Contemporaries described Ivan as a pacific, apathetic ruler, who didn't flinch even when Algirdas of Lithuania captured his father-in-law's capital, Bryansk.[2] He also allowed Oleg of Riazan to burn villages on his territory. However, Orthodox churchmen aided in consolidating the power of the Grand Prince. He received much aid from the capable Metropolitan Alexius. Like his brother, Ivan II was not as successful as his father or grandfather with regard to territorial expansion. Nevertheless, he was able to annex areas southwest of Moscow, including the areas of Borovsk, and Vereya. He is buried in the Cathedral of the Archangel Michael in Moscow. Blessed Nicholas Kochanov the Fool-For-Christ at Novgorod, Commemorated July 28 ; Repose of St Theoctistus the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on December 23; Righteous Theodore of Novgorod the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on January 19; St Moses the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on January 25; Venerable Arsenius the Abbot of Konevits, Commemorated on June 12;

Russia, Novgorod, 1359-1389, Prince Dimitri of the Don
Novgorod, 1359-1389, Prince Dimitri of the Don; Blessed Nicholas Kochanov the Fool-For-Christ at Novgorod, Commemorated July 28 ; Repose of St Theoctistus the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on December 23; Righteous Theodore of Novgorod the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on January 19; St Moses the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on January 25; Venerable Arsenius the Abbot of Konevits, Commemorated on June 12;

Russia, Novgorod, 1368-1372, Lithuanian Moscovite Wars
Russia, Novgorod, 1368-1372, Lithuanian Moscovite Wars; Venerable Michael the Fool-for-Christ of the Klops Monastery, Novgorod, Commemorated on January 11;

Russia, Novgorod, 1385-1406, Patriarch Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow
Moscow Patriarch, 1385-1406, Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow ; Repose of St Cyprian the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on September 16 ; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Moscow, Commemorated on June 13;

Russia, Novgorod, 1389-1425, Prince Vasily I of Moscow (Basil I), GH Vassal, Freed Moscow
Novgorod Prince, 1389-1425, Vasily I of Moscow (Basil I); I Dmitriyevich (30 December 1371 – 27 February 1425) was the Grand Prince of Moscow (r. 1389—1425), heir of Dmitry Donskoy (r. 1359—1389). ruled as a Golden Horde vassal between 1389-1395, and again in 1412-1425. raid on the Volgan regions in 1395 by Mongol emir Timur resulted in a state of anarchy for the Golden Horde and the independence of Moscow. 1412, Vasily reinstated himself as a vassal of the Horde. had entered an alliance with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1392 and married the only daughter of Vytautas the Great, Sophia, though the alliance turned out to be fragile, and they waged war against each other in 1406–1408. Icon of the Mother of God of Chirsk-Pskov, Commemorated on July 16; Blessed Nicholas Kochanov the Fool-For-Christ at Novgorod, Commemorated July 28 ; Righteous Theodore of Novgorod the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on January 19; Venerable Arsenius the Abbot of Konevits, Commemorated on June 12;

Russia, Novgorod, 1400, 15th-18th Century, History Folder, Fall to Moscow, Moscow Time

Russia, Novgorod, 1429-1458, Saint, Euthymius II, Archbishop of Novgorod
Russia, Novgorod, 1429-1458, Saint, Euthymius II, Archbishop of Novgorod; St. Euthymius the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on March 11;

Russia, Novgorod, 1440-1505, Ivan III, G Prince of Moscow, t Great, defeated Novg, expanded R, ended GH yoke
Moscow Prince, 1440-1505, Ivan III, Grand Prince of Moscow, the Great; St Leucius of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on August 17 ; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on August 19 ; Venerable Prince Andrew, in Monasticism Joasaph, of Kubensk, Vologda, Commemorated on September 10 ; Venerable Cassian of Uglich, Commemorated on October 2; Venerable Dionysius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 3; Venerable Dositheus the Abbot of Verkneostrov, Pskov, Commemorated on October 8; Icon of the Mother of God of Yakhrom, Commemorated on October 14; Venerable Joseph the Igumen and Wonderworker of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on October 18; St Theophilus of the Kiev Caves and Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on October 26; St Philip of Rabanga, Commemorated on November 15; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Zvenigorod the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on December 3; St Pachomius of Keno Lake, Commemorated on January 7; Hieromartyr Isidore and 72 Others at Yuriev, Estonia, Commemorated on January 8; St Paisius of Uglich, Commemorated on January 8; Hieromartyr Isidore and 72 Others at Yuriev, Estonia, Commemorated on January 8 ; Venerable Michael the Fool-for-Christ of the Klops Monastery, Novgorod, Commemorated on January 11; St Anthony of Krasny Kholm, Commemorated on January 17 ; Venerable Athanasius the Abbot of Syandemsk, Vologda, Commemorated on January 18; Venerable Macarius the Roman of Novgorod, Commemorated on January 19 ; Venerable Euthymius of Syanzhemsk, Vologda, Commemorated on January 20; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on January 29; St Tryphon, Bishop of Rostov, Commemorated on February 1; Right-Believing Prince Roman of Uglich, Commemorated on February 3; St Bassian of Uglich, Commemorated on February 12; Venerable Cosmas of Yakhrom, Commemorated on February 18; Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, Commemorated on March 4; Finding of the relics of St Theodore the Prince of Smolensk, and Yaroslav, and His Children, Commemorated on March 5; St Euthymius the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on March 11; Venerable Macarius the Abbot and Wonderworker of Kalyazin, Commemorated on March 17 ; St Innocent of Komel the Disciple of St Nilus of Sora, Vologda, Commemorated on March 19 ; Martyr Stephen of Kazan, Commemorated on March 24; Venerable Zosimas the Abbot of Vorbozomsk, Commemorated on April 4; Venerable Daniel the Abbot of Pereyaslavl-Zalesski, Commemorated on April 7; Icon of the Mother of God of Vilnius, Commemorated on April 14; Venerable Zosimas the Abbot of Solovki, Commemorated on April 17; Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Oshevensk, Commemorated on April 20; Venerable Sylvester the Abbot of Obnora, Commemorated on April 25; Hieromartyr Macarius the Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on May 1; Venerable Isidore the Fool-For-Christ and Wonderworker of Rostov, Commemorated on May 14; Venerable Serapion of Pskov, Commemorated on May 15; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19; Venerable Tikhon of Kaluga Or Medin, Commemorated on June 16;

Russia, Novgorod, 1440-1470, St Jonah, Archbishop of Novgorod
Russia, Novgorod, 1440-1470, St Jonah, Archbishop of Novgorod ; Moscow Patriarch, 1449-1461, St Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow ; Repose of St Jonah the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on November 5 ; Repose of St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on March 31;

Russia, Novgorod, 1471, Battle of Shelon River, Moscow over Novgorod
Fall of the Novgorod Republic to Moscow (1471 - 1480); Battle of Shelon River 1471 ; Martha Boretskaya; St Theophilus of the Kiev Caves and Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on October 26 ;

Russia, Novgorod, 1473-1489, Patriarch, Gerontius, Metropolitan of Moscow
Moscow Patriarch, 1473-1489, Gerontius, Metropolitan of Moscow; St Gennadius the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on December 4; Icon of the Mother of God of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on March 3 ; Repose of the Blessed John of Ustiug the Fool-for-Christ, Commemorated on May 29;

Russia, Novgorod, 1478, Martha Boretskaya, Mayor of Novgorod
Russia, Novgorod, 1471-1480, Martha Boretskaya, Mayor of Novgorod; Novgorod, Fall of the Novgorod Republic to Moscow (1471 - 1480); Battle of Shelon River 1471 ; St Theophilus of the Kiev Caves and Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on October 26 ;

Russia, Novgorod, 1484-1505, Saint, Gennady of Novgorod, St Gennadius
Moscow Saint, 1484-1505, Gennady of Novgorod, St Gennadius ; St Gennadius the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on December 4;

Russia, Novgorod, 1506-1509, Archbishop, Serapion of Novgorod
Russia, Novgorod, 1506-1509, Archbishop, Serapion of Novgorod; Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Svir, Commemorated on August 30;

Russia, Novgorod, 1517, Ninety Five Theses, Martin Luther, Protestant
Germany, 1517, Ninety Five Theses, Martin Luther, Protestant; Germany, 1503-1546, Martin Luther, Protestant ; Wittenberg, Germany ; Lutherhaus; MARTIN LUTHER, EDUCATOR, TRANSLATOR (18 FEB 1546); JAN HUS, PRIEST and MARTYR, 6 July 1415;

Russia, Novgorod, 1526-1563, Archbishop of Novgorod, Metropolitan of Moscow, Macarius
Russia, Novgorod, 1526-1563, Archbishop of Novgorod, Metropolitan of Moscow, Macarius; Venerable Tryphon the Abbot of Pechenga (Kolsk), Commemorated on December 15;

Russia, Novgorod, 1652-1658, Metropolitan, Patriarch Nikon of Moscow
Novgorod Metropolitan, 1652-1658, Patriarch Nikon of Moscow ; Repose of St Job the Patriarch of Moscow, and All Russia, Commemorated on June 19;

Russia, Novgorod, 1727-1927, Folder, Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire

Novgorod Governorate, 1727-1927, Russian Empire
Novgorod Governorate ; Icon of the Mother of God of Vydropussk, Commemorated July 28 ; Venerable Ephraim the Abbot of Perekop the Wonderworker of Novgorod,Commemorated on September 26; Venerable Tryphon the Abbot of Pechenga (Kolsk), Commemorated on December 15 ; Martyr Jonah the Disciple of Tryphon of Pechenga, Commemorated on December 15 ; Venerable Anthony the Abbot of Leokhnov, Novgorod;

Russia, Novgorod, Volkhov River Folder

Volkhov River

Volkhov River Source (Novgorod, Lake Ilmen)

Novgorod (Volkhov River Source (Lake llmen))
Veliky Novgorod; Icon of the Mother of God of Konevits, Commemorated on July 10 ; St Olga the Princess of Russia, in Holy Baptism Called Helen, Commemorated on July 11; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15; Icon of the Mother of God of Chirsk-Pskov, Commemorated on July 16 ; Icon of the Mother of God "Tenderness" in Novgorod; Blessed Nicholas Kochanov the Fool-For-Christ at Novgorod, Commemorated July 27 ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Herman of Solovki, Commemorated on July 30; Venerable Anthony the Roman and Abbot of Novgorod, Commemorated on August 3 ; ; St Tikhon the Bishop of Voronezh and Wonderworker of Zadonsk and All Russia, Commemorated on August 13; St Macarius the Roman, Commemorated on August 15; Venerable Theodoritus the Enlightener of the Lapps, Solovki, Commemorated on August 17; Martyr Florus of Illyria, Commemorated on August 18; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on August 19; Venerable Abramius the Archimandrite and Wonderworker of Smolensk, Commemorated on August 21; St Martyrius, Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on August 24; St John the Archbishop and Wonderworker of Novgorod, Commemorated September 7 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Kholm, Commemorated September 8 ; Venerable Daniel the Abbot of Shuzhgorsk, Novgorod, Commemorated on September 21 ; Venerable Ephraim the Abbot of Perekop the Wonderworker of Novgorod, Commemorated on September 26; Right-believing Prince Vladimir Yaroslavich the Prince of Novgorod, Commemorated on October 4 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Korsun, Commemorated on October 9; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœJerusalemÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on October 12 ; Venerable Anthony the Abbot of Leokhnov, Novgorod, Commemorated on October 17; Translation of the relics of Blessed James of Borovichi the Wonderworker of Novgorod, Commemorated on October 23 ; St John the Archbishop and Wonderworker of Novgorod; Martyr and Confessor Michael the Wonderworker of Chernigov; Venerable Daniel the Abbot of Shuzhgorsk, Novgorod; Right-believing Prince Vladimir Yaroslavich the Prince of Novgorod; St Theophilus of the Kiev Caves and Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated October 26 ; Repose of St Jonah the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on November 5 ; Venerable Martyrius the Abbot of Zelenets, Pskov, Commemorated on November 11 ; Venerable Barlaam the Abbot of Khutyn, Novgorod, Commemorated on November 6, Barlaam settled on a solitary hill below Volkhov, in a place called Khutyn, ten versts from Novgorod.; Finding of the relics of the Venerable Cyril the Abbot of Novoezersk, Vologda; St Philip the Abbot of Irap Near Novgorod, Commemorated on November 14 ; St Sergius of Malopinega, Commemorated November 16 ; Martyr Michael the Prince of Tver, Commemorated on November 22 ; Repose of St Alexander Nevsky St Athanasius, "the Iron Staff" and disciple of St Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated November 26 ; Commemoration of the Weeping Icon of the Mother of God "of the Sign" at Novgorod, Commemorated November 27 ; Apostle Andrew, the Holy and All-Praised First-Called, Commemorated November 30 ; St Gennadius the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated December 4 ; St Maximus, Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on December 6 ; Venerable Anthony the Abbot of Siya, Novgorod, Commemorated December 7 ; Venerable Nilus of Stolbensk Lake, Commemorated on December 7 ; Venerable Tryphon the Abbot of Pechenga (Kolsk), Commemorated on December 15 ; Martyr Jonah the Disciple of Tryphon of Pechenga, Commemorated on December 15 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Novgorod; Repose of St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on December 21 ; Repose of St Theoctistus the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated December 23 ; Synaxis of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John, Commemorated January 7 ; Hieromartyr Philip the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on January 9 ; St Theophan the Recluse the Bishop of Tambov ; Venerable Michael the Fool-for-Christ of the Klops Monastery, Novgorod, Commemorated January 11; Venerable Anthony of Chernoezero, Commemorated on January 17 ; Venerable Anthony of Dymsk, Novgorod, Commemorated on January 17 ; Righteous Theodore of Novgorod the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated January 19 ; Venerable Macarius the Roman of Novgorod, Commemorated on January 19 ; Icon of the Mother of God "Xenophon Hodigitria", Commemorated January 21 ; Translation of the relics of St Theoctistus the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated January 23 ; Venerable Gennadius of Kostroma, Commemorated January 23 ; St Gerasimus the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated January 24 ; St Moses the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated January 25 ; St Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev and Gallich, Commemorated January 25 ; Venerable Xenophon of Robika, Commemorated January 26 ; St Gerasimus the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on January 29 ; Venerable Nikita of the Kiev Caves, Far Caves the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated January 31 ; Holy, Righteous Simeon the God-Receiver, Commemorated on February 3 ; Venerable Cyril the Abbot and Wonderworker of Novoezersk, Novgorod, Commemorated on February 4 ; St Joachim, First Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated February 10 ; St John, Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated February 10 ; Synaxis of the Hierarchs of Novgorod, Buried in the Cathedral of the Holy Wisdom (Hagia Sophia) in Novgorod, Commemorated February 10 ; Princess Anna of Novgorod, Commemorated on February 10 ; St Vsevolod (in holy baptism Gabriel) the Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated February 11 ; Venerable Isaac the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 14; Venerable Polycarp of Briansk, Commemorated February 23 ; Blessed Nicholas (Salos) of Pskov the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on February 28; Venerable Martyrius of Zelenets, Pskov, Commemorated on March 1; Venerable Lazarus of Murom, Commemorated on March 8; St Euthymius the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on March 11; Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on March 14; Right-believing Great Prince Rostislav-Michael the Prince of Kiev, Commemorated on March 14 ; Monkmartyr Euphrosynus of Blue Jay Lake, Novgorod, Commemorated on March 20; Venerable Seraphim of Virits, Commemorated on March 21; Icon of the Mother of God of ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Âœthe Uncut MountÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on March 24 ; Venerable Mark of the Pskov Caves, Commemorated on March 29; Translation of the relics of St Job the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on April 5 ; St Tikhon the Patriarch of Moscow, and Enlightener of North America, Commemorated on April 7; St Niphon the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on April 8; Venerable Zosimas the Abbot of Solovki, Commemorated on April 17; Greatmartyr, Victory-bearer and Wonderworker George, Commemorated on April 23; Uncovering of the relics of St Nikita the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on April 30; Venerable Alphan with his brother of Novgorod, founder of the Sokolnitzky Monastery, Commemorated on May 4; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœStaro RusÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ Old Russian, Commemorated on May 4; Virginmartyr Glyceria of Novgorod, Commemorated on May 13; St Nikita the Bishop of Novgorod and Recluse, of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on May 14; Venerable Euphrosynus the Abbot and Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated on May 15; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Ephraim the Abbot of Perekop, Novgorod, Commemorated on May 16; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19; Venerable Sergius of Shukhtom, Commemorated on May 19; Repose of St Theodore Yaroslavich the older brother of St Alexander Nevsky in Novgorod, Commemorated on June 5; Blessed Constantine the Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on June 5; Finding of the relics of St Basil the Bishop of Ryazan, Commemorated on June 10; Venerable Arsenius the Abbot of Konevits, Commemorated on June 12; St Michael the first Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on June 15; Repose of St Job the Patriarch of Moscow, and All Russia, Commemorated on June 19; Venerable Anthony the Abbot of Dymsk, Novgorod, Commemorated on June 24; Righteous John the Youth of Meniugi, Novgorod, Commemorated on June 24; Appearance of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on June 26; Venerable Xenophon the Abbot of Robeika, Novgorod, Commemorated on June 28; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5 ; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœTendernessÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ in Novgorod, Commemorated on July 8; St Olga the Princess of Russia, in Holy Baptism Called Helen, Commemorated on July 11;

Volkhov River 1 (Novgorod, St Georges Monastery)

Antoniev monastery, Novgorod, 1117
Antoniev monastery; Venerable Anthony the Roman and Abbot of Novgorod, Commemorated on August 3; St. Macarius the Roman, Commemorated on August 15; Venerable Alphan with his brother of Novgorod, founder of the Sokolnitzky Monastery, Commemorated on May 4;

Novgorod governia
Novgorod governia, Novgorod Republic is Novgorod governia before Moscow took control of Novgorod. When Moscow had control (1479) these lands were called Grand Duchy of Moscow ; Grand Duchy of Moscow; St Gerasimus the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated January 24 ; Venerable Tryphon the Abbot of Pechenga (Kolsk);

Cathedral of Holy Wisdom, Saint (Hagia) Sophia Cathedral, Novgorod, 1045
Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod ; St. John the Archbishop and Wonderworker of Novgorod, Commemorated on September 7; St Michael the first Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated September 30 ; Right-believing Prince Vladimir Yaroslavich the Prince of Novgorod, Commemorated on October 4 ; St John, Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated February 10 ; Synaxis of the Hierarchs of Novgorod, Buried in the Cathedral of the Holy Wisdom (Hagia Sophia) in Novgorod, Commemorated February 10 ; St Vsevolod (in holy baptism Gabriel) the Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated February 11 ; St Euthymius the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on March 11; Repose of St Theodore Yaroslavich the older brother of St Alexander Nevsky in Novgorod, Commemorated on June 5; St Michael the first Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on June 15; Appearance of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on June 26;

Saint (Hagia) Sophia Cathedral, Novgorod, 1045
Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod ; St. John the Archbishop and Wonderworker of Novgorod, Commemorated on September 7; St Michael the first Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated September 30 ; Right-believing Prince Vladimir Yaroslavich the Prince of Novgorod, Commemorated on October 4 ; St John, Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated February 10 ; Synaxis of the Hierarchs of Novgorod, Buried in the Cathedral of the Holy Wisdom (Hagia Sophia) in Novgorod, Commemorated February 10 ; St Vsevolod (in holy baptism Gabriel) the Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated February 11 ; St Euthymius the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on March 11; Repose of St Theodore Yaroslavich the older brother of St Alexander Nevsky in Novgorod, Commemorated on June 5; St Michael the first Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on June 15; Appearance of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on June 26;

Novgorod Cathedral, Saint (Hagia) Sophia C., 1045
Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod ; St Michael the first Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated September 30 ; Right-believing Prince Vladimir Yaroslavich the Prince of Novgorod, Commemorated on October 4 ; St John, Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated February 10 ; Synaxis of the Hierarchs of Novgorod, Buried in the Cathedral of the Holy Wisdom (Hagia Sophia) in Novgorod, Commemorated February 10 ; St Vsevolod (in holy baptism Gabriel) the Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated February 11 ; St Euthymius the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on March 11; Repose of St Theodore Yaroslavich the older brother of St Alexander Nevsky in Novgorod, Commemorated on June 5; St Michael the first Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on June 15; Appearance of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on June 26;

Zverin monastery of the Protection at Novgorod, 1164
Zverin monastery of the Protection at Novgorod; The Protection of our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary, Commemorated on October 1;

Torgovaja Storona, Novgorod Fair, Norwegian Quarter of Novgorod
Torgovaja Storona, Novgorod Fair, Norwegian Quarter of Novgorod; Torgovaja Storona, Novgorod Fair, Norwegian Quarter of Novgorod, Early Foreign Ties; Righteous Theodore of Novgorod the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on January 19

Norwegian Quarter of Novgorod, Novgorod Fair, Torgovaja Storona
Torgovaja Storona, Novgorod Fair, Norwegian Quarter of Novgorod; Torgovaja Storona, Novgorod Fair, Norwegian Quarter of Novgorod, Early Foreign Ties; Righteous Theodore of Novgorod the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on January 19

Volkhov Bridge
When he discovered a mutual enmity between the Novgorod citizens of the Torgov quarter and the inhabitants of the Sophia quarter, Blessed Theodore pretended to be feuding with Blessed Nicholas Kochanov (July 27) who lived in asceticism on the opposite Sophia side. When Blessed Theodore happened to cross over the Volkhov Bridge to the Sophia side, then Blessed Nicholas pushed him over to the Torgov side. Theodore did the same thing when Nicholas chanced upon on the Torgov side. The blessed ones, spiritually in agreement with each other, by their unusual behavior reminded the people of Novgorod of their own internecine strife, which often ended in bloody skirmishes. Righteous Theodore of Novgorod the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on January 19;

Sophia Quarter, across Volkhov Bridge from Norwegian Quarter, Sophia Cathedral
When he discovered a mutual enmity between the Novgorod citizens of the Torgov quarter and the inhabitants of the Sophia quarter, Blessed Theodore pretended to be feuding with Blessed Nicholas Kochanov (July 27) who lived in asceticism on the opposite Sophia side. When Blessed Theodore happened to cross over the Volkhov Bridge to the Sophia side, then Blessed Nicholas pushed him over to the Torgov side. Theodore did the same thing when Nicholas chanced upon on the Torgov side. The blessed ones, spiritually in agreement with each other, by their unusual behavior reminded the people of Novgorod of their own internecine strife, which often ended in bloody skirmishes. Righteous Theodore of Novgorod the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on January 19;

Yaroslav's Cathedral - Saint Nicholas Cathedral, Novgorod, 1113
Yaroslav's Cathedral - Saint Nicholas Cathedral, Novgorod; Finding of the relics of St Basil the Prince of Yaroslavl, Commemorated on June 8;

Savior-Transfiguration church on Ilyina Street, Novgorod, 1169
Church of the Transfiguration on Ilyina Street; Commemoration of the Weeping Icon of the Mother of God "of the Sign" at Novgorod, Commemorated November 27 ;

Church of the Transfiguration on Ilyina Street, Novgorod, 1169
Church of the Transfiguration on Ilyina Street; Commemoration of the Weeping Icon of the Mother of God "of the Sign" at Novgorod, Commemorated November 27 ;

St Peter and Paul Orthodox Church, Sinch Hill, Novgorod
St Peter and Paul Orthodox Church, Sinch Hill, Novgorod; Saint Charitina, Princess of Lithuania, Commemorated on October 5;

Yuriev Monastery, Novgorod (Volkhov River 1) 1030
Yuriev Monastery; Repose of Saint Theoctistus, Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on December 23; Translation of the relics of St Theoctistus the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated January 23 ; St Moses the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated January 25 ; St Vsevolod (in holy baptism Gabriel) the Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated February 11 ; Greatmartyr, Victory-bearer and Wonderworker George, Commemorated on April 23;

St George men's monastery, Novgorod (Volkhov River 1) 1030
Saint George's Monastery (Novgorod); St John the Archbishop and Wonderworker of Novgorod, Commemorated September 7 ; Greatmartyr, Victory-bearer and Wonderworker George, Commemorated on April 23;

Cathedral of St George, Yuriev Monastery, Novgorod, 1030
Yuriev Monastery; Translation of the relics of St Theoctistus the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated January 23 ; St Moses the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated January 25 ; St Vsevolod (in holy baptism Gabriel) the Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated February 11 ; Greatmartyr, Victory-bearer and Wonderworker George, Commemorated on April 23;

Saint George's Mens Monastery, Novgorod, Jurievo village, Novgorod district, Novgorod region
Saint George's Mens Monastery, Novgorod, Jurievo village, Novgorod district, Novgorod region; Saint John the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on September 7;

Yurievo Tolchische (Yurievo Threshing-Mill, Volkhov River1), Novgorod
Yurievo Tolchische (Yurievo Threshing-Mill), Novgorod; Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, Commemorated on March 4;

Volkhov River 2 (Khutyn or Xenophon Monastery)

Russia, Novgorod, Volkhov River 2, Roeika River Folder

Robeika River

Robeika River (Looks like a section of Volkhov River)

Volotovo Church, 1352
Volotovo Church, 1352; St. Moses the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on January 25;

Robeika River Mouth (not far from Novgorod)

Trinity monastery, Khutyn, Novgorod (Robeika River, Volkhov River 2) 1192
Xenophon monastery: The Khutyn Monastery was founded by Xenophon of Robika; Venerable Constantine the Abbot of Kosinsk, Pskov, Commemorated on July 29; Venerable Barlaam the Abbot of Khutyn, Novgorod, Commemorated on November 6, Barlaam settled on a solitary hill below Volkhov, in a place called Khutyn, ten versts from Novgorod.; Icon of the Mother of God "Xenophon Hodigitria", Commemorated January 21 ; Venerable Xenophon of Robika, Commemorated January 26 ; Venerable Xenophon the Abbot of Robeika, Novgorod, Commemorated on June 28;

Xenophon monastery, Khutyn, Novgorod (Robeika River Mouth, Volkhov River 2) 1192
Xenophon monastery: The Khutyn Monastery was founded by Xenophon of Robika; Venerable Constantine the Abbot of Kosinsk, Pskov, Commemorated on July 29; Venerable Barlaam the Abbot of Khutyn, Novgorod, Commemorated on November 6, Barlaam settled on a solitary hill below Volkhov, in a place called Khutyn, ten versts from Novgorod.; Icon of the Mother of God "Xenophon Hodigitria", Commemorated January 21 ; Venerable Xenophon of Robika, Commemorated January 26 ; Venerable Xenophon the Abbot of Robeika, Novgorod, Commemorated on June 28;

Khutyn Monastery, Novgorod, (Robeika River Mouth, Volkhov River 2) 1192
Khutyn Monastery; Venerable Constantine the Abbot of Kosinsk, Pskov, Commemorated on July 29; Venerable Barlaam the Abbot of Khutyn, Novgorod, Commemorated on November 6, Barlaam settled on a solitary hill below Volkhov, in a place called Khutyn, ten versts from Novgorod.; Venerable Anthony of Dymsk, Novgorod, Commemorated January 17 ; Icon of the Mother of God "Xenophon Hodigitria", Commemorated January 21 ; Venerable Xenophon of Robika, Commemorated January 26 ; Venerable Anthony the Abbot of Dymsk, Novgorod, Commemorated on June 24; Venerable Xenophon the Abbot of Robeika, Novgorod, Commemorated on June 28;

Volkhov River 3

Oskuya River Mouth (Volkhov River 3)

Volkhov River 4

Tigoda River Mouth (Volkhov River 4)

Volkhov, Novgorod (Volkhov River 5)
Volkhov; Venerable Anthony the Roman and Abbot of Novgorod, commemorated August 3;

Zelenets, Trinity Zelenets Monestary, Volkhov District Novgorod, 1582
Zelenets, Trinity Zelenets Monestary, Volkhov District; Venerable Martyrius of Zelenets, Pskov, Commemorated on March 1;

Volkhov River Mouth (St Petersburg, Lake Ladoga)

Russia, Novgorod, Vishera River Folder

Vishera River Novgorod

Vishera River Novgorod Source (Malaya Vishera)

Vishera River 1

Vishera River Mouth (Novgorod)
Vishera River a right tributary of the Maly Volkhovets River, an eastern armlet of the Volkhov River. Venerable Sava the Abbot of Vishera, Novgorod;

Sava-Vishera Monastery (7 Versts from Novgorod, Vishera River) 1418
Sava-Vishera Monastery (7 Versts from Novgorod, Vishera River); Venerable Sava the Abbot of Vishera, Novgorod, Commemorated on October 1;

Russia, Novgorod, Verenda River Folder

Verenda River

Verenda River Mouth (Perekop, Lake Ilmen)

Vyazhishchsky Monastery, Novgorod, 1391
Vyazhishchsky Monastery; St Euthymius the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on March 11;

Klops Monastery, Novgorod (Island at mouth of Verenda River) 1400
Klops Monastery, Novgorod (Island at mouth of Verenda River) 1400; Venerable Ephraim the Abbot of Perekop the Wonderworker of Novgorod, Commemorated on September 26; Venerable Michael the Fool-for-Christ of the Klops Monastery, Novgorod, Commemorated on January 11;

Perekop Monastery, Novgorod (Island at mouth of Verenda River) 1400
Perekop Monastery (Island at mouth of Verenda River); Venerable Ephraim the Abbot of Perekop the Wonderworker of Novgorod, Commemorated on September 26; Venerable Michael the Fool-for-Christ of the Klops Monastery, Novgorod, Commemorated on January 11;

St. Michael Klopsky Monastery of the Holy Trinity, 23k Southwest of Novgorod, 1400
St. Michael Klopsky Monastery of the Holy Trinity, 23k Southwest of Novgorod; Venerable Michael the Fool-for-Christ of the Klops Monastery, Novgorod, Commemorated on January 11;

Russia, Novgorod, Shelon River Folder

Shelon River

Shelon River Source (Swamps east of Pskov Region)

Shelon River 1 (Porkhov)

Shelon River 2

Shelon River Mouth (Novgorod, Lake llmen)

Volotovsky District, Novgorod (Between Shelon and Polista Rivers)
River Perekhoda is in the Volotovsky District; Venerable Anthony the Abbot of Leokhnov, Novgorod;

Russia, Novgorod, Shelon River 1, Omucha River Folder

River Omucha

River Omucha Source

River Omucha Mouth (Shelon River 1)
River Omucha, not far from the city of Porkhov. Venerable Theophilus the Abbot of Omutch, Pskov;

Porkhov, Novgorod (Omucha River, Shelon River 1)
Porkhov (Shelon River 1) ; Venerable Nicander; Venerable Theophilus the Abbot of Omutch, Pskov, Commemorated on October 21 ;

Omucha, Novgorod (Omucha River Mouth, Shelon River 1) 1396
Omucha, Pskov (Omucha River Mouth, Shelon River 1); Venerable Theophilus the Abbot of Omutch, Pskov, Commemorated on October 21;

Russia, Novgorod, Lovat River Folder

Lovat River

Lovat River Source (Lake Lovat)
Lake Lovat in Northwest Corner of Belarus.

Lovat River 1 (Luki)

Luki

Veliki Luki, Novgorod (Great Meadow, Lovat River 1, Volga Trade Rte 7)
Veliki Luki (Great Meadows) Monastery; Venerable Martyrius the Abbot of Zelenets, Pskov, Commemorated November 11 ; Venerable Martyrius of Zelenets, Pskov, Commemorated on March 1;

Lovat River 2

Lovat River 3 (Kholm)

Kholm, Novgorod ( Kunya River Mouth at Lovat River 3)
Kholm ( Kunya River Mouth at Lovat River 3); Icon of the Mother of God of Kholm, Commemorated September 8 ; Venerable Polycarp of Briansk, Commemorated February 23 ; St Tikhon the Patriarch of Moscow, and Enlightener of North America, Commemorated on April 7;

Russia, Novgorod, Lovat River 3, Kunya River Folder

Kunya River

Kunya River Source (Lake (Kunya) Vsteselovo)

Kunya River 1 (Volga Trade Route 7)

Kunya River 2

Kunya River 3

Kunya River Mouth (Kholm, Lovat River 3)

Lovat River 4 (Polista River)

Russia, Novgorod, Lovat River 4, Polista River Folder

Polista River

Polista River Source (Lake Polista)

Polista River 1

Polista River 2

Polista River 3 (Stara Rus and Leokhnov)

Leokhnov, Novgorod (near Stara Rus, Polista River 3)
Leokhnov, Novgorod (near Stara Rus) ; Venerable Anthony the Abbot of Leokhnov, Novgorod, Commemorated on October 17 ;

Hermitage of Saint Macarius, Leokhnov, Novgorod (near Stara Rus, Polista River 3)
Probable location of Hermitage of Saint Macarius, Leokhnov, Novgorod (near Stara Rus, Polista River 3), 45 miles upstream from Novgorod. Leokhnov, Novgorod (near Stara Rus) ; Venerable Anthony the Abbot of Leokhnov, Novgorod, Commemorated on October 17 ;

Staro Rus (near Novgorod, Polista River 3)
Staro Rus; Venerable Constantine the Abbot of Kosinsk, Pskov, Commemorated on July 29; St Martyrius, Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on August 24; Translation of the Icon of the Mother of God in Triumph to Russia, Commemorated on September 18 ; St Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev and Gallich, Commemorated January 25 ; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœStaro RusÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ Old Russian, Commemorated on May 4;

Staraya Russa, Novgorod (Polist River Mouth, Lovat River 4)
Staraya Russa; Venerable Constantine the Abbot of Kosinsk, Pskov, Commemorated July 29 ; Venerable Cosmas the Abbot of Kosinsk, Pskov; St Martyrius, Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on August 24; Translation of the Icon of the Mother of God in Triumph to Russia, Commemorated on September 18; St Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev and Gallich, Commemorated January 25 ; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœStaro RusÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ Old Russian, Commemorated on May 4;

Kosinsk, Pskov
Kosinsk, Pskov, 3 Versts between the two rivers from Stara Rus Venerable Constantine and Cosmas, Abbots of Kosinsk, Commemorated on July 29;

Polista River Mouth (Novgorod, Lovat River 4)

Lovat River Mouth (Novgorod, Lake llmen)

Lake Ilmen
Lake Ilmen Venerable Ephraim the Abbot of Perekop the Wonderworker of Novgorod;

Russia, Novgorod, Msta River Folder

Msta River

Msta River Source (Tver, Valdai Hills)

Msta River 1

Msta River 2 (Msta)

Starorussky District, Novgorod (Msta River)
Starorussky District; St Martyrius, Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on August 24;

Msta River 3 (Borov)

Borov
Venerable Joseph the Abbot of Volokolamsk, Volotsk;

Borovichi (Borov, Valdai Hills, Msta River 3)
Borovichi Valdai Hills; Translation of the relics of Blessed James of Borovichi the Wonderworker of Novgorod, Commemorated October 23 ;

Msta River Mouth (Novgorod, Lake Ilmen)

Russia, Kiev and Ukraine Folder, Western and Soutwestern Russia

Russia, Kiev, 860, Rus-“Byzantine War
Rus-“Byzantine War (860), Russians seize Constantinople ; St Ignatius the Patriarch of Constantinople, Commemorated on October 23 ; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Most Holy Mother of God at Blachernae, Commemorated on July 2 ;

Russia, Kiev, 862, Invitation of the Varangians
Russia, Kiev, 862, Invitation of the Varangians; Invitation of the Varangians, and Foundation of the Kievian State; Venerable Theodosius of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated September 2 ; Venerable Nestor the Chronicler of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 27; 12 Greeks who built the Dormition Cathedral in the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Lavra, Commemorated on February 14;

Russia, Kiev, 862, Rurik dynasty, from Chernigov, Kievan Rus
Rurik dynasty, 862, from Chernigov, Kiev Rus, including Boryatinskys; Chernigov; Venerable Polycarp of Briansk, Commemorated on February 23;

Russia, Kiev, 882-1240, Land of the Rus (Kievian Rus)
Land of the Rus (Kievian Rus); Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Founder of Monasticism in Russia, Commemorated on July 10;

Russia, Kiev, 800, 9th-11th Century, Kiev Varangians (Land of the Varangians)
Kiev Varangians; Theodore; Martyr Theodore and his son of Kiev, Commemorated on July 12;

Russia, Kiev, 907, Russian incursion into Greece, Oleg the Wise
Russian incursion into Greece in 907 (Rus-“Byzantine War (907)); The very first pages of the Russian Primary Chronicle, as foreordained by God, is bound up with the name of the holy Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessalonica. The Chronicle relates that when Oleg the Wise threatened the Greeks at Constantinople (907), the Greeks became terrified and said, œThis is not Oleg, but rather St Demetrius sent upon us from God. Russian soldiers always believed that they were under the special protection of the holy Great Martyr Demetrius. Moreover, in the old Russian barracks the Great Martyr Demetrius was always depicted as Russian. Thus this image entered the soul of the Russian nation. Russian Primary Chronicle; Timeline of Russian history; Holy, Glorious Demetrius the Myrrhgusher of Thessalonica, Commemorated on October 26; Oleg of Kiev and Novgorod (Little Russia); Little Russia (Ukraine);

Russia, Kiev, 988, Baptism of Rus, August 1st, 988
Baptism of Rus, Kiev, August 1st, 988; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15; Procession of the Honorable Wood of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord (First of the three ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœFeasts of the SaviorÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ in August), Commemorated on August 1; Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on September 2; Venerable Damian the Healer and Clairvoyant of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 5; St Amphilochius the Bishop of Vladimir, in Volhynia, Commemorated on October 10; Venerable Nestor the Chronicler of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 27; Venerable Elias of Murom the Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on December 19; St Joachim, First Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on February 10; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on March 23;

Russia, Kiev, 1113, Monomakhovchi, House of Monomakh of Rurik dynasty, Kievan Rus, a Cumans
Russia, Kiev, 1113, House of Monomakh of Rurik dynasty, Kiev' Rurik dynasty, 862, from Chernigov, Kiev Rus, including Boryatinskys; Right-believing Great Prince Rostislav-Michael the Prince of Kiev, Commemorated on March 14;

Russia, Kiev, 1113, Olgoviches, House of Oleg of Rurik dynasty, Kievan Rus, w Cumans
Russia, Kiev, 1113, Olgoviches of Rurik dynasty, Kievan Rus; Russia, Kiev, 1113, House of Monomakh of Rurik dynasty, Kiev' Rurik dynasty, 862, from Chernigov, Kiev Rus, including Boryatinskys; Right-believing Great Prince Rostislav-Michael the Prince of Kiev, Commemorated on March 14;

Russia, Kiev and Ukraine (Dnieper River Tributaries and Southern Bug River)
Ukraine; Appearance of the Smolensk œDirectress Icon of the Mother of God brought from Constantinople, Commemorated on July 28 ; Icon of the Mother of God of the Trinity-St Sergius Lavra, Commemorated July 28 ; St Pitirim the Bishop of Tambov, Commemorated on July 28; Venerable Anthony of Optina, Commemorated on August 7 ; FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE, NURSE, RENEWER OF SOCIETY (12 AUGUST 1910); Icon of the Mother of God of Sven, Commemorated on August 17; Icon of the Mother of God "Chernigov-Gethsemane", Commemorated September 1 ; St John the Faster the Patriarch of Constantinople, Commemorated on September 2; Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on September 2; Uncovering of the relics of St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated September 4 ; Martyr Romulus and with him many others, Commemorated September 6 ; Martyr Macarius the Archimandrite of Kanev and Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on September 7 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Glinsk, Commemorated on September 8; Uncovering of the relics of St Theodosius the Archbishop of Chernigov, Commemorated September 9 ; Venerable Prince Andrew, in Monasticism Joasaph, of Kubensk, Vologda, Commemorated on September 10 ; Translation of the Icon of the Mother of God in Triumph to Russia, Commemorated on September 18 ; Icon of the Mother of God "the Merciful", Commemorated December 27 ; St Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev and Gallich, Commemorated January 25 ; Icon of the Mother of God "Elets-Chernigov", Commemorated February 5 ; Icon of the Mother of God "the Seeker of the Lost", Commemorated February 5 ; Repose of St Theodosius of Chernigov, Commemorated February 5 ; Venerable Polycarp of Briansk, Commemorated February 23 ; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Âœthe Blessed HeavenÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on March 6; Icon of the Mother of God of Smolensk the ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœSweet-KissingÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on March 19; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on March 23; Monkmartyr Eustratius of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on March 28; Icon of the Mother of God of Molcha, Commemorated on April 24; Venerable Stephen the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, and Bishop of Vladimir, in Volhynia, Commemorated on April 27 ; St Cyril the Bishop of Turov, Commemorated on April 28 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Putivil, Commemorated on May 2 ; St Athanasius of Lubensk the Patriarch of Constantinople, Commemorated on May 2; St Athanasius the Great the Patriarch of Alexandria, Commemorated on May 2 ; Translation of the relics of the Holy Passionbearer Boris, in Holy Baptism Roman, Commemorated on May 2 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Sven, Commemorated on May 3 ; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœStaro RusÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ Old Russian, Commemorated on May 4; Icon of the Mother of God of Lubech, Commemorated on May 7; Monkmartyr Pachomius of Mt Athos, Commemorated on May 7; Repose of St Alexis Toth the confessor and defender of Orthodoxy in America, Commemorated on May 7 ; Venerable Joseph of Optina, Commemorated on May 9; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœVirgin of TendernessÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ from the Pskov Caves, Commemorated on May 21 ; St John the Russian and Confessor, whose relics are on the island of Euboia, Commemorated on May 27;

Russia, Ukraine, Land of the Drevlyans (Right Bank Ukraine, Right bank Dnieper)
Drevlyans; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15; Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on September 2; Martyr Macarius the Archimandrite of Kanev and Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on September 7 ;

Russia, Drevlians, people of the forests, Mal of the Drevlians, 6th - 10th Century
Drevlians, people of the forests, Mal of the Drevlians, 6th - 10th Century; Polyanians, people of the fields, Kiev Rus, 6th - 10th Century; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15;

Russia, Kiev (Ukraine) History Folder

Russia, Kiev, 000, 1st Century, Ukraine Folder, Saint Andrew the Apostle

Kiev, 1st Century, Saint Andrew the Apostle
Kiev, 1st Century, Saint Andrew the Apostle; Apostle Andrew, the Holy and All-Praised First-Called, Commemorated on November 30;

Russia, Kiev, 700, 8th Century, Ukraine Folder, Prince Bravlin conquers Crimea, becomes Christian

Russia, Kiev, 790, Prince Bravlin, conquered Crimea, and saved by St Steven
Russia, 790, Prince Bravlin, conquered Crimea, and saved by St Steven ; St. Stephen the Confessor the Archbishop of Sourozh in the Crimea, Commemorated on December 15;

Russia, Kiev, 800, 9th - 11th Century, Ukraine Folder, Varangian Newcomers

Russia, Kiev, 800-899, 9th Century Folder, Rus Byzantine War, Kiev Varangians, Cyril and Methodius

Drevlians, people of the forests, Mal of the Drevlians, 6th - 10th Century
Drevlians, people of the forests, Mal of the Drevlians, 6th - 10th Century; Polyanians, people of the fields, Kiev Rus, 6th - 10th Century; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15;

Russia, Kiev, 860, Rus-“Byzantine War, Prince Askold
Rus-“Byzantine War (860), Russians seize Constantinople ; St Ignatius the Patriarch of Constantinople, Commemorated on October 23 ; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Most Holy Mother of God at Blachernae, Commemorated on July 2 ;

Russia, Kiev, 9th-11th Century, Kiev Varangians (Land of the Varangians)
Kiev Varangians; Theodore; Martyr Theodore and his son of Kiev, Commemorated on July 12;

Russia, Kiev, 860-879, Kiev Rus King, Askold
Russia, Kiev, 860-879, Kiev Rus King, Askold Kiev Rus King, 870's, Princes Askold and Dir; St Nahum of Ochrid, the Disciple of St Cyril and Methodius, Equal of the Apostles, Commemorated on December 23; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Most Holy Mother of God at, Blachernae, Commemorated on July 2 ; Martyr Theodore and his son of Kiev, Commemorated on July 12; CYRIL AND METHODIUS, MISSIONARIES TO THE SLAVS (14 FEB 869) ; St Methodius, Equal of the Apostles and Archbishop of Moravia, Enlightener of the Slavs, Commemorated on April 6; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Most Holy Mother of God at Blachernae, Commemorated on July 2;

Russia, Kiev, 862-867, Kiev Rus Saints, Cyril and Methodius in Russia
Kiev Rus Saints, 862-867, Saints Cyril and Methodius in Russia; Hieromartyr Clement the Pope of Rome, Commemorated on November 25; St Nahum of Ochrid, the Disciple of St Cyril and Methodius, Equal of the Apostles, Commemorated on December 23; Apostle Clement of the Seventy, Commemorated on January 4 ; CYRIL AND METHODIUS, MISSIONARIES TO THE SLAVS (14 FEB 869) ; Repose of St Cyril, Equal of the Apostles and Teacher of the Slavs, Commemorated on February 14 ; St Methodius, Equal of the Apostles and Archbishop of Moravia, Enlightener of the Slavs, Commemorated on April 6;

Russia, Kiev, 870, Kiev Rus King, 870's, Princes Askold and Dir
Kiev Rus King, 870's, Princes Askold and Dir; Askold; St Nahum of Ochrid, the Disciple of St Cyril and Methodius, Equal of the Apostles, Commemorated on December 23; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Most Holy Mother of God at, Blachernae, Commemorated on July 2 ; Martyr Theodore and his son of Kiev, Commemorated on July 12; CYRIL AND METHODIUS, MISSIONARIES TO THE SLAVS (14 FEB 869) ; St Methodius, Equal of the Apostles and Archbishop of Moravia, Enlightener of the Slavs, Commemorated on April 6; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Most Holy Mother of God at Blachernae, Commemorated on July 2;

Russia, Kiev, 879-912, K Rus King, Oleg of Novgorod, the Wise, tricked and killed Askold and Dir
Russia, Kiev, 879-912, Kiev Rus King, Oleg of Novgorod; He then came to the hills of Kyiv, and saw how Askold and Dir reigned there. He hid his warriors in the boats, left some others behind, and went forward himself bearing the child Igor'. He thus came to the foot of the Hungarian hill, and after concealing his troops, he sent messengers to Askold and Dir, representing himself as a stranger on his way to Greece on an errand for Oleg and for Igor', the prince's son, and requesting that they should come forth to greet them as members of their race. Askold and Dir straightway came forth. Then all the soldiery jumped out of the boats, and Oleg said to Askold and Dir, "You are not princes nor even of princely stock, but I am of princely birth." Igor' was then brought forward, and Oleg announced that he was the son of Rurik. They killed Askold and Dir, and after carrying them to the hill, they buried them there, on the hill now known as Hungarian, where the castle of Ol'ma now stands.[ Kiev Rus King, 870's, Princes Askold and Dir; Askold; St Methodius, Equal of the Apostles and Archbishop of Moravia, Enlightener of the Slavs, Commemorated on April 6; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Most Holy Mother of God at Blachernae, Commemorated on July 2;

Russia, Kiev, 882-1240, Ancient Rus or Russia (Kievan Russia)
Ancient Rus or Russia (Kievan or Ukrainian Russia); Martyr Basil of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 11; Right-believing Great Prince Igor of Kiev and Chernigov, Commemorated on September 19 ; Dedication of the Church of the Greatmartyr George at Kiev, Commemorated on November 26 ; St Stephen the Confessor the Archbishop of Surozha in the Crimea, Commemorated on December 15 ; Martyr Stratonicus of Belgrade, Commemorated January 13 ; St Ephraim the Bishop of Pereyaslavl, Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Commemorated Janaury 28 ; Icon of the Mother of God "the Seeker of the Lost", Commemorated February 5 ; St Vsevolod (in holy baptism Gabriel) the Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated February 11 ; 12 Greeks who built the Dormition Cathedral in the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Lavra, Commemorated on February 14; St Niphon the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on April 8; Venerable Sava the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 24;

Russia, Kiev, 900-999, 10th Century Folder, Treaty of Igor, Vladimir, Baptism of the Rus

Russia, Kiev, 907, Russian incursion into Greece, Oleg the Wise
Russian incursion into Greece in 907 (Rus-“Byzantine War (907)); The very first pages of the Russian Primary Chronicle, as foreordained by God, is bound up with the name of the holy Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessalonica. The Chronicle relates that when Oleg the Wise threatened the Greeks at Constantinople (907), the Greeks became terrified and said, -œThis is not Oleg, but rather St Demetrius sent upon us from God.ÂÂ Russian soldiers always believed that they were under the special protection of the holy Great Martyr Demetrius. Moreover, in the old Russian barracks the Great Martyr Demetrius was always depicted as Russian. Thus this image entered the soul of the Russian nation. Russian Primary Chronicle; Timeline of Russian history; Holy, Glorious Demetrius the Myrrhgusher of Thessalonica, Commemorated on October 26; Oleg of Kiev and Novgorod (Little Russia); Little Russia (Ukraine);

Russia, Kiev, 914-945, K Rus King, Igor, Oleg's son, besieged Constntnpl twice, plundered Arabs in Caspian
Kiev Rus King, 914-945, Igor of Kiev; Right-believing Prince Wenceslaus of the Czech Lands, Commemorated on March 4; St Olga the Princess of Russia, in Holy Baptism Called Helen, Commemorated on July 11; Martyr Theodore and his son of Kiev, Commemorated on July 12; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15;

Russia, Kiev, 940s-970s, Kiev Rus Warlord, Sveneld, Pagan
Russia, Kiev, 940s-970s, Kiev Rus Warlord, Sveneld; St Olga the Princess of Russia, in Holy Baptism Called Helen, Commemorated on July 11;

Russia, Kiev, 944, Russia, Treaty of Igor, with Byzantine Empire
Treaty of Igor (of Kiev) with the Greeks in the year 944; Translation of the Image œNot-Made-By-HandsÂÂ of our Lord Jesus Christ from Edessa to Constantinople, the Third œFeast of the Savior in AugustÂÂ, Commemorated on August 16 ; St Olga the Princess of Russia, in Holy Baptism Called Helen, Commemorated on July 11;

Russia, Kiev, 945-963, Kiev Rus King, Olga of Kiev, became Christian
Kiev Rus King, 945-963, Olga of Kiev ; Martyr Theodore and his son of Kiev, Commemorated on July 12; St Olga the Princess of Russia, in Holy Baptism Called Helen, Commemorated on July 11; Martyr Theodore and his son of Kiev, Commemorated on July 12; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15;

Russia, Kiev, 945-972, Kiev Rus King, Sviatoslav I of Kiev, Pagan
Kiev Rus King, 945-972, Sviatoslav I of Kiev; St Olga the Princess of Russia, in Holy Baptism Called Helen, Commemorated on July 11; Martyr Theodore and his son of Kiev, Commemorated on July 12; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15; Venerable Constantine, (In baptism Yaroslav), with his children Michael and Theodore, Wonderworkers of Murom, Commemorated on May 21;

Russia, Kiev, 960-976, Kiev Rus King, Basil II, Basil the Bulgar Slayer
Russia, Kiev, 960-976, Kiev Rus King, Basil II, Basil the Bulgar Slayer ; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15;

Russia, Kiev, 962-1028, Kiev Rus King, Constantine VIII, Brother of Basil II
Russia, Kiev, 962-1028, Kiev Rus King, Constantine VIII, Brother of Basil II; Russia, Kiev, 960-976, Kiev Rus King, Basil II, Basil the Bulgar Slayer ; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15;

Russia, Kiev, 968, Seige of Kiev by Pechenegs
Russia, Kiev, 968, Seige of Kiev by Pechenegs; Kiev Rus King, 945-972, Sviatoslav I of Kiev; St Olga the Princess of Russia, in Holy Baptism Called Helen, Commemorated on July 11;

Russia, Kiev, 972-980, Kiev Rus King, Yaropolk I of Kiev, Christian
Russia, Kiev, 972-980, Kiev Rus King, Yaropolk I of Kiev; Russia, Kiev, 968, Seige of Kiev by Pechenegs; Kiev Rus King, 945-972, Sviatoslav I of Kiev; St Olga the Princess of Russia, in Holy Baptism Called Helen, Commemorated on July 11; Martyr Theodore and his son of Kiev, Commemorated on July 12;

Russia, Kiev, 969-977, Oleg of the Drevlyans, Pagan
Russia, Kiev, 969-977, Oleg of the Drevlyans; Martyr Theodore and his son of Kiev, Commemorated on July 12;

Russia, Kiev, 980-1015, Kiev Rus King, Vladimir the Great, Pagan then Great Christian
Kiev Rus King, 980-1015, Vladimir the Great ; Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Founder of Monasticism in Russia, Commemorated on July 10 ; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15; St Theodosius (Prince Theodore of Ostrog) of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on August 11; Icon of the Mother of God of Minsk, Commemorated on August 13; Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on September 2; Passion-Bearer Gleb, in Holy Baptism David, Commemorated September 5 ; St Procopius, Commemorated on September 16; St Michael the first Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated September 30 ; Right-believing Prince Vladimir Yaroslavich the Prince of Novgorod, Commemorated on October 4 ; Venerable Damian the Healer and Clairvoyant of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 5; Icon of the Mother of God of Korsun, Commemorated on October 9; Icon of the Mother of God Ã¢Â€ÂœJerusalemÃ¢Â€ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on October 12; Hieromartyr Clement the Pope of Rome, Commemorated on November 25; Venerable Elias of Murom the Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on December 19; Venerable Ephraim, Abbot and Wonderworker of Novy Torg, Commemorated on January 28 ; St Joachim, First Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on February 10; Hieromartyr Basil of Cherson, Commemorated on March 7; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on March 23; Venerable Constantine, (In baptism Yaroslav), with his children Michael and Theodore, Wonderworkers of Murom, Commemorated on May 21; St Michael the first Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on June 15; St Menas, Bishop of Polotsk, Commemorated on June 20;

Russia, Kiev, 980-1015, Prince Vladimir I The Great of Kiev
Kiev Great Prince, 980-1015, Vladimir I The Great of Kiev; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15;

Russia, Kiev, 980-1015, Kiev Rus Saint, Elias of Murom (Ilya Muromets)
Kiev Rus Saint, 980-1015, Elias of Murom (Ilya Muromets); Venerable Elias of Murom the Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on December 19; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on March 23;

Russia, Kiev, 988-992, Kiev Rus Metropolitan, Michael I of Kiev
Kiev Rus Metropolitan, 988-992, Michael I of Kiev; St Michael the first Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on June 15; St Joachim, First Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on February 10; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on March 23; St Niphon the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on April 8 ;

Russia, Kiev, 988, Baptism of Rus, August 1st, 988
Baptism of Rus, Kiev, August 1st, 988; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15; Procession of the Honorable Wood of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord (First of the three "œFeasts of the Savior" in August), Commemorated on August 1; Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on September 2; Venerable Damian the Healer and Clairvoyant of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 5; St Amphilochius the Bishop of Vladimir, in Volhynia, Commemorated on October 10; Venerable Nestor the Chronicler of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 27; Venerable Elias of Murom the Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on December 19; St Joachim, First Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on February 10; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on March 23;

Russia, Kiev, 989-1030, Kiev Rus Bishop, Joachim the Korsunian
Kiev Rus Bishop, 989-1030, Joachim the Korsunian; Kiev Rus Metropolitan, 988-992, Michael I of Kiev; St Michael the first Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on June 15; St Joachim, First Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on February 10; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on March 23;

Russia, Kiev, 1000-1099, 11th Century Folder, Anthony of Kiev, Boris and Gleb, Yaroslav the Wise

Russia, Kiev, 1000-1077, Abraham or Abramius of Rostov
Russia, Rostov, 1000-1077, Abraham or Abramius of Rostov; Abraham of Rostov, Archimandrite of Rostov, in the world Abercius, was born in tenth century in Chuhloma, which is in Kostroma region near Galich, Russia.[1] Contents 1 Life of the Saint 2 His death and veneration 3 Years of life and activity 4 References 5 Sources 6 External links Life of the Saint[edit] Born Abercius, he was very ill as a child. He converted to Christianity in his youth after being cured from illness through prayer.[2] He decided to become a monk at Valaam and with the new name Abramius (Abraham) settled at Rostov on the shore of Lake Nero.[3] Not far from his hut was a temple where the local tribes worshiped the stone idol of Veles, a source of superstitious fright in the whole neighborhood. His legend recounts a miraculous vision of Saint John the Evangelist, who gave him a staff, crowned with a cross, to destroy the idol. In commemoration of this, at the site of the temple, Abraham erected a monastery in honor of the Theophany. He also built a church dedicated to Saint John the Theologian, and preached the Gospel in his area. Convinced by his preaching, many pagans were baptized.[3] At the petition of the Rostov princes Avraham was ordained to the rank of archimandrite of the monastery of the Theophany.[4] His death and veneration[edit] Abraham Reposed in old age and was buried in the church of the Theophany by his disciples.[5] His relics were found during the time of Grand Prince Vsevolod Georgievich (1176-1212).[6] According to Golubinsky the general church canonization of the Monk Abraham was held already by the time of the Makaryev Sobors of 1547-1549.[7] The divine service devoted to Abraham of Rostov, compiled in the imitation of the like to the Monk Sergius of Radonezh, was first mentioned in the manuscript collection of the 15th century.[8] In 1551 Ivan the Terrible, during his military campaign against Khanate of Kazan, made a pilgrimage to the Abraham Monastery before the battles. He took the staff of the saint and upon successful defeat of Kazan khans he returned it back and ordered construction of the stone Cathedral of the Theophany in 1553- 1555.[9][6] His feast days are: October 29 (November 11) (new style) - finding relics - in the Synaxis of the Kostroma saints, May 23 - in the Synaxis of Rostov-Yaroslavski Saints and in the Synaxis of the Karelian Saints - May 21 (dates are given according to the Julian calendar).[8] Years of life and activity[edit] The legend of the saint indicates 1010 as the date of his death, but most historians recognize this date to be wrong.[1] Nikolay Karamzin indicated, that Abraham was acting in Rostov during or after Andrey Bogolyubsky (c. 1111 – 1174). The activity of Abraham in Rostov dates from 1073–1077 years according to Vasily Klyuchevsky; Macarius Bulgakov refers it to (?)-1045 years, Andrei Titov - the end of the XI - the beginning of the XII century, Filaret (Gumilevsky) - the beginning of the XII century.[10] Evgeny Golubinsky was skeptical about the very fact of the existence of Abraham, apparently considering him a single person with Abraham Galitzki and referring his activity to the last quarter of the fourteenth century (according to the legend, the latter lived the same years as Yury Dmitrievich, born in 1374). Arseny Kadlubovsky does not consider Abraham to be the founder of the Theophany Monastery, and also relates his life to the fourteenth century. [10][1] Venerable Abramius, Archimandrite of Rostov, Commemorated on October 29 Venerable Irenarchus the Recluse of Rostov, Commemorated January 13 ; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19;

Russia, Kiev, 1003-1073, Rus Saint, Anthony of Kiev, founder of monasticism in Rus, and Dormition Cathedral
Kiev Rus Saint, 1003-1073, Anthony of Kiev; of Kiev also called Anthony of the Caves (c. 983-1073) was a monk and the founder of the monastic tradition in Kievan Rus'. Together with Theodosius of Kiev, he co-founded the Kiev Pechersk Lavra (Kiev Monastery of the Caves). 1 Early life 2 Return to Kiev 3 Establishment of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra 4 Exile and return 5 Veneration 6 See also 7 References 8 External links life[edit] sculpture in Lyubech by Giennadij Jerszow was born in Lyubech (present-day Liubech, Ukraine) in Chernigov Principality and was baptized with the name "Antipas". was drawn to the spiritual life from an early age and left for the Greek Orthodox Esphigmenou Monastery on Mount Athos to live as a hermit. He lived in a secluded cave there overlooking the sea, which is still shown to visitors. circa 1011, the abbot gave Anthony the job of expanding monasticism in his native Kiev (present-day Kyiv, Ukraine), which had only recently begun its conversion to Christianity. to Kiev[edit] returned to Kiev, and founded several monasteries on the Greek model on the order of local princes. These monasteries were not as austere as Anthony was used to from his time on Mount Athos. He instead chose to live in a small four-yard cave which had been dug by the presbyter Hilarion. 1015, his peaceful austerity was interrupted by the death of Vladimir I of Kiev, and the subsequent fratricidal war for the throne between Vladimir's sons Yaroslav and Sviatopolk, and Anthony returned to Mount Athos. When the conflict ended, the abbot sent Anthony back to Kiev, prophesying that many monks would join him on his return. of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra[edit] his return, Anthony found a small 4-yard cave which Hilarion of Kiev had dug before his elevation as the first native Metropolitan of Kyiv. Anthony became well known in the area for his strict asceticism. He ate rye bread every other day and drank only a little water. His fame soon spread beyond Kiev, and several people began to ask for his spiritual guidance or blessing. Soon, some people even offered to join him. Eventually, Anthony accepted the company of a few of them. The first was a priest named Nikon. The second was Theodosius of Kiev. new monastery enjoyed royal favor almost from the beginning, although there were occasional problems. When Iziaslav I of Kiev demanded that the son of a wealthy boyar and one of his own retainers be told to leave the monastery, Nikon said he could not take soldiers away from the King of Heaven. This did nothing to placate Iziaslav's anger, and Anthony decided that it might be expedient for him to leave. Anthony returned after Iziaslav's wife requested his return. thereafter Anthony had gained twelve disciples. Anthony, devoted to the model of the solitary hermit set by his namesake Anthony the Great, left his cave for a nearby mountain so he could continue to live the solitary life. There he dug another cave for himself and lived in seclusion there. This cave became the first of what would later be known as the Far Caves. time, the first official abbot of the monastery, Barlaam of Kiev, was called by Iziaslav to head a new monastery, St. Demetrios, which had been built at the gates of the city. The monks requested Anthony to name the replacement, and he named Theodosius. the number of monks grew and crowding became a problem, Anthony requested that Iziaslav give them the hill in which the caves were located. He did so, and the monks built a wooden church and some cells there, encircling the area with a wooden fence. Theodosius continued to consult Anthony in the guidance of the community and, as the monastery grew, so did Anthony's reputation. and return[edit] Iziaslav and his brothers were facing a popular uprising involving the Cumans, they came to Anthony for his blessing. did not get it. Anthony foretold that because of their sins they would be defeated, and that the brothers would be buried in a church they would build. Shortly thereafter Iziaslav left because of the rebellion. He suspected Anthony of sympathizing with the opposition and arranged to banish Anthony upon his return. he could do so, Iziaslav's brother, Sviatoslav, arranged for Anthony to be secretly taken to Chernigov. Anthony dug himself a cave there. Eletsky Monastery there is said by some to be built on the site of Anthony's cave. Eventually Iziaslav was again reconciled to Anthony and asked that he return to Kiev. his return, Anthony and Theodosius decided to build a larger stone church to accommodate the ever-increasing number of monks. Anthony himself did not live to see the church completed. He died in 1073, shortly after blessing the foundation of the new church, at 90 years old. Shortly before his death he called the monks together and consoled them about his coming death. He also asked them that his remains be hidden away forever. The monks carried out his request. He was reportedly buried in his cave, but no relics have ever been found. Many however have subsequently come to the cave to pray and many of them have reported being healed there. Anthony is venerated as a saint and the founder of monasticism in Kievan Rus'. His feast day falls on July 10. Since the Russian Orthodox Church as well as Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow_Patriarchate) follow the Julian Calendar, the day on which his feast is celebrated is currently July 23 on the modern Gregorian Calendar. Saint Anthony is also venerated by Greek Catholics and is listed in the Martyrologium Romanum of the Roman Catholic Church with a feast day of May 7. relics have never been found. Kiev Rus Saint, 1024-1091, Theodosis of Kiev; Baptism of Rus, Kiev, August 1st, 988; Icon of the Mother of God of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on August 17; œChernigov-Gethsemane Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on September 1; Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on September 2; Venerable Theodosius of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated September 2 ; Venerable Hilarion the Schemamonk of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 21; Venerable Nestor the Chronicler of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 27; Venerable Gregory the Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on January 8; 12 Greeks who built the Dormition Cathedral in the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Lavra, Commemorated on February 14 ; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on March 23; Venerable Theodosius the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves Monastery, and Founder of Coenobitic Monasticism in Russia, Commemorated on May 3;

Russia, Kiev, 1015-1019, Kiev Rus Saints, Boris and Gleb
Kiev Rus Saint, 1015-1019, Boris; Passion-Bearer Gleb, in Holy Baptism David, Commemorated September 5 ; Venerable Damian the Healer and Clairvoyant of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 5; Icon of the Mother of God of Elets, Commemorated on January 11; Venerable Ephraim, Abbot and Wonderworker of Novy Torg, Commemorated on January 28 ; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on March 23; Translation of the relics of the Holy Passionbearer Boris, in Holy Baptism Roman, Commemorated on May 2;

Russia, Kiev, 1015-1019, Kiev Rus Princes, Boris and Gleb, killed by Svyatopolk
Russia, Kiev, 1015-1019, Kiev Rus Princes, Boris and Gleb; Martyr and Passion-Bearer Gleb, in Holy Baptism David, Commemorated on July 24; Martyr and Passion-Bearer Gleb, in Holy Baptism David, Commemorated on July 24; Passion-Bearer Gleb, in Holy Baptism David, Commemorated September 5 ; Right-believing Prince Vladimir Yaroslavich the Prince of Novgorod, Commemorated on October 4 ; Venerable Damian the Healer and Clairvoyant of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 5; St Amphilochius the Bishop of Vladimir, in Volhynia, Commemorated on October 10; Venerable Ephraim, Abbot and Wonderworker of Novy Torg, Commemorated on January 28 ; Venerable Isaac the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 14; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on March 23;

Russia, Kiev, 1015-1019, K Rus King, Svyatopolk, Accursd, Killed 3 of 4 brothers, d by Y, fled to Poland
Kiev Rus King, 1015-1019, Svyatopolk the Accursed; I Vladimirovich (Sviatopolk the Accursed, the Accursed Prince; c. 980 – 1019) was the Kniaz' (Turov) of Turov (988–1015) and Velykyi Kniaz or Grand Prince of Kiev (Kyiv, 1015–1019) whose paternity and guilt in the murder of brothers are disputed. 1 Early life 2 Biography according to domestic sources 3 Biography according to foreign sources 4 Archeological record 5 See also 6 References life[edit] coin of Sviatopolk I, Grand Prince of Kiev Sviatopolk's silver srebrenik of Vladimir the Great, Grand Prince of Kiev of Vladimir the Great from a 17th-century Menaion mother was a Greek nun captured by Sviatoslav I in Bulgaria and married to his lawful heir Yaropolk I, who became Prince of Rus in 972. In 980, Yaropolk's brother Vladimir had him murdered, and the new sovereign married his predecessor's wife, who gave birth to a child. Thus, Sviatopolk may have been the eldest of Vladimir's sons, although his parentage has been questioned. Sviatopolk was eight years old, Vladimir put him in charge of Turov and later arranged his marriage with the daughter of the Polish duke Bolesław I Chrobry of Poland. The young princess came to Turov together with Reinbern, the Bishop of Kolberg (now Kołobrzeg). Dissatisfied with Vladimir and encouraged by his own wife and Reinbern, Sviatopolk began preparations for war against Vladimir, probably counting on support from his father-in-law. Vladimir soon discovered Sviatopolk's intentions, however, and threw him, his wife and Reinbern in prison. Reinbern died in prison. according to domestic sources[edit] (in red) with Boleslaw the Brave at the Golden Gate in Kiev long before Vladimir's death, Sviatopolk was freed from prison and sent to govern the town of Vyshgorod several miles from Kiev. In 1015, Sviatopolk's retinue concealed Vladimir's death from him to prevent him from claiming the Kievan throne. When Sviatopolk learned of Vladimir's demise, he seized power in Kiev almost immediately. citizens of Kiev did not show much sympathy for Sviatopolk and, therefore, he decided to distribute presents in order to win them over. Then, he decided to rid himself of three of Vladimir's sons, Boris, Gleb, and Sviatoslav, whose claims for the Kievan throne threatened his power. Boris presented most danger to him because he had been in charge of Vladimir's druzhina (personal guards) and army, and enjoyed the support of the citizens. He sent the boyars of Vyshgorod to execute Boris. Boris and his manservant were stabbed to death when sleeping in a tent. The prince was discovered still breathing when his body was being transported in a bag to Kiev, but the Varangians put him out of his misery with the thrust of a lance. cold-blooded reprisal earned him the nickname of the Accursed. The news of this triple murder reached another son of Vladimir, Yaroslav, Prince of Novgorod, who decided to go to war against Sviatopolk with the support from the citizens of Novgorod and the Varangians. The battle took place in 1016 not far from Lubech, near Dnieper river. Sviatopolk was defeated and fled to Poland. of Yaroslav the Wise 1018, he returned to Rus', defeated Yaroslav with the help from his father-in-law and seized Kiev. Bolesław I Chrobry of Poland and his army remained in Rus' for several months, but later left for Poland. On his way to Poland, Bolesław seized some of the Cherven towns. the posadnik Konstantin Dobrynich and other citizens of Novgorod persuaded Yaroslav to go to war against Kiev once again. Sviatopolk was defeated and fled to the steppes. Soon he returned with the Pecheneg army and attacked Yaroslav on the Alta River, but was once again defeated and fled to Poland, eventually dying on his way there. Sviatopolk's death could have been procured by a descendant of Valuk Conqueror (Wallux dux Winedorum)[1] who in 1018 helped him and his father-in-law Bolesław I in expedition against Yaroslav. according to foreign sources[edit] (IX—XI century) gold crown.svg Igor (co-ruler: Simple gold crown.svg Oleg) gold crown.svg Sviatoslav (co-ruler: Simple gold crown.svg St. Olga) gold crown.svg Yaropolk gold crown.svg Sviatopolk the Accursed of Drelinia gold crown.svg St. Vladimir of Novgorod [ru] of Polotsk (Polotsk branch) gold crown.svg Yaroslav the Wise Vladimirovich [ru] the Brave Mstislavich [ru] of Drelinia [ru] Boris Gleb Vladimirovich [ru] [ru] of Pskov gold crown.svg — Grand Prince of Kiev of Sviatopolk" by Jan Matejko, 1892 the last century, the traditional account of Svyatopolk's career has been somewhat modified. It has been argued that it was Boris who succeeded Vladimir in Kiev, while Svyatopolk was still in prison. One Norse saga called Eymund's saga (a part of Yngvars saga víðförla), with remarkable details, puts on Yaroslav the blame of his brother Burizlaf's murder. This Burizlaf, however, may be Svyatopolk (whose troops were commanded by the Polish king Bolesław I Chrobry of Poland; the latter name is also rendered as Burizlaf in some sagas) as well as Boris. Therefore, it has been suggested that Svyatopolk ascended the throne after Boris's assassination and tried to fend off Yaroslav's attacks as well as to punish his agents guilty of Boris's murder. chronicle of Thietmar of Merseburg, who died in 1018, could have been regarded as the only contemporary and unbiased account of events, if it were not for the fact that Thietmar's data could have been supplied by Svyatopolk himself during his brief exile at the Polish court. Unfortunately it can be interpreted ambiguously as far as the question of Svyatopolk's guilt is concerned. One place in his chronicle can be understood (although this is not necessary) as telling that Svyatopolk escaped from Kiev to Poland immediately after his father's death. But Thietmar states that Boleslaus I of Poland firstly supported his son-in-law against Yaroslav in 1017, which is the date, according to the Russian Primary Chronicle, of Svyatopolk's first defeat by Yaroslav. Preparing a campaign against Kiev, Boleslaus abruptly stopped a successful war against the German Emperor Henry II. So, it is unlikely that Svyatopolk had been present at his court since 1015, which is often supposed by the historians that consider Yaroslav guilty of Boris and Gleb's murders. Passion-Bearer Gleb, in Holy Baptism David, Commemorated September 5 ; Right-believing Prince Vladimir Yaroslavich the Prince of Novgorod, Commemorated on October 4 ; Venerable Damian the Healer and Clairvoyant of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 5; St Amphilochius the Bishop of Vladimir, in Volhynia, Commemorated on October 10; Venerable Ephraim, Abbot and Wonderworker of Novy Torg, Commemorated on January 28 ; Venerable Isaac the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 14; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on March 23;

Russia, Kiev, 1018, Boleslaw I the Brave of Poland, Captured Kiev, installed Svyatopolk 1 as ruler
Poland, 992-1025, Boleslaw I the Brave; Venerable Moses the Hungarian of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on July 26;

Russia, Kiev, 1019-1054, K Rus King, Yaroslav the Wise, d Svyatopolk 1, then ruled both Novgorod and Kiev
Kiev Rus King, 1019-1054, Yaroslav the Wise ; I, Grand Prince of Rus', known as Yaroslav the Wise or Iaroslav the Wise (c. 978 – 20 February 1054) was thrice grand prince of Veliky Novgorod and Kiev, uniting the two principalities for a time under his rule. Yaroslav's baptismal name was George (Yuri) after Saint George. son of Vladimir the Great, the first Christian Prince of Kiev, Yaroslav acted as vice-regent of Novgorod at the time of his father's death in 1015. his eldest surviving brother, Sviatopolk I of Kiev, killed three of his other brothers and seized power in Kiev. Yaroslav, with the active support of the Novgorodians and the help of Varangian mercenaries,[2] defeated Svyatopolk and became the Grand Prince of Kiev in 1019. Yaroslav the codification of legal customs and princely enactments began, and this work served as the basis for a law code called the Russkaya Pravda ("Rus Truth [Law]"). During Yaroslav's lengthy reign, Kievan Rus' reached the zenith of its cultural flowering and military power.[2] 1 Rise to the throne 2 Reign 2.1 Power struggles between siblings 2.2 Allies along the Baltic coast 2.3 Campaign against Byzantium 2.4 Protecting the inhabitants of the Dnieper from the Pechenegs 2.5 Establishment of law 3 Family life and posterity 4 Grave 5 Legacy 6 See also 7 References 7.1 Bibliography 8 External links to the throne[edit] article: Bolesław I's intervention in the Kievan succession crisis of Yaroslav the Wise from Granovitaya Palata. early years of Yaroslav's life are mostly unknown. He was one of the numerous sons of Vladimir the Great, presumably his second by Rogneda of Polotsk,[3] although his actual age (as stated in the Primary Chronicle and corroborated by the examination of his skeleton in the 1930s) would place him among the youngest children of Vladimir. has been suggested that he was a child begotten out of wedlock after Vladimir's divorce from Rogneda and marriage to Anna Porphyrogenita, or even that he was a child of Anna Porphyrogenita herself. figures prominently in the Norse sagas under the name Jarisleif the Lame; his legendary lameness (probably resulting from an arrow wound) was corroborated by the scientists who examined his remains.[citation needed] his youth, Yaroslav was sent by his father to rule the northern lands around Rostov but was transferred to Veliky Novgorod,[4] as befitted a senior heir to the throne, in 1010. living there, he founded the town of Yaroslavl (literally, "Yaroslav's") on the Volga River. relations with his father were apparently strained,[4] and grew only worse on the news that Vladimir bequeathed the Kyivan throne to his younger son, Boris. 1014 Yaroslav refused to pay tribute to Kyiv and only Vladimir's death, in July 1015, prevented a war.[4] the next four years Yaroslav waged a complicated and bloody war for Kyiv against his half-brother Sviatopolk I of Kyiv, was supported by his father-in-law, Duke Bolesław I Chrobry (King of Poland from 1025).[5] the course of this struggle, several other brothers (Boris, Gleb, and Svyatoslav) were brutally murdered.[5][6] Primary Chronicle accused Svyatopolk of planning those murders,[5] while the saga Eymundar þáttr hrings is often interpreted as recounting the story of Boris' assassination by the Varangians in the service of Yaroslav. the victim's name is given there as Burizaf, which is also a name of Boleslaus I in the Scandinavian sources. is thus possible that the Saga tells the story of Yaroslav's struggle against Svyatopolk (whose troops were commanded by the Polish duke), and not against Boris.[citation needed] of Yaroslav and his descendants represent the trident. defeated Svyatopolk in their first battle, in 1016, and Svyatopolk fled to Poland.[5] ----------------------------------But Svyatopolk returned in 1018 with Polish troops furnished by his father-in-law, seized Kyiv[5] and pushed Yaroslav back into Novgorod. at last, prevailed over Svyatopolk, and in 1019 firmly established his rule over Kyiv.[7] of his first actions as a grand prince was to confer on the loyal Novgorodians (who had helped him to gain the Kyivan throne), numerous freedoms, and privileges. the foundation of the Novgorod Republic was laid. For their part, the Novgorodians respected Yaroslav more than they did other Kyivan princes; and the princely residence in their city, next to the marketplace (and where the veche often convened) was named Yaroslav's Court after him. probably was during this period that Yaroslav promulgated the first code of laws in the lands of the East Slavs, the Russkaya Pravda. struggles between siblings[edit] aside the legitimacy of Yaroslav's claims to the Kievan throne and his postulated guilt in the murder of his brothers, Nestor the Chronicler and later Russian historians often presented him as a model of virtue, styling him "the Wise". A less appealing side of his personality is revealed by his having imprisoned his youngest brother Sudislav for life. Yet another brother, Mstislav of Chernigov, whose distant realm bordered the North Caucasus and the Black Sea, hastened to Kiev and, despite reinforcements led by Yaroslav's brother-in-law King Anund Jacob of Sweden (as Jakun - "blind and dressed in a gold suit"),[8] inflicted a heavy defeat on Yaroslav in 1024. Yaroslav and Mstislav then divided Kievan Rus' between them: the area stretching left from the Dnieper River, with the capital at Chernihiv, was ceded to Mstislav until his death in 1036. along the Baltic coast[edit] his foreign policy, Yaroslav relied on a Scandinavian alliance and attempted to weaken the Byzantine influence on Kiev. In 1030, he conquered Cherven Cities from the Poles followed by the construction of Sutiejsk to guard the newly acquired lands. Yaroslav concluded an alliance with Polish King Casimir I the Restorer, sealed by the latter's marriage to Yaroslav's sister, Maria. In another successful military raid the same year, he captured Tartu, Estonia and renamed it Yuryev[9] (named after Yury, Yaroslav's patron saint) and forced the surrounding Ugandi County to pay annual tribute. According to Heimskringla Olaf the swede made an alliance with Yaroslav even thou the alliance was not liked in Sweden to conquer Norway. to the Icelandic Sagas king, Olof of Sweden married his daughter to Yaroslav instead of the Norwegian king. That lead to protests in Sweden because the swedes wanted to reestablish control over lost eastern territories and bring in tribute from Kievan Rus. Olof Skötkonung did not listeen to his people and allied Yaroslav the Wise and both became close allies. Instead declaring war against Olaf Tryggvason.[10] the Far-Travelled Anund Jakobs jarl later under Yaroslav's reign sent Swedish soldiers into Kievan Rus due to Olof son wanting to assist his fathers ally Yaroslav in his conquest against the Pechenegs and Byzantines.[11] The georgians annals report 1000 men coming into Georgia but original force was likely much larger around 3000 men. [12] faith is unknown likely captured in battle during Byzantine campaigns or killed. Only one ship returned to Sweden according to the legend.[13] against Byzantium[edit] article: Rus'–Byzantine War (1043) presented his second direct challenge to Constantinople in 1043, when Rus' flotilla headed by one of his sons appeared near Constantinople and demanded money, threatening to attack the city otherwise. Whatever the reason, the Greeks refused to pay and preferred to fight. The Rus' flotilla defeated the Byzantine fleet but was almost destroyed by a storm and came back to Kyiv empty-handed.[14] the inhabitants of the Dnieper from the Pechenegs[edit] defend his state from the Pechenegs and other nomadic tribes threatening it from the south he constructed a line of forts, composed of Yuriev, Bohuslav, Kaniv, Korsun, and Pereyaslavl. To celebrate his decisive victory over the Pechenegs in 1036 (who thereafter were never a threat to Kiev) he sponsored the construction of the Saint Sophia Cathedral in 1037. That same year there were built monasteries of Saint George and Saint Irene (named after patron saints of Yaroslav and his wife). Some mentioned and other celebrated monuments of his reign such as the Golden Gate of Kiev perished during the Mongol invasion of Rus', but later restored. of law[edit] was a notable patron of book culture and learning. In 1051, he had a Slavic monk, Hilarion of Kiev, proclaimed the metropolitan bishop of Kiev, thus challenging the Byzantine tradition of placing Greeks on the episcopal sees. Hilarion's discourse on Yaroslav and his father Vladimir is frequently cited as the first work of Old East Slavic literature. Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Founder of Monasticism in Russia, Commemorated on July 10; Venerable Arcadius of Novotorsk, Commemorated on July 11; Venerable Moses the Hungarian of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated July 26 ; Appearance of the Smolensk "œDirectress" Icon of the Mother of God brought from Constantinople, Commemorated on July 28; Right-believing Prince Vladimir Yaroslavich the Prince of Novgorod, Commemorated on October 4 ; Venerable Damian the Healer and Clairvoyant of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 5 ; St Amphilochius the Bishop of Vladimir, in Volhynia, Commemorated on October 10; Venerable Nicholas Sviatosha Prince of Chernigov, and Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 14; St Hilarion, Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on October 21; Venerable Hilarion the Schemamonk of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 21; Blessed Yaropolk the Prince of Vladimir-Volhynia, in Holy Baptism Peter, Commemorated on November 22; Dedication of the Church of the Greatmartyr George at Kiev, Commemorated on November 26; Venerable Gregory the Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on January 8; Venerable Ephraim, Abbot and Wonderworker of Novy Torg, Commemorated on January 28 ; Princess Anna of Novgorod, Commemorated on February 10 ; Venerable Isaac the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 14; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on March 23; Greatmartyr, Victory-bearer and Wonderworker George, Commemorated on April 23; Translation of the relics of the Holy Passionbearer Boris, in Holy Baptism Roman, Commemorated on May 2 ; Venerable Theodosius the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves Monastery, and Founder of Coenobitic Monasticism in Russia, Commemorated on May 3; Venerable Constantine, (In baptism Yaroslav), with his children Michael and Theodore, Wonderworkers of Murom, Commemorated on May 21; St Menas, Bishop of Polotsk, Commemorated on June 20;

Russia, Kiev, 1019-1050, Kiev Rus Queen, Princess Anna, Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden, two Cathedrals
Kiev Rus Queen, 1019-1050, Princess Anna, Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden ; Olofsdotter of Sweden, also known as Irene, Anna and Saint Anna (1001 – 10 February 1050), was a Swedish princess and a Grand Princess of Kiev. was the daughter of Swedish King Olof Skotkonung and Estrid of the Obotrites and the consort of Yaroslav I the Wise of Ingegerd or Saint Anna is often confused with the mother of Saint Vladimir “the Enlightener” of the Rus. This is mainly because Ingegerd and Yaroslav also had a son named Vladimir. However, Saint Vladimir was the father of Ingegerd’s husband Yaroslav I “the Wise”, thus making her Saint Vladimir’s daughter-in-law. Saint Vladimir was the son of Sviatoslav and Malusha.[1] 1 Life 1.1 Death and burial 2 Sainthood 3 Children 4 References 5 Bibliography 6 External links Sophia Cathedral in Kiev Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod was born a princess in the court of King Olof Skötkonung. In 1015, after Olaf II of Norway assumed the throne as King of Norway, he proposed a royal marriage alliance. In 1016, noblemen of both countries tried to arrange a marriage between King Olaf and Princess Ingegerd. Olof Skötkonung agreed at first but later he reneged. Rather he agreed to the marriage of his daughter, Astrid Olavsdatter to King Olaf. [2][3][4] Skötkonung subsequently arranged for the marriage of Princess Ingegerd to the powerful Grand Prince Yaroslav I the Wise of Novgorod with whom Sweden had a flourishing trade relationship. The marriage took place in 1019. [5] in Kiev, Ingegerd had her name changed to the Greek Irene. According to several sagas, she received as a marriage gift Ladoga and adjacent lands, which later became known as Ingria, arguably a corruption of Ingegerd's name. She arranged for her father's cousin, jarl Ragnvald Ulfsson, to rule in her stead.[6] [7] Ingegerd and Yaroslav had six sons and four daughters; three of the latter becoming Queens of France, Hungary, and Norway. The whole family is depicted in one of the frescoes of the Saint Sophia. and burial[edit] died on 10 February 1050. Upon her death, according to different sources, Ingegerd was buried in either Saint Sophia's Cathedral in Kiev or Cathedral of St. Sophia in Novgorod. initiated the building of the Saint Sophia's Cathedral in Kiev (foundation laid in 1037). also initiated the construction of Cathedral of St. Sophia in Novgorod (built between 1045 and 1050). was later declared a saint under the name of St. Anna in Novgorod and Kiev. The reason for her sainthood was that she initiated the building of both cathedrals in Kiev and in Novgorod together with many other good deeds. following was stated by the church in reference to her sainthood: Anna, Grand Duchess of Novgorod, She was the daughter of Swedish King Olaf Sketktung, the "All-Christian King," who did much to spread Orthodoxy in Scandinavia, and the pious Queen Astrida. Sweden she was known as Princess Indegard; she married Yaroslav I “the Wise“, Grand Prince of Kiev, who was the founder of the Saint Sophia Cathedral in 1016, taking the name Irene. gave shelter to the outcast sons of British King Edmund, Edwin and Edward, as well as the Norwegian prince Magnus, who later returned to Norway. is perhaps best known as the mother of Vsevolod of , himself the father of Vladimir Monomakh and progenitor of the Princes of Moscow. daughters were Anna, Queen of France, Queen Anastasia of Hungary, and Queen Elizabeth (Elisiv) of Norway. The whole family was profoundly devout and pious. reposed in 1050 in the Cathedral of Holy Wisdom (St. Sophia) in Kiev, having been tonsured a monastic with the name of Anna. As saint, her hymn goes: 4 stichera, in Tone I: Spec. Mel.: Joy of the ranks of heaven joy of the Swedish people, thou didst gladden the Russian realm, filling it with grace and purity, adorning its throne with majesty, lustrous in piety like a priceless gem set in a splendid royal crown. Ingegerd in the baptismal waters, O venerable one, thou wast called Irene by thy Russian subjects, who perceived in thee the divine and ineffable peace; but when thou didst submit to monastic obedience, thou didst take the new name, Anna, after the honoured ancestor of Christ, the King of kings. in honourable matrimony, O holy Anna, thou didst live in concord with thy royal spouse, the right-believing and most wise Prince Yaroslav; and having born him holy offspring, after his repose thou didst betroth thyself unto the Lord as thy heavenly all the allurements of vanity and donning the coarse robes of a monastic, O wondrous and sacred Anna, thou gavest thyself over to fasting and prayer, ever entreating Christ thy Master, that He deliver thy people from the all want and misfortune. Feast days: 10 February, 4 October. Princess Anna of Novgorod, Commemorated on February 10 ; Venerable Isaac the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 14; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on March 23;

Russia, Kiev, 1024-1091, K Rus Saint, Theodosis, of the Kiev Caves, Cenobitic Monasticism
Kiev Rus Saint, 1024-1091, Theodosis of Kiev; Baptism of Rus, Kiev, August 1st, 988; Icon of the Mother of God of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on August 17; Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on September 2; Venerable Theodosius of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated September 2 ; Venerable Hilarion the Schemamonk of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 21; Venerable Nestor the Chronicler of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 27; Venerable Gregory the Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on January 8; 12 Greeks who built the Dormition Cathedral in the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Lavra, Commemorated on February 14 ; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on March 23; Venerable Stephen the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, and Bishop of Vladimir, in Volhynia, Commemorated on April 27;

Russia, Kiev, 1040-1077, K Rus King, Sviatoslav II, Yaroslav's son, Monk, Kiev, Volhy, Cherg, Triumvirate
Kiev Rus King, 1040-1077, Sviatoslav II of Kiev, St Nicholas Sviatoslav ; II Iaroslavich or Sviatoslav II Yaroslavich (1027 – 27 December 1076[1] in Kiev [Kyiv]) was Grand Prince of Kiev between 1073 and 1076. He was born as a younger son of Grand Prince Yaroslav the Wise. His baptismal name was Nicholas. ruled the Principality of Vladimir in Volhynia in his father's lifetime (from around 1040 to 1054). the Wise, who divided the Kievan Rus' between his five sons in his testament, willed the Principality of Chernigov to Sviatoslav. joined his brothers, Iziaslav of Kiev and Vsevolod of Pereyaslav, in forming a princely "triumvirate" that oversaw the affairs of Kievan Rus' until 1072. three brothers together fought against their enemies, including the nomadic Oghuz Turks, and their distant relative, Prince Vseslav of Polotsk. Cumans defeated their united force in the autumn of 1068, but Sviatoslav routed a Cuman band plundering his principality. "triumvirate" broke up, when Sviatoslav, supported by his younger brother Vsevolod, dethroned and replaced their older brother Iziaslav in 1073. commissioned the compilation of at least two miscellanies of theological works. Otherwise, his short reign was uneventful. 1 Early life 2 Triumvirate 3 Grand Prince of Kiev 4 Family 5 See also 6 References 7 Sources 7.1 Primary sources 7.2 Secondary sources 8 Further reading life[edit] was the fourth son of Yaroslav the Wise, Grand Prince of Kiev, and his wife, Ingegerd of Sweden.[2] He was born in 1027.[2] The Lyubetskiy sinodik—a list of the princes of Chernigov which was completed in the Monastery of Saint Anthony in Lyubech—writes that his baptismal name was Nicholas.[3] Russian Primary Chronicle writes that Sviatoslav was staying "at Vladimir"[4] (Volodymyr-Volynskyi, Ukraine) in Volhynia around the time his father fell seriously ill before his death.[5] to the historian Martin Dimnik, the chronicle's report shows that Yaroslav the Wise had, most probably in about 1040, appointed Sviatoslav to rule this important town of the Kievan Rus'.[6] his deathbed, Yaroslav the Wise divided the most important towns of his realm among his five sons—Iziaslav, Sviatoslav, Vsevolod, Igor, and Vyacheslav—who survived him.[7][8] Sviatoslav, he bequeathed Chernigov (Chernihiv, Ukraine).[9] dying grand prince also ordered that his four younger sons should "heed"[10] their eldest brother, Iziaslav who received Kiev.[8] of the Kievan Rus' in the Kievan Rus' (1054–1132) the Wise died on 20 February 1054.[11] three elder sons—Iziaslav of Kiev, Sviatoslav of Chernigov, and Vsevolod of Pereyaslav—decided to jointly govern the Kievan Rus'.[12] Martin Dimnik writes that taking into account Sviatoslav's political and military skills it "is reasonable to assume that he was one of the main motivating forces, if not the actual architect, of many of the policies adopted" by the three brothers.[13] "triumviri" closely cooperated in the following years.[12] 1059 they liberated their uncle, Sudislav whom their father had sent to prison around 1035.[14][15] made a joint expedition "by horse and ship against the Torks"[16] or Oghuz Turks, according to the Russian Primary Chronicle, in 1060.[17] On hearing of the arrival of the Rus' forces, the Torks fled from their lands without resistance.[18] 1065, Sviatoslav led his troops against his nephew, Rostislav Vladimirovich, who had in the previous year expelled by force Sviatoslav's son, Gleb from Tmutorakan.[19] Upon Sviatoslav's arrival, Rostislav withdrew from this important center of his uncle's domains, but he reoccupied it after Sviatoslav had returned to Chernigov.[20] A distant cousin of the "triumviri", Vseslav Briacheslavich (Prince of Polotsk), attacked Pskov in 1065, according to The Chronicle of Pskov.[21][22] Vseslav Briacheslavich could not take this town, but he seized and plundered Novgorod—which had been ruled by Iziaslav of Kiev's son, Mstislav—in the next winter.[21][23] Izyaslav, Sviatoslav and Vsevolod soon united their forces and set forth against Vseslav, "though it was the dead of winter",[24] according to the Russian Primary Chronicle.[25] They routed Vseslav's army by the Nemiga River (near Minsk) on 3 March 1066.[25] Vseslav, who fled from the battlefield, agreed to enter into negotiations with the "triumviri", but they treacherously captured him at a meeting at Orsha in early June.[22][25] Cumans, who had emerged as the dominant power of the Pontic steppes in the early 1060s, invaded the southern regions of Kievan Rus' in 1068.[26] The three brothers together marched against the invaders, but the Cumans routed them on the Alta River.[27] From the battlefield, Sviatoslav withdrew to Chernigov and regrouped his troops.[27] He returned to defeat the Cumans with a smaller force at the town of Snovsk on 1 November, thus enhancing his prestige among the populace.[27] In the meantime, the townspeople of Kiev had dethroned and expelled Sviatoslav's brother, Iziaslav.[28] Taking advantage of Iziaslav's absence, Sviatopluk sent his own son, Gleb to Novgorod to rule the town.[29][30] returned at the head of Polish reinforcements.[31] The townspeople of Kiev sent messages to Sviatoslav and Vsevolod, imploring them to come to their "father's city"[32] and defend it, according to the Russian Primary Chronicle.[33] Sviatoslav and Vsevolod requested Iziaslav "not to lead the Poles in attack upon Kiev", stating that "if he intended to nurse his wrath and destroy the city, they would be properly concerned for the ancestral capital".[33][34][31] Iziaslav partially acquiesced: he did not let his Polish allies enter the town, but his retinue slaughtered or mutilated many of his opponents in Kiev.[35] He also attempted to punish Anthony—the founder of the Monastery of the Caves in Kiev—who had supported his enemies, but Sviatoslav gave shelter to the saintly monk in Chernigov.[36] Iziaslav's return to Kiev, the "triumvirate" was restored.[28] The three brothers together visited Vyshhorod in order to participate in the translation of the relics of their saintly uncles, Boris and Gleb on 3 May 1072.[37] According to The Narrative, Passion, and Encomium of Boris and Gleb, Sviatoslav took Saint Gleb's hand and "pressed it to his injury, for he had pain in his neck, and to his eyes, and to his forehead"[38] before placing it back into the coffin.[39] In short Sviatoslav felt a pain at the top of his head and his servant found a fingernail of the saint under his cap.[39] Most historians agree that the three brothers expanded their father's legal code on this occasion, but the exact date is unknown.[40] [41] Prince of Kiev[edit] Izbornik of 1076 page from Sviatoslav's Izbornik of 1073 to the Russian Primary Chronicle, "the devil stirred up strife"[42] among the three brothers shortly after the canonization of Saints Boris and Gleb.[43][44] Sviatoslav and Vsevolod united their forces and expelled Iziaslav from Kiev on 22 March 1073.[43] The chronicler put the blame for this action on Sviatoslav, stating that "he was the instigator of his brother's expulsion, for he desired more power".[42][44] The chronicler also states that Sviatoslav had "misled Vsevolod by asserting that" Iziaslav "was entering into an alliance"[42] with Vseslav Briacheslavich against them.[44] Modern historians disagree about the motives of Sviatoslav's action. Franklin and Shepard write that he was driven by "straightforward greed";[45] Martin says that Sviatoslav who seems to have suffered from a grave illness wanted to secure his sons' right to Kiev which would have been lost if Sviatoslav "had predeceased Iziaslav without having ruled"[46] the town. In fact, the Russian Primary Chronicle states that it was Sviatoslav who "ruled in Kiev after the expulsion"[42] of Iziaslav.[47] the head of the Monastery of the Caves, Feodosy criticized Sviatoslav for usurping the throne.[43][48] However, before his death in May 1074 he was reconciled with the grand prince, who supported the foundation of a stone church dedicated to the Mother of God in Kiev.[45][49] Sviatoslav also supported the compilation of ecclesiastic works. Two izborniki or miscellanies—collections of excerpts from the Bible and from theological works—were completed under his auspices in 1073 and 1076.[50] According to the Izbornik of 1073, Sviatoslav, who is praised as a "new Ptolemy", had by that time collected a great number of spiritual books.[51] rule was short and uneventful.[52] His dethroned brother first fled to Poland, but Duke Boleslav II, who was Sviatoslav's son-in-law, expelled him from his lands.[28][53] Next Iziaslav sought the assistance of the German monarch, Henry IV.[43] The latter, in 1075, sent his envoys—including Sviatoslav's brother-in-law, Burchard—to Kiev to collect more information.[54] According to the Russian Primary Chronicle, "in his pride", Sviatoslav "showed them his riches", displaying them "the innumerable quantity of his gold, silver and silks".[55][56] In 1076 Sviatoslav sent reinforcements to Poland to help his son-in-law against the Bohemians.[57] died on 27 December 1076.[1] The Russian Primary Chronicle writes that "the cutting of a sore"[58] caused his death.[59] He was buried in the Holy Savior Cathedral in Chernigov.[59] Within a year, his elder brother Iziaslav was restored and Sviatoslav's sons lost most parts of his domains.[1][60] Venerable Nicholas Sviatosha Prince of Chernigov, and Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 14; Blessed Yaropolk the Prince of Vladimir-Volhynia, in Holy Baptism Peter, Commemorated on November 22; Venerable Arcadius of Novy Torg, Commemorated on December 13; Venerable Gregory the Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on January 8; Princess Anna of Novgorod, Commemorated on February 10 ; Venerable Isaac the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 14; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on March 23; Venerable Stephen the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, and Bishop of Vladimir, in Volhynia, Commemorated on April 27; Translation of the relics of the Holy Passionbearer Boris, in Holy Baptism Roman, Commemorated on May 2;

Russia, Kiev, 1051-1055, Kiev Rus Metropolitan, Hilarion, first native M, Writer, Splits 1054
Kiev Rus Metropolitan, 1051-1055, Hilarion of Kiev; Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on September 2; St Hilarion, Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on October 21; Venerable Gregory the Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on January 8; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on March 23;

Russia, Kiev, 1054-1078,K Rus King, Izyaslav I,Yaroslav's oldest son, Caves M, legal code, w Poland,Ger,HRE
Kiev Rus King, 1054-1078, Izyaslav I (Demetrius) Yaroslavich ; Yaroslavich (1024 – 3 October 1078, baptized as Demetrius) was a Kniaz' (Prince) of Turov and Veliki Kniaz (Grand Prince of Kiev (now Kyiv, Ukraine), from 1054). children Yaropolk and Sviatopolk would rule the Turov Principality. Their authority was mainly challenged by the Rostilavichi of Rostislav Vsevolodovich. 1 Biography 2 Children 3 Ancestry 4 See also 5 References 6 Sources 7 External links was the oldest son of Yaroslav I the Wise by his second wife Ingigerd Olafsdottir. succeeded his father, after Yaroslav's oldest child, Vladimir (the only child by Yaroslav's first wife), had predeceased his father. was one of the authors of "Pravda Yaroslavichiv" – a part of the first legal code of Rus, called Russkaya Pravda. is also credited with the foundation of the Kiev Pechersk Monastery. Iziaslav I of Kiev ceded the whole mountain to Antonite monks who founded a monastery built by architects from Constantinople. to the Primary Chronicle, in the early 11th century, Antony, a Greek Orthodox monk from Esphigmenon monastery on Mount Athos, originally from Liubech in the Principality of Chernigov, returned to Rus' and settled in Kiev as a missionary of the monastic tradition to Kievan Rus'. chose a cave at the Berestov Mount that overlooked the Dnieper River and a community of disciples soon grew. 1043 his father Veliki Kniaz (Grand Prince) Yaroslav made an agreement with King Casimir I of Poland that recognized Cherven (Cherven Cities, or Vohly, between Poland and Russia) as part of Kiev. agreement was sealed with a double marriage—Casimir to Dobronega, Yaroslav's sister; and Iziaslav to Gertrude, Casimir's sister.[1] this marriage were born three children: Iziaslav's son Yaropolk, Mstislav and Sviatopolk. Upon the death of Yaroslav the Wise, his realm was divided between three of his older sons (Vladimir of Novgorod died before that), Izyaslav, Sviatoslav, and Vsevolod, the Yaroslavichi triumvirate that ruled the country for the next 20 years. a result of the popular uprising in 1068, Iziaslav was deposed and fled to Poland.[1] 1069 he retook Kiev with the help of the Polish army; however, he was ousted again by his brothers in 1073. turned to the German king Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Polish king Bolesław II the Bold, and Pope Gregory VII, for help on several occasions. Iziaslav became the first King of Rus' in 1075 when the Pope sent him a crown. He succeeded in retaking Kiev once again in 1076, but soon died in an internecine war against Princes Oleg Sviatoslavich and Boris Vyacheslavich. Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Founder of Monasticism in Russia, Commemorated on July 10; Venerable Arcadius of Novotorsk, Commemorated on July 11; Venerable Moses the Hungarian of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated July 26 ; Icon of the Mother of God of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on August 17; Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on September 2; Venerable Theodosius of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated September 2 ; Venerable Damian the Healer and Clairvoyant of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 5; Venerable Nicholas Sviatosha Prince of Chernigov, and Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 14; Venerable Nestor the Chronicler of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 27; Venerable Barlaam the Abbot of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on November 19; Blessed Yaropolk the Prince of Vladimir-Volhynia, in Holy Baptism Peter, Commemorated on November 22; Dedication of the Church of the Greatmartyr George at Kiev, Commemorated on November 26; Venerable Arcadius of Novy Torg, Commemorated on December 13; Venerable Gregory the Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on January 8; Icon of the Mother of God of Elets, Commemorated on January 11; St Ephraim the Bishop of Pereyaslavl, Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Commemorated on January 28; Icon of the Mother of God Ã¢Â€ÂœElets-ChernigovÃ¢Â€ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on February 5 ; Princess Anna of Novgorod, Commemorated on February 10 ; 12 Greeks who built the Dormition Cathedral in the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Lavra, Commemorated on February 14 ; Venerable Isaac the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 14; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on March 23; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on March 23 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Constantinople, Commemorated on April 25 ; Venerable Stephen the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, and Bishop of Vladimir, in Volhynia, Commemorated on April 27 ; Translation of the relics of the Holy Passionbearer Boris, in Holy Baptism Roman, Commemorated on May 2; Venerable Theodosius the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves Monastery, and Founder of Coenobitic Monasticism in Russia, Commemorated on May 3 ; Venerable Constantine, (In baptism Yaroslav), with his children Michael and Theodore, Wonderworkers of Murom, Commemorated on May 21; Uncovering of the relics of St Leontius the Bishop and Wonderworker of Rostov, Commemorated on May 23; Venerable Agapitus the Unmercenary Physician of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on June 1 ;

Russia, Kiev, 1060-1129, Saint, died 1129, Constantine of Murom with his sons Michael and Theodore (Fyodor)
Kiev Saint, died 1129, Constantine of Murom; Icon of the Mother of God of Murom, Commemorated on April 12; Venerable Constantine, (In baptism Yaroslav), with his children Michael and Theodore, Wonderworkers of Murom, Commemorated on May 21;

Russia, Kiev, 1064-1114, First Kiev Rus Iconographer, Alypius of the Caves
Russia, Kiev, 1064-1114, First Kiev Rus Iconographer, Alypius of the Caves; Icon of the Mother of God of Chelnsk and Pskov Caves, Commemorated on May 14

Russia, Kiev, 1068, Battle of the River Alta, Cumans, Kipchaks over Rus
Kiev, Battle of the River Alta, 1068; Venerable Moses the Hungarian of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated July 26 ; Venerable Ephraim, Abbot and Wonderworker of Novy Torg, Commemorated January 28 ; Uncovering of the relics of St Leontius the Bishop and Wonderworker of Rostov, Commemorated on May 23; Venerable Agapitus the Unmercenary Physician of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on June 1 ;

Russia, Kiev, 1068-1069, Grand Prince, Vseslav ( Prince of Polotsk (Vohly) and Belarus, 1044-1101)
Russia, Belarus, 1044-1101, Prince, Vseslav of Polotsk (also Grand Prince of Kiev 1068-9); of Polotsk or Vseslav Bryachislavich (c. 1039 – 24 April 1101), also known as Vseslav the Sorcerer or Vseslav the Seer, the most famous ruler of Polotsk and was briefly Grand Prince of Kiev in 1068–1069. with Rostislav Vladimirovich and voivode Vyshata, they created a coalition against the Yaroslaviches' triumvirate. Polotsk's Cathedral of Holy Wisdom (completed in 1066) is one of the most enduring monuments on the lands of modern Belarus and dates to his 57-year reign. Venerable Euphrosyne the Abbess of Polotsk, Commemorated on May 23;

Russia, Kiev, 1072-1115, K Rus P, Oleg I, Chernigov, Tmutarakan, Crimea, Kazaria, w Cumans, Olgovichis
Kiev, 1072-1115, Rus Prince, Oleg I of Chernigov, œGorislavich; Svyatoslavich (c. 1052 – August 1115) was a Rurikid prince whose equivocal adventures ignited political unrest in Kievan Rus' at the turn of the 11th and 12th centuries. was a younger son of Sviatoslav Iaroslavich, Prince of Chernigov and his first wife, Killikiya.[1] He might have been either the second or the fourth among the four sons of Sviatoslav Iaroslavich by Killikiya, because their order of seniority is uncertain.[2] According to historian Martin Dimnik, Oleg was born around 1050.[1] Oleg was named after his grand uncle.[citation needed] His baptismal name was Michael.[3] writes that "it is highly probable" that Oleg succeeded his brother, Gleb in Tmutarakan after their father appointed the latter Prince of Novgorod in about 1068.[4] father and uncle, Vsevolod Iaroslavich made an alliance against their elder brother, Iziaslav Iaroslavich, Grand Prince of Kiev and dethroned him on 22 March 1073.[5][6] to Dimnik, Oleg received the Principality of Vladimir from his father who succeeded Iziaslav Iaroslavich in Kiev.[7] short, Oleg and his cousin, Vladimir Monomach—son of Vsevolod Iaroslavich—became close friends.[8] Monomach writes in his Instruction that Oleg was the godfather of his eldest son, Mstislav.[8] two cousins together commanded the troops Oleg's father sent to assist Boleslav II of Poland in Bohemia in 1076, according to the Russian Primary Chronicle.[9] Iaroslavich died in Kiev on 27 December 1077.[10][11] He was succeeded by his brother, Vsevolod Iaroslavich.[11] The new grand prince seems to have confirmed Oleg's rule in Vladimir, because no source makes mention of a conflict between them.[11] the dethroned Iziaslav Iaroslavich—Vsevolod's brother and Oleg's uncle—returned with Polish reinforcements.[12][13] Iziaslav and Vsevolod had a meeting where they reached an agreement: renounced of Kiev, but received Chernigov, the one-time domain of Oleg's father.[12][13] Iziaslav marched in Kiev on 15 July 1077, while Oleg "was with Vsevolod at Chernigov",[14] according to the Russian Primary Chronicle.[12] The chronicler's remark suggests that Oleg had by that time been forced to leave Vladimir.[15] to get along with his uncle, on 10 April 1077 Oleg fled to his brother Roman who reigned in Tmutarakan.[16 Together with his cousin, Boris Vyacheslavich, who had also settled in Tmutarakan (Tmutarakan was a Kievan Rus' principality that controlled the passage from the Black Sea to the Sea of Azov, near Crimean Penninsula), Oleg made an alliance with the Cumans and invaded Rus' in the summer of 1078.[18][19] routed their uncle, Vsevolod on the Sozh River and entered Chernigov on 25 August.[19] The Russian Primary Chronicle accuses Oleg and Boris of being the first to lead "the pagans to attack the land of Rus'".[20][21] Vladimir Monomach, in his Instruction, reveals that he and his father, Vsevolod had hired Cumans when attacking Polotsk in the previous year.[21] from Chernigov, Vsevolod fled to Kiev and sought assistance from his brother, Iziaslav.[19] They united their forces and marched against Chernigov.[13][19] Oleg and Boris were not in the town when their uncles arrived, the citizens decided to resist.[22] Oleg was willing to start negotiations with his uncles, but Boris refused his proposal.[23] The decisive battle was fought "at a place near a village on the meadow of Nezhata"[24] on 3 October.[19] was defeated and escaped to Tmutarakan, where the Khazars had him imprisoned and sent in chains to Constantinople. emperor, who was a relative and ally of Vsevolod, exiled him to Rhodes. There he married a noble lady, Theophano Mouzalonissa, who bore him several children. years later, we again find him active in Tmutarakan, where he adopted the title "archon of Khazaria". 1094, he returned with the Kipchaks to Rus' and captured Chernihiv. There ensued a prolonged internecine struggle with his cousins Sviatopolk and Vladimir Monomakh. of the most prominent princes of Kievan period who never attained the Kievan throne, he died on August 1, 1115 and was buried in Chernihiv. Tale of Igor's Campaign styles him Gorislavich, poetically deriving his patronymic from the Russian word for sorrow. descendants, known as Olgovichi, were archrivals of Vladimir's descendants (known as Monomakhovichi) in their struggle for supremacy in Rus'. son was Igor II of Kiev. Right-believing Great Prince Igor of Kiev and Chernigov, Commemorated on September 19;

Russia, Kiev, 1073-1077, K Rus King, Sviatoslav II of Kiev, NIcholas, Y's younger son, Vohly trade
Kiev Rus King, 1073-1077, Sviatoslav II of Kiev, Nicholas; II Iaroslavich or Sviatoslav II Yaroslavich (1027 – 27 December 1076[1] in Kiev [Kyiv]) was Grand Prince of Kiev between 1073 and 1076. was born as a younger son of Grand Prince Yaroslav the Wise. His baptismal name was Nicholas. ruled the Principality of Vladimir in Volhynia in his father's lifetime (from around 1040 to 1054). Yaroslav the Wise, who divided the Kievan Rus' between his five sons in his testament, willed the Principality of Chernigov to Sviatoslav. Sviatoslav joined his brothers, Iziaslav of Kiev and Vsevolod of Pereyaslav, in forming a princely "triumvirate" that oversaw the affairs of Kievan Rus' until 1072. The three brothers together fought against their enemies, including the nomadic Oghuz Turks, and their distant relative, Prince Vseslav of Polotsk. The Cumans defeated their united force in the autumn of 1068, but Sviatoslav routed a Cuman band plundering his principality. "triumvirate" broke up, when Sviatoslav, supported by his younger brother Vsevolod, dethroned and replaced their older brother Iziaslav in 1073. He commissioned the compilation of at least two miscellanies of theological works. Otherwise, his short reign was uneventful. 1 Early life 2 Triumvirate 3 Grand Prince of Kiev 4 Family 5 See also 6 References 7 Sources 7.1 Primary sources 7.2 Secondary sources 8 Further reading life[edit] was the fourth son of Yaroslav the Wise, Grand Prince of Kiev, and his wife, Ingegerd of Sweden.[2] He was born in 1027.[2] The Lyubetskiy sinodik—a list of the princes of Chernigov which was completed in the Monastery of Saint Anthony in Lyubech—writes that his baptismal name was Nicholas.[3] Russian Primary Chronicle writes that Sviatoslav was staying "at Vladimir"[4] (Volodymyr-Volynskyi, Ukraine) in Volhynia around the time his father fell seriously ill before his death.[5] According to the historian Martin Dimnik, the chronicle's report shows that Yaroslav the Wise had, most probably in about 1040, appointed Sviatoslav to rule this important town of the Kievan Rus'.[6] his deathbed, Yaroslav the Wise divided the most important towns of his realm among his five sons—Iziaslav, Sviatoslav, Vsevolod, Igor, and Vyacheslav—who survived him.[7][8] To Sviatoslav, he bequeathed Chernigov (Chernihiv, Ukraine).[9] The dying grand prince also ordered that his four younger sons should "heed"[10] their eldest brother, Iziaslav who received Kiev.[8] of the Kievan Rus' in the Kievan Rus' (1054–1132) the Wise died on 20 February 1054.[11] His three elder sons—Iziaslav of Kiev, Sviatoslav of Chernigov, and Vsevolod of Pereyaslav—decided to jointly govern the Kievan Rus'.[12] Historian Martin Dimnik writes that taking into account Sviatoslav's political and military skills it "is reasonable to assume that he was one of the main motivating forces, if not the actual architect, of many of the policies adopted" by the three brothers.[13] The "triumviri" closely cooperated in the following years.[12] In 1059 they liberated their uncle, Sudislav whom their father had sent to prison around 1035.[14][15] They made a joint expedition "by horse and ship against the Torks"[16] or Oghuz Turks, according to the Russian Primary Chronicle, in 1060.[17] On hearing of the arrival of the Rus' forces, the Torks fled from their lands without resistance.[18] 1065, Sviatoslav led his troops against his nephew, Rostislav Vladimirovich, who had in the previous year expelled by force Sviatoslav's son, Gleb from Tmutorakan.[19] Upon Sviatoslav's arrival, Rostislav withdrew from this important center of his uncle's domains, but he reoccupied it after Sviatoslav had returned to Chernigov.[20] A distant cousin of the "triumviri", Vseslav Briacheslavich (Prince of Polotsk), attacked Pskov in 1065, according to The Chronicle of Pskov.[21][22] Vseslav Briacheslavich could not take this town, but he seized and plundered Novgorod—which had been ruled by Iziaslav of Kiev's son, Mstislav—in the next winter.[21][23] Izyaslav, Sviatoslav and Vsevolod soon united their forces and set forth against Vseslav, "though it was the dead of winter",[24] according to the Russian Primary Chronicle.[25] They routed Vseslav's army by the Nemiga River (near Minsk) on 3 March 1066.[25] Vseslav, who fled from the battlefield, agreed to enter into negotiations with the "triumviri", but they treacherously captured him at a meeting at Orsha in early June.[22][25] Cumans, who had emerged as the dominant power of the Pontic steppes in the early 1060s, invaded the southern regions of Kievan Rus' in 1068.[26] The three brothers together marched against the invaders, but the Cumans routed them on the Alta River.[27] From the battlefield, Sviatoslav withdrew to Chernigov and regrouped his troops.[27] He returned to defeat the Cumans with a smaller force at the town of Snovsk on 1 November, thus enhancing his prestige among the populace.[27] In the meantime, the townspeople of Kiev had dethroned and expelled Sviatoslav's brother, Iziaslav.[28] Taking advantage of Iziaslav's absence, Sviatopluk sent his own son, Gleb to Novgorod to rule the town.[29][30] returned at the head of Polish reinforcements.[31] The townspeople of Kiev sent messages to Sviatoslav and Vsevolod, imploring them to come to their "father's city"[32] and defend it, according to the Russian Primary Chronicle.[33] Sviatoslav and Vsevolod requested Iziaslav "not to lead the Poles in attack upon Kiev", stating that "if he intended to nurse his wrath and destroy the city, they would be properly concerned for the ancestral capital".[33][34][31] Iziaslav partially acquiesced: he did not let his Polish allies enter the town, but his retinue slaughtered or mutilated many of his opponents in Kiev.[35] He also attempted to punish Anthony—the founder of the Monastery of the Caves in Kiev—who had supported his enemies, but Sviatoslav gave shelter to the saintly monk in Chernigov.[36] Iziaslav's return to Kiev, the "triumvirate" was restored.[28] The three brothers together visited Vyshhorod in order to participate in the translation of the relics of their saintly uncles, Boris and Gleb on 3 May 1072.[37] According to The Narrative, Passion, and Encomium of Boris and Gleb, Sviatoslav took Saint Gleb's hand and "pressed it to his injury, for he had pain in his neck, and to his eyes, and to his forehead"[38] before placing it back into the coffin.[39] In short Sviatoslav felt a pain at the top of his head and his servant found a fingernail of the saint under his cap.[39] Most historians agree that the three brothers expanded their father's legal code on this occasion, but the exact date is unknown.[40] [41] Prince of Kiev[edit] Izbornik of 1076 page from Sviatoslav's Izbornik of 1073 to the Russian Primary Chronicle, "the devil stirred up strife"[42] among the three brothers shortly after the canonization of Saints Boris and Gleb.[43][44] Sviatoslav and Vsevolod united their forces and expelled Iziaslav from Kiev on 22 March 1073.[43] The chronicler put the blame for this action on Sviatoslav, stating that "he was the instigator of his brother's expulsion, for he desired more power".[42][44] The chronicler also states that Sviatoslav had "misled Vsevolod by asserting that" Iziaslav "was entering into an alliance"[42] with Vseslav Briacheslavich against them.[44] Modern historians disagree about the motives of Sviatoslav's action. Franklin and Shepard write that he was driven by "straightforward greed";[45] Martin says that Sviatoslav who seems to have suffered from a grave illness wanted to secure his sons' right to Kiev which would have been lost if Sviatoslav "had predeceased Iziaslav without having ruled"[46] the town. In fact, the Russian Primary Chronicle states that it was Sviatoslav who "ruled in Kiev after the expulsion"[42] of Iziaslav.[47] the head of the Monastery of the Caves, Feodosy criticized Sviatoslav for usurping the throne.[43][48] However, before his death in May 1074 he was reconciled with the grand prince, who supported the foundation of a stone church dedicated to the Mother of God in Kiev.[45][49] Sviatoslav also supported the compilation of ecclesiastic works. Two izborniki or miscellanies—collections of excerpts from the Bible and from theological works—were completed under his auspices in 1073 and 1076.[50] According to the Izbornik of 1073, Sviatoslav, who is praised as a "new Ptolemy", had by that time collected a great number of spiritual books.[51] rule was short and uneventful.[52] His dethroned brother first fled to Poland, but Duke Boleslav II, who was Sviatoslav's son-in-law, expelled him from his lands.[28][53] Next Iziaslav sought the assistance of the German monarch, Henry IV.[43] The latter, in 1075, sent his envoys—including Sviatoslav's brother-in-law, Burchard—to Kiev to collect more information.[54] According to the Russian Primary Chronicle, "in his pride", Sviatoslav "showed them his riches", displaying them "the innumerable quantity of his gold, silver and silks".[55][56] In 1076 Sviatoslav sent reinforcements to Poland to help his son-in-law against the Bohemians.[57] died on 27 December 1076.[1] The Russian Primary Chronicle writes that "the cutting of a sore"[58] caused his death.[59] He was buried in the Holy Savior Cathedral in Chernigov.[59] Within a year, his elder brother Iziaslav was restored and Sviatoslav's sons lost most parts of his domains.[1][60] Venerable Nestor the Chronicler of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 27; Venerable Barlaam the Abbot of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on November 19; Blessed Yaropolk the Prince of Vladimir-Volhynia, in Holy Baptism Peter, Commemorated on November 22; Venerable Gregory the Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on January 8; St Ephraim the Bishop of Pereyaslavl, Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Commemorated on January 28; 12 Greeks who built the Dormition Cathedral in the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Lavra, Commemorated on February 14 ; Venerable Isaac the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 14; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on March 23; Venerable Stephen the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, and Bishop of Vladimir, in Volhynia, Commemorated on April 27; Uncovering of the relics of St Nikita the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on April 30; Translation of the relics of the Holy Passionbearer Boris, in Holy Baptism Roman, Commemorated on May 2; Venerable Constantine, (In baptism Yaroslav), with his children Michael and Theodore, Wonderworkers of Murom, Commemorated on May 21; Venerable Agapitus the Unmercenary Physician of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on June 1 ;

Russia, Kiev, 1073-1114, Saint, Alypius of the Caves, Iconographer
Russia, Kiev, 1073-1114, Saint, Alypius of the Caves, Iconographer; Valaam Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on August 7;

Russia, Kiev, 1078-1087, Rus King, Yaropolk Izyaslavich, Belrus Vohly, Caves benefactor, j to Pol, Ger, Rome
Kiev Rus King, 1078-1087, Yaropolk Izyaslavich; Izyaslavich[2] (died 1087) was a Knyaz (prince) during the eleventh-century in the Kievan Rus' kingdom and was the King of Rus (1076-1078). son of Grand Prince Izyaslav Yaroslavich by a Polish princess named Gertruda, he is visible in papal sources by the early 1070s but largely absent in contemporary Rus sources until his father's death in 1078. his father's exile in the 1070s, Yaropolk can be found acting on his father's behalf in an attempt to gain the favor of the German emperors and the papal court of Pope Gregory VII. father returned to Kiev in 1077 and Yaropolk followed. his father's death Yaropolk was appointed Prince of Volhynia and Prince of Turov in 1078 by the new Grand Prince, his uncle Vsevolod. 1085 Yaropolk had fallen into a state of enmity with the Grand Prince, and by extension the Grand Prince's son Vladimir Monomakh, forcing him to flee to Poland, his mother's homeland. returned in 1086 and made peace with Monomakh but was murdered the same year on a journey to Zvenyhorod.[3] was remembered in Rus sources as extremely pious and generous to the church and is recognized as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Blessed Yaropolk the Prince of Vladimir-Volhynia, in Holy Baptism Peter, Commemorated on November 22; Venerable Gregory the Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on January 8; St Ephraim the Bishop of Pereyaslavl, Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Commemorated on January 28; Venerable Isaac the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 14; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on March 23; Venerable Stephen the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, and Bishop of Vladimir, in Volhynia, Commemorated on April 27;

Russia, Kiev, 1078-1093, K Rus King, Vsevolod I, Y's 5th, favorite, Married B Princess, Monomahk
Kiev Rus King, 1078-1093, Vsevolod I of Kiev; I Yaroslavich (c. 1030 – 13 April 1093) ruled as Grand Prince of Kiev (Kyiv) from 1078 until his death. 1 Early life 2 Reign 3 Children 4 Ancestry 5 See also 6 References 7 Sources 8 External links life[edit] was the fifth[1] and favourite son of Yaroslav I the Wise by Ingigerd Olafsdottir. was born around 1030.[2] On his seal from his last years, he was named "Andrei Vsevolodu" in Greek, implying that his baptismal name was Andrew.[3] back up an armistice signed with the Byzantine Emperor Constantine IX Monomachos in 1046, his father married Vsevolod to a Byzantine princess, who according to tradition was named Anastasia or Maria. That the couple's son Vladimir Monomakh bore the family name of the Byzantine emperor, suggests she was a member of his close family, but no contemporary evidence attests to a specific relationship and accounts of the Emperor give him no such daughter.[4] his father's death in 1054, he received in appanage the towns of Pereyaslav,[5] Rostov, Suzdal, and the township of Beloozero which would remain in possession of his descendants until the end of Middle Ages. with his elder brothers Iziaslav and Sviatoslav he formed a sort of princely triumvirate which jointly waged war on the steppe nomads, Polovtsy, and compiled the first East Slavic law code. 1055 Vsevolod launched an expedition against the Turks who had in the previous years expelled the Pechenegs from the Pontic steppes.[6] also made peace with the Cumans who appeared for the first time in Europe in the same year.[6] The Cumans invaded his principality in 1061 and routed Vsevolod in a battle.[6] Vsevolod persuaded his brother, Iziaslav, and their distant cousin, Vseslav to join him and they together attacked the Turks in 1060.[6] 1067, Vsevolod's Greek wife died and he soon married a Kypchak princess, Anna Polovetskaya. She bore him another son, who drowned after the Battle of the Stugna River, and daughters, one becoming a nun and another, Eupraxia of Kiev, marrying Emperor Henry IV. Cumans again invaded Kievan Rus' in 1068.[7] The three brothers united their forces against them, but the Cumans routed them on the Alta River.[7] After their defeat, Vsevolod withdrew to Pereyaslav.[8] its citizens rose up in open rebellion, dethroned Iziaslav, and liberated and proclaimed Vseslav their grand prince.[9] Vsevolod and Sviatoslav made no attempt to expel the usurper from Kiev.[10] supported Sviatoslav against Iziaslav.[11] They forced their brother to flee from Kiev in 1073.[11] Feodosy, the saintly hegumen or head of the Monastery of the Caves in Kiev remained loyal to Iziaslav, and refused lunch with Sviatoslav and Vsevolod.[2] court in the times of Vsevolod I granted Sviatoslav's former principality to Vsevolod, Sviatoslav's sons considered the Principality of Chernigov as their own patrimony or otchina.[11] Oleg Sviatoslavich made an alliance with the Cumans and invaded Chernigov.[12] came to Vsevolod's rescue and they forced Oleg to retreat, but Iziaslav was murdered in the battle.[12][13] Iziaslav's death, Vsevolod, as their father's only surviving son, took the Kievan throne, thus uniting the three core principalities—Kiev, Chernigov and Pereyaslavl—in Kievan Rus'.[14] appointed his eldest son, Vladimir Monomach to administer Chernigov.[15][13] Russian Primary Chronicle writes that the "people no longer had access to the Prince's justice, judges became corrupt and venal",[16] followed his young councilors' advice instead of that of his old retainers in his last years.[17] Monomakh, Vsevolod's son spoke five foreign languages, according to Vladimir Monomach's Autobiography.[18] Historian George Vernadsky believes that these probably included Greek and Cuman, because of the nationality of his two wives, and that he likely spoke Latin, Norse, and Ossetian.[19] lost most of his battles; his eldest son, Vladimir Monomakh, a grand and famous warrior, did most of the fighting for his father. last years of his reign were clouded by grave illness, and Vladimir Monomakh presided over the government. Appearance of the Smolensk "œDirectress" Icon of the Mother of God brought from Constantinople, Commemorated on July 28; Venerable Gregory the Iconographer of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 8; Venerable Alypius the Iconographer of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 17; St Martyrius, Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on August 24 ; Princess Anna Vsevolodna, Commemorated on November 3; Venerable Barlaam the Abbot of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on November 19; Venerable Sylvester of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on January 2 ; Venerable Gregory the Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on January 8; St Ephraim the Bishop of Pereyaslavl, Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Commemorated on January 28; Venerable Prochorus of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 10; Venerable Isaac the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 14; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on March 23; Venerable Stephen the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, and Bishop of Vladimir, in Volhynia, Commemorated on April 27; Translation of the relics of the Holy Passionbearer Boris, in Holy Baptism Roman, Commemorated on May 2;

Russia, Kiev, 1088-1093, Kiev Rus Prince, Rostislav, Vsevolod's son, Monomahk's half bro
Kiev Rus Prince, 1088-1093, Rostislav Vsevolodovich; Vsevolodovich ((c. 1070-“1093) was the Prince of Pereyaslavl (1078-“1093), son of Vsevolod I of Kiev, and half brother of Vladimir Monomakh. He fought at Stugna river against the Cumans and drowned while fleeing the battle.[1] Venerable Gregory the Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on January 8; St Ephraim the Bishop of Pereyaslavl, Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Commemorated on January 28; St Vsevolod (in holy baptism Gabriel) the Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated on February 11; Venerable Isaac the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 14; Icon of the Mother of God of Murom, Commemorated on April 12;

Russia, Kiev, 1091-1099, Cuman Chief Boniak, Boniak the Mangy, plundered Kiev and Caves, w Oleg, d Hungary
Russia, Kiev, 1091-1099, Cuman Chief Boniak, Boniak (Maniak) the Mangy; Bonyak or Maniac, also known as Boniak the Mangy (Russian: Ð¨ÐµÐ»ÑƒÐ´Ð¸Ð²Ñ‹Ð¹ Ð‘Ð¾Ð½ÑÐº), was "one of the most prominent Cuman chieftains"[1] in the late 11th century and the early 12th century. He headed a powerful Cuman tribe or clan that inhabited the steppes to west of the Dnieper River. He supported the Byzantines against the Pechenegs in the Battle of Levounion in 1091. He defeated Coloman, King of Hungary in 1097 or 1099. Origins[edit] Boniak's descent is uncertain.[2] Svetlana Pletneva associates him with the Burch tribe, Peter B. Golden with the Ölberli tribe of the "Wild Cumans", and Omeljan Pritsak with the Qay clan.[3][4][5] Boniak's nickname – the Mangy – may show that he was born with the caul, according to the Hungarian historian Szilvia Kovács.[6] In Anna Komnene's Alexiad, he is called Maniac.[7] Boniak's exact position cannot be determined, but his career shows that he must have been the head of powerful Cuman tribal federation, tribe, or clan.[2] When pursuing Boniak, Sviatopolk II of Kiev and Vladimir Monomach "advanced to the Bug and later beyond the Ros' ",[8] according to Vladimir's Testament, which suggests that Boniak's people dwelled between the rivers Dnieper and Southern Bug or Dniester.[9] His participation in military campaigns in the Balkan Peninsula also shows that his people lived near the Lower Danube.[9] Career[edit] First records[edit] Along with Tugorkan, Boniak, or Maniak, was one of the Cumans' "outstanding leaders",[10] named by Anna Komnene, who came to assist the Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos against the Pechenegs.[11][12] The united Byzantine and Cuman army annihilated the Pechenegs in the Battle of Levounion on 29 April 1091.[13] Historian Florin Curta writes that the two Cuman chieftains plundered the eastern regions of the Kingdom of Hungary on their return to the Desht-i Kypchak, or Cuman steppes.[11] Pletneva says that Boniak and Tugorkan together supported the pretender Pseudo-Diogenes against Emperor Alexios I in 1094, but Anna Komnene did not refer to Boniak's participation in the fights.[14] Wars in Rus'[edit] The Russian Primary Chronicle recorded two events connected to Boniak under the year 6604, that is 1095[15] or 1096 AD.[16][17] First Boniak and his Cumans "appeared before Kiev ..., and while ravaging the environs, they burned the prince's palace at Berestovo"[18] around 24 May.[19][16][20] On 20 July, "Boniak, that godless, mangy thief and bandit, came suddenly to Kiev for the second time"[21] and plundered three monasteries, including the Cave Monastery.[22][23] During the second campaign, the Cumans "planted two standards before the monastery gates",[21] which may show that they were under the command of two chieftains, according to Kovács.[24] Kovács writes that Boniak's action preceded the campaign that Sviatopolk II and Vladimir Monomach launched against Oleg I of Chernigov.[25] According to Simon Franklin and Jonathan Shepard, Boniak invaded only after Sviatopolk and his army left Kiev for a campaign against Chernigov (Chernihiv in Ukraine).[20] Kovács says that the joint campaign of Sviatopolk and Vladimir Monomach against Boniak's land over the river Ros' that Monomach mentioned in his Testament seems to have been a retaliatory action after Bonia's plundering raids in Kiev.[26] Sviatopolk of Kiev expelled David Igorevich, Prince of Volhynia, from his principality in the late 1090s.[27][28][29] David Igorevich fled to the Cumans and persuaded Bonyak and another Cuman chieftain, Altunopa, to join him to fight against Sviatopolk who had sought assistance from Coloman, King of Hungary.[27][30] On the eve of the battle against the Hungarians, Boniak "rode away from the troops" and "began to howl like a wolf, till first one and then many wolves answered him with their howls",[31] according to the Russian Primary Chronicle.[3] On his return, Boniak predicted to David Igorevich that they would defeat the Hungarians in the battle.[3] The Cumans annihilated the Hungarian army and seized the royal treasury.[32] According to the Hungarian Illuminated Chronicle, "[r]arely did Hungarians suffer such slaughter as in this battle".[33][34] However, David Igorevich could not reconquer Volhynia and was again forced to seek refuge among the Cumans.[32] Boniak again joined them and their united armies seized Lutsk and Volodymyr-Volynskyi.[29] According to the Russian Primary Chronicle, these events occurred in 1097, but many historians (including Kovács and Martin Dimnik) say that the fights took place two years later.[27][28] The Russian Primary Chronicle recorded that five Rus' princes – Sviatopolk II of Kiev, Vladimir Monomach, Davyd Sviatoslavich, Oleg Sviatoslavich and Yaroslav Sviatoslavich – assembled on the left bank of the Dnieper near Kiev in 1101.[28][23] On learning of the princes' meeting, all Cuman chieftains sent envoys to them "with propositions of peace".[35][36] The princes and the Cuman chieftains met at Sakov on the Dnieper and made peace on 15 September.[28] Two years later Sviatopolk II of Kiev, Vladimir Monomach and Davyd Sviatoslavich invaded the Cuman steppes and routed a large Cuman army, killing 20 Cuman chieftains.[37] According to the Hypatian version of the Russian Primary Chronicle, Boniak made an incursion into the region of Zarub in the Principality of Pereyaslavl, fighting with the Torks and Berendei in the winter of 1105 and 1106.[38] The Russian Primary Chronicle recorded that Boniak "raided and seized many horses in the vicinity of Pereyaslavl' "[39] in May 1107.[37] During the summer, he returned accompanied by Sharukan and other Cuman chieftains and laid siege to Lubno on the Sula River.[40] Vladimir Monomach, Prince of Pereyaslavl, persuaded Svyatopolk II of Kiev and other Rus' princes to come to fight against the invaders.[40] Their unified armies unexpectedly crossed the Sula, forcing the terrified Cumans to lift the siege and leave their camp on 12 August.[41] According to an alternative narration, recorded in Vladimir Monomach's Testament, the united forces of the Rus' princes routed Boniak and his Cuman allies on the banks of the Sula in summer, and Monomach alone defeated Boniak at Lubno alone only in 1108.[42] Svyatoplok II of Kiev died on 16 April 1113 or 1114.[43][44] After the Cumans learned of Svyatopluk's death, the Cumans marched as far as Vyr' River.[44][45] The Cumans were under the command of Aepa and Boniak, according to the Testament of Vladimir Monomach who succeeded Svyatopolk in Kiev.[44] Monomach wrote that he "advanced to meet them as far as"[46] Romny with his sons and Oleg Sviatoslavich, forcing the Cumans to flee.[44][47] Boniak is often represented as a sorcerer in Rus' folklore.[48] Kiev, 1095-1096, Cuman Chief Boniak Wars in Kiev; Monkmartyr Eustratius of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on March 28;

Russia, Kiev, 1093, Vladimir II Monomakh and Rostislav, 1093, both betrayed by Oleg, R drowned fleeing
Vladimir Monomakh of Kiev and Prince Rostislav 1093; II Monomakh (Christian name: Vasiliy, or Basileios) (26 May 1053 -19 May 1125) reigned as Grand Prince of Kievan Rus' from 1113 to 1125. He is considered a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and is celebrated on May 6.[1] Family[edit] He was the son of Vsevolod I (married in 1046) by a relative of Byzantine emperor Constantine IX Monomachos, from whom Vladimir obtained his sobriquet.[2] Contemporary Byzantine naming practice allowed the adoption of a maternal surname if the mother's family was perceived to be of a more exalted origin than that of the father.[3] Testament of Vladimir Monomakh to Children, 1125. Lithography of 1836. his famous Instruction (also known as The Testament) to his own children, Monomakh mentions that he conducted 83 military campaigns and 19 times made peace with the Polovtsi. At first he waged war against the steppe jointly with his cousin Oleg, but after Vladimir was sent by his father to rule Chernigov and Oleg made peace with the Polovtsi to retake that city from him, they parted company. Since that time, Vladimir and Oleg were bitter enemies who would often engage in internecine wars. The enmity continued among their children and more distant posterity. 1094, his chief patrimony was the southern town of Pereyaslav, although he also controlled Rostov, Suzdal, and other northern provinces (see Principality of Pereyaslavl). In these lands he founded several towns, notably his namesake, Vladimir, the future capital of Russia. In order to unite the princes of Rus' in their struggle against the Great Steppe, Vladimir initiated three princely congresses, the most important being held at Lyubech in 1097 and Dolobsk in 1103. 1107 he defeated Boniak, a Cuman khan who led an invasion on Kievan Rus'. When Sviatopolk II died in 1113, the Kievan populace revolted and summoned Vladimir to the capital. The same year he entered Kiev to the great delight of the crowd and reigned there until his death in 1125. As may be seen from his Instruction, he promulgated a number of reforms in order to allay the social tensions in the capital. These years saw the last flowering of Ancient Rus, which was torn apart 10 years after his death. Monomakh is buried in the Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev. Succeeding generations often referred to his reign as the golden age of that city. Numerous legends are connected with Monomakh's name, including the transfer from Constantinople to Rus of such precious relics as the Theotokos of Vladimir and the Vladimir/Muscovite crown called Monomakh's Cap. and children[edit] married three times. Some sources cite his first wife as Gytha of Wessex, daughter of Harold of England who had fallen at Hastings in 1066 and of Edith Swannesha. Problems exist in that none of the sources citing this are contemporary, and none of the Russian sources cite the name of his first wife as the daughter of Harold Godwinson. They had at least five children: I of Kiev (1 June 1076 -14 April 1132) Izyaslav Vladimirovich, Prince of Kursk (c. 1077 -“ 6 September 1096) Svyatoslav Vladimirovich, Prince of Smolensk and Pereyaslav (c. 1080- 16 March 1114) Yaropolk II of Kiev (1082-18 February 1139) Viacheslav I of Kiev (1083- 2 February 1154) The following daughter has been attributed to either the first or the second wife: Vladimirovna (d. 1146). Married Leon Diogenes, a pretender to the throne of the Byzantine Empire who claimed to be a son of Romanos IV and who rose to the rank of khan of the Cumans in Ossetia. rests after hunting (painting by Viktor Vasnetsov, c. 1900). second wife, Eufimia, is considered to have been a Byzantine noblewoman.[2] The Primary Chronicle and the "Testament of Vladimir Monomakh" record her date of death as 7 May 1107. However the Chronicle does not mention her name. This marriage produced at least six children: Prince of Volhynia (d. 6 January 1119) Eufemia of Kiev (d. 4 April 1139). Married Coloman of Hungary. Agafia (Agatha). Married Vsevolod Davidovich, Prince of Gorodno. According to older historians her husband was a son of David Igorevich, Prince of Volhynia (d. 1113), but this theory was rejected.[4] Yuri (George), later known as Yuri Dolgoruki (d. 15 May 1157). Andrew, Prince of Volhynia (11 July 1102-1141). third marriage is thought to have been to a daughter of Aepa Ocenevich, Khan of the Cumans. Her paternal grandfather was Osen. Her people belonged to the Kipchaks, a confederation of pastoralists and warriors of Turkic origin. the Primary Chronicle identifies Aepa as father-in-law to Yuri Dolgoruki, with Vladimir negotiating the marriage in name of his son.[citation needed] Whether father and son married sisters or the identity of intended groom was misidentified remains unclear. Venerable Gregory the Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on January 8 ;

Russia, Kiev, 1093-1113, Kiev Rus King, Sviatopolk II, Michael, internecine wars, not popular
Kiev Rus King, 1093-1113, Sviatopolk II Iziaslavich ; II Iziaslavich (Old East Slavic: November 8, 1050 - April 16, 1113) was supreme ruler of the Kievan Rus for 20 years, from 1093 to 1113. He was not a popular prince, and his reign was marked by incessant rivalry with his cousin Vladimir Monomakh. ; Venerable Gregory the Iconographer of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 8; Martyr Basil of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 11; St Theodosius (Prince Theodore of Ostrog) of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on August 11; Venerable Alypius the Iconographer of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 17; Venerable Pimen of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 27; Icon of the Mother of God of Kupyatich, Commemorated on November 15; Venerable Nikon the Dry, of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on December 11; Venerable Sylvester of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on January 2 ; St Ephraim the Bishop of Pereyaslavl, Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Commemorated on January 28; Venerable Nikita of the Kiev Caves, Far Caves the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on January 31; Venerable Prochorus of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 10; St Vsevolod (in holy baptism Gabriel) the Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated on February 11; Icon of the Mother of God of Smolensk the Ã¢Â€ÂœSweet-KissingÃ¢Â€ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on March 19; Monkmartyr Eustratius of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on March 28; Icon of the Mother of God of Murom, Commemorated on April 12; Venerable Stephen the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, and Bishop of Vladimir, in Volhynia, Commemorated on April 27 ; Uncovering of the relics of St Nikita the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on April 30; Venerable Isaiah the Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on May 15; Venerable Constantine, (In baptism Yaroslav), with his children Michael and Theodore, Wonderworkers of Murom, Commemorated on May 21; Venerable Agapitus the Unmercenary Physician of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on June 1 ;

Russia, Kiev, 1094-1115, Oleg 1, Father of all the Olgoviches, parted with Vladimir II over Chernigov
Russia, Kiev, 1113-1125, Oleg 1, Father of all the Olgoviches, parted with Vladimir II over Chernigov; Svyatoslavich (c. 1052-August 1115) was a Rurikid prince whose equivocal adventures ignited political unrest in Kievan Rus' at the turn of the 11th and 12th centuries. was a younger son of Sviatoslav Iaroslavich, Prince of Chernigov and his first wife, Killikiya.[1] He might have been either the second or the fourth among the four sons of Sviatoslav Iaroslavich by Killikiya, because their order of seniority is uncertain.[2] According to historian Martin Dimnik, Oleg was born around 1050.[1] Oleg was named after his grand uncle.[citation needed] His baptismal name was Michael.[3] Dimnik writes that "it is highly probable" that Oleg succeeded his brother, Gleb in Tmutarakan (fort controlling the straight between Black and Azov seas near Crimean P) after their father appointed the latter Prince of Novgorod in about 1068.[4] father and uncle, Vsevolod Iaroslavich made an alliance against their elder brother, Iziaslav Iaroslavich, Grand Prince of Kiev and dethroned him on 22 March 1073.[5][6] to Dimnik, Oleg received the Principality of Vladimir from his father who succeeded Iziaslav Iaroslavich in Kiev.[7] In short, Oleg and his cousin, Vladimir Monomach, ”son of Vsevolod Iaroslavich, ”became close friends.[8] writes in his Instruction that Oleg was the godfather of his eldest son, Mstislav.[8] two cousins together commanded the troops Oleg's father sent to assist Boleslav II of Poland in Bohemia in 1076, according to the Russian Primary Chronicle.[9] Sviatoslav Iaroslavich died in Kiev on 27 December 1077.[10][11] He was succeeded by his brother, Vsevolod Iaroslavich.[11] new grand prince seems to have confirmed Oleg's rule in Vladimir, because no source makes mention of a conflict between them.[11] However, the dethroned Iziaslav Iaroslavich(”Vsevolod's brother and Oleg's uncle) ”returned with Polish reinforcements.[12][13] and Vsevolod had a meeting where they reached an agreement: renounced of Kiev, but received Chernigov, the one-time domain of Oleg's father.[12][13] marched in Kiev on 15 July 1077, while Oleg "was with Vsevolod at Chernigov",[14] according to the Russian Primary Chronicle.[12] The chronicler's remark suggests that Oleg had by that time been forced to leave Vladimir.[15] to get along with his uncle, on 10 April 1077 Oleg fled to his brother Roman who reigned in Tmutarakan.[16][17] with his cousin, Boris Vyacheslavich, who had also settled in Tmutarakan, Oleg made an alliance with the Cumans and invaded Rus' in the summer of 1078.[18][19] routed their uncle, Vsevolod on the Sozh River and entered Chernigov on 25 August.[19] The Russian Primary Chronicle accuses Oleg and Boris of being the first to lead "the pagans to attack the land of Rus'".[20][21] Vladimir Monomach, in his Instruction, reveals that he and his father, Vsevolod had hired Cumans when attacking Polotsk in the previous year.[21] from Chernigov, Vsevolod fled to Kiev and sought assistance from his brother, Iziaslav.[19] united their forces and marched against Chernigov.[13][19] Oleg and Boris were not in the town when their uncles arrived, the citizens decided to resist.[22] was willing to start negotiations with his uncles, but Boris refused his proposal.[23] The decisive battle was fought "at a place near a village on the meadow of Nezhata"[24] on 3 October.[19] was defeated and escaped to Tmutarakan, where the Khazars had him imprisoned and sent in chains to Constantinople. emperor, who was a relative and ally of Vsevolod, exiled him to Rhodes. There he married a noble lady, Theophano Mouzalonissa, who bore him several children. years later, we again find him active in Tmutarakan, where he adopted the title "archon of Khazaria". 1094, he returned with the Kipchaks to Rus' and captured Chernihiv. There ensued a prolonged internecine struggle with his cousins Sviatopolk and Vladimir Monomakh. One of the most prominent princes of Kievan period who never attained the Kievan throne, he died on August 1, 1115 and was buried in Chernihiv. Tale of Igor's Campaign styles him Gorislavich, poetically deriving his patronymic from the Russian word for sorrow. His descendants, known as Olgovichi, were archrivals of Vladimir's descendants (known as Monomakhovichi) in their struggle for supremacy in Rus'. son was Igor II of Kiev. Kiev Rus King, 1113-1125, Vladimir Monomakh of Chernigov;

Russia, Kiev, 1095-1096, Cuman Chief Boniak Wars in Kiev, plundered Kiev K Caves, w Oleg, d Hungary
Kiev, 1095-1096, Cuman Chief Boniak Wars in Kiev; Venerable Nikon the Dry, of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on December 11 ; St Vsevolod (in holy baptism Gabriel) the Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated on February 11; Monkmartyr Eustratius of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on March 28;

Russia, Kiev, 1095-1108, Venerable Nikita of the Kiev Far Caves, Bishop of Novgorod
Russia, Novgorod, 1095-1108, Venerable Nikita of the Kiev Far Caves, Bishop of Novgorod; Venerable Nikita of the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on January 31; Uncovering of the relics of St Nikita the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on April 30;

Russia, Kiev, 1100, 12th - 14th Century, Ukraine Folder, Novgorod Republic Time

Russia, Kiev, 1100-1199, 12th Century Folder, Monomashichi and Olgovichi

Russia, Kiev, 1094-1115, Oleg 1, Father of all the Olgoviches, parted with Vladimir II over Chernigov and Cumans
Russia, Kiev, 1113-1125, Oleg 1, Father of all the Olgoviches, parted with Vladimir II over Chernigov Kiev Rus King, 1113-1125, Vladimir Monomakh of Chernigov;

Russia, Kiev, 1113-1125, Vladimir II, Father of all the Monomashichi, parted with Oleg over Chernigov and Cumans
Kiev Rus King, 1113-1125, Vladimir Monomakh of Chernigov; Appearance of the Smolensk "œDirectress" Icon of the Mother of God brought from Constantinople, Commemorated on July 28; Venerable Anthony the Roman and Abbot of Novgorod, Commemorated on August 3; Venerable Alypius the Iconographer of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 17; Venerable Nectarius the Obedient of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on November 29; Venerable Sylvester of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on January 2 ; St Vsevolod (in holy baptism Gabriel) the Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated on February 11; Right-believing Great Prince Rostislav-Michael the Prince of Kiev, Commemorated on March 14 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Murom, Commemorated on April 12; Translation of the relics of the Holy Passionbearer Boris, in Holy Baptism Roman, Commemorated on May 2; Venerable Agapitus the Unmercenary Physician of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on June 1 ;

Russia, Kiev, 1113-1125, Kiev Rus King, Vladimir II Monomakh of Chernigov and Vladimir
Kiev Rus King, 1113-1125, Vladimir Monomakh of Chernigov; Appearance of the Smolensk "œDirectress" Icon of the Mother of God brought from Constantinople, Commemorated on July 28; Venerable Anthony the Roman and Abbot of Novgorod, Commemorated on August 3; Venerable Alypius the Iconographer of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 17; Venerable Nectarius the Obedient of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on November 29; Venerable Sylvester of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on January 2 ; St Vsevolod (in holy baptism Gabriel) the Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated on February 11; Right-believing Great Prince Rostislav-Michael the Prince of Kiev, Commemorated on March 14 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Murom, Commemorated on April 12; Translation of the relics of the Holy Passionbearer Boris, in Holy Baptism Roman, Commemorated on May 2; Venerable Agapitus the Unmercenary Physician of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on June 1 ;

Kiev Rus King, 1113-1154, Viacheslav I of Kiev, Monomahk's son
Kiev Rus King, 1113-1154, Viacheslav I of Kiev, Vyacheslav Vladimirovich; Right-believing Great Prince Rostislav-Michael the Prince of Kiev, Commemorated on March 14 ;

Russia, Kiev, 1115-1122, Kiev Rus Igumen, Daniel the Traveler, to Constntnpl, Cyprus, Holy Land
Kiev Rus Igumen, 1115-1122, Daniel the Traveler; 7 Holy Youths "œSeven Sleepers" of Ephesus, Commemorated on August 4; 7 Holy Youths "œSeven Sleepers "phesus, Commemorated on October 22; St Vsevolod (in holy baptism Gabriel) the Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated on February 11;

Russia, Kiev, 1117-1138, K Rus King, Vsevolod of Pskov, Vsevolod-Gabriel, Mstislav's son, Monomahk' gson
Kiev Rus King, 1117-1138, Vsevolod of Pskov, Vsevolod-Gabriel ; Mstislavich, the patron saint of the city of Pskov, ruled as Prince of Novgorod in 1117–32, Prince of Pereslavl (1132) and Prince of Pskov in 1137–38. 1 Early life 2 Expulsion from Novgorod 3 Church-building and veneration 4 Marriage and children 5 Succession 6 References 7 External links life[edit] eldest son of Mstislav the Great and Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden, Vsevolod was born in Novgorod during his father's reign as prince there (1088–1093, 1095–1117) and given the baptismal name Gabriel, or Gavriil. His maternal grandfather was King Inge the Elder of Sweden. The date of his birth is unknown, although the idea has been advanced that the event was commemorated by the Annunciation Church in the Marketplace, founded by Mstislav in 1103.[1] was enthroned as Prince of Novgorod after his father Mstislav Vladimirovich became Grand Prince of Kiev in 1117 and ruled Novgorod, with some interruption, until he was ousted by the Novgorodians in 1136. He was married to a Chernigovian princess in Novgorod in 1123 and his son, Ivan, was born there (he died in 1128).[2] In 1123, Vsevolod led the Novgorodians against the Chud. These campaigns continued in 1130 and over the next several years.[3] Aside from Vladimir Yaroslavich, Vsevolod was the first Novgorodian prince known to have been in conflict with Finns (in 1123).[4] from Novgorod[edit] his father's death in 1132, support for him began to erode in Novgorod. That same year, he was sent by his uncle, Grand Prince Yaropolk, to Pereslavl, to reign there. When he tried to return to Novgorod later that year, the Novgorodians refused to accept him back because they considered his move to Pereslavl as a betrayal (He had sworn an oath to die in Novgorod). That being said, the chronicles indicate that he was back leading a Novgorodian army in 1133. It was during that campaign that Vsevolod captured the city of Yuryev (modern Tartu, Estonia).[5] 1134, Vsevolod led an unsuccessful campaign in Vladimir-Suzdal during which, according to the Novgorodians, he showed indecisiveness, one of the reasons for his dismissal a little over a year later. On 28 May 1136, he was confined in the Archbishop's courtyard (compound) in the Detinets along with his wife and family, guarded by thirty men so as not to escape. In mid-July he was allowed to leave, going to his uncle in Kiev.[6] The following year, he tried to come back to Novgorod at the head of an army but withdrew instead to Pskov, where he died in February 1138.[7] According to his own wishes, he was buried in the Church of St. Demetrius in Pskov. dismissal from Novgorod has traditionally been seen as the end of Kievan power in the north and the beginning of the Republic of Novgorod. After him a number of princes were invited in or dismissed over the next two centuries, although only a few, like Aleksandr Nevsky, could assert themselves in the city for a prolonged period. Church-building and veneration[edit] of Saint Nicholas, constructed by Vsevolod in Novgorod. addition to leading Novgorodian armies on several campaigns, Vsevolod built a number of churches in and around the city: the Church of St. John on Opoki (1127–1130),[8] the Church of St. George in the Market (1133), the Church of The Assumption in the Market (1133; built with Archbishop Nifont),[9] and the Church of St. George in the Yuriev Monastery.[10] It was Vsevolod who granted the charter to Ivan's Hundred, the first Russian merchant guild. In addition, the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Yaroslav's Court, while often attributed to his father Mstislav, was mostly built during Vsevolod's tenure in Novgorod. comparatively early death prevented him from claiming the Kievan throne. He was survived by a daughter, Wierzchosława, the wife of Bolesław IV the Curly. The prince was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church as Vsevolod-Gavriil. In the Stepennaya Kniga (the "Book of Degrees of Royal Genealogy"), he is listed as a Pskov Wonderworker.[11] His relics were moved from the Church of St. Demetrius to the Trinity Cathedral in the Pskov Kremlin in 1193. The Pskovians attached his name to a German sword with the inscription honorem meum nemini dabo, formerly preserved in the cathedral sacristy, but modern historians date the sword to the 15th century at the earliest. St Vsevolod (in holy baptism Gabriel) the Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated on February 11; Right-believing Great Prince Rostislav-Michael the Prince of Kiev, Commemorated on March 14 ;

Russia, Kiev, 1125, Smolensk begins to separate from Kiev, Mstislav's son Rostislav, Monomahk' gson
Kiev Rus King, 1125-1132, Mstislav I, The Great ; Right-believing Great Prince Rostislav-Michael the Prince of Kiev, Commemorated on March 14 ;

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Kiev Rus King, 1125-1132, Mstislav I, The Great ; Commemoration of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God and the deliverance of Moscow from the Invasion of Tamerlane, Commemorated on August 26; Venerable Onesiphorus the Confessor of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on November 9; St Vsevolod (in holy baptism Gabriel) the Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated on February 11; Right-believing Great Prince Rostislav-Michael the Prince of Kiev, Commemorated on March 14 ; Greatmartyr and Healer Panteleimon, Commemorated on July 27; St Niphon the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on April 8;

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Kiev Saint, died 1129, Constantine of Murom; Icon of the Mother of God of Murom, Commemorated on April 12; Venerable Constantine, (In baptism Yaroslav), with his children Michael and Theodore, Wonderworkers of Murom, Commemorated on May 21;

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Kiev Rus King, 1132-1139, Yaropolk II ; Venerable Pimen the Faster of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on August 7; Venerable Spyridon the Prosphora-baker of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 31; Venerable Onesiphorus the Confessor of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on November 9; St Niphon the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on April 8;

Russia, Kiev, 1139-1146, Kiev Rus King, Vsevolod II, Oleg's son, chose b Igor
Kiev Rus King, 1139-1146, Vsevolod II, Vsevolod Olegovich; Venerable Pimen the Faster of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on August 7; Venerable Nicholas Sviatosha Prince of Chernigov, and Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 14 ; Venerable Spyridon the Prosphora-baker of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 31; Venerable Onesiphorus the Confessor of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on November 9; Venerable Nectarius the Obedient of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on November 29; Venerable Titus the Presbyter of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 27; St Niphon the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on April 8; St Cyril the Bishop of Turov, Commemorated on April 28 ; Venerable Martin of Turov, Commemorated on June 27;

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Kiev Rus King, 1146, Igor II Olgovich of Kiev; Venerable Titus the Presbyter of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 27; Venerable Gerasimus of Vologda, Commemorated on March 4; St Cyril the Bishop of Turov, Commemorated on April 28 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Igor, Commemorated on June 5; Translation of the relics of the Right-believing Igor-George, Tonsured Gabriel, Grand Prince of Chernigov, and Kiev, Commemorated on June 5;

Russia, Kiev, 1146-1149, 1151-1154, Kiev Rus King, Iziaslav II of Kiev, Izyaslav Mstislavich, Panteleimon
Kiev Rus King, 1146-1154, Iziaslav II of Kiev, Izyaslav Mstislavich; Venerable Onesiphorus the Confessor of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on November 9; Venerable Titus the Presbyter of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 27; Venerable Gerasimus of Vologda, Commemorated on March 4; Right-believing Great Prince Rostislav-Michael the Prince of Kiev, Commemorated on March 14 ; St Cyril the Bishop of Turov, Commemorated on April 28 ; Greatmartyr and Healer Panteleimon, Commemorated on July 27; Icon of the Mother of God of Igor, Commemorated on June 5; Translation of the relics of the Right-believing Igor-George, Tonsured Gabriel, Grand Prince of Chernigov, and Kiev, Commemorated on June 5;

Russia, Kiev, 1149-1151, 1155-1157, K Rus King, Yuri I Dolgorukiy, far reaching, Kiev to Suzdal
Kiev Rus King, 1149-1157, Yuri I Dolgorukiy ; Venerable Titus the Presbyter of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 27; Venerable Gerasimus of Vologda, Commemorated on March 4; Right-believing Great Prince Rostislav-Michael the Prince of Kiev, Commemorated on March 14 ; St Niphon the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on April 8; St Cyril the Bishop of Turov, Commemorated on April 28 ;

Russia, Kiev, 1150-1182, Saint Cyril of Turov, Belarus
Russia, Kiev, 1150-1182, Saint Cyril of Turov; St. Cyril the Bishop of Turov, Commemorated on April 28;

Russia, Kiev, 1154-1164, K Rus King, Sviatoslav, Oleg's son, Igor's father, assisted by Yuri D
Kiev Rus King, 1154-1164, Sviatoslav Olgovich; Olgovich (died February 14, 1164) was the Prince of Novgorod (1136-“1138); Novgorod-Seversky (1139); Belgorod Kievsky (1141-“1154); and Chernigov (1154-“1164). He was the son of Oleg Sviatoslavich, Prince of Chernigov with an unnamed daughter of Asaduk, Khan of Khumans. to Chernigov; Sviatoslav Olgovich in his deathbed, with his wife and sons.jpg the death of their older brother, Vsevolod II, Sviatoslav and his brother Igor were driven out of Kiev by Iziaslav Mstislavich. escaped, but Igor was captured and eventually killed in 1147. fled to Chernigov but was ordered to relinquish his city, Novgorod-Seversky, to his cousins, Iziaslav Davidovich and Vladimir Davidovich. the assistance of his ally, Yuri Dolgoruki, and his father-in-law, Aepa Khan, Sviatoslav began a war against his cousins, but was forced to flee to Karachev. There on January 16, 1147, Sviatoslav defeated the Davidovichi brothers St John the Archbishop and Wonderworker of Novgorod, Commemorated September 7 ; Venerable Titus the Presbyter of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 27; Venerable Gerasimus of Vologda, Commemorated on March 4; St Cyril the Bishop of Turov, Commemorated on April 28 ; Translation of the relics of the Right-believing Igor-George, Tonsured Gabriel, Grand Prince of Chernigov, and Kiev, Commemorated on June 5;

Russia, Kiev, 1154, 1159-1167, Kiev Rus King, Rostislav-Michael, Rostislav 1 of Kiev. invited to Novgored, ruled Kiev 1 week
Kiev Rus King, 1154-1157, Rostislav-Michael; Mstislavich (c. 1110-“1167), Kniaz' (Prince) of Smolensk (1125-“1160), Novgorod (1154) and Velikiy Kniaz (Grand Prince) of Kiev (Kyiv, 1154, 1159-“1167). He was the son of Mstislav I of Kiev and Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden. Yaroslav II of Kiev was driven out of Novgorod, Rostislav was invited to become the ruler of Novgorod. He accepted, and became the prince on April 17, 1154. Then, learning that Iziaslav II had died, Rostislav left Novgorod to take the Kievan throne. Indignant that their prince had abandoned them and angered that "he did not make order among them, but tore them more apart", the citizens of Novgorod drove out Rostislav's son, David, who was their governor. They replaced him with Mstislav Yurievich, the son of Yury Dolgoruky. ruled Kiev for one week before Iziaslav III of Kiev forced him to flee to Chernigov. left four sons, princes David Rostislavich of Novgorod, Mstislav Rostislavich of Smolensk, Roman I of Kiev and Rurik Rostislavich and two daughters Elena Rostislavna of Kiev-Smolensk (died 1204) and Agrafena Rostislavna (died 1237). Venerable John the Long-Suffering of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on July 18; Venerable Polycarp the Archimandrite of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on July 24; Venerable Abramius the Archimandrite and Wonderworker of Smolensk, Commemorated on August 21; St John the Archbishop and Wonderworker of Novgorod, Commemorated September 7 ; Venerable Titus the Presbyter of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 27; Venerable Gerasimus of Vologda, Commemorated on March 4; Right-believing Great Prince Rostislav-Michael the Prince of Kiev, Commemorated on March 14 ; St Niphon the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on April 8; St Cyril the Bishop of Turov, Commemorated on April 28; St Nikita the Bishop of Novgorod and Recluse, of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on May 14; Blessed Constantine the Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on June 5;

Russia, Kiev, 1154-1171, K Rus King, Vladimir III Mstislavich, ties with pagan Hungary and Serbia
Kiev Rus King, 1154-1171, Vladimir III Mstislavich, Vladimir Mstislavich; Right-believing Great Prince Igor of Kiev and Chernigov, Commemorated on September 19;

Russia, Kiev, 1157-1174, G Prince, Andrey Bogolyubsky, strong, tried to unite w Kiev and Novgorod, N Dvina, killed
Vladimir Great Prince, 1157-1174, Andrey Bogolyubsky; St John the Archbishop and Wonderworker of Novgorod, Commemorated on September 7; Icon of the Mother of God "Mirozh", Commemorated September 24 ; Commemoration of the Weeping Icon of the Mother of God œof the Sign at Novgorod, Commemorated on November 27; Venerable Gerasimus of Vologda, Commemorated on March 4; St Cyril the Bishop of Turov, Commemorated on April 28; St Nikita the Bishop of Novgorod and Recluse, of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on May 14; Icon of the Mother of God œthe God Loving, Commemorated on June 18; Burial of St Andrew the Prince, Commemorated on July 4 ;

Russia, Kiev, 1167-1170, K Rus King, Mstislav II, Michael Izyaslavich, wars w Yuri D, fled to Poland, killed Yuri at Vohly
Kiev Rus King, 1167-1170, Mstislav II ; Venerable Arethus the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 24; Commemoration of the Weeping Icon of the Mother of God œof the Sign at Novgorod, Commemorated on November 27; Venerable Athanasius œthe Resurrected One, Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on December 2; Venerable Titus the Presbyter of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 27; St Cyril the Bishop of Turov, Commemorated on April 28;

Russia, Kiev, 1171-1177, K Rus King, Roman I (Smolensk, Rosislav's son Mstislav's gson Monomahk' ggson)
Kiev Rus King, 1171-1177, Roman I of Kiev (Roman Rostislavich (+ 1170) ; Venerable Abramius the Archimandrite and Wonderworker of Smolensk, Commemorated on August 21; Venerable Arethus the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 24; Commemoration of the Weeping Icon of the Mother of God œof the Sign at Novgorod, Commemorated on November 27; Venerable Athanasius œthe Resurrected One, Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on December 2; Venerable Titus the Presbyter of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 27; St Cyril the Bishop of Turov, Commemorated on April 28 ;

Russia, Kiev, 1173-1210, K Rus King, Rurik Rostislavich, Oleg's grandson, w Cumans
Kiev Rus King, 1173-1210, Rurik Rostislavich; Venerable Pambo the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on July 18; Martyr Florus of Illyria, Commemorated on August 18; Venerable Arethus the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 24; Venerable Sisoes the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 24; Venerable Theophilus the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 24; Venerable Athanasius œthe Resurrected One, Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on December 2; Venerable Anthony of Dymsk, Novgorod, Commemorated on January 17; Venerable Titus the Presbyter of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 27; Venerable Gerontius the Canonarch of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 1; Venerable Alexius the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 24; St Cyril the Bishop of Turov, Commemorated on April 28;

Russia, Kiev, 1176-1198, Rus Prince and Saint, Yaroslav II, Vsevolod II's son, Oleg's gson, Cherginov
Kiev Rus Prince and Saint, 1176-1198, Yaroslav II Vsevolodovich (Vasily); Venerable Arethus the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 24; Venerable Theophilus the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 24; Venerable Anthony of Dymsk, Novgorod, Commemorated on January 17; Monkmartyr Anastasius the Deacon of the Kiev Near Caves Commemorated on January 22; St Cyril the Bishop of Turov, Commemorated on April 28 ; Right-believing Prince Basil of Yaroslavl, Commemorated on July 3;

Russia, Kiev, 1177-1212, K Rus King, Vsevolod III, the Big Nest, Yuri D's 11th son, long reign in Vladimir, m Georgian
Kiev Rus King, 1173, Vsevolod III, the Big Nest; Venerable Abramius the Archimandrite of Rostov, Commemorated on October 29; Commemoration of the Weeping Icon of the Mother of God œof the Sign at Novgorod, Commemorated on November 27; Venerable Anthony of Dymsk, Novgorod, Commemorated on January 17; Monkmartyr Anastasius the Deacon of the Kiev Near Caves Commemorated on January 22; St Ignatius, Wonderworker and Bishop of Smolensk, Commemorated on January 29; St Laurence the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, and Bishop of Turov, Near Caves, Commemorated on January 29; Venerable Erasmus of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 24; Venerable Titus the Presbyter of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 27; Venerable Gerontius the Canonarch of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 1; St Cyril the Bishop of Turov, Commemorated on April 28 ;

Russia, Kiev, 1200-1299, 13th Century Folder, Mongol Yoke begins , Alexander Nevsky, Theodore the Black

Russia, Kiev, 1210-1238, K Rus King, Yuri II of Vladimir, St George, d at Sit River, family d at V
Kiev Rus King, 1210-1238, Yuri II of Vladimi; Venerable Arethus the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 24; Venerable Sisoes the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 24; Venerable Theophilus the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 24; Venerable Mardarius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on December 13; Venerable Anthony of Dymsk, Novgorod, Commemorated on January 17; Venerable Erasmus of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 24; Venerable Gerontius the Canonarch of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 1;

Russia, Kiev, 1219-1246, Michael of Chernigov, Oleg's gggson, promoted t, t routes K and Vohl, first O Martyr
Russia, Kiev, 1219-1246, Michael of Chernigov, Mikhail Vsevolodovich; Chernigov; Martyr and Confessor Michael the Wonderworker of Chernigov, Commemorated September 20 ; Venerable Euphrosyne of Suzdal, Commemorated on September 25; Translation of the relics of the Martyr Michael of Chernigov, Commemorated February 14 ;

Russia, Kiev, 1223, Ukraine, Battle of the Kalka River 1223, decisive Mongol v
Battle of the Kalka River; Mongol-Tatar invasions 1223-1778; Venerable Pambo the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on July 18; Venerable Abramius the Archimandrite and Wonderworker of Smolensk, Commemorated August 21 ; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4;

Russia, Kiev, 1223, Battle of Kalka River, at Mariupol, decisive Mongol v
Battle of Kalka River at Mariupol; Mongol Tartar Invasion 1223-1241; Venerable Pambo the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on July 18; Venerable Abramius the Archimandrite and Wonderworker of Smolensk, Commemorated August 21 ; Icon of the Mother of God Ã¢Â€Âœof the SignÃ¢Â€ÂÂÂÂ, the Ã¢Â€ÂœKursk-RootÃ¢Â€ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on September 8;

Russia, Kiev, 1223-1240, Mongol (Tartar) invasion of Rus 1223-1240, Kiev
Mongol (Tartar) invasion of Rus 1223-1240; Princess Anna Vsevolodna, Commemorated on November 3 ; Venerable Silvanus the Schemamonk, of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on June 10;

Russia, Kiev, 1225-1246, Michael of Chernigov, cured, promoted t, t routes K and Vohl, f Oleg, Martyr
Novgorod, 1225-1246, Saint Michael of Chernigov; Martyr and Confessor Michael the Wonderworker of Chernigov, Commemorated on September 20 ; St Oleg the Prince of Briansk, Commemorated on September 20 ;

Russia, Kiev, 1230-1262, K Rus King, Rostislav Mikhailovich, Rostislav III of Kiev, m Hun king's d
Kiev Rus King, 1230-1262, Rostislav Mikhailovich, Rostislav III of Kiev; St Theodore the Prince of Smolensk and Yaroslav, Commemorated on September 19;

Russia, Kiev, 1236-1243, Michael of Chernigov, focus on trade w Poland through Kiev and Vohly G
Kiev, 1236-1243, Kiev Rus King, Saint, Michael of Chernigov ; Venerable Polycarp of Briansk, Commemorated on February 23;

Russia, Kiev, 1238-1252, K Rus King, Sviatoslav III of Vladimir, short uneventful reign, visited GH
Kiev Rus King, 1238-1252, Sviatoslav III of Vladimir; Translation of the relics of Venerable St John the Abbot of Rila in Bulgaria, Commemorated on October 19; Venerable Sisoes the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 24; Venerable Mardarius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on December 13; Venerable Gerontius the Canonarch of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 1;

Russia, Kiev, 1240-1263, K Rus Prince, Alexander Nevsky, battles Neva and Ice, Politician, Mongol friend
Kiev Rus Prince, 1240-1263, Alexander Nevsky Venerable Pambo the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on July 18; St Eupraxia, Princess of Pskov, Commemorated October 16; Translation of the relics of Venerable St John the Abbot of Rila in Bulgaria, Commemorated on October 19; Venerable Sisoes the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 24; Repose of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated on November 23; St Maximus, Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on December 6; Venerable Mardarius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on December 13; Icon of the Mother of God of Saint Theodore, Commemorated on March 14 Theodore—Kostroma Icon of the Mother of God was painted by the Evangelist Luke and resembles the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God. icon received its name from Great Prince Yaroslav Vsevolodovich (+ 1246), the father of Saint Alexander Nevsky, and who in holy Baptism was named Theodore in honor of Saint Theodore Stratelates (February 8). to Tradition, the icon was found by his elder brother, Saint George (February 4), in an old wooden chapel near the city of Gorodets. Later, the Gorodetsk Theodorov monastery was built on this spot. Prince Yaroslav-Theodore became the Great Prince of Vladimir after his brother Saint George perished in battle with the Mongols at the Sita River. In the year 1239, he solemnly transferred the relics of his brother from Rostov to the Vladimir Dormition cathedral. He gave the icon which he inherited from his brother to his own son, Saint Alexander Nevsky. is renowned in Russian history. He continued with the glorious traditions of his uncle Saint Andrew Bogoliubsky (July 4), and of his father Vsevolod III Big-Nest, and he was connected to almost all of the significant events in the history of Rus in the first half of the thirteenth century. was burned and torn apart by the Mongols in 1237-1238. He raised it up from the ashes, rebuilt and embellished the cities, the holy monasteries and the churches. He restored cities along the Volga devastated by the enemy: Kashin, Uglich, Yaroslavl’, Kostroma, Gorodets. founded he church of Theodore Stratelates at Kostroma and the Theodorov monastery near Gorodets in honor of his patron saint. For eight years he ruled as Great Prince, but he had to guide the land through a singularly difficult path, maintaining a military-political balance with the Golden Horde to the East, while mounting an active opposition to Catholic Europe in the West. His closest companion was his son, Saint Alexander Nevsky, who also continued his policies. wonderworking Theodore Icon of the Mother of God was constantly with Saint Alexander, and he prayed before it. After Saint Alexander Nevsky died on November 14, 1263 at the monastery founded by his father, the icon was taken by his younger brother Basil. Yaroslavich was the youngest (eighth) son of Yaroslav Vsevolodovich. In 1246 after the death of his father (Prince Yaroslav was poisoned in the capital city of Mongolia, Karakorum when he was only five years old) Basil became prince of the Kostroma appanage-holding, the least important of his father’s domains. In the year 1272, he became Great Prince of Vladimir. four years as Great Prince (1272-1276) were filled with fratricidal princely quarrels. For several years he waged war against Novgorod with an unruly nephew Demetrius. In becoming Great Prince, however, Basil did not journey to Vladimir, but remained under the protection of the wonderworking icon at Kostroma, regarding this place as safer in case of new outbreaks of strife. had occasion also to defend Rus against external enemies. In 1272, during a Tatar incursion, a Russian army came forth from Kostroma to engage them. Following the example of his grandfather, Saint Andrew Bogoliubsky (who took the wonderworking Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God with him on military campaigns), Prince Basil went into battle with the wonderworking Theodore Icon. A blinding light came forth from the holy image, and the Tatars dispersed and fled from the Russian land. Chronicles say that the Great Prince Basil had a special love for the Church and the clergy. After the martyric death of Bishop Metrophanes of Vladimir during the storming of Vladimir by Tatars on February 4, 1238, the Vladimir diocese had remained widowed for many years. This grieved Great Prince Basil. With his help, a large cathedral was constructed in Vladimir in 1274. This was apparently in connection with the consecration of Saint Serapion (July 12) as Bishop of Vladimir. He was an igumen from the Monastery of the Caves. Cyril III (+ 1282) presided over a council of Russian hierarchs. This was the first council in the Russian Church since the time of the Mongol invasion. Many problems and disorders had arisen in Church life, but the Russian Church was just barely beginning to recover from the woe that had befallen it. One of its main tasks was to recover a Russian churchly literacy, and the restoration of the tradition of the ancient Russian “princely order.” books the Church’s salvific activity would be almost impossible. Books were needed for church services, and for preaching, for the monastic cell rule, and for believers to read at home. Through the efforts of Metropolitan Cyril and the Russian bishops and monastic scholars, this important task was begun. The council approved new editions of essential books which formed the canonical basis of Orthodox church life. 1276, Prince Basil completed his life’s journey. Most of the important events in his life occured with the blessing of the Theodore Icon of the Mother of God. He died at Kostroma, and there he also found his final resting place. Since that time, the holy icon has been in the Kostroma cathedral of Saint Theodore Stratelates. interest in the Theodore Icon of the Mother of God and the spread of its veneration throughout all Russia is connected with events of the beginning of the seventeenth century, and the end of the Time of Troubles. In the year 1613, the wonderworking Theodore Icon from the Kostroma cathedral was used at the proclamation of Michael Romanov as the new Tsar. In memory of this historic event, March 14 was designated for the commemoration of the Theodore Icon of the Mother of God. copies were made from the Kostroma Theodore Icon, and one of the first was commissioned and brought to Moscow by Tsar Michael’s mother, the nun Martha. From the second half of the seventeenth century, various copies of the Theodore Icon were enlarged with scenes depicting events from the history of the wonderworking icon. the year 1670 the hierodeacon Longinus from the Kostroma Hypatiev monastery wrote the “Narrative concerning the Manifestations and Miracles of the Theodore Icon of the Mother of God in Kostroma.” Not all the things contained in it agree with things previously stated. Theodore Icon is two-sided. On the reverse side is the image of the holy Great Martyr Paraskeva, depicted in the splendid attire of a princess. It is believed that the image of Paraskeva on the reverse of the icon is connected with the wife of Saint Alexander Nevsky. Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Saint Theodore is also commemorated on August 16. Venerable Gerontius the Canonarch of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 1;

Russia, Kiev, 1246-1288, Prince, Roman of Chernigov, and Bryansk, to GH, cured by Icon
Kiev Prince, 1246-1288, Roman of Chernigov; Icon of the Mother of God of Sven, Commemorated on August 17; St Maximus, Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on December 6; Venerable Gerontius the Canonarch of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 1; Icon of the Mother of God of Sven, Commemorated on May 3 ; Venerable Silvanus the Schemamonk, of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on June 10;

Russia, Kiev, 1250-1298, Saint Theodore the Black, Prince of Smolensk, bored, went to Sarai, prominence in H
Kiev, 1250-1298, Saint Theodore the Balck; St Theodore the Prince of Smolensk and Yaroslav, Commemorated on September 19;

Russia, Kiev, 1259, Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God Sept 8, 1259
Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God œOf the Sign Sept 8, 1259; Golden Horde, Horde of Batu; Icon of the Mother of God œKursk-Root, Commemorated on November 27 ; Repose of the Venerable Seraphim the Wonderworker of Sarov, Commemorated January 2 ;

Russia, Kiev, 1275, Mongol Tartar Invasion of Rus, 1223-1241, up at Kursk in 1275
Mongol Tartar Invasion 1223 - 1241; Venerable Pambo the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on July 18; Icon of the Mother of God œof the SignœKursk-Root, Commemorated on September 8; Icon of the Mother of God Kursk Root œof the Sign, Commemorated on March 8;

Russia, Kiev, 1283-1303, P Daniel of Moscow, Nevsky's 4th and youngest s , Churches and Ms, first victory over Tartars, unified rus
Russia, Moscow, 1283-1303, Prince Daniel of Moscow; father died when he was only two years old. Of his father's patrimonies, he received the least valuable, Moscow.[1] Aleksandrovich (1261-“ 4 March 1303) was the youngest son of Alexander Nevsky and forefather of all the Grand Dukes of father died when he was only two years old. Of his father's patrimonies, he received the least valuable, Moscow.[1] When he was a child, the tiny principality was being governed by tiuns (deputies), appointed by his paternal uncle, Grand Prince Yaroslav has been credited with founding the first Moscow monasteries, namely the Lord's Epiphany, and The Danilov Monestery (Saint Daniel Monestery): named in his honor, situated on the right bank of the Moskva River at a distance of 5 miles from the Moscow Kremlin, and founded, by Daniel, as the first monastery wooden church of St. Daniel-Stylite no later than also built the first stone church in the Moscow Kremlin in the 1280s, dedicated to the Great Martyr took part in his brothers (”Dmitri of Pereslavl and Andrey of Gorodets) ”struggle for the right to govern Vladimir and Novgorod, respectively. After Dmitry's death in 1294, Daniel made an alliance with Mikhail of Tver and Ivan of Pereslavl against Andrey of Gorodets of Novgorod. participation in the struggle for Novgorod in 1296 indicated Moscow's increasing political influence. Constantine, the prince of Ryazan, tried to capture the Moscow lands with the help of a Mongol force. Prince Daniel defeated it near Pereslavl. This was a first victory over the Tatars, though not a tremendous victory, but it was noteworthy as a first push towards freedom.[2] 1300, he went to Ryazan with an army and imprisoned the ruler of the Ryazan Principality "by some ruse", as the chronicle says, and destroyed a multitude of Tatars. To secure his release, the prisoner ceded to Daniel his fortress of Kolomna. It was an important acquisition, as now Daniel controlled all the length of the Moskva River. 1302 his childless nephew and ally, Ivan of Pereslavl, bequeathed to Daniel all his lands, including Pereslavl-Zalessky.[2] the Mongol occupation and internecine wars among the Rus' princes, Daniel created peace in Moscow without bloodshed. 30 years of ruling Daniel participated in battles only once.[1] According to legend, Daniel was popular and respected by his subjects for his meekness, humility and peacefulness. Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, Commemorated on March 4; the time of Great Prince Ivan III (1462-1505), Saint Daniel gave reminders of himself to his forgetful descendents. He appeared as a stranger to a youth who attended the Great Prince and said: Don’t be afraid of me. I was a Christian and the master of this place, my name is Daniel Prince of Moscow, and by the will of God I am here. Tell Great Prince John about me saying: you are enjoying yourself while you have forgotten me, but God has not forgotten me. this, the Great Prince ordered panikhidas for his ancestral princes to be sung in the cathedral. During the time of Tsar Ivan the Terrible, the dying son of a barge merchant was healed at the grave of Saint Daniel. The Tsar, struck by the miracle, renovated the ancient Danilov monastery and established a yearly church procession. The Metropolitan led the way to the the holy prince’s tomb, and served a panikhida there. 1652 holy Prince Daniel was glorified by the uncovering of his incorrupt relics, which were transferred on August 30 to the church dedicated to the Holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council. holy relics were placed in a reliquary “to the glory of the Holy Trinity and for the healing of the infirm. Metropolitan Platon of Moscow (+ 1812), in the Life of the holy prince which he compiled, writes: “The founder laid the foundation of Moscow’s grandeur, modestly making only a small path to it. Just as any edifice, which is not built with excessive haste, but rather with great artistry and skill, receives a particular firmness and stands indestructible for a long time; like a tall tree that grows for many centuries after beginning as a small sapling, then slowly becomes sturdier, with its branches spreading about far around, so this city was to grow from small, but firm beginnings, so that its first sparkle would not bedazzle the eyes of the envious, and so it would not be shaken or felled early on, before it had attained its full height. Thus did this founder prepare the great city given him, giving it a modest but steady radiance, undisturbed by any gusts of the wind. He left the great glory of its rise to his son Great Prince John, called Kalita.

Russia, Kiev, 1285-1305, Patriarch Maximus, Metropolitan of all Rus
Vladimir, 1285-1305, Patriarch Maximus, Metropolitan of all Rus; Repose of St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on December 21; Icon of the Mother of God of St. Maximus, Commemorated on April 18;

Russia, Kiev, 1288, appearance of Sven Icon in Briansk
Russia, Kiev, 1288, appearance of Sven Icon in Briansk ; Icon of the Mother of God of Sven, Commemorated on August 17;

Russia, Kiev, 1300-1399, 14th Century Folder, Orthodox Golden Horde by Theodore the Black

Russia, Kiev, 1308-1325, Patriarch Peter of Moscow
Kiev Patriarch, 1308-1325, Peter of Moscow; Icon of the Mother of God of St Peter of Moscow, Commemorated on August 24; Translation of the relics of St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on August 24; St Athanasius the Patriarch of Constantinople, Commemorated on October 24 ;

Russia, Kiev, 1320, Battle of Irpen River, Lithuania over Kiev
Russia, Kiev, 1320, Battle of Irpen River, Lithuania over Kiev; Venerable Mercurius the Faster of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on November 24;

Russia, Kiev, 1327-1352, Patriarch, Theognostus of Kiev and All Russia
Moscow Patriarch, 1327-1352, Theognostus of Kiev and All Russia; St Theognostus the Metropolitan of Kiev and All Russia, Commemorated on March 14; Venerable Micah the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on May 6 ;

Russia, Kiev, 1334-1362, Fiodor of Kiev, a Lithuanian tax collector for the Horde
Russia, Kiev, 1334-1362, K Rus King, Fiodor of Kiev, a Lithuanian tax collector for the Horde; Venerable Mercurius the Faster of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on November 24;

Russia, Kiev, 1354-1378, Patriarch Alexius, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kiev
Moscow, 1354-1378, Patriarch Alexius, Metropolitan of Moscow; St Eudokia, in Monasticism Euphrosyne, the Grand Duchess of Moscow, Commemorated on July 7; St. Alexis the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 12;

Russia, Kiev, 1359-1389, Prince Dimitri of the Don
Novgorod, 1359-1389, Prince Dimitri of the Don; Blessed Nicholas Kochanov the Fool-For-Christ at Novgorod, Commemorated July 28 ; Repose of St Theoctistus the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on December 23; Righteous Theodore of Novgorod the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on January 19; St Moses the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on January 25; Venerable Arsenius the Abbot of Konevits, Commemorated on June 12;

Russia, Kiev, 1362, Battle of Blue Waters, S Bug, Lithuanians take over Kiev from Horde
Russia, Kiev, 1362, Battle of Blue Waters, S Bug, Lithuanians take over Kiev from Horde; Venerable Mercurius the Faster of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on November 24;

Russia, Kiev, 1362-1394, Lithuanian, Vladimir Olgerdovich, replaced Fiodore after Blue Watters battle
Kiev Lithuanian King, 1362-1394, Vladimir Olgerdovich; Venerable Mercurius the Faster of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on November 24; Venerable Gregory the Recluse, of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on January 8; Venerable Gerontius the Canonarch of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 1; Venerable Joseph the Much-Ailing, of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 4; Venerable Alphan with his brother of Novgorod, founder of the Sokolnitzky Monastery, Commemorated on May 4; Venerable Arsenius the Lover-of-Labor of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on May 8; Venerable Leontius of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on June 18;

Russia, Kiev, 1380-1382, 1390-1406, Patriarch, Cyprian, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus
Kiev Patriarch, 1380-1382, Cyprian, Metropolitan of Kiev, then Kiev and all Rus with his residence in Moscow, until 1406 with a little time off inbetween; St Arsenius the Bishop of Tver, Commemorated on March 2 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on March 3 ;

Russia, Kiev, 1382-1384, Patriarch, Pimen I, Metropolitan of Kiev and All Rus
Kiev Patriarch, 1382-1384, Pimen I, Metropolitan of Kiev and All Rus ; Icon of the Mother of God of Pimen, Commemorated on June 6;

Russia, Kiev, 1385-1406, Patriarch Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow
Moscow Patriarch, 1385-1406, Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow ; Repose of St Cyprian the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on September 16 ; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Moscow, Commemorated on June 13;

Russia, Kiev, 1400, 15th Century - Present, Ukraine Folder

Russia, Kiev, 1405-1463, Isidore of Kiev, Metropolitan, Became Uniate
Russia, Kiev, 1405-1463, Isidore of Kiev, Metropolitan, Became Catholic; Repose of St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on March 31 ;

Russia, Kiev, 1458-1473, Patriarch, Gregory II Bulgarian, First Uniate Metropolitan of Kiev
Patriarch, 1458-1473, Gregory II Bulgarian, First Uniate Metropolitan of Kiev; Venerable Paphnutius the Abbot of Borov, Commemorated on May 1;

Russia, Kiev, 1545-1608, Prince Constantine Ostrozhsky, Konstanty Ostrogski, of Turov and Pinsk
Volhynia, 1545-1608, Prince Constantine Ostrozhsky, Konstanty Ostrogski; Repose of the Venerable Job, Abbot and Wonderworker of Pochaev, Commemorated on October 28;

Oprichnina, secret policek, 1560's, (Kiev and Novgorod area)
Oprichnina, Ivan the Terrible's secret police (Kiev and Novgorod area); Hieromartyr Philip the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on January 9 ;

Russia, Kiev, 1596, Union of Brest, Rome and Kiev, Roman Catholic
Poland, 1596, Union of Brest, Rome and Kiev; Repose of the Venerable Job, Abbot and Wonderworker of Pochaev, Commemorated on October 28;

Russia, Kiev, 1605-1618, Polish-Muscovite War (during Time of Troubles)
Kiev, 1605-1618, Polish-Muscovite War ; Martyr Macarius the Archimandrite of Kanev and Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on September 7 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Smolensk the ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœSweet-KissingÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on March 19; Venerable Dionysius the Archimandrite of St SergiusÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Â™ Monastery, Commemorated on May 12;

Russia, Kiev, 1632-1634, Polish-Muscovite War, the Smolensk War
Polish-Muscovite War (1632-1634), the Smolensk War; Martyr Macarius the Archimandrite of Kanev and Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on September 7 ; Martyr Michael the Prince of Tver, Commemorated on November 22; Venerable Dionysius the Archimandrite of St SergiusÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Â™ Monastery, Commemorated on May 12;

Russia, Kiev, 1633-1646, Patriarch, Peter Mogila
Keiv Patriarch, 1633-1646, Peter Mogila; Uncovering of the relics of Holy Princess Juliana Olshanskaya, Commemorated on July 6; Martyr Macarius the Archimandrite of Kanev and Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on September 7 ;

Russia, Kiev, 1648-1657, Hetman, Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Turk Moslem converted to Orthodox
Kiev Hetman, 1648-1657, Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Hetman of Right Bank Ukraine; Martyr Macarius the Archimandrite of Kanev and Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on September 7 ;

Russia, Kiev, 1648-1657, Hetman, Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Hetman of Right Bank Ukraine
Kiev Hetman, 1648-1657, Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Hetman of Right Bank Ukraine; Martyr Macarius the Archimandrite of Kanev and Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on September 7 ;

Russia, Kiev, 1649-1764, Cossack Hetmanate, of Right Bank Ukraine, Orthodox
Russia, Kiev, 1649-1764, Cossack Hetmanate, of Right Bank Ukraine; Kiev Hetman, 1648-1657, Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Hetman of Right Bank Ukraine; Martyr Macarius the Archimandrite of Kanev and Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on September 7 ;

Russia, Kiev, 1653, Polish invasion of Liubech
Lubech; The Deluge (Polish history) ; Martyr Macarius the Archimandrite of Kanev and Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on September 7 ; Repose of St Theodosius of Chernigov, Commemorated on February 5 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Lubech, Commemorated on May 7 ;

Russia, Kiev, 1657-1681, Hetman, Yurii Khmelnytsky, Hetman of Right Bank Ukraine
Kiev Hetman, 1657-1681, Yurii Khmelnytsky, Hetman of Right Bank Ukraine ; Martyr Macarius the Archimandrite of Kanev and Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on September 7 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Domnitsa, Commemorated on September 8; Repose of St Theodosius of Chernigov, Commemorated on February 5 ;

Russia, Kiev, 1662, Crimean-Nogali Tatars descended upon Chernigov in 1662
Tatars descended upon Chernigov in 1662 and destroyed it - Icon of the Mother of God Weeping œIlyin Chernigov, Commemorated on April 16 ; Cossack Hetmanate ; Crimean-Nogai raids into East Slavic lands 1441-1774 ; Martyr Macarius the Archimandrite of Kanev and Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on September 7 ; Uncovering of the relics of St Theodosius the Archbishop of Chernigov, Commemorated on September 9 ;

Kiev, Zbarazhsk War with the Turks 1675
Zbarazhsk Castle; Zbarazhsk War with the Turks 1675; Commemoration of the Miraculous Appearance of the Mother of God at Pochaev, which saved the Monastery from the assault of the Tatars and Turks, Commemorated on July 23 ; Martyr Macarius the Archimandrite of Kanev and Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on September 7 ; Uncovering of the relics of St Theodosius the Archbishop of Chernigov, Commemorated on September 9 ;

Kiev, Russo-Turkish War (1676-“81)
Russo-Turkish War (1676-81) ; Turks lay siege to Chigirin 1677 ; Icon of the Mother of God of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on August 17 ; Martyr Macarius the Archimandrite of Kanev and Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on September 7 ; Uncovering of the relics of St Theodosius the Archbishop of Chernigov, Commemorated on September 9 ;

Kiev, Turks lay siege to Chigirin 1677
Turks lay siege to Chigirin 1677 ; Russo-Turkish War (1676-“81) ; Icon of the Mother of God of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on August 17 ; Martyr Macarius the Archimandrite of Kanev and Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on September 7 ;

Russia, Kiev, 1700-1721, Great Northern War, Russia and Sweden
Great Northern War; Battle of Poltava; Great Northern War; Icon of the Mother of God of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on August 17 ; Appearance of the Mother of God to St Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on August 24; Icon of the Mother of God of Domnitsa, Commemorated on September 8;

Russia, Kiev, 1709, Battle of Poltava, Great Northern War
Battle of Poltava; Great Northern War; Icon of the Mother of God of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on August 17 ; Appearance of the Mother of God to St Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on August 24;

Russia, Kiev, 1812, Napoleon invasion of Russia
Napoleon invasion of Russia 1812; Icon of the Mother of God of œTenderness, Commemorated on May 21; Icon of the Mother of God œVirgin of Tenderness from the Pskov Caves, Commemorated on May 21;

Russia, Kiev, 1812, Sven Icon deliverance of Briansk from Napolian
Russia, Kiev, 1812, Sven Icon deliverance of Briansk from Napolian ; Icon of the Mother of God of Sven, Commemorated on August 17;

1812 Fatherland war Smolensk (French Invasion of Russia)
1812 Fatherland war Smolensk (French Invasion of Russia); Icon of the Mother of God œof the Sign, the œKursk-Root, Commemorated on September 8 ; Icon of the Mother of God œKursk-Root, Commemorated on November 27 ; Icon of the Mother of God œVirgin of Tenderness from the Pskov Caves, Commemorated on May 21 ;

Fatherland War of 1812 (Intensional Destruction of Smolensk, Ukraine)
Fatherland War of 1812 (Neman River Crossing), French Invasion of Russia; Icon of the Mother of God œKursk-Root, Commemorated on November 27 ;

Russia, Kiev, 1918, Kiev Civil War, Russian Civil War
Russia, Kiev, 1918, Kiev Civil War, Russian Civil War; St. Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev and Gallich, Commemorated on January 25;

Dormition Cathedral in the Kiev Caves (Destroyed in WWII)
Dormition Cathedral in the Kiev Caves (Destroyed in WWII); Dormition Cathedral in the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Lavra, Commemorated on February 1; 12 Greeks who built the Dormition Cathedral in the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Lavra, Commemorated on February 14;

Chernobyl (Wormwood) Disaster, 1986, (Kiev, Pirypat River Mouth)
Chernobyl (Wormwood) Disaster;

Russia, Kiev and Ukraine, Dnieper River Folder

Dnieper River

Dnieper River Source (Valdai Hills, near Smolensk)
Valdai Hills;

Russia, Kiev and Ukraine, Dnieper River Source, Vyazama River Folder

Vyazma River

Vyazma River Source (Valdai Hills)

Vyazma River 1 (Vyazama)

Vyazma, Ukraine (Vyazna River 1)
Vyazma; Venerable Arcadius of Novotorsk, Commemorated July 11 ; St Pitirim the Bishop of Tambov, Commemorated on July 28; Venerable Arcadius of Novotorsk, Commemorated August 14 ; Venerable Arcadius of Novy Torg, Commemorated December 13 ; St Juliana the Princess of Vyazma, Commemorated December 21 ; St Gerasimus of Boldino, Commemorated on May 1; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Juliana the Princess of Vyazma, Commemorated on June 2;

Vyazma River 2

Vyazma River 3

Vyazma River Mouth (Dnieper River Source)

Dnieper River 1 (Dorogobuzha)

Dorogobuzha, Ukraine (Dnieper River 1)
Dorogobuzha, Ukraine (Dnieper River 1) ; St Gerasimus of Boldino, Commemorated on May 1;

Dnieper River 2 (Smolensk)

Dnieper River 3 (Mogilev)

Russia, Kiev and Ukraine, Dnieper River 2, Smolensk Folder

Smolensk, Ukraine (Dnieper River 2)
Smolensk; Icon of the Mother of God of Koloch, Commemorated July 9 ; Synaxis of the Saints of Smolensk, Commemorated July 24 ; Venerable Polycarp the Archimandrite of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on July 24; Appearance of the Smolensk "œDirectress" Icon of the Mother of God brought from Constantinople, Commemorated on July 28 ; Icon of the Mother of God of the Trinity-St Sergius Lavra, Commemorated July 28 ; Icon of the Mother of God of the Trinity-St Sergius Lavra, Commemorated July 28 ; St Mercurius the Bishop of Smolensk, Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 7 ; Venerable Anthony of Optina, Commemorated on August 7 ; Venerable Abramius the Archimandrite and Wonderworker of Smolensk, Commemorated August 21 ; Venerable Adrian the Abbot of Ondrusov, Valaam, Commemorated August 26 ; Passion-Bearer Gleb, in Holy Baptism David, Commemorated September 5 ; St Mercurius the Bishop of Smolensk, Kiev Near Caves,Commemorated on August 7; Venerable Abramius the Archimandrite and Wonderworker of Smolensk, Commemorated on August 21; St Theodore the Prince of Smolensk and Yaroslav, Commemorated on September 19 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Yaroslav-Smolensk, Commemorated October 12 ; Uncovering of the relics of St Andrew the Prince of Smolensk, Commemorated on October 27; Ozerianka Icon of God of Shuiu-Smolensk, Commemorated on November 2 ; Martyr Mercurius of Smolensk, Commemorated on November 24 ; St Juliana the Princess of Vyazma, Commemorated December 21 ; Icon of the Mother of God "the Merciful", Commemorated December 27 ; St Ignatius, Wonderworker and Bishop of Smolensk, Commemorated January 29 ; St Nicholas, Equal of the Apostles and Archbishop of Japan, Commemorated on February 16; Venerable Prochorus of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated February 10 ; St Bassian of Uglich, Commemorated on February 12 ; St Nicholas, Equal of the Apostles and Archbishop of Japan, Commemorated on February 16; Venerable Martyrius of Zelenets, Pskov, Commemorated on March 1; Finding of the relics of St Theodore the Prince of Smolensk, and Yaroslav, and His Children, Commemorated on March 5; Icon of the Mother of God "œthe Blessed Heaven", Commemorated on March 6; St Euthymius the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on March 11; Right-believing Great Prince Rostislav-Michael the Prince of Kiev, Commemorated on March 14; Icon of the Mother of God of Smolensk the "œSweet-Kissing", Commemorated on March 19; Icon of the Mother of God of "œthe Uncut Mount", Commemorated on March 24; St Gerasimus of Boldino, Commemorated on May 1; Icon of the Mother of God "œVirgin of Tenderness" from the Pskov Caves, Commemorated on May 21 ; Blessed Constantine the Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on June 5; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5;

Rostislavichi, Princes of Smolensk, Sons of Rostislav Mstislavich, Western Ties
The Prince of Smolensk was the kniaz, the ruler or sub-ruler, of the Rus' Principality of Smolensk, a lordship based on the city of Smolensk. It passed between different groups of descendants of Grand Prince Iaroslav I of Kiev until 1125, when following the death of Vladimir Monomakh the latter's grandson Rostislav Mstislavich was installed in the principality, while the latter's father Mstislav I Vladimirovich became Grand Prince. It gained its own bishopric in 1136. It was Rostislav's descendents, the Rostaslavichi, who ruled the principality until the fifteenth-century. Smolensk enjoyed stronger western ties than most Rus' principalities.

Smolensk Kremlin
Smolensk Kremlin; Right-believing Great Prince Rostislav-Michael the Prince of Kiev, Commemorated on March 14;

Smolensk diocese
Smolensk diocese: St Rostislav founded the cities of Rostislavl, Mstislavl, Krichev, Propoisk, and Vasiliev among others. He was the forefather of the Smolensk princely dynasty, and Smolensk diocese south of Smolensk mostly along the Sozh River. Right-believing Great Prince Rostislav-Michael the Prince of Kiev, Commemorated on March 14 ;

Smyadyn Castle near Smolensk
Smyadyn Castle somewhere near Smolensk Right-believing Great Prince Rostislav-Michael the Prince of Kiev, Commemorated on March 14;

Andrusov, Smolensk, Ukraine
Andrusov, Smolensk, Ukraine Treaty of Andrusov ; Venerable Adrian the Abbot of Ondrusov, Valaam, Commemorated on August 26;

Smolensk, Cathredral Hill - Assumption Cathedral, 1101
Cathredral Hill - Assumption Cathedral in Smolensk; Right-believing Great Prince Rostislav-Michael the Prince of Kiev, Commemorated on March 14;

Savior cathedral at the Smyadynsk Boris and Gleb monastery, Smolensk
Savior cathedral at the Smyadynsk Boris and Gleb monastery, Smolensk; Right-believing Great Prince Rostislav-Michael, Prince of Kiev, Commemorated on March 14;

Dolgomost, 30 K East of Smolensk
Dolgomost, 30 K East of Smolensk; Martyr Mercurius of Smolensk, Commemorated on November 24;

Liubech, Chernigov, Ukraine (Dnieper River 3.5)
Lubech; Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated September 2 ; Repose of St Theodosius of Chernigov, Commemorated February 5 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Lubech, Commemorated on May 7 ;

Dnieper River 4 (Kiev)

Kiev, Ukraine (Dnieper River 4)
Kiev; Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Founder of Monasticism in Russia, Commemorated on July 10 ; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Lord at Moscow, Commemorated on July 10; Icon of the Mother of God of Rzhevsk, Commemorated on July 11 ; St Olga the Princess of Russia, in Holy Baptism Called Helen, Commemorated on July 11; Transfer of the Relics of St Barbara - Gloves, Commemorated July 11 ; St Pitirim the Bishop of Tambov, Commemorated on July 28; Martyr Theodore and his son of Kiev, Commemorated on July 12; Venerable Stephen the Abbot of Makhrishche, Vologda, Commemorated on July 14; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15; Venerable John the Long-Suffering of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on July 18; Venerable Pambo the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on July 18; Commemoration of the Miraculous Appearance of the Mother of God at Pochaev, which saved the Monastery from the assault of the Tatars and Turks, Commemorated on July 23; Martyrs and Passion-Bearers Boris and Gleb, Commemorated on July 24; Venerable Polycarp the Archimandrite of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on July 24; Appearance of the Smolensk œDirectress Icon of the Mother of God brought from Constantinople, Commemorated on July 28; Venerable Moses the Wonderworker of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on July 28; Procession of the Honorable Wood of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord (First of the three œFeasts of the Savior in August), Commemorated on August 1; Blessed Basil of Moscow the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on August 2; St Mercurius the Bishop of Smolensk, Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 7 ; Venerable Anthony of Optina, Commemorated on August 7 ; Venerable Pimen the Faster of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on August 7; Venerable Pimen the Much-Ailing of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 7; Venerable Gregory the Iconographer of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 8; St Theodosius (Prince Theodore of Ostrog) of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on August 11; Icon of the Mother of God of Minsk, Commemorated on August 13 ; St Tikhon the Bishop of Voronezh and Wonderworker of Zadonsk and All Russia, Commemorated on August 13; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Theodosius of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on August 14 ; Venerable Alypius the Iconographer of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 17; Appearance of the Mother of God to St Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on August 24; St Martyrius, Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on August 24 ; Venerable Pimen of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 27 ; Hieromartyr and Venerable Kuksha of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 27 ; Icon of the Mother of God Chernigov-Gethsemane, Commemorated on September 1; Venerable Theodosius of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on September 2; St John the Faster the Patriarch of Constantinople, Commemorated on September 2; Venerable Theodosius of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated September 2 ; Uncovering of the relics of St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated September 4 ; Martyr Athanasius the Abbot of Brest, Commemorated September 5 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Kiev-Bratsk, Commemorated on September 6; Martyr Macarius the Archimandrite of Kanev and Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on September 7 ; Uncovering of the relics of St Theodosius the Archbishop of Chernigov, Commemorated September 9 ; Repose of St Cyprian the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on September 16 ; St Michael the first Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated September 30 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Pskov œthe Protection, Commemorated on October 1; Venerable Onesiphorus the Confessor of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on November 9 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Kupyatitich, Commemorated on November 15 ; Venerable Mercurius the Faster of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated November 24 ; St Nicholas the Wonderworker and Archbishop of Myra in Lycia, Commemorated December 6 ; St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated on December 10 ; St Photius the Metropolitan of Kiev; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimirin Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, ; Martyrs and Passion-Bearers Boris and Gleb; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Theodosius of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on August 14 ; Passion-Bearer Gleb, in Holy Baptism David, Commemorated September 5 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Kiev-Bratsk, Commemorated September 6 ; Martyr Romulus and with him many others, Commemorated September 6 ; Icon of Sophia, the Wisdom of God, Commmorated September 8 ; Venerable Paul the Obedient, of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on September 10; Repose of St Cyprian the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on September 16; Icon of the Mother of God of Korsun, Commemorated on October 9; St Demetrius (Dimitri), Metropolitan of Rostov, Commemorated on October 28 ; Right-believing Great Prince Igor of Kiev and Chernigov, Commemorated September 19 ; Martyr and Confessor Michael the Wonderworker of Chernigov; St Michael the first Metropolitan of Kiev; St Hilarion, Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated October 21 ; Princess Anna Vsevolodna, Commemorated on November 3 ; Venerable Paisius Velichkovsky, Commemorated November 15 ; Venerable Barlaam the Abbot of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on November 19 Blessed Yaropolk the Prince of Vladimir-Volhynia, in Holy Baptism Peter, Commemorated November 22 ; Hieromartyr Clement the Pope of Rome; Dedication of the Church of the Greatmartyr George at Kiev, Commemorated on November 26 ; Venerable Nectarius the Obedient of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on November 29 ; Apostle Andrew, the Holy and All-Praised First-Called, Commemorated November 30 ; Venerable Athanasius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on December 2 ; Venerable Athanasius œthe Resurrected One, Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on December 2 ; Greatmartyr Barbara at Heliopolis, in Syria, Commemorated on December 4 ; St Maximus, Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated December 6; St Maximus, Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on December 6 ; Venerable Nikon the Dry, of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated December 11 ; Venerable Elias of Murom the Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated December 19 ; Venerable Ignatius the Archimandrite of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated December 20 ; Repose of St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on December 21 ; Venerable Mark the Grave-Digger of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated December 29 ; Repose of the Venerable Seraphim the Wonderworker of Sarov, Commemorated January 2 ; Venerable Sylvester of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on January 2 ; Venerable Gregory the Recluse, of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated January 8 ; Hieromartyr Philip the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on January 9 ; Venerable Martinian the Abbot of Byeloezersk, Commemorated January 12 ; Venerable Hieromonk Alexei of Teklati, Commemorated on January 18 ; Venerable Macarius the Deacon of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated January 19 ; Venerable Macarius the Faster, of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated January 19 ; St Laurence the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated January 20 ; Venerable Euthymius the Schemamonk, Commemorated January 20 ; Monkmartyr Anastasius the Deacon of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on January 22 ; Translation of the relics of St Theoctistus the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated January 23 ; St Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev and Gallich, Commemorated January 25 ; St Ephraim the Bishop of Pereyaslavl, Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Commemorated Janaury 28 ; St Ignatius, Wonderworker and Bishop of Smolensk, Commemorated January 29 ; St Laurence the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, and Bishop of Turov, Near Caves, Commemorated January 29 ; Icon of the Mother of God "the Seeker of the Lost", Commemorated February 5 ; Repose of St Theodosius of Chernigov, Commemorated February 5 ; Venerable Nicephorus of Vazheozersk, Commemorated on February 9; Venerable Isaac the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 14; Venerable Paphnutius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on February 15; Repose of St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia; St Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev and Gallich, Commemorated January 25 ; Venerable Ephraim, Abbot and Wonderworker of Novy Torg, Commemorated January 28 ; Venerable Zeno the Faster, of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated January 30 ; Venerable Nikita of the Kiev Caves, Far Caves the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated January 31 ; Icon of the Mother of God "Elets-Chernigov", Commemorated February 5 ; Venerable Pancratius of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated February 9 ; Princess Anna of Novgorod, Commemorated on February 10 ; Venerable Prochorus of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated February 10 ; St Vsevolod (in holy baptism Gabriel) the Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated February 11 ; Venerable Demetrius the Wonderworker of Priluki, Vologda, Commemorated February 11 ; St Alexis the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 12 ; 12 Greeks who built the Dormition Cathedral in the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Lavra, Commemorated on February 14; Venerable Theodore the Silent of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated February 17 ; Venerable Cosmas of Yakhrom, Commemorated on February 18 ; Venerable Theodore of Sanaxar, Commemorated on February 19 ; Beheading of the Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of the Pskov Caves, Commemorated on February 20 ; Venerable Polycarp of Briansk, Commemorated February 23 ; Venerable Agathon the Wonderworker of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated February 20 ; Repose of St Raphael the Bishop of Brooklyn, Commemorated on February 27; Venerable Titus the Presbyter of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 27; Venerable Titus the Soldier, of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on February 27 ; St Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 28; Venerable Martyrius of Zelenets, Pskov, Commemorated on March 1; St Arsenius the Bishop of Tver, Commemorated on March 2 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on March 3 ; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4; Venerable Gerasimus of Vologda, Commemorated on March 4; Finding of the relics of St Theodore the Prince of Smolensk, and Yaroslav, and His Children, Commemorated on March 5 ; Icon of the Mother of God œCzestochowa, Commemorated on March 6 ; Icon of the Mother of God œthe Blessed Heaven, Commemorated on March 6; Hieromartyr Basil of Cherson, Commemorated on March 7; Hieromartyr Basil of Cherson, Commemorated on March 7; Icon of the Mother of God Kursk Root œof the Sign, Commemorated on March 8; Venerable Sophronius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on March 11; Right-believing Great Prince Rostislav-Michael the Prince of Kiev, Commemorated on March 14 ; St Ephraim the Bishop of Pereyaslavl, Kiev Caves, Far Caves ; Venerable Prochorus of the Kiev Near Caves; St Theognostus the Metropolitan of Kiev and All Russia, Commemorated on March 14; Right-believing Great Prince Rostislav-Michael the Prince of Kiev, Commemorated on March 14; Icon of the Mother of God of Smolensk the œSweet-Kissing, Commemorated on March 19; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on March 23; Venerable Zachariah the Ascetic of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on March 24; Monkmartyr Eustratius of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on March 28; St Sophronius the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on March 30; Repose of St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on March 31; Venerable Hypatius the Healer of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on March 31; Venerable Gerontius the Canonarch of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 1; Venerable Joseph the Much-Ailing, of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 4; St Niphon the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on April 8; Venerable Rufus the Obedient of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 8; Icon of the Mother of God of Belynich, Commemorated on April 12; Icon of the Mother of God of Murom, Commemorated on April 12; Icon of the Mother of God Weeping œIlyin Chernigov, Commemorated on April 16 ; Icon of the Mother of God of St Maximus, Commemorated on April 18; Greatmartyr, Victory-bearer and Wonderworker George, Commemorated on April 23; Icon of the Mother of God of Molcha, Commemorated on April 24; Venerable Alexius the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 24; Venerable Sava the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 24; Venerable Stephen the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, and Bishop of Vladimir, in Volhynia, Commemorated on April 27 ; St Cyril the Bishop of Turov, Commemorated on April 28; Uncovering of the relics of St Nikita the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on April 30; Hieromartyr Macarius the Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on May 1; St Gerasimus of Boldino, Commemorated on May 1; Icon of the Mother of God of Putivil, Commemorated on May 2 ; Translation of the relics of the Holy Passionbearer Boris, in Holy Baptism Roman, Commemorated on May 2; St Athanasius of Lubensk the Patriarch of Constantinople, Commemorated on May 2; St Athanasius the Great the Patriarch of Alexandria, Commemorated on May 2 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Sven, Commemorated on May 3 ; Venerable Theodosius the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves Monastery, and Founder of Coenobitic Monasticism in Russia, Commemorated on May 3; Icon of the Mother of God œStaro Rus Old Russian, Commemorated on May 4; Icon of the Mother of God of Lubech, Commemorated on May 7; Monkmartyr Pachomius of Mt Athos, Commemorated on May 7; Repose of St Alexis Toth the confessor and defender of Orthodoxy in America, Commemorated on May 7 ; Venerable Arsenius the Lover-of-Labor of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on May 8; Venerable Pimen the Ascetic of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on May 8; Venerable Joseph of Optina, Commemorated on May 9; St Simeon the Bishop of Vladimir and Suzdal of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on May 10; Venerable Dionysius the Archimandrite of St Sergius™ Monastery, Commemorated on May 12; Venerable Isaiah the Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on May 15; St Euphrosyne the Princess, (Eudoxia) of Moscow, Commemorated on May 17 ; Icon of the Mother of God œVirgin of Tenderness from the Pskov Caves, Commemorated on May 21 ; Venerable Constantine, (In baptism Yaroslav), with his children Michael and Theodore, Wonderworkers of Murom, Commemorated on May 21; Martyr Michael œthe Black-Robed of St Sava Monastery, Commemorated on May 23; Venerable Euphrosyne the Abbess of Polotsk, Commemorated on May 23; St John the Russian and Confessor, whose relics are on the island of Euboia, Commemorated on May 27; Venerable Agapitus the Unmercenary Physician of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on June 1; Venerable Dionysius the Abbot of Glushetsk, Vologda, Commemorated on June 1 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Kiev-Bratsk, Commemorated on June 2; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Juliana the Princess of Vyazma, Commemorated on June 2; New Martyr Archbishop Andronicus of Perm, Commemorated on June 4; Translation of the relics of the Right-believing Igor-George, Tonsured Gabriel, Grand Prince of Chernigov, and Kiev, Commemorated on June 5; Blessed Constantine the Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on June 5; Icon of the Mother of God of Igor, Commemorated on June 5; Repose of St Theodore Yaroslavich the older brother of St Alexander Nevsky in Novgorod, Commemorated on June 5; Translation of the relics of the Right-believing Igor-George, Tonsured Gabriel, Grand Prince of Chernigov, and Kiev, Commemorated on June 5; Venerable Silvanus the Schemamonk, of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on June 10; St Michael the first Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on June 15; St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on June 15; Venerable Moses of Optina, Commemorated on June 16; Venerable Leontius of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on June 18; Translation of the relics of St Gurias the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on June 20; St Dionysius the Archbishop of Suzdal, Commemorated on June 26; Hieromartyr Kirion II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Commemorated on June 27; Venerable Martin of Turov, Commemorated on June 27; Icon of the Mother of God of Balikin, Commemorated on June 30; Icon of the Mother of God of Akhtyr, Commemorated July 2 ; St Photius the Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on July 2; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Most Holy Mother of God at Blachernae, Commemorated on July 2; Burial of St Andrew the Prince, Commemorated on July 4 ; Venerable Sisoes the Schemamonk of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on July 6;

Drevlyan Lands (Kiev)
Drevalyans

Left-bank Ukraine (Left bank of the Dnieper River)
Left-bank Ukraine (Left bank of the Dnieper River) ;

Russia, Kiev and Ukraine, Dnieper River 4, Stugna River Folder, Kiev area

Stugna River

Stugna River Source (along the border)

Stugna River 1 (Vasylkiv)

St. Panteleimon's Cathedral
St. Panteleimon's Cathedral; St John the Russian and Confessor, whose relics are on the island of Euboia, Commemorated on May 27;

Kievan Belgorod
Kievan Belgorod; Saint Vsevolod (in Baptism Gabriel), Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated on February 11;

Kiev'™s St Vladimir cathedral
Kiev'™s St Vladimir cathedral; Martyr Juliana at Heliopolis, in Syria, Commemorated on December 4 ; Greatmartyr Barbara at Heliopolis, in Syria, Commemorated on December 4 ;

Stugna River Mouth (Dnipper River 4)
Stugna River Mouth (Dnipper River 4);

Russia, Kiev and Ukraine, Dnieper River 4, Many Kiev Locations Folder

Vladimir Cathedral, Kiev's St Vladimir cathedral, 1859
Kiev's St Vladimir cathedral; Transfer of the Relics of St Barbara - Gloves, Commemorated July 11 ; Greatmartyr Barbara at Heliopolis, in Syria, Commemorated on December 4 ; Hieromartyr Macarius the Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on May 1;

Temple of Boris and Gleb, Dorogozhich
St. Cyril's Monastery is in the Dorogozhich neighborhood of Kiev.; Translation of the relics of the Holy Passionbearer Boris, in Holy Baptism Roman, Commemorated on May 2 ;

Dorogozhich neighborhood, Kiev
St. Cyril's Monastery is in the Dorogozhich neighborhood of Kiev.; Translation of the relics of the Holy Passionbearer Boris, in Holy Baptism Roman, Commemorated on May 2 ;

St. Cyril's Monastery, Kiev, Ukraine
St. Cyril's Monastery; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Martinian the Abbot of Byeloezersk, Commemorated on October 7; Venerable Martinian the Abbot of Byeloezersk, Commemorated January 12 ; Translation of the relics of the Holy Passionbearer Boris, in Holy Baptism Roman, Commemorated on May 2 ;

Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kiev, 960 by Olga
Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Lord at Moscow, Commemorated on July 10; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15 ; Venerable John the Long-Suffering of the Kiev Near Caves; St Michael the first Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated September 30 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Kupyatitich, Commemorated on November 15 ; St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated on December 10 ; http://oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=103312; St Michael the first Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on June 15; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Lord at Moscow, Commemorated on July 10;

Kiev-Sophia archbishop'™s house
Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Lord at Moscow, Commemorated on July 10; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15 ; Venerable John the Long-Suffering of the Kiev Near Caves; St Michael the first Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated September 30 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Kupyatitich, Commemorated on November 15 ; St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated on December 10 ; http://oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=103312; St Michael the first Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on June 15; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Lord at Moscow, Commemorated on July 10;

Demetrius's Monastery and Church in the Uppertown of Kiev near Saint Sophia Cathedral in the 1050s
Demetrius's Monastery and Church in the Uppertown of Kiev near Saint Sophia Cathedral in the 1050s, Later called Mikhailov-Zlatoverkh ; Holy, Glorious Demetrius the Myrrh-gusher of Thessalonica, Commemorated on October 26;

Mikhailov-Zlatoverkh Monastery and Church in the Uppertown of Kiev near Saint Sophia Cathedral in the 1050s
Demetrius's Monastery and Church in the Uppertown of Kiev near Saint Sophia Cathedral in the 1050s, Later called Mikhailov-Zlatoverkh ; Holy, Glorious Demetrius the Myrrh-gusher of Thessalonica, Commemorated on October 26;

Kiev's Holy Wisdom (Hagia Sophia) Cathedral, 960 by Olga
Holy Wisdom (Hagia Sophia) Cathedral in Kiev; Repose of St Theodosius of Chernigov, Commemorated February 5 ; St Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 28; Icon of the Mother of God of Lubech, Commemorated on May 7 ;

Mikhailovo-Zlatoverkh Monastery, Kiev, 1108
Mikhailovo-Zlatoverkh Monastery, AKA Saint Michael's Golden Domed Monastery in Kiev; Venerable Sylvester of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on January 2 ; St Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 28;

Zlatoverkh-Mikhailovo Monastery, Kiev, 1108
Mikhailovo-Zlatoverkh Monastery, AKA Saint Michael's Golden Domed Monastery in Kiev; Venerable Sylvester of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on January 2 ; St Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 28;

Demetrius's Monastery, Kiev, 1070
Mikhailovo-Zlatoverkh Monastery, AKA Saint Michael's Golden Domed Monastery in Kiev, Towards the beginning of the 1070s the Dimitriev monastery at Kiev, known afterwards as the Mikhailov-Zlatoverkh monastery, was founded,; Holy, Glorious Demetrius the Myrrh-gusher of Thessalonica, Commemorated on October 26, Towards the beginning of the 1070s the Dimitriev monastery at Kiev, known afterwards as the Mikhailov-Zlatoverkh monastery, was founded; Venerable Sylvester of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on January 2 ; St Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 28;

St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery, Kiev, 1108
Mikhailovo-Zlatoverkh Monastery, AKA Saint Michael's Golden Domed Monastery in Kiev; Venerable Sylvester of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on January 2 ; St Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 28;

Kiev Theodosis (Studite) monastery, 1595
Kiev Theodosis (Studite) monastery; Repose of St Theodosius of Chernigov; Icon of the Mother of God of Kiev-Bratsk, Commemorated on June 2; Translation of the relics of the Right-believing Igor-George, Tonsured Gabriel, Grand Prince of Chernigov, and Kiev, Commemorated on June 5;

Kiev-Bratsk (Brotherhood) Monastery (Podol Neighborhood, Dnieper River 4) 1595
Kiev-Bratsk (Brotherhood) Monastery (Podol Neighborhood, Dnieper River 4); Podol Neighborhood of Kiev; Subdivisions of Kiev; Uncovering of the relics of St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated on September 4 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Kiev-Bratsk, Commemorated September 6 ; St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated on December 10 ;

Tithe Church, Kiev (Desyatina (Tithe) church) 989
Church of the Tithes (Desyatina (Tithe) church); Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15; Icon of the Mother of God of Minsk, Commemorated on August 13 ; Right-believing Great Prince Igor of Kiev and Chernigov, Commemorated on September 19 ;

Kiev Spiritual Academy, Moghila Academy Kiev, Mogilyansk, 1615-1632
Moghila Academy Kiev; St Peter Mogila; Venerable Paisius Velichkovsky, Commemorated on November 15 ; Repose of St Innocent the first Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on November 26; St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated on December 10 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Kiev-Bratsk, Commemorated on June 2; St John Maximovitch the Metropolitan of Tobolsk, Commemorated on June 10 ;

Moghila Academy Kiev, Mogilyansk, Kiev Spiritual Academy, 1615-1632
Moghila Academy Kiev; St Peter Mogila; Venerable Paisius Velichkovsky, Commemorated on November 15 ; Repose of St Innocent the first Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on November 26; St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated on December 10 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Kiev-Bratsk, Commemorated on June 2; St John Maximovitch the Metropolitan of Tobolsk, Commemorated on June 10 ;

Florovsk Ascension monastery in Kiev, 1722
Florovsk Ascension monastery in Kiev; Icon of the Mother of God of Rudens, Commemorated October 12 ;

Kiev Seminary (Dnieper River 4) 1615
Kiev Theological Seminary; Uncovering of the relics of St Theodosius the Archbishop of Chernigov, Commemorated September 9 ; St Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 28; Translation of the relics of the Right-believing Igor-George, Tonsured Gabriel, Grand Prince of Chernigov, and Kiev, Commemorated on June 5; St John Maximovitch the Metropolitan of Tobolsk, Commemorated on June 10;

Kiev Theological Academy (Dneiper River 4) 1615
Kiev Theological Academy; Uncovering of the relics of St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated on September 4 ; Uncovering of the relics of St Theodosius the Archbishop of Chernigov, Commemorated September 9 ; St Theophan the Recluse the Bishop of Tambov; St Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev and Gallich, Commemorated January 25 ; Repose of St Theodosius of Chernigov, Commemorated February 5 ; Repose of St Raphael the Bishop of Brooklyn, Commemorated on February 27; St Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 28; St Sophronius the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on March 30; Translation of the relics of the Right-believing Igor-George, Tonsured Gabriel, Grand Prince of Chernigov, and Kiev, Commemorated on June 5; St John Maximovitch the Metropolitan of Tobolsk, Commemorated on June 10 ; Hieromartyr Kirion II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Commemorated on June 27;

Podol Neighborhood, Kiev (Dneiper River 4)
Podol Neighborhood of Kiev; Subdivisions of Kiev; Uncovering of the relics of St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated September 4 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Kiev-Bratsk, Commemorated on September 6; Icon of the Mother of God of Sven, Commemorated on May 3;

Brotherhood (Bratsky) monastery, Kiev (Dneiper River 4) 1595
Brotherhood monatery; Icon of the Mother of God of Kiev-Bratsk, Commemorated September 6 ; St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated on December 10 ; Repose of St Theodosius of Chernigov, Commemorated February 5 ; St Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 28; Icon of the Mother of God of Kiev-Bratsk, Commemorated on June 2; Translation of the relics of the Right-believing Igor-George, Tonsured Gabriel, Grand Prince of Chernigov, and Kiev, Commemorated on June 5;

Kiev-Vydubitsky monastery
Kiev-Vydubitsky monastery; Repose of St Theodosius of Chernigov, Commemorated February 5 ;

Castle and Residents of Kievan Rus Monarchs, 946
Vyshgorod (the name literally translates as "the town upstream") dates from as early as 946, when it was described as the favourite residence of Saint Olga. Also mentioned in De Administrando Imperio, Vyshgorod served as the fortified castle and residence of the monarchs of Kievan Rus on the Dnieper from that time until 1240, when the Mongols sacked it. At Vyshhorod Vladimir the Great (reigned 980 to 1015); Devichi monastery in Vyshgorod; Commemoration of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God and the deliverance of Moscow from the Invasion of Tamerlane, Commemorated on August 26;

Church of Saint Basil the Great, Vyshgorod, 946
Devichi monastery in Vyshgorod; Commemoration of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God and the deliverance of Moscow from the Invasion of Tamerlane, Commemorated on August 26;

Devichi monastery, Vyshgorod, 946
Devichi monastery in Vyshgorod; Commemoration of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God and the deliverance of Moscow from the Invasion of Tamerlane, Commemorated on August 26;

Vyshgorod near Kiev (Dnieper River 4)
Vyshgorod near Kiev; Vyshhorod, a residence of the medieval Kievan rulers, now a town in Kiev Oblast, Ukraine; ; Commemoration of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God and the deliverance of Moscow from the Invasion of Tamerlane, Commemorated August 26 ; Passion-Bearer Gleb, in Holy Baptism David, Commemorated September 5 ; Blessed Yaropolk the Prince of Vladimir-Volhynia, in Holy Baptism Peter, Commemorated November 22 ; St Vsevolod (in holy baptism Gabriel) the Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated February 11 ; Right-believing Great Prince Rostislav-Michael the Prince of Kiev, Commemorated on March 14; Translation of the relics of the Holy Passionbearer Boris, in Holy Baptism Roman, Commemorated on May 2; Icon of the Mother of God œthe God Loving, Commemorated on June 18; Burial of St Andrew the Prince, Commemorated on July 4 ;

Kiev Mezhigorsk Womens monastery Suzdal
Kiev Mezhigorsk monastery; St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated on December 10 ;

Savior-Transfiguration monastery, Kiev 988
Savior-Transfiguration monastery, Kiev; Translation of the relics of St Gurias the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on June 20;

Mezhigorsk Monastery, Kiev 988
Mezhigorsk Monastery; St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated on December 10 ;

Russia, Kiev and Ukraine, Dnieper River 4, Ros River Folder, Kiev

Ros River

Ros River Source

Ros River 1

Ros River 2 (Yuriev)

Yuriev, Ukraine (Ros River 2)
Yuriev (Ros River 2); St Hilarion, Metropolitan of Suzdal and Yuriev, Commemorated December 14 ; Translation of the relics of St Theoctistus the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated January 23 ;

Ros River 3

Ros River 4

Ros River 5 (Korsun)

Korsun, Ukraine (Ros River 5)
Korsun (Ros River 5); Icon of the Mother of God of Korsun, Commemorated on October 9; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœJerusalemÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on October 12 ; St Michael the first Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated September 30 ; Monkmartyr Eustratius of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on March 28; St Michael the first Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on June 15;

Ros River Mouth (Kiev, Dnieper River 4)

Kanev, Ukraine (near Kiev, Ros River Mouth, Dnieper River 4)
Kanev; Martyr Macarius the Archimandrite of Kanev and Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on September 7 ; Hieromartyr Macarius the Archimandrite of Kanev, Commemorated October 10 ; Venerable Macarius the Archimandrite of Obruch (Kanev), Commemorated on May 13;

Cherkassa, Ukraine (relics of Hieromartyr Macarius of Kanev)
Cherkassa, Ukraine (relics of Hieromartyr Macarius of Kanev); Martyr Macarius, Archimandrite of Kanev and Pereyaslavl Commemorated on September 7;

Heorhiivskyi Church of Saint George at Kiev, Ros River Mouth
Heorhiivskyi Church of Saint George at Kiev; Greatmartyr, Victory-bearer and Wonderworker George, Commemorated on April 23;

Russia, Kiev and Ukraine, Dnieper River 4, Desna River Folder, Kiev area, Chernigov, Briansk, Kursk

Desna River

Desna River Source (Valdai Hills, Boldino Hill)

Boldino Hill, southeast of Smolensk (Desna River Source)
Boldino Museum, southeast of Smolensk ; St Gerasimus of Boldino, Commemorated on May 1;

Desna River 1 (Roslavl)

Roslavl, Smolensk, Kiev area (Desna River 1), Forests
Roslavl; Venerable Anthony of Optina, Commemorated on August 7; Venerable Moses of Optina, Commemorated on June 16;

Borisovsk, Kaluga (somewhere in Kuybyshevsky District)
Borisovsk, Kaluga (somewhere in Kuybyshevsky District) plus there are many other small towns named Borisovsk; Venerable Joseph of Optina, Commemorated on May 9;

Desna River 2 (Briansk)

Briansk, Ukraine (Desna River 2, First Great Abatis Line 1566, trade r, Smolensk, Br, Ch, Kiev, Vohly to Poland)
Briansk, Ukraine (Desna River 1) ; Icon of the Mother of God of Sven, Commemorated on August 17; St Maximus, Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on December 6 ; St. Gerasimus of Boldino, Commemorated on May 1; Icon of the Mother of God of Sven, Commemorated May 3 ; St Oleg the Prince of Briansk, Commemorated September 20 ; Venerable Polycarp of Briansk, Commemorated February 23 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Sven, Commemorated on May 3 ;

Forests of Bryansk, Ukraine (Desna River 2)
Forests of Bryansk ; St Maximus, Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on December 6 ; Venerable Macarius of Optina;

Karachev district, Ukraine (Desna River 2)
Karachev district; Icon of the Mother of God "Assuage My Sorrows", Commemorated October 9; Venerable Leonid of Optina, Commemorated on October 11 ;

Karachev, Ukraine (Desna River 2)
Karachev; Venerable Macarius of Optina; Venerable Leonid of Optina, Commemorated on October 11 ;

Seltso (Desna River 2, Kiev, Ukraine)
Seltso; Venerable Euphrosyne the Abbess of Polotsk, Commemorated on May 23;

Desna River 3 (Sev River, Sloboda)

Russia, Kiev and Ukraine, Dnieper River 4, Desna River 3, Sev River Folder

Sev River

Sev River Source

Sev River 1 (Sevsk)

Sevsk, Ukraine (Sev River 1)
Sevsk (Sev River); St Sophronius the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on March 30; Venerable Macarius of Optina; Venerable Leonid of Optina;

Sloboda Ukraine (Desna River 3, Sev River Mouth)
Sloboda Ukraine Wild Fields immediately south of Severia; Sloboda Ukraine was the sparsely inhabited area of the Wild Fields on the south border of Muscovite Russia, immediately south of Severia, was traditionally used by the Crimean Tatars and Nogai Tatars to launch annual raids into Russian territories along the Muravsky Trail and Izyum Trail. Apart from the Cossacks, the settlers of Sloboda Ukraine included peasants and townspeople from Right and Left-bank Ukraine, divided by the Treaty of Andrusovo in 1667. The name Sloboda Ukraine derives from the word sloboda, a Slavic term meaning freedom (or liberty), and also the name of a type of settlement. The settlers of a sloboda were freed by the Tsar from the obligation of paying taxes and fees for a certain period of time, which proved to be very enticing for settlers. By the end of the 18th century, 523 slobodas (slobody) had been settled in Sloboda Ukraine.

Desna River 4 (Seym River Mouth)

Russia, Kiev and Ukraine, Dnieper River 4, Desna River 4, Seym River Folder, Kursk

Seym River

Seym River Source (Kursk, confluence Kur and Tuskar Rivers)

Russia, Kiev and Ukraine, Dnieper River 4, Desna River 4, Seym River Source, Kur and Tuscar Rivers Folder

Tuskar River

Kur River

Kur River Mouth (Seym River Source, Tuskar River)

Kursk, Ukraine (Seym River Source, Kur and Tuskar River mouths)
Kursk; Venerable Macarius of Optina, Commemorated September 7 ; Icon of the Mother of God "œof the Sign", the "œKursk-Root", Commemorated on September 8 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Glinsk, Commemorated on September 8 ; Icon of the Mother of God "œof the Sign", the "œKursk-Root", Commemorated on September 8 ; Martyr and Confessor Michael the Wonderworker of Chernigov, Commemorated September 20 ; Icon of the Mother of God "œKursk-Root", Commemorated on November 27 ; Commemoration of the Weeping Icon of the Mother of God "of the Sign" at Novgorod, Commemorated November 27 ; Repose of the Venerable Seraphim the Wonderworker of Sarov, Commemorated January 2 ; Icon of the Mother of God "Kursk Root" "œof the Sign", Commemorated on March 8; Venerable Joseph of Optina, Commemorated on May 9 ;

Lgov, Kursk Oblast
Lgov, Kursk Oblast; Venerable Macarius of Optina, Commemorated September 7 ;

Seym River 1

Seym River 2 (Ryla)

Ryla (Rylsk) (Seym River 2)
Ryla (Rylsk); Icon of the Mother of God "œKursk-Root", Commemorated on November 27;

Seym River 3 (Putivl)

Putivl, Ukraine (Seym River 3)
Putivl; Icon of the Mother of God of Molcha, Commemorated on April 24; Icon of the Mother of God of Putivil, Commemorated on May 2 ;

Glinsk wilderness of the Kursk region
Glinsk wilderness of the Kursk region Icon of the Mother of God of Glinsk, Commemorated on September 8 ;

Glinsk Hermitage (between Seym and Desna Rivers) 1648
Glinsk Hermitage ; Venerable Macarius of Optina, Commemorated on September 7; Icon of the Mother of God of Glinsk, Commemorated on September 8 ;

Seym River 4

Baturino, Ukraine (Seym River 4)
Baturino (in the Chernigov diocese, Ukraine); Repose of St Theodosius of Chernigov, Commemorated February 5 ;

Seym River Mouth (Desna River 4)

Desna River 5 (Chernigov)

Russia, Kiev and Ukraine, Dnieper River 4, Desna River 5, Chernigov

Chernigov, Ukraine (Desna River 5) western trade through Kiev, Volhy, to Poland
Chernigov; Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Founder of Monasticism in Russia, Commemorated on July 10 ; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15; Venerable Polycarp the Archimandrite of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on July 24; ; Icon of the Mother of God "Chernigov-Gethsemane", Commemorated September 1 ; Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on September 2 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Domnitsa, Commemorated September 8 ; Uncovering of the relics of St Theodosius the Archbishop of Chernigov, Commemorated September 9 ; Right-believing Great Prince Igor of Kiev and Chernigov, Commemorated September 19 ; Martyr and Confessor Michael the Wonderworker of Chernigov, Commemorated September 20 ; Venerable Nicholas Sviatosha Prince of Chernigov, and Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 14 ; Repose of St Innocent the first Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated November 26 ; Hieromartyr Philip the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on January 9 ; Icon of the Mother of God "œElets-Chernigov", Commemorated on February 5; Icon of the Mother of God "the Seeker of the Lost", Commemorated February 5 ; Translation of the relics of the Martyr Michael of Chernigov, Commemorated February 14 ; Venerable Polycarp of Briansk, Commemorated on February 23; Repose of St Alexander Nevsky; Repose of St Innocent the first Bishop of Irkutsk; Icon of the Mother of God of Novgorod; Repose of St Theodosius of Chernigov, Commemorated February 5 ; Icon of the Mother of God "the Seeker of the Lost", Commemorated February 5 ; Translation of the relics of the Martyr Michael of Chernigov, Commemorated February 14 ; Venerable Polycarp of Briansk, Commemorated February 23 ; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4; St Sophronius the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on March 30; Icon of the Mother of God Weeping "œIlyin Chernigov", Commemorated on April 16 ; St Athanasius the Great the Patriarch of Alexandria, Commemorated on May 2 ; Translation of the relics of the Holy Passionbearer Boris, in Holy Baptism Roman, Commemorated on May 2 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Sven, Commemorated on May 3 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Lubech, Commemorated on May 7; Venerable Constantine, (In baptism Yaroslav), with his children Michael and Theodore, Wonderworkers of Murom, Commemorated on May 21; St John Maximovitch the Metropolitan of Tobolsk, Commemorated on June 10 ; Venerable Agapitus the Unmercenary Physician of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on June 1; New Martyr Archbishop Andronicus of Perm, Commemorated on June 4; Repose of St Theodore Yaroslavich the older brother of St Alexander Nevsky in Novgorod, Commemorated on June 5; Blessed Constantine the Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on June 5; Translation of the relics of the Right-believing Igor-George, Tonsured Gabriel, Grand Prince of Chernigov, and Kiev, Commemorated on June 5; St John Maximovitch the Metropolitan of Tobolsk, Commemorated on June 10; Icon of the Mother of God of Balikin, Commemorated on June 30;

Domnitsa River

Berezna, Chernigov (Desna River 5)
Berezna, Chernigov; Icon of the Mother of God of Domnitsa, Commemorated September 8 ;

Domnitsa (River near Berezna)
Domnitsa (River near Berezna); Icon of the Mother of God of Domnitsa, Commemorated September 8 ;

Chernihiv (Schekovitsa)
Chernihiv (Schekovitsa) ; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15; Venerable Polycarp the Archimandrite of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on July 24; St Theoctistus, Bishop of Chernigov, Commemorated August 5 ;

Schekovitsa (Chernihiv)
Chernihiv (Schekovitsa) ; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15; Venerable Polycarp the Archimandrite of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on July 24; St Theoctistus, Bishop of Chernigov, Commemorated August 5 ;

Boldina Hill, Chernigov

Eletsk Chernigov monastery, Boldina Hill, Ukraine, 1030 and 1851
Eletsk Chernigov monastery; St John Maximovitch the Metropolitan of Tobolsk, Commemorated on June 10 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Novgorod; Repose of St Theodosius of Chernigov; Icon of the Mother of God "Elets-Chernigov", Commemorated February 5 ; Repose of St Theodosius of Chernigov, Commemorated February 5 ; St John Maximovitch the Metropolitan of Tobolsk, Commemorated on June 10;

Rurik dynasty, 862, from Chernigov, Kiev Rus, including Boryatinskys
Rurik dynasty, 862, from Chernigov, Kiev Rus, including Boryatinskys; Chernigov; Venerable Polycarp of Briansk, Commemorated on February 23;

Caves of the Eletsky Monastery, Chernigov, Ukraine, before 1050
caves of the Eletsky Monastery, Chernigov ; Caves Monasteries; Icon of the Mother of God Weeping "œIlyin Chernigov", Commemorated on April 16 ; St John Maximovitch the Metropolitan of Tobolsk, Commemorated on June 10;

Caves of the Eletsky Monastery, Chernigov, Ukraine, 1030 and 1851
caves of the Eletsky Monastery, Chernigov ; Caves Monasteries; Icon of the Mother of God Weeping "Ilyin Chernigov", Commemorated on April 16 ; St John Maximovitch the Metropolitan of Tobolsk, Commemorated on June 10;

Trinity Monastery Chernigov, 1030
Trinity Monastery Chernigov, 1030; Icon of the Mother of God "œChernigov-Gethsemane", Commemorated on September 1; Icon of the Mother of God "œElets-Chernigov", Commemorated on February 5;

Trinity-Ilyin Monastery Chernigov, 1030
Trinity Monastery Chernigov, 1030; Icon of the Mother of God "œChernigov-Gethsemane", Commemorated on September 1; Icon of the Mother of God "œElets-Chernigov", Commemorated on February 5;

Desna River 6

Florovsk Ascension monastery in Kiev (Desna River 6) 1722
Florovsk Ascension monastery in Kiev; Icon of the Mother of God of Rudens, Commemorated October 12 ;

Desna River Mouth (Kiev, Vishgorod, Dnipper River 4)

Russia, Kiev and Ukraine, Dnieper River 4, Pripyat River Folder, Wormwood, Chenoble

Pripyat River

Pripyat River Source (Dnieper Bug Canal)

Russia, Kiev and Ukraine, Dnieper River 4, Pripyat River Source, Dnieper Bug Canal Folder

Pripyat River 1 (Pinsk)

Pinsk, Ukraine (Pripyat River 1)
Pinsk; Martyr Athanasius the Abbot of Brest, Commemorated September 5 ; Martyr Macarius the Archimandrite of Kanev and Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on September 7 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Kupyatitich, Commemorated on November 15; St Cyril the Bishop of Turov, Commemorated on April 28 ;

Duboisk [Dubovsk] monastery near Pinsk, Ukraine
Duboisk [Dubovsk] monastery near Pinsk ; Martyr Athanasius the Abbot of Brest, Commemorated September 5 ;

Pripyat River 2 (Turov and Mazyr)

Turov and Pinsk Principality, Ukraine
Principality of Turov and Pinsk; St Laurence the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, and Bishop of Turov, Near Caves, Commemorated January 29 ; St Cyril the Bishop of Turov, Commemorated on April 28;

Turov, Ukraine (Horyn River Mouth, Pripyat River 2)
Turov; St Laurence the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, and Bishop of Turov, Near Caves, Commemorated January 29 ; St Cyril the Bishop of Turov, Commemorated on April 28; Hieromartyr Macarius the Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on May 1; Venerable Martin of Turov, Commemorated on June 27;

Chernobyl (Wormwood) Disaster (Kiev, Pirypat River Mouth)
Chernobyl (Wormwood) Disaster;

Pripyat River Mouth (Kiev, Dneiper River 4)

Russia, Kiev and Ukraine, Dnieper River 4, Pereyaslavl Folder (Alta River, Trubizh River)

Trubizh River

Trubizh River Mouth (Pereyaslavl, Dnieper River 5)

Alta River

Yahotyn River
Yahotyn River, Perevaslavl ;

Berezan, Russian Pereyaslavl, Poltava, Ukraine
Berezan; St Sophronius the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on March 30;

Zolotonoshka River

Zolotonoshka River Source. a lake

Zolotonosha, Pereyaslavl, Poltava, Ukraine
Zolotonosha, Pereyaslavl, Poltava, Ukraine; St. Sophronius the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on March 30;

Zolotonoshka River Mouth (Dnieper River )

Pereyaslavl, Ukraine, (the Principality, Alta River, Trubizh River, Dnieper River 4)
Pereyaslavl; Repose of the Venerable Cornelius of Pereyaslavl; Martyr Macarius the Archimandrite of Kanev and Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on September 7 ; St Ephraim the Bishop of Pereyaslavl, Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Commemorated Janaury 28 ; St Sophronius the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on March 30; Translation of the relics of the Right-believing Igor-George, Tonsured Gabriel, Grand Prince of Chernigov, and Kiev, Commemorated on June 5;

Russian or Southern Pereyaslavl
Russian or Southern Pereyaslavl; Translation of the relics of the Right-believing Igor-George, Tonsured Gabriel, Grand Prince of Chernigov, and Kiev, Commemorated on June 5;

Dnieper River 5 (Chigirinsk)

Russia, Kiev and Ukraine, Dnieper River 5, Ukraine, Sula River Folder

Sula River

Sula River Source

Holy Transfiguration Mgarsk monestary, Udai River Mouth, Sula River, Ukraine, 1619
Holy Transfiguration Mgarsk monastery; Uncovering of the relics of St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated September 4 ; St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated on December 10 ; St Athanasius of Lubensk the Patriarch of Constantinople, Commemorated on May 2;

Mgarsk monestary, Udai River Mouth, Sula River, Ukraine, 1619
Holy Transfiguration Mgarsk monastery; Uncovering of the relics of St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated September 4 ; St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated on December 10 ; St Athanasius of Lubensk the Patriarch of Constantinople, Commemorated on May 2;

Sula River 1 (Romny)

Sula (Vorskla) River 1 (Akhtyr)

Akhtyr, Ukraine (Sula (Vorskla) River 1)
Akhtyr ; Icon of the Mother of God of Akhtyr, Commemorated July 2 ;

Sula River 2 (Lubno, Udai River Mouth)

Russia, Kiev and Ukraine, Dnieper River 5, Ukraine, Sula River 2, Udai River Folder

Udai River

Udai River Source (along the border)

Nizhyn, Ukraine (Udai River Source, Sula River)
Nizhyn; St John Maximovitch the Metropolitan of Tobolsk, Commemorated on June 10;

Udai River 1 (Priluki)

Priluki, Pereyaslavl, Poltava, Ukraine (Udai River 1)
Priluki city (Udai River); Martyr Galacteon of Vologda, Commemorated on September 24 ; Venerable Demetrius the Wonderworker of Priluki, Vologda, Commemorated February 11 ; St Sophronius the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on March 30; St Euphrosyne the Princess, (Eudoxia) of Moscow, Commemorated on May 17 ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5;

Udai River Mouth (Sula River 2)

Lubno (Lubensk, Lubny), Ukraine (Udai River Mouth, Sula River2)
Lubno (Lubensk); Uncovering of the relics of St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated September 4 ; St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated on December 10 ; St Athanasius of Lubensk the Patriarch of Constantinople, Commemorated on May 2;

Sula River Mouth (Dnieper River 5)
Sula River Mouth (Dnieper River 5);

Chigirinsk, Ukraine (Across from Sula River Mouth, Dnieper River 5)
Chigirinsk; Icon of the Mother of God of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on August 17; St Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 28;

Russia, Kiev and Ukraine, Dnieper River 5, Ukraine, Psel River Folder

Psel River

Psel River Source (Kursk Oblast, Russia)

Psel River (Oboyan, Russia)

Psel River (Sumy, Ukraine)

Psel River (Hadiach, Ukraine)

Psel River Mouth (Dnieper River 5)
Psel River ;

Dnieper River 6 (Ekaterinoslav)

Russia, Kiev and Ukraine, Dnieper River 6, Ukraine, Vorskla River Folder

Vorskla River (Vystra River)

Vorskla River Source (near Belgorod, Central Russian Upland )
Central Russian Upland;

Kharkov, Ukraine (Three Rivers source of the Seversky Donets, Vorskla River)
Kharkov; Icon of the Mother of God of Ozerianka, Commemorated on October 30 ; Icon of the Mother of God œElets-Chernigov, Commemorated on February 5; Icon of the Mother of God "the Seeker of the Lost", Commemorated February 5 ; St Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 28; St Athanasius of Lubensk the Patriarch of Constantinople, Commemorated on May 2; Venerable Joseph of Optina, Commemorated on May 9; Icon of the Mother of God of Akhtyr, Commemorated July 2 ;

Vorskla River 1 (Russia Ukraine border)

Vorskla River 2

Vorskla River 3

Vorskla River 4

Akhtyr, Ukraine, Vorskla River 4
Akhtyr, Ukraine, Vorskla River 4; St. Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 29; Icon of the Mother of God of Akhtyr, Commemorated on July 2 ;

Vorskla River 6 (Poltava)

Poltava, Ukraine (Vorskla River 6)
Poltava; Icon of the Mother of God of Rzhevsk, Commemorated on July 11 ; Uncovering of the relics of St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated September 4 ; Venerable Paisius Velichkovsky, Commemorated on November 15; St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated December 10 ; St Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 28;

Poltava Governorate, Kiev or Ukraine
Poltava Governorate; Uncovering of the relics of St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated September 4 ; St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated on December 10 ;

Rzhevets Monastery (Poltava)
Rzhevets Monastery (Poltava); Icon of the Mother of God of Rzhevsk, Commemorated on July 11 ;

Vorskla River Mouth (Dnieper River 6)

Ekaterinoslav Seminary, Ukraine (Vorskla Mouth, Dnieper River 6) 1787
Ekaterinoslav Seminary ; Repose of the New-Hieromartyr Cosmas of Aitolia, Equal of the Apostles, Commemorated on August 24; St Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 28;

Dnieper River Mouth (Dnieper Gulf, North Black Sea)

Russia, Kiev and Ukraine, Dnieper River Mouth, Ukraine, Southern Bug River Folder

Southern Bug River

Southern Bug 1 (Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine)

Southern Bug 2 (Vinnytsia, Ukraine)

Southern Bug 3 (Olviopolis and Pervomaisk, Ukraine)

Olviopolis, Ukraine (Southern Bug River 3)
Olviopolis; Translation of the Icon of the Mother of God in Triumph to Russia, Commemorated on September 18 ; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœStaro RusÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ Old Russian, Commemorated on May 4;

Southern Bug River Mouth (Mykolaiv, Bug Estuary, Black Sea)

Sarmatia, Ukraine (Dneiper River Mouth)
Sarmatians; Martyr Romulus and with him many others, Commemorated September 6 ;

Dnieper River Mouth (from Smolensk and Kiev)
Dnieper River (from Kiev) ; Apostle Andrew, the Holy and All-Praised First-Called;

Russia, Kiev and Ukraine, Drevlyany Lands Folder, Ovruch

Ovruch, Ukraine (the center of Drevlyany Lands)
Ovrucha; Martyr Macarius the Archimandrite of Kanev and Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on September 7 ; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15;

Russia, Kiev and Ukraine, Dniester River Folder

Russia, Gallich (Ukraine or Little Rus)
Ukraine; FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE, NURSE, RENEWER OF SOCIETY (12 AUGUST 1910); Icon of the Mother of God "the Merciful", Commemorated December 27 ; St Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev and Gallich, Commemorated January 25 ;

Dniester River

Podolia, Southwest Ukraine, North and West of Moldova, between Dniester and Southern Bug
Podolia, Southwest Ukraine; Saint Theodosius (Prince Theodore of Ostrog) of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on August 11;

Dniester River Source (Ukranian Carpathians near Drohobych)
Dniester River Source: Ukranian Carpathians near Drohobych.

Dniester River 1 (Ukraine)

Dniester River 2 (Galich, Ukraine)

Dniester River 3 (Ukraine)

Dniester River 4 (Seret River Mouth)

Russia, Kiev and Ukraine, Dniester River 5, Siret River Folder

Siret River

Seret River Source
Seret River;

Seret River 1 (Ternopol, Ukraine)

Ternopol (Seret River 1)

Seret River 2 (Terebovlya, Ukraine)

Terebovlya, Ukraine or Moldovia (Seret River 2)
Terebovlya, Ukraine (Seret River 2) ; Terebovlya Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God, Commemorated October 1 ;

Terebovlya Princes (1223-1246)
Terebovlya Princes (1223-1246) ; Terebovlya, Ukraine (Seret River 2) ; Terebovlya Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God, Commemorated October 1 ;

Ugornits monastery, Terebovlya, Ukraine (Seret River 2) 1097
Transfiguration Ugornits monastery; Repose of the Venerable Job, Abbot and Wonderworker of Pochaev, Commemorated on October 28;

Seret River 3

Seret River Mouth (Dniester River 4)

Kasperov, Ukraine (Seret River Mouth, Dniester River 4)
Kasperov, Ukraine (Seret River Mouth, Dniester River 4); Icon of the Mother of God of Kasperov, Commemorated on October 1;

Dniester River 5 (Khotyn, Smotrych River Mouth)

Russia, Kiev and Ukraine, Dniester River 5, Smotrych River Folder

Smotrych River

Smotrych River Source

Smotrych River Mouth (Dniester River 5)

Kamenets Podolski, Ukraine or Moldovia (Smotrych Mouth, Dniester 5)
Kamenets Podolski, Ukraine or Moldovia ; Terebovlya Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God, Commemorated October 1 ;

Dniester River 6 (entering Moldova)

Poldolia, Ukraine (northeast of Dneister R. to Kiev and Pirypat R.
Poldolia, Ukraine; St Theodosius (Prince Theodore of Ostrog) of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on August 11; Repose of St Theodosius of Chernigov, Commemorated on February 5 ;

Dniester River 7 (near Podoha)

Dniester River 8 (Dubasari, Moldova)

Dniester River 9 (Bender, Moldova)

Dniester River Mouth (near Odessa, Black Sea)

Odessa, Ukraine (near Dniester River Mouth)
Odessa, Ukraine (near Dniester River Mouth 19 miles to the South); Icon of the Mother of God of Kasperov, Commemorated October 1 ; Hieromartyr Kirion II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Commemorated on June 27; Icon of the Mother of God of Kasperov, Commemorated on June 29;

Odessa Cathedral, 1794
Odessa Cathedral, 1794; Icon of the Mother of God of Kasperov, Commemorated on June 29;

Russia, Kiev and Ukraine, Molchna and Kalka Riverr Folder, above Cirmea

Molochna River

Melitopol, Ukraine (Molochna River 3)
Melitopol; St Parthenius the Bishop of Lampsacus on the Hellespont, Commemorated February 7;

Molochna River Source (along the border)

Molochna (Milky) River 1

Molochna River 2

Molochna River 3 (Melitopol)

Molochna River Mouth (Sea of Azov)

Kalka River

Kalka River Mouth (Sea of Azov)

Battle of Kalka River at Mariupol (1223)
Battle of Kalka River at Mariupol; Mongol Tartar Invasion 1223-1241; Venerable Abramius the Archimandrite and Wonderworker of Smolensk, Commemorated August 21 ; Icon of the Mother of God Ã¢Â€Âœof the SignÃ¢Â€ÂÂÂÂ, the Ã¢Â€ÂœKursk-RootÃ¢Â€ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on September 8;

Russia, Kiev and Ukraine, Dnieper (Varangian) Trade Route Folder

Russia, Kiev and Ukraine, Kiev Caves Folder

Kiev Caves, 1051
Kiev Caves; Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Founder of Monasticism in Russia, Commemorated on July 10 ; Venerable Stephen the Abbot of Makhrishche, Vologda, Commemorated on July 14; Venerable Pambo the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on July 18; Venerable Paisius of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on July 19; Venerable Polycarp the Archimandrite of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on July 24; Venerable Moses the Hungarian of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated July 26 ; Venerable Moses the Wonderworker of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on July 28; ; St Mercurius the Bishop of Smolensk, Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 7 ; Venerable Pimen the Much-Ailing of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 7; Venerable Gregory the Iconographer of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 8; Martyr Basil of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 11; St Theodosius (Prince Theodore of Ostrog) of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on August 11; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Theodosius of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on August 14; Icon of the Mother of God of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on August 17 ; Venerable Alypius the Iconographer of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 17; Venerable Abramius the lover-of-labor of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 21 ; Hieromartyr and Venerable Kuksha of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 27; Venerable Pimen of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 27 ; Synaxis of the Saints of the Kiev Caves, whose relics repose in the Far Caves of the Venerable Theodosius, Commemorated on August 28; St John the Faster the Patriarch of Constantinople, Commemorated on September 2; Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on September 2; Venerable Theodosius of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated September 2 ; Venerable Joseph the Abbot of Volokolamsk, Volotsk, Commemorated on September 9 ; Venerable Paul the Obedient, of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on September 10; St Michael the first Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated September 30 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Pskov œthe Protection, Commemorated on October 1; Venerable Dionysius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 3 ; Venerable Theodore (In monasticism Theodosius) the Prince of Ostrog, Commemorated on October 10 ; Venerable Longinus the Gatekeeper of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 16; Venerable Hilarion the Schemamonk of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 21 ; Venerable Mercurius the Faster of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on November 24 ; Venerable Athanasius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on December 2 ; Venerable Athanasius œthe Resurrected One, Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on December 2 ; Venerable Ignatius the Archimandrite of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated December 20 ; Venerable Mark the Grave-Digger of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated December 29 ; Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Founder of Monasticism in Russia ; Venerable Sisoes the Schemamonk of the Kiev Far Caves; Venerable Paisius of the Kiev Far Caves; Venerable Polycarp the Archimandrite of the Kiev Far Caves; Venerable Gregory the Iconographer of the Kiev Near Caves; Martyr Basil of the Kiev Near Caves; Venerable Alypius the Iconographer of the Kiev Near Caves; Icon of the Mother of God of the Kiev Caves ; Venerable Abramius the lover-of-labor of the Kiev Near Caves; Hieromartyr and Venerable Kuksha of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated August 27 ; Venerable Pimen of the Kiev Near Caves; Synaxis of the Saints of the Kiev Caves, whose relics repose in the Far Caves of the Venerable Theodosius; Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves Venerable Dionysius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves ; Venerable Ammon the recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated October 4 ; Repose of the Venerable Seraphim the Wonderworker of Sarov, Commemorated January 2 ; Venerable Sylvester of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on January 2 ; Venerable Gregory the Recluse, of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated January 8 ; Venerable Hieromonk Alexei of Teklati, Commemorated on January 18 ; St Laurence the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, and Bishop of Turov, Near Caves; Venerable Zeno the Faster, of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated January 30 ; Venerable Nikita of the Kiev Caves, Far Caves the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated January 31 ; Repose of St Theodosius of Chernigov, Commemorated February 5 ; Venerable Pancratius of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated February 9 ; Venerable Paphnutius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on February 15; Venerable Theodore the Silent of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated February 17 ; Venerable Agathon the Wonderworker of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated February 20 ; Venerable Titus the Soldier, of the Kiev Caves; Commemorated on February 27 ; Venerable Gerasimus of Vologda, Commemorated on March 4; Venerable Sophronius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on March 11; St Sophronius the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on March 30; Venerable Hypatius the Healer of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on March 31; Venerable Sava the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 24; St John Maximovitch the Metropolitan of Tobolsk, Commemorated on June 10; Venerable Silvanus the Schemamonk, of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on June 10; St Menas, Bishop of Polotsk, Commemorated on June 20; Venerable Sisoes the Schemamonk of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on July 6;

Kiev Near Caves, St Anthony's Second Location, 1057
Kiev Near Caves; Venerable John the Long-Suffering of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on July 18; St Mercurius the Bishop of Smolensk, Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 7 ; Venerable Pimen the Much-Ailing of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 7; Venerable Gregory the Iconographer of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 8; Martyr Basil of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 11; Venerable Alypius the Iconographer of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 17; Hieromartyr and Venerable Kuksha of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated August 27 ; Venerable Pimen of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 27; Venerable Arethus the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 24 ; Venerable Nestor the Chronicler of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 27; Venerable Onesiphorus the Confessor of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on November 9 ; Venerable Barlaam the Abbot of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on November 19 ; Venerable Nectarius the Obedient of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on November 29 ; Venerable Sylvester of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on January 2; Venerable Elias of Murom the Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated December 19 ; Monkmartyr Anastasius the Deacon of the Kiev Near Caves; Venerable Erasmus of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated February 24 ; Venerable Titus the Presbyter of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 27; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on March 23; Venerable Sava the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 24; St Simeon the Bishop of Vladimir and Suzdal of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on May 10; Venerable Isaiah the Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on May 15; Venerable Agapitus the Unmercenary Physician of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on June 1; Venerable Dionysius the Abbot of Glushetsk, Vologda, Commemorated on June 1 ; Uncovering of the relics of Holy Princess Juliana Olshanskaya, Commemorated on July 6;

Kiev Pechersk Lavra (Kiev Caves Lavra of Theodosis) 1051
Kiev Caves Lavra ; Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Founder of Monasticism in Russia, Commemorated on July 10 ; Venerable Stephen the Abbot of Makhrishche, Vologda, Commemorated on July 14; Venerable John the Long-Suffering of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on July 18; Venerable Moses the Wonderworker of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on July 28; Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on September 2; St John the Faster the Patriarch of Constantinople, Commemorated September 2 ; Venerable Joseph the Abbot of Volokolamsk, Volotsk, Commemorated on September 9 ; St Demetrius (Dimitri), Metropolitan of Rostov, Commemorated on October 28; Venerable John the Long-Suffering of the Kiev Near Caves; Venerable Pambo the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves; Venerable Moses the Wonderworker of the Kiev Caves; Venerable Paul the Obedient, of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on September 10; Venerable Sylvester of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on January 2 ; St Laurence the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated January 20 ; Venerable Euthymius the Schemamonk, Commemorated January 20 ; St Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev and Gallich, Commemorated January 25 ; Venerable Nikita of the Kiev Caves, Far Caves the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated January 31 ; Repose of St Theodosius of Chernigov, Commemorated February 5 ; 12 Greeks who built the Dormition Cathedral in the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Lavra, Commemorated on February 14; Beheading of the Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of the Pskov Caves, Commemorated February 20; Synaxis of the Venerable Fathers of the Kiev Caves Lavra; Venerable Stephen the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, and Bishop of Vladimir, in Volhynia, Commemorated on April 27; Venerable Arsenius the Lover-of-Labor of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on May 8; Venerable Isaiah the Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on May 15; Martyr Michael ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Âœthe Black-RobedÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ of St Sava Monastery, Commemorated on May 23; Icon of the Mother of God of Igor, Commemorated on June 5; St Dionysius the Archbishop of Suzdal, Commemorated on June 26; Uncovering of the relics of Holy Princess Juliana Olshanskaya, Commemorated on July 6; Venerable Sisoes the Schemamonk of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on July 6;

Dimitriev Monasthery, founded by Isaslav aka Dimitrius, for Theodosius, 1051
Kiev Caves Lavra ; Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Founder of Monasticism in Russia, Commemorated on July 10 ; Venerable Stephen the Abbot of Makhrishche, Vologda, Commemorated on July 14; Venerable John the Long-Suffering of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on July 18; Venerable Moses the Wonderworker of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on July 28; Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on September 2; St John the Faster the Patriarch of Constantinople, Commemorated September 2 ; Venerable Joseph the Abbot of Volokolamsk, Volotsk, Commemorated on September 9 ; St Demetrius (Dimitri), Metropolitan of Rostov, Commemorated on October 28; Venerable John the Long-Suffering of the Kiev Near Caves; Venerable Pambo the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves; Venerable Moses the Wonderworker of the Kiev Caves; Venerable Paul the Obedient, of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on September 10; Venerable Sylvester of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on January 2 ; St Laurence the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated January 20 ; Venerable Euthymius the Schemamonk, Commemorated January 20 ; St Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev and Gallich, Commemorated January 25 ; Venerable Nikita of the Kiev Caves, Far Caves the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated January 31 ; Repose of St Theodosius of Chernigov, Commemorated February 5 ; 12 Greeks who built the Dormition Cathedral in the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Lavra, Commemorated on February 14; Beheading of the Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of the Pskov Caves, Commemorated February 20; Synaxis of the Venerable Fathers of the Kiev Caves Lavra; Venerable Stephen the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, and Bishop of Vladimir, in Volhynia, Commemorated on April 27; Venerable Arsenius the Lover-of-Labor of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on May 8; Venerable Isaiah the Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on May 15; Martyr Michael "œthe Black-Robed" of St Sava Monastery, Commemorated on May 23; Icon of the Mother of God of Igor, Commemorated on June 5; St Dionysius the Archbishop of Suzdal, Commemorated on June 26; Uncovering of the relics of Holy Princess Juliana Olshanskaya, Commemorated on July 6; Venerable Sisoes the Schemamonk of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on July 6;

Kiev Pechersk (Caves), Kiev Neighborhood
Pechersk, Kiev; Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Founder of Monasticism in Russia, Commemorated on July 10 ; Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on September 2; Venerable Paul the Obedient, of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on September 10; Icon of the Mother of God of Pskov Ã¢Â€Âœthe ProtectionÃ¢Â€ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on October 1; Venerable Sylvester of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on January 2 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Igor, Commemorated on June 5; Venerable Silvanus the Schemamonk, of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on June 10;

Kiev Caves monastery, 1051
Kiev Caves monastery; St Theodosius (Prince Theodore of Ostrog) of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on August 11 ; Venerable Theodore (In monasticism Theodosius) the Prince of Ostrog, Commemorated on October 10 ; Venerable Benjamin of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 13 Venerable Longinus the Gatekeeper of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 16 ; Venerable Joseph the Igumen and Wonderworker of Volokolamsk, Commemorated October 18 ; Venerable Hilarion the Schemamonk of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 21 ; Venerable Martyrius the Deacon, Commemorated on October 25 ; St Theophilus of the Kiev Caves and Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on October 26 ; St Demetrius (Dimitri), Metropolitan of Rostov, Commemorated on October 28 ; Venerable Spyridon the Prosphora-baker of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 31 ; Venerable Onesiphorus the Confessor of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on November 9 ; Venerable Nectarius the Obedient of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on November 29 ; Venerable Hieromonk Alexei of Teklati, Commemorated on January 18 ; Venerable Gregory the Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves; Venerable Euthymius the Schemamonk, Commemorated January 20 ; St Ephraim the Bishop of Pereyaslavl, Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Commemorated January 28 ; Venerable Ephraim, Abbot and Wonderworker of Novy Torg, Commemorated January 28 ; St Laurence the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, and Bishop of Turov, Near Caves, Commemorated January 29 ; Venerable Nicephorus of Vazheozersk, Commemorated on February 9 ; Venerable Nikita of the Kiev Caves, Far Caves the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated January 31 ; Venerable Nicephorus of Vazheozersk, Commemorated on February 9; Venerable Cosmas of Yakhrom, Commemorated February 18 ; St Arsenius the Bishop of Tver, Commemorated on March 2 ; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on March 23 ; Venerable Zachariah the Ascetic of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on March 24 ; Venerable Joseph the Much-Ailing, of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 4; St Niphon the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on April 8; Venerable Rufus the Obedient of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 8; Venerable Sava the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 24; Venerable Alexius the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 24; Venerable Stephen the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, and Bishop of Vladimir, in Volhynia, Commemorated on April 27; Uncovering of the relics of St Nikita the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on April 30; Icon of the Mother of God of Sven, Commemorated on May 3; Venerable Theodosius the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves Monastery, and Founder of Coenobitic Monasticism in Russia, Commemorated on May 3; Venerable Arsenius the Lover-of-Labor of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on May 8; Venerable Joseph of Optina, Commemorated on May 9; Martyr Michael "" of St Sava Monastery, Commemorated on May 23; Venerable Euphrosyne the Abbess of Polotsk, Commemorated on May 23; St John Maximovitch the Metropolitan of Tobolsk, Commemorated on June 10 ; St Michael the first Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on June 15; Venerable Leontius of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on June 18; St Menas, Bishop of Polotsk, Commemorated on June 20; St Dionysius the Archbishop of Suzdal, Commemorated on June 26;

Kiev Caves, Great (Gate) Church of the Caves
Great Church of the Caves; Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Founder of Monasticism in Russia, Commemorated on July 10 ; St Michael the first Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated September 30 ; Uncovering of the relics of Holy Princess Juliana Olshanskaya, Commemorated on July 6;

Berestovo Village, Kiev Far Caves - St Anthony's first Location, 1030
Kiev Far Caves - Berestovo Village ; Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Founder of Monasticism in Russia, Commemorated on July 10 ; Venerable Pambo the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on July 18; Venerable Paisius of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on July 19; Venerable Polycarp the Archimandrite of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on July 24; Venerable Pimen the Faster of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on August 7; St Theodosius (Prince Theodore of Ostrog) of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on August 11; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Theodosius of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on August 14 ; Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on September 2; Venerable Theodosius of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated September 2 ; Venerable Paul the Obedient, of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on September 10; Venerable Dionysius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 3 ; Kiev Caves Caverns; Venerable Benjamin of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 13 ; Venerable Longinus the Gatekeeper of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 16 ; St Nestor (not the Chronicler) of the Far Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 27 ; St Hilarion, Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated October 21 ; Venerable Martyrius the Deacon, Commemorated October 25; Venerable Martyrius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated October 25 ; St Theophilus of the Kiev Caves and Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on October 26 ; Venerable Mercurius the Faster of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated November 24 ; Venerable Athanasius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on December 2 ; Venerable Mardarius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves< Commemorated November 24 ; Venerable Mardarius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on December 13 ; Venerable Ignatius the Archimandrite of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated December 20 ; Venerable Sylvester of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on January 2 ; Venerable Macarius the Deacon of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated January 19 ; St Laurence the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated January 20 ; St Ephraim the Bishop of Pereyaslavl, Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Commemorated Janaury 28 ; St Laurence the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, and Bishop of Turov, Near Caves, Commemorated January 29 ; Venerable Zeno the Faster, of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated January 30 ; 12 Greeks who built the Dormition Cathedral in the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Lavra, Commemorated on February 14; Venerable Sophronius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on March 11; Venerable Nikita of the Kiev Caves, Far Caves the Bishop of Novgorod; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on March 23; Venerable Zachariah the Ascetic of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on March 24; Venerable Gerontius the Canonarch of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 1; Venerable Joseph the Much-Ailing, of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 4; Venerable Rufus the Obedient of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 8; Venerable Sava the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 24; Venerable Alexius the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 24; Venerable Theodosius the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves Monastery, and Founder of Coenobitic Monasticism in Russia, Commemorated on May 3; Venerable Arsenius the Lover-of-Labor of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on May 8; Venerable Pimen the Ascetic of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on May 8; Venerable Arsenius the Lover-of-Labor of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on May 8; St Nikita the Bishop of Novgorod and Recluse, of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on May 14 ; Venerable Silvanus the Schemamonk, of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on June 10; Venerable Leontius of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on June 18; Venerable Sisoes the Schemamonk of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on July 6;

Kiev Far Caves - Theodosiev Caves - Berestovo Village, 1032, 1073
Kiev Far Caves - Berestovo Village ; Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Founder of Monasticism in Russia, Commemorated on July 10 ; Venerable Pambo the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on July 18; Venerable Paisius of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on July 19; Venerable Polycarp the Archimandrite of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on July 24; Venerable Pimen the Faster of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on August 7; St Theodosius (Prince Theodore of Ostrog) of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on August 11; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Theodosius of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on August 14 ; Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on September 2; Venerable Theodosius of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated September 2 ; Venerable Paul the Obedient, of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on September 10; Venerable Dionysius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 3 ; Kiev Caves Caverns; Venerable Benjamin of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 13 ; Venerable Longinus the Gatekeeper of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 16 ; St Nestor (not the Chronicler) of the Far Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 27 ; St Hilarion, Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated October 21 ; Venerable Martyrius the Deacon, Commemorated October 25; Venerable Martyrius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated October 25 ; St Theophilus of the Kiev Caves and Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on October 26 ; Venerable Mercurius the Faster of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated November 24 ; Venerable Athanasius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on December 2 ; Venerable Mardarius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves< Commemorated November 24 ; Venerable Mardarius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on December 13 ; Venerable Ignatius the Archimandrite of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated December 20 ; Venerable Sylvester of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on January 2 ; Venerable Macarius the Deacon of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated January 19 ; St Laurence the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated January 20 ; St Ephraim the Bishop of Pereyaslavl, Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Commemorated Janaury 28 ; St Laurence the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, and Bishop of Turov, Near Caves, Commemorated January 29 ; Venerable Zeno the Faster, of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated January 30 ; 12 Greeks who built the Dormition Cathedral in the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Lavra, Commemorated on February 14; Venerable Sophronius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on March 11; Venerable Nikita of the Kiev Caves, Far Caves the Bishop of Novgorod; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on March 23; Venerable Zachariah the Ascetic of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on March 24; Venerable Gerontius the Canonarch of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 1; Venerable Joseph the Much-Ailing, of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 4; Venerable Rufus the Obedient of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 8; Venerable Sava the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 24; Venerable Alexius the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 24; Venerable Theodosius the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves Monastery, and Founder of Coenobitic Monasticism in Russia, Commemorated on May 3; Venerable Arsenius the Lover-of-Labor of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on May 8; Venerable Pimen the Ascetic of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on May 8; Venerable Arsenius the Lover-of-Labor of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on May 8; St Nikita the Bishop of Novgorod and Recluse, of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on May 14 ; Venerable Silvanus the Schemamonk, of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on June 10; Venerable Leontius of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on June 18; Venerable Sisoes the Schemamonk of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on July 6;

Dormition Cathedral in the Kiev Caves (Destroyed in WWII) 1073
Dormition Cathedral in the Kiev Caves (Destroyed in WWII) 1073 ; Dormition Cathedral in the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Lavra, Commemorated on February 1; 12 Greeks who built the Dormition Cathedral in the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Lavra, Commemorated on February 14;

Kiev Caves Caverns
Kiev Caves Caverns; Near Caves; Venerable Pimen the Much-Ailing of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 7; St Mercurius the Bishop of Smolensk, Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 7; Venerable Gregory the Iconographer of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 8; Martyr Basil of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 11; Venerable Alypius the Iconographer of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 17; Venerable Abramius the lover-of-labor of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 21 ; Hieromartyr and Venerable Kuksha of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 27; Venerable Pimen of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 27 ; St Michael the first Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated September 30 ; Venerable Damian the Healer and Clairvoyant of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated October 5 ; Venerable Sergius the Obedient of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 7 ; Venerable Nicholas Sviatosha Prince of Chernigov, and Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 14 ; Venerable Arethus the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 24 ; Venerable Sisoes the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 24 ; Venerable Theophilus the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated October 24 ; Venerable Nestor the Chronicler of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 27 ; Venerable Spyridon the Prosphora-baker of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 31; Venerable Onesiphorus the Confessor of the Kiev Near Caves; Venerable Barlaam the Abbot of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on November 19; Venerable Nectarius the Obedient of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on November 29; Venerable Athanasius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on December 2 ; Venerable Athanasius ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Âœthe Resurrected OneÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on December 2 ; Venerable Sylvester of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on January 2 ; Venerable Nikon the Dry, of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on December 11; Venerable Nikon the Dry, of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated December 11 Venerable Mark the Grave-Digger of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated December 29 ; Venerable Sylvester of the Kiev Near Caves; Venerable Gregory the Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves; Venerable Macarius the Faster, of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated January 19 ; Venerable Euthymius the Schemamonk, Commemorated January 20 ; Monkmartyr Anastasius the Deacon of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on January 22 ; St Laurence the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, and Bishop of Turov, Near Caves, Commemorated January 29 ; Venerable Prochorus of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated February 10 ; Venerable Isaac the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 14; Venerable Titus the Presbyter of the Kiev Near Caves Commemorated on February 27 ; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on March 23; Monkmartyr Eustratius of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on March 28; Venerable Sava the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 24; St Simeon the Bishop of Vladimir and Suzdal of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on May 10; Venerable Isaiah the Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on May 15; Venerable Agapitus the Unmercenary Physician of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on June 1;

Kiev Near Caves of St Anthony, 1057
Near Caves of St Anthony ; Hieromartyr and Venerable Kuksha of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 27; Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on September 2; Synaxis of the Venerable Fathers of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated September 28 ; St Michael the first Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated September 30 ; Venerable Damian the Healer and Clairvoyant of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated October 5 ; Venerable Sergius the Obedient of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 7; Venerable Nicholas Sviatosha Prince of Chernigov, and Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 14 ; Venerable Arethus the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 24 ; Venerable Sisoes the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 24 ; Venerable Theophilus the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated October 24 ; Venerable Nestor the Chronicler of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 27 ; Venerable Spyridon the Prosphora-baker of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 31; Venerable Onesiphorus the Confessor of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on November 9 ; Venerable Barlaam the Abbot of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on November 19 ; Venerable Athanasius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on December 2 ; Venerable Athanasius ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Âœthe Resurrected OneÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on December 2 ; Venerable Euthymius the Schemamonk, Commemorated January 20 ; St Laurence the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, and Bishop of Turov, Near Caves, Commemorated January 29 ; Venerable Isaac the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 14; Venerable Joseph the Much-Ailing, of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 4; Venerable Sava the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 24; Venerable Nicholas Sviatosha Prince of Chernigov, and Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves; Venerable Gregory the Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves; Icon of the Mother of God of Sven, Commemorated on May 3; Venerable Arsenius the Lover-of-Labor of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on May 8; St Simeon the Bishop of Vladimir and Suzdal of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on May 10; Venerable Silvanus the Schemamonk, of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on June 10; St Dionysius the Archbishop of Suzdal, Commemorated on June 26;

Sven Caves, Near Caves of Saint Anthony, 1057
Sven Caves, Near Caves of Saint Anthony; Icon of the Mother of God of Sven, Commemorated on May 3; Venerable Alypius the Iconographer of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 17;

Russia, Vladimir Folder, Vladimir-Suzdal, Southern Valley, and its rivers

Vladimir-Suzdal 1094
Vladimir-Suzdal; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15 ; Icon of the Mother of God "œof the Passion", Commemorated on August 13 ; Commemoration of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God and the deliverance of Moscow from the Invasion of Tamerlane, Commemorated August 26 ; Venerable Euphrosyne of Suzdal, Commemorated on September 18; Icon of the Mother of God of Yakhrom, Commemorated on October 14 ; St Sophia, Commemorated December 16 ; Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, Commemorated on March 4 ; Venerable Euthymius of Suzdal, Commemorated on April 1; Holy Queen Tamara, Commemorated on May 8; St Nikita the Bishop of Novgorod and Recluse, of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on May 14; Venerable Pachomius the Abbot of Nerekhta, Commemorated on May 15; Meeting of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on May 21 ; Icon of the Mother of God "œthe God Loving", Commemorated on June 18; ISABEL FLORENCE HAPGOOD, ECUMENIST and JOURNALIST, 1929, Commemorated June 26; St Dionysius the Archbishop of Suzdal, Commemorated on June 26; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Most Holy Mother of God at Blachernae, Commemorated on July 2; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Euthymius the Archimandrite of Suzdal, Commemorated on July 4 ;

Russia, Vladimir, 1157 - 1331, Vladimir was the capital of Rus
Before Moscow, Vladimir was the original capital of the Orthodox Rus' (region); Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15; Icon of the Mother of God "the Seeker of the Lost", Commemorated February 5 ; St Niphon the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on April 8;

Russia, Vladimir, Suzdal - land of the Suzdal (southern valley)
Suzdal; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15 ; Icon of the Mother of God œof the Passion, Commemorated on August 13 ; Venerable Euphrosyne of Suzdal, Commemorated on September 18; St John the Bishop of Suzdal, Commemorated October 15 ; Commemoration of the Weeping Icon of the Mother of God œof the Sign at Novgorod, Commemorated on November 27 ; St Hilarion, Metropolitan of Suzdal and Yuriev, Commemorated December 14 ; St Sophia, Commemorated December 16 ; St Vsevolod (in holy baptism Gabriel) the Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated February 11 ; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4; Venerable Euthymius of Suzdal, Commemorated on April 1; Hieromartyr Macarius the Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on May 1; St Simeon the Bishop of Vladimir and Suzdal of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on May 10; Venerable Pachomius the Abbot of Nerekhta, Commemorated on May 15; St Euphrosyne the Princess, (Eudoxia) of Moscow, Commemorated on May 17 ; Meeting of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on May 21 ; Repose of St Alexander Nevsky; Icon of the Mother of God œthe God Loving, Commemorated on June 18; ISABEL FLORENCE HAPGOOD, ECUMENIST and JOURNALIST, 1929, Commemorated June 26; St Dionysius the Archbishop of Suzdal, Commemorated on June 26; Burial of St Andrew the Prince, Commemorated on July 4; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Euthymius the Archimandrite of Suzdal, Commemorated on July 4 ; St Eudokia, in Monasticism Euphrosyne, the Grand Duchess of Moscow, Commemorated on July 7 ;

Rostovo-Suzdal Principality
Rostovo-Suzdal Principality; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4;

Suzdal Monomashichi
Suzdal Monomashichi; Rostovo-Suzdal Principality; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4;

Russia, Vladimir History Folder

Russia, Vladimir, 980-1157, Folder, Vladimir the Great of Kiev

Russia, Vladimir, 980-1015, Great Prince, Vladimir I The Great of Kiev
Vladimir Great Prince, 980-1015, Vladimir I The Great of Kiev; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15; Martyrs and Passion-Bearers Boris and Gleb, Commemorated on July 24; St Theodosius (Prince Theodore of Ostrog) of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on August 11; Hieromartyr and Venerable Kuksha of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated August 27 ; Venerable Pimen of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 27; Icon of the Mother of God of Korsun, Commemorated on October 9;

Russia, Vladimir, 1019-1054, Yaroslav the Wise, Novgorod, Kiev and Vladimir, Kiev Rus King
Kiev Rus King, 1019-1054, Yaroslav the Wise ; Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Founder of Monasticism in Russia, Commemorated on July 10; Venerable Arcadius of Novotorsk, Commemorated on July 11; Venerable Moses the Hungarian of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated July 26 ; Appearance of the Smolensk œDirectress Icon of the Mother of God brought from Constantinople, Commemorated on July 28; Right-believing Prince Vladimir Yaroslavich the Prince of Novgorod, Commemorated on October 4 ; Venerable Damian the Healer and Clairvoyant of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 5 ; St Amphilochius the Bishop of Vladimir, in Volhynia, Commemorated on October 10; Venerable Nicholas Sviatosha Prince of Chernigov, and Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 14; St Hilarion, Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on October 21; Venerable Hilarion the Schemamonk of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 21; Blessed Yaropolk the Prince of Vladimir-Volhynia, in Holy Baptism Peter, Commemorated on November 22; Dedication of the Church of the Greatmartyr George at Kiev, Commemorated on November 26; Venerable Gregory the Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on January 8; Venerable Ephraim, Abbot and Wonderworker of Novy Torg, Commemorated on January 28 ; Princess Anna of Novgorod, Commemorated on February 10 ; Venerable Isaac the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 14; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on March 23; Greatmartyr, Victory-bearer and Wonderworker George, Commemorated on April 23; Translation of the relics of the Holy Passionbearer Boris, in Holy Baptism Roman, Commemorated on May 2 ; Venerable Theodosius the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves Monastery, and Founder of Coenobitic Monasticism in Russia, Commemorated on May 3; Venerable Constantine, (In baptism Yaroslav), with his children Michael and Theodore, Wonderworkers of Murom, Commemorated on May 21; St Menas, Bishop of Polotsk, Commemorated on June 20;

Russia, Vladimir, 1094-1125, Prince, Vladimir II Monomakh, Novgorod, Kiev, and Vladimir; Monomashichi
Novgorod Prince, 1113-1125, Vladimir Monomakh; II Monomakh (26 May 1053 - 19 May 1125) reigned as Grand Prince of Kievan Rus' from 1113 to 1125. He is considered a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and is celebrated on May 6.[1] 1 Family 2 Reign 3 Marriages and children 4 See also 5 References 6 Sources 7 Further reading 8 External links was the son of Vsevolod I (married in 1046) by a relative of Byzantine emperor Constantine IX Monomachos, from whom Vladimir obtained his sobriquet.[2] Contemporary Byzantine naming practice allowed the adoption of a maternal surname if the mother's family was perceived to be of a more exalted origin than that of the father.[3] Testament of Vladimir Monomakh to Children, 1125. Lithography of 1836. his famous Instruction (also known as The Testament) to his own children, Monomakh mentions that he conducted 83 military campaigns and 19 times made peace with the Polovtsi. At first he waged war against the steppe jointly with his cousin Oleg, but after Vladimir was sent by his father to rule Chernigov and Oleg made peace with the Polovtsi to retake that city from him, they parted company. Since that time, Vladimir and Oleg were bitter enemies who would often engage in internecine wars. The enmity continued among their children and more distant posterity. 1094, his chief patrimony was the southern town of Pereyaslav, although he also controlled Rostov, Suzdal, and other northern provinces (see Principality of Pereyaslavl). In these lands he founded several towns, notably his namesake, Vladimir, the future capital of Russia. In order to unite the princes of Rus in their struggle against the Great Steppe, Vladimir initiated three princely congresses, the most important being held at Lyubech in 1097 and Dolobsk in 1103. 1107 he defeated Boniak, a Cuman khan who led an invasion on Kievan Rus'. When Sviatopolk II died in 1113, the Kievan populace revolted and summoned Vladimir to the capital. The same year he entered Kiev to the great delight of the crowd and reigned there until his death in 1125. may be seen from his Instruction, he promulgated a number of reforms in order to allay the social tensions in the capital. These years saw the last flowering of Ancient Rus, which was torn apart 10 years after his death. Monomakh is buried in the Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev. Succeeding generations often referred to his reign as the golden age of that city. Numerous legends are connected with Monomakh's name, including the transfer from Constantinople to Rus of such precious relics as the Theotokos of Vladimir and the Vladimir/Muscovite crown called Monomakh's Cap. and children[edit] married three times. Some sources cite his first wife as Gytha of Wessex, daughter of Harold of England who had fallen at Hastings in 1066 and of Edith Swannesha. Problems exist in that none of the sources citing this are contemporary, and none of the Russian sources cite the name of his first wife as the daughter of Harold Godwinson. They had at least five children: Mstislav I of Kiev (1 June 1076 – 14 April 1132) Izyaslav Vladimirovich, Prince of Kursk (c. 1077 – 6 September 1096) Svyatoslav Vladimirovich, Prince of Smolensk and Pereyaslav (c. 1080 – 16 March 1114) Yaropolk II of Kiev (1082 – 18 February 1139) Viacheslav I of Kiev (1083 – 2 February 1154) following daughter has been attributed to either the first or the second wife: Marina Vladimirovna (d. 1146). Married Leon Diogenes, a pretender to the throne of the Byzantine Empire who claimed to be a son of Romanos IV and who rose to the rank of khan of the Cumans in Ossetia. rests after hunting (painting by Viktor Vasnetsov, c. 1900). second wife, Eufimia, is considered to have been a Byzantine noblewoman.[2] The Primary Chronicle and the "Testament of Vladimir Monomakh" record her date of death as 7 May 1107. However the Chronicle does not mention her name. This marriage produced at least six children: Roman, Prince of Volhynia (d. 6 January 1119) Eufemia of Kiev (d. 4 April 1139). Married Coloman of Hungary. Agafia (Agatha). Married Vsevolod Davidovich, Prince of Gorodno. According to older historians her husband was a son of David Igorevich, Prince of Volhynia (d. 1113), but this theory was rejected.[4] Yuri (George), later known as Yuri Dolgoruki (d. 15 May 1157). Andrew, Prince of Volhynia (11 July 1102 – 1141). third marriage is thought to have been to a daughter of Aepa Ocenevich, Khan of the Cumans. Her paternal grandfather was Osen. Her people belonged to the Kipchaks, a confederation of pastoralists and warriors of Turkic origin. the Primary Chronicle identifies Aepa as father-in-law to Yuri Dolgoruki, with Vladimir negotiating the marriage in name of his son.[citation needed] Whether father and son married sisters or the identity of intended groom was misidentified remains unclear. St Vsevolod (in holy baptism Gabriel) the Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated on February 11; Right-believing Great Prince Rostislav-Michael the Prince of Kiev, Commemorated on March 14;

Russia, Vladimir, 1149-1151, 1155-1157, K Rus King, Yuri I Dolgorukiy, far reaching, Kiev to Suzdal
Kiev Rus King, 1149-1157, Yuri I Dolgorukiy ; Venerable Titus the Presbyter of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 27; Venerable Gerasimus of Vologda, Commemorated on March 4; Right-believing Great Prince Rostislav-Michael the Prince of Kiev, Commemorated on March 14 ; St Niphon the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on April 8; St Cyril the Bishop of Turov, Commemorated on April 28 ;

Russia, Vladimir, 1157-1331, Folder, Vladimir Time, Capital of Rus

Russia, Vladimir, 1100-1199, 12th Century Folder, Andrew Bogolyubsky, George B. and Big Nest

Russia, Vladimir, 1157-1174, Andrey Bogolyubsky, Yuri D's son, strong, tried to unite V w Kiev&Novgrd, N Dvina, k
Vladimir Great Prince, 1157-1174, Andrey Bogolyubsky; St John the Archbishop and Wonderworker of Novgorod, Commemorated on September 7; Icon of the Mother of God "Mirozh", Commemorated September 24 ; Commemoration of the Weeping Icon of the Mother of God of the Sign at Novgorod, Commemorated on November 27; Venerable Gerasimus of Vologda, Commemorated on March 4; St Cyril the Bishop of Turov, Commemorated on April 28; St Nikita the Bishop of Novgorod and Recluse, of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on May 14; Icon of the Mother of God œthe God Loving, Commemorated on June 18; Burial of St Andrew the Prince, Commemorated on July 4 ;

Russia, Vladimir, 1172-1188, George the Russian, Yury Bogolyubsky, Yuri D's gson, Novgorod Prince, m Tamar
Russia, Vladimir, 1172-1188, George the Russian, Yury Bogolyubsky; Vladimir Great Prince, 1157-1174, Andrey Bogolyubsky; Right-believing Tamara, Queen of Georgia, Commemorated on May 1;

Russia, Vladimir, 1175-1176, Mikhail of Vladimir, Yuri D's son, Big Nest's older b
Russia, Vladimir, 1175-1176, Mikhail of Vladimir; Vladimir, 1173-1212, Great Prince Vsevolod III the Big Nest ;

Russia, Vladimir, 1177-1212, Vsevolod III the Big Nest, Yuri D's 11th son, long reign in Vladimir, m Georgian
Vladimir, 1173-1212, Great Prince Vsevolod III the Big Nest ; Venerable Pambo the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on July 18; St Martyrius, Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on August 24 ; St John the Archbishop and Wonderworker of Novgorod, Commemorated on September 7; Icon of the Mother of God "Mirozh", Commemorated September 24 ; Venerable Abramius the Archimandrite of Rostov, Commemorated on October 29; Repose of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated on November 23; Venerable Xenophon of Robika, Commemorated on January 26; St Ignatius, Wonderworker and Bishop of Smolensk, Commemorated on January 29; St Laurence the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, and Bishop of Turov, Near Caves, Commemorated on January 29; Right-believing George the Great Prince of Vladimir, Commemorated on February 4; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4; Venerable Gerasimus of Vologda, Commemorated on March 4; Venerable Sophronius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on March 11; Finding of the relics of St Basil the Prince of Yaroslavl, Commemorated on June 8; St Peter, Tonsured David, the Wonderworker of Murom, Commemorated on June 25; Right-believing Prince Basil of Yaroslavl, Commemorated on July 3;

Russia, Vladimir, 1200-1299, 13th Century Folder, Fall to the Tartars, then Andrew Nevsky

Russia, Vladimir, 1212-1218, G Prince, Konstantin of Rostov, Constantine, a w Mitislav
Vladimir Great Prince, 1212-1218, Konstantin of Rostov; Venerable Xenophon of Robika, Commemorated on January 26; Right-believing George the Great Prince of Vladimir, Commemorated on February 4; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4; Venerable Sophronius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on March 11; Right-believing Prince Basil of Yaroslavl, Commemorated on July 3;

Russia, Vladimir, 1212-1238, St George Vsevolodovich, Yuri II, Nest's son, Yuri D's gson, Mongol Invasion time
Vladimir Great Prince, 1212-1238, St George Vsevolodovich/a>; II (Russian: Ю́рий–II), also known as George II of Vladimir or Georgy II Vsevolodovich (1189 – 4 March 1238), was the fourth Grand Prince of Vladimir (1212–1216, 1218–1238) who presided over Vladimir-Suzdal at the time of the Mongol invasion of Rus'. was the third and best-loved son of Vsevolod III and Maria Shvarnovna. first distinguished himself in the battles against Ryazan in 1208. His father wanted Yuri to inherit Rostov and his elder brother Konstantin to succeed him in Vladimir. The latter, however, declared that he would rule both towns or nothing at all. Thereupon Vsevolod disinherited Konstantin and passed the throne to Yuri. under the walls of Vladimir. Vsevolod's death, Konstantin allied himself with Mstislav the Bold and defeated Yuri and his other brothers on the Lipitsa River. Having gained Vladimir, Konstantin sent Yuri to rule Rostov and Yaroslavl. Two years later Konstantin died, and Yuri was allowed to return to Vladimir. his reign in Vladimir, Yuri waged several wars against Volga Bulgaria and founded the fortress of Nizhny Novgorod on the Volga River to secure the area from Bulgarian attacks. He installed his younger brother Yaroslav in Novgorod. When the Mongols first approached Russia in 1223, he sent a small unit against them, but it arrived too late to take part in the disastrous Battle of the Kalka River. the Mongols returned in 1237, Yuri treated their envoys with disdain. Likewise, he did not help Ryazan when Batu Khan laid siege to that city. His own capital, however, was the next in line. Yuri's sons were soundly defeated near Kolomna, and Yuri himself could barely escape to Yaroslavl. His wife Agatha (Mikhail of Kiev's sister) and all his family died in Vladimir when a church where they had sought refuge from the fire collapsed. himself was killed on 4 March 1238, in the Battle of the Sit River, whereby vast Mongol hordes defeated the army of Vladimir-Suzdal. The relics of the prince are in Dormition Cathedral, Vladimir. Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on August 16; Icon of the Mother of God of Kholm, Commemorated September 8 ; Translation of the relics of Venerable St John the Abbot of Rila in Bulgaria, Commemorated on October 19; Repose of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated on November 23; Venerable Xenophon of Robika, Commemorated on January 26; Right-believing George the Great Prince of Vladimir, Commemorated on February 4; Venerable Sophronius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on March 11; Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on March 14; Martyr Abraham of Bulgaria, Commemorated on April 1; Greatmartyr, Victory-bearer and Wonderworker George, Commemorated on April 23; St Simeon the Bishop of Vladimir and Suzdal of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on May 10; Finding of the relics of St Basil the Prince of Yaroslavl, Commemorated on June 8; St Peter, Tonsured David, the Wonderworker of Murom, Commemorated on June 25; St Basil the Bishop of Ryazan, Commemorated on July 3 ; Right-believing Prince Basil of Yaroslavl, Commemorated on July 3;

Russia, Vladimir, 1212-1238, G Prince, Yuri II, St George, d at Sit River, family d at V
Vladimir Great Prince, 1212-1238, Yuri II of Vladimir; II (Russian: Ю́рий–II), also known as George II of Vladimir or Georgy II Vsevolodovich (1189 – 4 March 1238), was the fourth Grand Prince of Vladimir (1212–1216, 1218–1238) who presided over Vladimir-Suzdal at the time of the Mongol invasion of Rus'. was the third and best-loved son of Vsevolod III and Maria Shvarnovna. first distinguished himself in the battles against Ryazan in 1208. His father wanted Yuri to inherit Rostov and his elder brother Konstantin to succeed him in Vladimir. The latter, however, declared that he would rule both towns or nothing at all. Thereupon Vsevolod disinherited Konstantin and passed the throne to Yuri. under the walls of Vladimir. Vsevolod's death, Konstantin allied himself with Mstislav the Bold and defeated Yuri and his other brothers on the Lipitsa River. Having gained Vladimir, Konstantin sent Yuri to rule Rostov and Yaroslavl. Two years later Konstantin died, and Yuri was allowed to return to Vladimir. his reign in Vladimir, Yuri waged several wars against Volga Bulgaria and founded the fortress of Nizhny Novgorod on the Volga River to secure the area from Bulgarian attacks. He installed his younger brother Yaroslav in Novgorod. When the Mongols first approached Russia in 1223, he sent a small unit against them, but it arrived too late to take part in the disastrous Battle of the Kalka River. the Mongols returned in 1237, Yuri treated their envoys with disdain. Likewise, he did not help Ryazan when Batu Khan laid siege to that city. His own capital, however, was the next in line. Yuri's sons were soundly defeated near Kolomna, and Yuri himself could barely escape to Yaroslavl. His wife Agatha (Mikhail of Kiev's sister) and all his family died in Vladimir when a church where they had sought refuge from the fire collapsed. himself was killed on 4 March 1238, in the Battle of the Sit River, whereby vast Mongol hordes defeated the army of Vladimir-Suzdal. The relics of the prince are in Dormition Cathedral, Vladimir. Venerable Constantine the Abbot of Kosinsk, Pskov, Commemorated on July 29; Icon of the Mother of God of Kholm, Commemorated September 8 ; Repose of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated on November 23; Venerable Xenophon of Robika, Commemorated on January 26; Right-believing George the Great Prince of Vladimir, Commemorated on February 4; Venerable Sophronius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on March 11; Martyr Abraham of Bulgaria, Commemorated on April 1; Greatmartyr, Victory-bearer and Wonderworker George, Commemorated on April 23; Right-believing Prince Basil of Yaroslavl, Commemorated on July 3; Venerable Pambo the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on July 18; Translation of the relics of Venerable St John the Abbot of Rila in Bulgaria, Commemorated on October 19;

Russia, Vladimir, 1219, Vladimir-Suzdal forces against Islamic Volga Bulgars
Scythia, 1219, Vladimir-Suzdal forces against Islamic Volga Bulgars ; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4 ; Blessed Prince Gleb Andreevich the Son of St Andrew Bogoliubsky, Commemorated on June 20;

Russia, Vladimir, 1223, Battle of Kalka River, at Mariupol, Mongol Victory
Battle of Kalka River at Mariupol; Mongol Tartar Invasion 1223-1241; Venerable Pambo the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on July 18; Venerable Abramius the Archimandrite and Wonderworker of Smolensk, Commemorated August 21 ; Icon of the Mother of God "œof the Sign", the "œKursk-Root", Commemorated on September 8;

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Novgorod, 1225-1246, Saint Michael of Chernigov; Martyr and Confessor Michael the Wonderworker of Chernigov, Commemorated on September 20 ; St Oleg the Prince of Briansk, Commemorated on September 20 ;

Russia, Vladimir, 1228-1238, Prince Basil, Vasilko Konstantinovich, Rostov, heeded elders, war hero, killed by Batu after Sita
Russia, Rostov, 1216-1238, Prince Basil, Vasilko Konstantinovich; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4; Prince Basil of Rostov belonged in lineage to the Suzdal Monomashichi, famed in Russian history. The saint’s great-grandfather was Yuri Dolgoruky, and his grandfather was Great Prince Vsevolod III “Big-Nest” (+ 1212), brother to Saint Andrew Bogoliubsky (July 4), who had been heir to and continuer of Saint Andrew Bogoliubsky’s work. From Vladimir-on-Klyazma, which became the capital of the old Rostovo-Suzdal principality, Vsevolod Big-Nest single-handedly set the course of affairs of the whole of Great Rus. The Lay of Igor’s Campaign says that he could splash the Volga with oars, and bail out the Don with helmets. oldest grandson of Vsevolod from his oldest son Constantine, Saint Basil was born on December 7, 1208 in Rostov, where his father ruled as prince. He spent his childhood there, and in 1216, when Constantine Vsevolodovich became Great Prince of Vladimir, Rostov was apportioned to Basil (he was then eight years old) as his princely appanage to rule himself. valor, sacred duty of service to country, the sense of justice and the heeding of one’s elders, all these are traditional features of a Russian princely defender of the land, and all were present in Basil. The saint’s father, Great-prince Constantine, died on February 2, 1218, when Basil was not yet ten years of age. The guide of the young Rostov prince then became his uncle, the Great Prince Saint Yuri of Vladimir (February 4). twenty years Prince Yuri ruled Vladimir, and for all these years Basil was his closest friend and confidant. The chronicles take note of the vibrantly handsome figure of Basil, his bright and majestic glance, his daring in trapping wild game, his beneficence, his mind and deep studiousness, together with his mildness and good-nature in relations with the nobles: Whoever served him, whoever ate his bread and drank the cup with him, could never be the servant of another prince. the year 1219 Basil participated in a campaign of the Vladimir-Suzdal forces against the Volga Bulgars, and in 1221 in a campaign to the mouth of the River Oka. Saint Yuri was then held hostage at Nizhni Novgorod. 1223 the first Tatars (Mongols) appeared on the southern steppes, “an unknown people”, coming out of Asia. Their first victims were the Polovetsians allied with Rus. The Russian princes, with the Polovetsian khans (many of whom had accepted Holy Baptism), decided to resist the plunderers of the steppes before they reached the Russian Land. Saint Basil headed an auxiliary detachment, sent by Great Prince Yuri to participate in the Russian steppe campaign. enemy showed up sooner than they expected. And the centuries-old division of appenage principalities proved incapable of effective action in a large scale war. The detachment of Basil was not in time for the decisive battle, and from Chernigov came the sad news of the destruction of the Russian forces at the River Kalka on June 16, 1223. This was a bad omen, and the storm loomed on the east. Basil and his company returned to Rostov. 1227 (or 1228) Basil married, taking Maria, daughter of Saint Michael of Chernigov (September 20) as his wife. Basil’s uncle, Saint Yuri, had previously married Saint Michael’s sister [i.e. Basil’s uncle Yuri had married Maria’s aunt]. In 1231 Basil’s oldest son Boris was born. storm clouds thickened over Russia. On May 3, 1230, “the earth shook during Liturgy”, and famine and pestilence came upon Rus that year. In 1232 the Tatars made winter camp, having barely reached the capital of the Volga Bulgars. Life took its course, and Prince Yuri in 1236 married off his sons Vladimir and Mstislav, and Basil rejoiced at their weddings. All of them, however, had little more than a year to live, for the Tatars had already taken the Volga-Bulgarian land. 1237 the Tatar whirlwind broke upon Rus. In December Ryazan fell under Batu. Prince Yuri had decided not to send his forces over to provide assistance, since he was faced with the difficult defense of Vladimir. The Tatars offered him peace, and he was prepared to negotiate. But the conditions of the peace, tribute and vassal servitude under the Khan, were unacceptable. “A glorious fight,” said the prince, “is better than a shameful peace.” The first battle with the Tatars was at Kolomna, and Vsevolod Yurievich commanded the troops, but they were cut to pieces. The enemy turned then towards Moscow, which they captured and burned. Yuri’s other son, Vladimir, was captured while leading the defense of Moscow. Yuri and his faithful companion Saint Basil were determined to fight “for the Orthodox Christian Faith” against the “godlessly vile Tatars.” Having organized his defenses and leaving his sons Vsevolod and Mstislav at Vladimir, Prince Yuri went beyond the Volga to gather new troops to replace those annihilated by Batu. him were his nephews, Saint Basil of Rostov and his company, and his brothers, Vsevolod and Vladimir. The Great Prince awaited the arrival of his brothers Yaroslav and Svyatoslav and their forces. Meatfare Saturday, February 3, 1238, quickly and without hindrance upon the wintry roads, the Tatar army approached Vladimir. Despite heroic defense, the fate of the city was sealed. Bishop Metrophanes for spiritual strength tonsured all the princes and princesses remaining in the city into the angelic schema. The city fell on February 7. final outpost of the Vladimirites was the Dormition cathedral, repository of the most holy object in Russia: the wonderworking Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God. The Tatars piled wood and kindling around the cathedral and made a tremendous fire. Bishop Metrophanes died in the fire and smoke, together with a thousand defenseless women and children, and Prince Yuri’s entire family: his wife Agathia, daughter Theodora, daughters-in-law Maria and Christina, and the infant grandson Demetrius. His sons Vsevolod and Mstislav, together with the previously captured Vladimir, were subjected to tortures and then slaughtered “before the eyes of the Khan”. (In several of the old collections of Saints’ Lives, all of them are listed as saints). Yuri had been with his forces near Yaroslavl. Learning of the destruction of the capital and the death of those near and dear to him, “he lamented in a loud voice with tears.” He said it would be better for him to die rather than continue to live in this world, since he alone survived. Saint Basil, arriving with the Rostov company, encouraged him to continue with the military effort. March 4, 1238 the decisive battle took place at the River Sita. The Tatars unexpectedly managed to encircle the Russian army, and a slaughter ensued. Few Russian warriors remained alive after this terrible battle, but the enemy paid an expensive price for its victory. Saint Yuri was cut down in distinguished combat, and the wounded Basil was brought to Batu’s headquarters. Tatars demanded that he “follow their vile customs, be subject to their will and fight for them.” The holy prince angrily refused to betray his homeland or Holy Orthodoxy. You cannot take the Christian Faith from me said the holy prince, like one of the ancient Christian confessors. They tortured him a great deal, and then killed him in the Shernsk woods. Thus did holy Prince Basil commit his soul to God, resembling in death the holy Passion-Bearer Boris (July 24), the first of the Rostov princes, whom he had imitated in life. Like Saint Boris, Saint Basil was not even thirty years of age. Cyril of Rostov, going out on the field of carnage, buried the fallen Orthodox warriors, and he sought the body of holy Prince Yuri (they did not find his cut-off head in the mass of broken bodies). He brought his holy relics to Rostov, to the Dormition cathedral. The body of Saint Basil was found in the Shernsk woods by a priest’s son and was taken to Rostov. There the prince’s wife, his children, Bishop Cyril and all the inhabitants of Rostov met the body of their beloved prince with bitter wailing, and they buried him beneath the arches of the cathedral church. the burial of Prince Basil, the chronicler said: The multitude of Orthodox people wept bitterly, when they saw the departed father and nourisher of orphans, the great comforter of the sorrowful, and... the setting of a luminous star.... By his martyr’s blood his transgressions and those of his brethren were washed away.” people regarded it as a sign of God’s mercy that the two princely comrades-in-arms were buried side by side in the Rostov cathedral church: Behold the wonder, in death God has placed their bodies together. (Later on, the relics of holy Prince Yuri were transferred to the restored Vladimir Dormition cathedral). Church venerates Saints Basil and Yuri as Passion-Bearers, and heroic defenders of the Russian Land. Their holy example has inspired Russian soldiers in the fight against hostile invaders. The most detailed account of the life and deeds of holy Princes Basil and Yuri is preserved in the Lavrentiev Chronicle, written by the monk Laurence with the blessing of Saint Dionysius, Archbishop of Suzdal, in the year 1377, three years before the Battle of Kulikovo Pole.

Russia, Vladimir, 1238, Battle of the Sit (Sita) River
Battle of the Sit (Sita) River;

Russia, Vladimir, 1238, Fall of Vladimir to the Tartar Army (1238)
On Meatfare Saturday, February 3, 1238, quickly and without hindrance upon the wintry roads, the Tatar army approached Vladimir. Despite heroic defense, the fate of the city was sealed. Bishop Metrophanes for spiritual strength tonsured all the princes and princesses remaining in the city into the angelic schema. The city fell on February 7. final outpost of the Vladimirites was the Dormition cathedral, repository of the most holy object in Russia: the wonderworking Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God. The Tatars piled wood and kindling around the cathedral and made a tremendous fire. Bishop Metrophanes died in the fire and smoke, together with a thousand defenseless women and children, and Prince Yuri'™s entire family: his wife Agathia, daughter Theodora, daughters-in-law Maria and Christina, and the infant grandson Demetrius. His sons Vsevolod and Mstislav, together with the previously captured Vladimir, were subjected to tortures and then slaughtered œbefore the eyes of the Khan. (In several of the old collections of Saints™ Lives, all of them are listed as saints). Venerable Euphrosyne of Suzdal, Commemorated on September 18; Icon of the Mother of God "œElets-Chernigov", Commemorated on February 5 ; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4; Blessed Prince Gleb Andreevich the Son of St Andrew Bogoliubsky, Commemorated on June 20 ;

Russia, Vladimir, 1238, Fall of Vladimir to the Tartar Army, Battle of Sit (Sita) River
Russia, Vladimir, 1238, Fall of Vladimir to the Tartar Army, Battle of Sit River; Venerable Euphrosyne of Suzdal, Commemorated on September 18; Icon of the Mother of God œElets-Chernigov, Commemorated on February 5 ; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4; Blessed Prince Gleb Andreevich the Son of St Andrew Bogoliubsky, Commemorated on June 20 ;

Russia, Vladimir, 1238-1246, G Prince, Theodore Vsevolodovich (Yaroslav II), Nevsky's f, poisened by Kh's mother
Vladimir Great Prince, 1238-1246, Yaroslav Vsevolodovich (Yaroslav II of Vladimir) ; Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on August 16; St Charitina the Princess of Lithuania, Commemorated on October 5; Repose of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated on November 23; St Maximus, Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on December 6; Venerable Xenophon of Robika, Commemorated on January 26; Right-Believing Prince Roman of Uglich, Commemorated on February 3; Icon of the Mother of God Elets-Chernigov, Commemorated on February 5 ; Venerable Sophronius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on March 11; Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on March 14; Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on March 14; Repose of St Theodore Yaroslavich the older brother of St Alexander Nevsky in Novgorod, Commemorated on June 5; Finding of the relics of St Basil the Prince of Yaroslavl, Commemorated on June 8; St Basil the Bishop of Ryazan, Commemorated on July 3 ; Right-believing Prince Basil of Yaroslavl, Commemorated on July 3;

Russia, Vladimir, 1249-1252, Alexander Nevsky's b, Yaroslavich, Andrey II, rose up, but fled to the Swedes
Russia, Vladimir, 1249-1252, Alexander Nevsky's Brother Andrew, Andrey II of Vladimir , he fled to the Swedes for help ; Repose of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated on November 23;

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Vladimir Great Prince, 1252-1263, Alexander Nevsky of Vladimir-Suzdal; Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky (13 May 1221[1] -“ 14 November 1263) served as Prince of Novgorod (1236-“40, 1241-“56 and 1258-1259), Grand Prince of Kiev (Kyiv, 1236-“52) and Grand Prince of Vladimir (1252-63) during some of the most difficult times in Kievan Rus' history. regarded as a key figure of medieval Ru', Alexander (a grandson of Vsevolod the Big Nest) rose to legendary status on account of his military victories over German and Swedish invaders. He preserved Russian statehood and Russian Orthodoxy, agreeing to pay tribute to the powerful Golden Horde. Metropolite Macarius canonized Alexander Nevsky as a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church in 1547.[2] and youth[edit] Tales of the Life and Courage of the Pious and Great Prince Alexander found in the Second Pskovian Chronicle, circa 1260--“1280, comes one of the first known references to the Great Prince: the will of God, prince Alexander was born from the charitable, people-loving, and meek the Great Prince Yaroslav, and his mother was Theodosia. As it was told by the prophet Isaiah: 'Thus sayeth the Lord: I appoint the princes because they are sacred and I direct them."... was taller than others and his voice reached the people as a trumpet, and his face was like the face of Joseph, whom the Egyptian Pharaoh placed as next to the king after him of Egypt. power was a part of the power of Samson and God gave him the wisdom of Solomon ... this Prince Alexander: he used to defeat but was never defeated ..."[3 in Pereslavl-Zalessky, Alexander was the second son of Prince Yaroslav Vsevolodovich and Feodosia Igorevna of Ryazan. His maternal grandfather was Igor Glebovich, the second son of Gleb Rostislavich, Prince of Ryazan (d. 1178). His maternal grandmother was Agrafena of Kiev, daughter of Rostislav I of Kiev. seemed to have no chance of claiming the throne of Vladimir. In 1236, however, the Novgorodians summoned him to become knyaz (or prince) of Novgorod and, as their military leader, to defend their northwest lands from Swedish and German invaders. to the Novgorod Chronicle written in the 14th century (more than a century after the events it recorded), the Swedish army had landed at the confluence of the rivers Izhora and Neva, Alexander and his small army suddenly attacked the Swedes on 15 July 1240 and defeated them. of the Neva saved Novgorod from a full-scale invasion from the West. of this battle, 19-year-old Alexander gained the sobriquet "Nevsky" (which means of Neva). victory, coming just three years after the disastrous Mongol invasion of the Rus' lands of the North West, strengthened Alexander's political influence, at the same time it worsened his relations with the boyars. He would soon have to leave Novgorod because of this conflict. non-Russian contemporary source mentions this supposed battle. The Chronicle identifies the alleged Swedish commander as "Spiridon" ( while names after Saint Spyridon appear in both West and East, it is by far much more common in Orthodox lands than Scandinavia. Furthermore, Sweden had stood on the brink of war with Norway ever since the Norwegians' infamous Varmland expedition in 1225.[4] Relations improved only after the Treaty of Lase in 1249, which was forged by the new Swedish strongman Birger Jarl.[5] Before the treaty, Norway remained an ally of the Folkungs, giving them refuge and providing men and arms. In this situation, it seems unlikely that Sweden could have been able to organize a major expedition against Novgorod. Swedes are not known to have carried out any other military campaigns between 1222 and 1249, making the claims about their forceful appearance at the Neva with Norwegians as their allies in 1240 seem questionable.) the Germans and Estonians invaded Pskov, the Novgorod authorities sent for Alexander. spring of 1241 he returned from exile, gathered an army, and drove out the invaders. Alexander and his men faced the Livonian heavy cavalry led by the bishop of Dorpat (Hermann, brother of Albert of Buxhoeveden). The Rus force met the enemy on the ice of Lake Peipus and defeated the German knights and the Estonian infantry during the Battle of the Ice on 5 April 1242. victory marked a significant event in the history of Russia. Foot soldiers of Novgorod had surrounded and defeated an army of knights, mounted on horseback and clad in thick armour. Nevsky's great victory against the Livonian Order apparently involved only a few knights killed rather than the hundreds claimed by the Russian chroniclers; decisive medieval and early-modern battles were won and lost by smaller margins than those seen in contemporary mass conflicts. the Livonian invasion, Nevsky continued to strengthen Russia's Northwest. He sent his envoys to Norway and, as a result, they signed a first peace treaty between Russia and Norway in 1251. Alexander led his army to Finland and successfully routed the Swedes, who had made another attempt to block the Baltic Sea from the Russians in 1256.[6] envoys of the Roman Pope attend Alexander Nevsky proved to be a cautious and far-sighted politician. He dismissed the Roman Curia's attempts to cause war between Russia and the Golden Horde, because he understood the uselessness of such war with the Tatars at a time when they were still a powerful force. seem to be unsure about Alexander's behavior when it came to his relations with Mongols. He may have thought that Catholicism presented a more tangible threat to Russian national identity than paying a tribute to the Khan, who had little interest in Slav religion and culture. is also argued that he intentionally kept the North Slav principalities and city states as vassals to the Mongols in order to preserve his own status and counted on the befriended Horde in case someone challenged his authority (he forced the citizens of Novgorod to pay tribute). tried to strengthen his authority at the expense of the boyars and at the same time suppress any anti-Mongol uprisings in the country (Novgorod Uprising of 1259). Orthodox Church also emphasizes tolerating present civil authority of any kind more than heterodox churches (see Romans 13), which in this case would include accepting Mongol vassalage as divine judgement. to one interpretation, Alexander's intentions were to protect scattered principalities of what would become Muscovy from repeated invasions by the Mongol army. is known to have gone to the Horde himself and achieved success in exempting Russians from fighting beside the Tatar army in its wars with other peoples. historians see Alexander's choice of subordination to the Golden Horde and refusal of cooperation with western countries and church as an important reaffirmation of East Slavs' Orthodox orientation (begun under Duke Vladimir of Kiev and his mother Olga).[7] Prince of Vladimir[edit] the conquest of the Principality of Vladimir by the Mongols in 1238, its reigning Prince, Yuri II Vsevolodovich, was killed in the Battle of the Sit River; his younger brother, Yaroslav II Vsevolodovich, requested from, and received from, the Mongol khan installation as the new Prince. Prince, he assigned the duchy of Novgorod to his son Alexander. However, while traveling in 1245 to the Mongol capital Karakorum in Central Asia, Yaroslav died. in 1248 Alexander and his older brother Andrey II Yaroslavich also traveled to Karakorum to attend upon the Great Khan, Andrei returned with the award of the Grand Principality of Vladimir and Alexander the nominal lordship of Kiev. Mongke became the new Great Khan in 1251, all the Russian princes were obliged to travel to Sarai on the Volga, the capital of the Golden Horde, to be affirmed in their duchies, but Andrei refused to go. to his friendship with Sartaq Khan, the subsequent invasion by the Mongol Golden Horde saw Andrei exiled to Sweden and Alexander installed as the Grand Prince of Vladimir (i.e., the supreme Russian ruler) in 1252.[8] faithfully supported Mongol rule within his domains. In 1259 he led an army to the city of Novgorod and forced it to pay tribute it had previously refused to the Golden Horde.[9] Returning in 1263 from one of his frequent visits to the Horde, Alexander died in the town of Gorodets-on-the-Volga on his way back from Sarai. Prior to his death, he took monastic vows and was given the religious name of Alexis. of Alexander Nevsky the Second Pskovian Chronicle: from the Golden Horde, the Great Prince Alexander, reached the city of Nizhny Novgorod, and remained there for several days in good health, but when he reached the city of Gorodets he fell ill ... Prince Alexander, who was always firm in his faith in God, gave up this worldly kingdom ... And then he gave up his soul to God and died in peace on 12 November [1263], on the day when the Holy Apostle Philip is remembered ... At this burial Metropolitan Archbishop Cyril said, 'My children, you should know that the sun of the Suzdalian land has set. There will never be another prince like him in the Suzdalian land.' the priests and deacons and monks, the poor and the wealthy, and all the people said: 'It is our end.' "[3] he died in Gorodets, Alexander was laid to rest in the city of Vladimir, in the Great Abbey at The Church of the Nativity of the Holy Mother of God. and children[edit] According to the Novgorod First Chronicle, Alexander married first a daughter of Bryacheslav Vasilkovich, Prince of Polatsk and Vitebsk, in 1239. Her name is not given in the chronicle. Genealogies name her as Paraskeviya or Alexandra (possibly birth and marital names respectively). They had five children: Alexandrovich, Prince of Novgorod (c. 1239-“1271). He was betrothed to Princess Kristina of Norway in 1251. The marriage contract was broken. Kristina went on to marry Felipe of Castile, a son of Ferdinand III of Castile and Elisabeth of Hohenstaufen. Alexandrovna. Married Konstantin Rostislavich, Prince of Smolensk. of Pereslavl (c. 1250-1294). of Gorodets (c. 1255 -“ 27 July 1304). married a second wife named Vasilisa or Vassa[10] shortly before his death. They had one son. of Moscow (1261-“ 4 March/5 March 1303).[11] regarded as a key figure of medieval Rus, Alexander (“ the grandson of Vsevolod the Big Nest)“ rose to legendary status on account of his military victories over German and Swedish invaders while agreeing to pay tribute to the powerful Golden Horde. He was canonized as a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church by Metropolite Macarius in 1547.[12] was buried in the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin monastery in Vladimir. Veneration began almost immediately after a miracle at his burial, when he supposedly extended his hand for the prayer of absolution.[13] remains of the prince were uncovered in response to a vision, before the Battle of Kulikovo in the year 1380, and found to be incorrupt. relics were then placed in a shrine in the church. was glorified (canonized) by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1547. new wooden reliquary was made in Moscow in 1695 and the relics placed in it in 1697. order of Peter the Great the relics were then removed from Vladimir on 11 August 1723 and transported to Shlisselburg (at the head of the Neva, near St Petersburg), arriving there on 20 September.[13] There they were kept until 1724, when they were brought to Saint Petersburg and installed in the Annunciation Church of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra on 30 August.[13] In 1753 a large silver shrine [ru] for the relics, made with 90 pounds of silver, was donated by Empress Elizabeth of Russia. With the completion of the Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra in 1790, the shrine and relics were transferred there at its consecration on 30 August, one of the saint's feast days.[13] May 1922, during the general confiscation of Russian Orthodox Church property, the shrine was opened.[14] The elaborate silver shrine was transferred to the Hermitage Museum, where it remains.[14] The relics were put into storage at the Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism, before being returned to the Holy Trinity Cathedral in 1989.[14] His principal feast day is 23 November. A second feast day was instituted on 30 August in commemoration of the placing of his relics in the Annunciation Church. He is also commemorated in common with other saints of Rostov and Yaroslavl on 23 May. order of Alexander Nevsky of Alexander's policies on the Western border were continued by his grandson-in-law, Daumantas of Pskov, who was also beatified in the 16th century. the late 13th century, a chronicle was compiled called the Life of Alexander Nevsky, in which he is depicted as an ideal prince-soldier and defender of Russia. 21 May 1725, the empress Catherine I introduced the Imperial Order of St. Alexander Nevsky as one of the highest decorations in the land. the Great Patriotic War, on 29 July 1942, the Soviet authorities introduced an Order of Alexander Nevsky to revive the memory of Alexander's struggle with the Germans. was also an earlier Bulgarian Order dedicated to Saint Alexander which was founded on 25 December 1881, which ceased to exist when the People's Republic was declared on 16 September 1946. 1938, Sergei Eisenstein made one of his most acclaimed films, Alexander Nevsky, on Alexander's victory over the Teutonic Knights. The soundtrack for the film was written by Sergei Prokofiev, who also reworked the score into a concert cantata. Today the film is renowned for its extraordinary battle on ice sequence, which has served as inspiration for countless other films. In the picture, Nevsky used a number of Russian proverbs, tying Nevsky firmly to Russian tradition.[15] famous proverbial phrase (paraphrasing Matthew 26:52), "Whoever will come to us with a sword, from a sword will perish," that is often attributed to Alexander Nevsky, was not in fact pronounced by him, but comes from the Eisenstein's film, where it was said by an actor Nikolai Cherkasov. Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia is a long tradition of Russian naval vessels bearing Nevsky's name, such as the 19th-century propellor frigate Alexander Nevsky and a strategic ballistic missile nuclear submarine recently built for the Russian Navy.[16] Nevsky's fame has spread beyond the borders of Russia, and numerous cathedrals and churches are dedicated to him, including the Patriarchal Cathedral in Sofia, Bulgaria; the Cathedral church in Tallinn, Estonia; the Cathedral church in Poland. 24 September 2008, Alexander Nevsky was declared the main hero of Russia's history by popular vote, as reported by the Kommersant newspaper. In December 2008, he was voted the greatest Russian in the Name of Russia television poll.[17 Icon of the Mother of God of Ustiuzhena, Commemorated July 28 ; Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on August 16; Translation of the relics of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated on August 30; Icon of the Mother of God of Kholm, Commemorated September 8 ; Venerable Euphrosyne of Suzdal, Commemorated on September 18; St Charitina the Princess of Lithuania, Commemorated on October 5; St Eupraxia, Princess of Pskov, Commemorated on October 16; Translation of the relics of Venerable St John the Abbot of Rila in Bulgaria, Commemorated on October 19; Martyr Michael the Prince of Tver, Commemorated on November 22; Repose of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated on November 23; St Maximus, Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on December 6; Right-Believing Prince Roman of Uglich, Commemorated on February 3; Right-believing George the Great Prince of Vladimir, Commemorated on February 4; Icon of the Mother of God œElets-Chernigov, Commemorated on February 5 ; Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, Commemorated on March 4 ; Venerable Sophronius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on March 11; Icon of the Mother of God of Saint Theodore, Commemorated on March 14 Theodore—Kostroma Icon of the Mother of God was painted by the Evangelist Luke and resembles the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God. icon received its name from Great Prince Yaroslav Vsevolodovich (+ 1246), the father of Saint Alexander Nevsky, and who in holy Baptism was named Theodore in honor of Saint Theodore Stratelates (February 8). to Tradition, the icon was found by his elder brother, Saint George (February 4), in an old wooden chapel near the city of Gorodets. Later, the Gorodetsk Theodorov monastery was built on this spot. Prince Yaroslav-Theodore became the Great Prince of Vladimir after his brother Saint George perished in battle with the Mongols at the Sita River. In the year 1239, he solemnly transferred the relics of his brother from Rostov to the Vladimir Dormition cathedral. He gave the icon which he inherited from his brother to his own son, Saint Alexander Nevsky. is renowned in Russian history. He continued with the glorious traditions of his uncle Saint Andrew Bogoliubsky (July 4), and of his father Vsevolod III Big-Nest, and he was connected to almost all of the significant events in the history of Rus in the first half of the thirteenth century. was burned and torn apart by the Mongols in 1237-1238. He raised it up from the ashes, rebuilt and embellished the cities, the holy monasteries and the churches. He restored cities along the Volga devastated by the enemy: Kashin, Uglich, Yaroslavl’, Kostroma, Gorodets. founded he church of Theodore Stratelates at Kostroma and the Theodorov monastery near Gorodets in honor of his patron saint. For eight years he ruled as Great Prince, but he had to guide the land through a singularly difficult path, maintaining a military-political balance with the Golden Horde to the East, while mounting an active opposition to Catholic Europe in the West. His closest companion was his son, Saint Alexander Nevsky, who also continued his policies. wonderworking Theodore Icon of the Mother of God was constantly with Saint Alexander, and he prayed before it. After Saint Alexander Nevsky died on November 14, 1263 at the monastery founded by his father, the icon was taken by his younger brother Basil. Yaroslavich was the youngest (eighth) son of Yaroslav Vsevolodovich. In 1246 after the death of his father (Prince Yaroslav was poisoned in the capital city of Mongolia, Karakorum when he was only five years old) Basil became prince of the Kostroma appanage-holding, the least important of his father’s domains. In the year 1272, he became Great Prince of Vladimir. four years as Great Prince (1272-1276) were filled with fratricidal princely quarrels. For several years he waged war against Novgorod with an unruly nephew Demetrius. In becoming Great Prince, however, Basil did not journey to Vladimir, but remained under the protection of the wonderworking icon at Kostroma, regarding this place as safer in case of new outbreaks of strife. had occasion also to defend Rus against external enemies. In 1272, during a Tatar incursion, a Russian army came forth from Kostroma to engage them. Following the example of his grandfather, Saint Andrew Bogoliubsky (who took the wonderworking Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God with him on military campaigns), Prince Basil went into battle with the wonderworking Theodore Icon. A blinding light came forth from the holy image, and the Tatars dispersed and fled from the Russian land. Chronicles say that the Great Prince Basil had a special love for the Church and the clergy. After the martyric death of Bishop Metrophanes of Vladimir during the storming of Vladimir by Tatars on February 4, 1238, the Vladimir diocese had remained widowed for many years. This grieved Great Prince Basil. With his help, a large cathedral was constructed in Vladimir in 1274. This was apparently in connection with the consecration of Saint Serapion (July 12) as Bishop of Vladimir. He was an igumen from the Monastery of the Caves. Cyril III (+ 1282) presided over a council of Russian hierarchs. This was the first council in the Russian Church since the time of the Mongol invasion. Many problems and disorders had arisen in Church life, but the Russian Church was just barely beginning to recover from the woe that had befallen it. One of its main tasks was to recover a Russian churchly literacy, and the restoration of the tradition of the ancient Russian “princely order.” books the Church’s salvific activity would be almost impossible. Books were needed for church services, and for preaching, for the monastic cell rule, and for believers to read at home. Through the efforts of Metropolitan Cyril and the Russian bishops and monastic scholars, this important task was begun. The council approved new editions of essential books which formed the canonical basis of Orthodox church life. 1276, Prince Basil completed his life’s journey. Most of the important events in his life occured with the blessing of the Theodore Icon of the Mother of God. He died at Kostroma, and there he also found his final resting place. Since that time, the holy icon has been in the Kostroma cathedral of Saint Theodore Stratelates. interest in the Theodore Icon of the Mother of God and the spread of its veneration throughout all Russia is connected with events of the beginning of the seventeenth century, and the end of the Time of Troubles. In the year 1613, the wonderworking Theodore Icon from the Kostroma cathedral was used at the proclamation of Michael Romanov as the new Tsar. In memory of this historic event, March 14 was designated for the commemoration of the Theodore Icon of the Mother of God. copies were made from the Kostroma Theodore Icon, and one of the first was commissioned and brought to Moscow by Tsar Michael’s mother, the nun Martha. From the second half of the seventeenth century, various copies of the Theodore Icon were enlarged with scenes depicting events from the history of the wonderworking icon. the year 1670 the hierodeacon Longinus from the Kostroma Hypatiev monastery wrote the “Narrative concerning the Manifestations and Miracles of the Theodore Icon of the Mother of God in Kostroma.” Not all the things contained in it agree with things previously stated. Theodore Icon is two-sided. On the reverse side is the image of the holy Great Martyr Paraskeva, depicted in the splendid attire of a princess. It is believed that the image of Paraskeva on the reverse of the icon is connected with the wife of Saint Alexander Nevsky. Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Saint Theodore is also commemorated on August 16. Repose of St Theodore Yaroslavich the older brother of St Alexander Nevsky in Novgorod, Commemorated on June 5; Finding of the relics of St Basil the Prince of Yaroslavl, Commemorated on June 8; St Basil the Bishop of Ryazan, Commemorated on July 3 ; Right-believing Prince Basil of Yaroslavl, Commemorated on July 3;

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Vladimir Great Prince, 1263-1271, Yaroslav Yaroslavich (Yaroslav III of Tver); Martyr Michael the Prince of Tver, Commemorated on November 22; Right-Believing Prince Roman of Uglich, Commemorated on February 3; St Simeon the Bishop of Polotsk and Tver, Commemorated on February 3; Venerable Sophronius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on March 11;

Russia, Vladimir, 1271-1276, G Prince, Vasily of Kostroma, Basil, Alexander Nevsky's b, stayed there
Vladimir Great Prince, 1271-1276, Vasily of Kostroma, Basil; Martyr Michael the Prince of Tver, Commemorated on November 22; Right-Believing Prince Roman of Uglich, Commemorated on February 3; St Simeon the Bishop of Polotsk and Tver, Commemorated on February 3; Venerable Sophronius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on March 11; Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on March 14;

Russia, Vladimir, 1276-1293, Dmitry of Pereslavl, Nevsky's 2nd, too young for Novg, welcmd back, K Fort, w Nogai a Alexander's Horde
Vladimir Great Prince, 1276-1293, Dmitry of Pereslavl ; Alexandrovich (ca. 1250-“1294) was Grand Prince of Vladimir-Suzdal from 1276 until 1281 and then from 1283 until 1293. was the second son of Alexander Nevsky. When his elder brother Vasily died young, Dmitry remained the chief heir to his illustrious father. As early as 1259, he was left by Alexander in charge of Novgorod. Upon Alexander's death in 1264, however, the Novgorodians expelled Dmitry to his native Pereslavl-Zalessky, citing his youth as a pretext. years later, when Dmitry had turned 18, he was welcomed back to Novgorod and ” together with his future son-in-law, Daumantas of Pskov ” led a local militia against Livonian Knights in the Battle of Rakvere. During the following decade, he struggled for control of Novgorod against his uncles, Yaroslav III and Vasily of Kostroma. In 1276, when his elders died, he finally ascended the coveted thrones of Vladimir and Novgorod. Two years later, he founded a great fortress of Koporye, which he intended to rule himself. The Novgorodians revolted, forcing Dmitry to leave Koporye and Novgorod altogether. Dmitry was preoccupied with pacifying Novgorod, Andrey of Gorodets (Alexander, Dmitry's younger brother) went to the Golden Horde and received from the khan permission to replace Dmitry as the Grand Prince. In 1281, Andrey returned to Russia, joined his forces with princes of Rostov and Yaroslavl and, after much devastation to Dmitry's lands, seized his capital Pereslavl. Dmitry fled to Koporye but, failing to win support of Novgorodians, had to retreat further northward, probably to Scandinavia. years later, Dmitry returned to Russia, only to find his lands ravaged by the Mongols and his brother Andrey. Thereupon he went to the Black Sea and met Nogai Khan, who was the greatest enemy of the Golden Horde at that time. Wishing to increase his authority in Russia, Nogai vowed to support Dmitry in his struggle for the grand ducal throne. On hearing about this, Andrey renounced his claims to Vladimir and Novgorod and returned to Gorodets. 1285 Andrey again brought Mongol hordes to Russia, but these were expelled by Dmitry and his allies. Finally, in 1293 Andrey managed to unite the Mongols and Russian princes in opposition to Dmitry. Reluctant to renew fratricidal hostilities, Dmitry took monastic vows in 1293 and died the next year. He was buried in the Saviour Cathedral of Pereslavl-Zalessky. Icon of the Mother of God of Sven, Commemorated on August 17; St Charitina the Princess of Lithuania, Commemorated on October 5; St Stephen Miliutin of Serbia, Commemorated on October 30; Venerable Dragutin (Theoctistus in Monasticism) of Serbia, Commemorated on October 30; Martyr Michael the Prince of Tver, Commemorated on November 22; Right-Believing Prince Roman of Uglich, Commemorated on February 3; St Simeon the Bishop of Polotsk and Tver, Commemorated on February 3; Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, Commemorated on March 4; Venerable Sophronius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on March 11; Venerable Zachariah the Ascetic of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on March 24; Icon of the Mother of God of St Maximus, Commemorated on April 18; Blessed Dovmont (Timothy) the Prince of Pskov, Commemorated on May 20; St Ignatius the Bishop and Wonderworker of Rostov, Commemorated on May 28 ; Miracle of the Annunciation Icon of the Mother of God at Ustiug, Commemorated on July 8 ;

Russia, Vladimir, 1283-1303, Daniel of Moscow, Nevsky's 4th and youngest s , Churches and Ms, first victory over Tartars, united rus
Russia, Moscow, 1283-1303, Prince Daniel of Moscow; father died when he was only two years old. Of his father's patrimonies, he received the least valuable, Moscow.[1] Aleksandrovich (1261-“ 4 March 1303) was the youngest son of Alexander Nevsky and forefather of all the Grand Dukes of father died when he was only two years old. Of his father's patrimonies, he received the least valuable, Moscow.[1] When he was a child, the tiny principality was being governed by tiuns (deputies), appointed by his paternal uncle, Grand Prince Yaroslav has been credited with founding the first Moscow monasteries, namely the Lord's Epiphany, and The Danilov Monestery (Saint Daniel Monestery): named in his honor, situated on the right bank of the Moskva River at a distance of 5 miles from the Moscow Kremlin, and founded, by Daniel, as the first monastery wooden church of St. Daniel-Stylite no later than also built the first stone church in the Moscow Kremlin in the 1280s, dedicated to the Great Martyr took part in his brothers (”Dmitri of Pereslavl and Andrey of Gorodets) ”struggle for the right to govern Vladimir and Novgorod, respectively. After Dmitry's death in 1294, Daniel made an alliance with Mikhail of Tver and Ivan of Pereslavl against Andrey of Gorodets of Novgorod. participation in the struggle for Novgorod in 1296 indicated Moscow's increasing political influence. Constantine, the prince of Ryazan, tried to capture the Moscow lands with the help of a Mongol force. Prince Daniel defeated it near Pereslavl. This was a first victory over the Tatars, though not a tremendous victory, but it was noteworthy as a first push towards freedom.[2] 1300, he went to Ryazan with an army and imprisoned the ruler of the Ryazan Principality "by some ruse", as the chronicle says, and destroyed a multitude of Tatars. To secure his release, the prisoner ceded to Daniel his fortress of Kolomna. It was an important acquisition, as now Daniel controlled all the length of the Moskva River. 1302 his childless nephew and ally, Ivan of Pereslavl, bequeathed to Daniel all his lands, including Pereslavl-Zalessky.[2] the Mongol occupation and internecine wars among the Rus' princes, Daniel created peace in Moscow without bloodshed. 30 years of ruling Daniel participated in battles only once.[1] According to legend, Daniel was popular and respected by his subjects for his meekness, humility and peacefulness. Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, Commemorated on March 4;

Russia, Vladimir, 1285-1305, Patriarch Maximus, Metropolitan of all Rus
Vladimir, 1285-1305, Patriarch Maximus, Metropolitan of all Rus; Repose of St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on December 21; Icon of the Mother of God of St. Maximus, Commemorated on April 18;

Russia, Vladimir, 1293,Suzdal joined to and saved by Daniel of Moscow
Russia, Vladimir, 1293,Suzdal joined to and saved by Daniel of Moscow; 1272, Prince Daniel received as his allotted portion the city of Moscow and its adjacent lands. The holy prince built a church (and a monastery beside it) in honor of his patron saint, Saint Daniel the Stylite (December 11) on the banks of the River Moskva. this period, the Moscow principality was small and unobtrusive. While growing up, Prince Daniel strengthened and expanded it, not in unjust or coercive ways, but peacefully and with benevolence. It was a time of unrest. Fratricidal strife among the appanage princes was rife. Often bloodshed was averted, thanks to Prince Daniel and his incessant striving for unity and peace in the Russian Land. 1293 his brother, the Great Prince Alexander, with Tatars summoned from the Horde and headed by Diuden (“the Diudenev Host”), laid waste to Russian cities: Murom, Suzdal, Kolomna, Dmitrov, Mozhaisk, and Tver. Prince Daniel decided to join them to Moscow to save their people from perishing, for they were not strong enough to resist. prince braced himself for terrible destruction and pillaging. Standing up for his rights, Saint Daniel was compelled to come out against his brother near a place called Yurievo Tolchische (“Yurievo Threshing-Mill”), but his desire for peace prevailed, and bloodshed was averted. Suzdal (Southern Valley) ; Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, Commemorated on March 4;

Russia, Vladimir, 1293-1304, Alexander or Andrey of Gorodets, Nevsky's 3rd s, Jointed Mongols, K Fort, took V from brother, lost V to Daniel
Vladimir Great Prince, 1293-1304, Andrey of Gorodets of Vladimir-Suzdal; III Alexandrovich (ca. 1255 -27 July 1304), a Russian prince, son of Alexander Nevsky, received from his father the town of Gorodets on the Volga. In 1276 he added Kostroma to his possessions and joined the struggle for the Grand Duchy of Vladimir-Suzdal. 1281 Andrey, joining the Mongol army, expelled his elder brother Dmitri from Vladimir. After some feasting with Mongols in Vladimir, Andrey went to Novgorod, where the populace made him heartily welcome. Meanwhile, his brother allied himself with the powerful Nogai Khan, who reinstated Dmitry as Grand Duke of Vladimir in 1283. the following decade, Andrey thrice brought the Mongols to Russia in order to wrest Vladimir from his brother. In the campaign of 1293 they pillaged 14 Russian towns, finally forcing Dmitry to abdicate. Even when elevated to the grand-ducal throne of Vladimir, Andrey continued to live in Gorodets. During the last decade of his reign he struggled with a league formed by Daniel of Moscow, Mikhail of Tver, and Ivan of Pereslavl [ru]. In 1301 he drove the Swedes from Landskrona near present-day Saint Petersburg.[1] Icon of the Mother of God of St Maximus, Commemorated on April 18; St Basil the Bishop of Ryazan, Commemorated on July 3 ; Miracle of the Annunciation Icon of the Mother of God at Ustiug, Commemorated on July 8 ; Miracle of the Annunciation Icon of the Mother of God at Ustiug, Commemorated on July 8 ; Repose of the Holy Right-believing Princess Anna of Kashin, Commemorated on October 2 ; St Athanasius the Patriarch of Constantinople, Commemorated on October 24 ; St Stephen Miliutin of Serbia, Commemorated on October 30; Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, Commemorated on March 4; Venerable Joasaph of Snetogorsk, Pskov, Commemorated on March 4; Venerable Sophronius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on March 11; Venerable Zachariah the Ascetic of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on March 24; Venerable Gerontius the Canonarch of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 1; Icon of the Mother of God of St Maximus, Commemorated on April 18;

Russia, Vladimir, 1300-1331, 14th Century, Great Prince Ivan of Moscow, Moscow more protected

Russia, Vladimir, 1304-1318, G Prince, Mikhail of Tver, Nervsky's b, lost I to Yury of M, while M was in Sarai
Tver, 1304-1318, Vladimir Great Prince, Mikhail of Tver; Icon of the Mother of God of Tolga, Commemorated on July 18 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Tolga, Commemorated on August 8 ; Repose of the Holy Right-believing Princess Anna of Kashin, Commemorated on October 2 ; Martyr Michael the Prince of Tver, Commemorated on November 22; St Theodore the Archbishop of Rostov, Commemorated on November 28; Repose of St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on December 21; Venerable Zachariah the Ascetic of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on March 24; Venerable Gerontius the Canonarch of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 1; Venerable Rufus the Obedient of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 8;

Russia, Vladimir, 1305-1368, Saint Anna of Kashin
Vladimir, 1305-1368, Saint Anna of Kashin; Repose of the Holy Right-believing Princess Anna of Kashin, Commemorated on October 2;

Russia, Vladimir, 1308-1325, Patriarch Peter, moved See to Moscow in 1325
Vladimir Patriarch, 1308-1325, Peter of Moscow; Peter, Metropolitan of Kiev[1] and all Russia (Russian: ÐŸÑ‘Ñ‚Ñ€)(c. 1260- 20 December 1326) was the Russian metropolitan who moved his see from Vladimir to Moscow in 1325. Later he was proclaimed a patron saint of Moscow. In spite of the move, the office remained officially entitled "Metropolitan of Kiev and All Rus'" until the autocephalous election of Saint Jonah of Moscow in 1448. Life[edit] Peter was born in Volhynia[1] (part of the Kingdom of Russia). His parents were Theodore and Eupraxia. At the age of twelve, young Peter entered a monastery where he learned iconography. The igumen of the monastery had St Peter ordained as a hieromonk. After years of ascetic labors at the monastery, the hieromonk Peter, with the blessing of the igumen, left the monastery in search of a solitary place.[2] He built a cell at the Rata River and began to pursue asceticism in silence. Afterwards, at the place of his ascetic exploits, a monastery was formed, called the Novodvorsk. The Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “Of St Peterâ€ was so called because it was painted by St Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow while he was igumen of the Ratsk monastery near Volhynia. During a visit to the Ratne[3] monastery by St Maximus, Metropolitan of Kiev and All Rus', Peter gave him the icon as a gift.[4] In 1308 king Boleslaw-Yuri II of Galicia nominated and the Patriarch of Constantinople appointed Peter to the vacant see of Kiev and all Rus'.[2] Mikhail Yaroslavich, Grand Prince of Vladimir and Tver, wanted to advance his own candidate for this position. Peter's nomination caused prolonged animosity between Mikhail and Peter to the point that the latter had to ask for protection from the Prince of Moscow in 1325. Peter travelled to Constantinople where Patriarch Athanasius consecrated him as Metropolitan of Russia and bestowed on him the hierarchal vestments, staff and icon. Upon his return to Rus' in 1308, Metropolitan Peter arrived at Kiev after a year, and then proceeded on to Vladimir. During this time of Tatar (Mongol) authority Russia was in turmoil, and Peter was often obliged to change the place of his residence.[2] Peter transferred his metropolitan duties from depopulated Kiev to Vladimir. In 1325 Metropolitan Peter, at the request of Great prince Ivan Kalita (1328-1340), transferred the metropolitan cathedra-chair from Vladimir to Moscow.[5] The move strengthened the political position of Moscow and established it as the spiritual capital of fragmented Russia. After Peter's move to Moscow, the Cathedral of the Dormition and several other stone churches were built by Ivan Kalita in the Moscow Kremlin. The foundation of the Vysokopetrovsky Monastery in Moscow is ascribed to Peter. He also authored a few sermons and epistles. Peter died on 21 December 1326.[5] After his canonization by Metropolitan Alexis, his veneration was propagated all over Moscovy. Accordingly, many churches were dedicated to Peter the Metropolitan in Moscow and other cities of Russia. His feast day is celebrated on 24 August (the translation of his relics to the Dormition Cathedral in Moscow) and 5 October (in common with Metropolitans Jonah and Alexis) Icon of the Mother of God of St Peter of Moscow, Commemorated on August 24; Translation of the relics of St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on August 24; St Theodore the Archbishop of Rostov, Commemorated on November 28; Repose of St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on December 21; Repose of St Theoctistus the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on December 23; Venerable Gerontius the Canonarch of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 1;

Russia, Vladimir, 1318-1325, Prince Yuri D of Moscow, elevated to supreme p by the GH Khan, supported by Peter
Moscow Prince, 1303-1325, Yuri of Moscow ; Danilovich, also known as Georgiy Danilovich (Ð®Ñ€Ð¸Ð¹ Ð”Ð°Ð½Ð¸Ð»Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ in Russian) (1281 – 21 November 1325) was Prince of Moscow (1303–1325) and Grand Prince of Vladimir (from 1318). Yury was the oldest son of Daniel, the first prince of Moscow. His first official action was to defend Pereslavl-Zalessky against Grand Duke Andrew III. Upon Andrew's death the next year, Yury had to contend the title of Grand Duke of Vladimir with Mikhail of Tver. While the Tverian army besieged Pereslavl and Moscow itself, Mikhail went to the Golden Horde, where the Khan elevated him to the supreme position among Russian princes. In the meantime, Yury arranged the murder of Prince Konstantin of Ryazan. This unlucky ruler had been captured by Yury's father back in 1302 and had been incarcerated in Moscow since then. While Ryazan was shocked by such a barbarity, Yury annexed the key Ryazanian fortress of Kolomna to Moscow Duchy. He also captured Mozhaisk, which formerly belonged to the princes of Smolensk. By 1314, Yury secured backing from the Metropolitan Peter and formed an alliance with Novgorod against Tver. Now, he felt strong enough to challenge Mikhail of Tver in the Horde. In 1315 Yury went to the Golden Horde and, after spending two years there, constructed an alliance with Uzbeg Khan. Upon Yury's marriage to the khan's sister Konchaka, Uzbeg Khan deposed Mikhail and nominated Yury as the Grand Duke of Vladimir. Back in Russia with a large force of Mongols, Yury approached Tver. However, Yuri's army was defeated and his brother Boris and his wife were taken prisoners. Thereupon he fled to Novgorod and sued for peace. At that time his wife, still held in Tver as a hostage, died unexpectedly. Yury availed himself of the confusion that followed and announced to the khan that she had been poisoned on Mikhail's order. The khan summoned both princes to Sarai and, after a trial, had Mikhail executed. Yury returned to Russia, hated by other princes and populace alike, in 1319. He was now entrusted with the task of gathering all-Russian tribute to the Horde. But Mikhail's son and successor, Dmitry the Terrible Eyes, still opposed him. In 1322, Dmitry, seeking revenge for his father's murder, went to Sarai and persuaded the khan that Yury had appropriated a large portion of the tribute due to the Horde. Yury was summoned to the Horde for a trial but, before any formal investigation, was killed by Dmitry. Eight months later, Dmitry was also executed in the Horde.[1] Shortly before his death, Yury led the army of Novgorod to fight the Swedes and founded a fort in the mouth of the Neva River. Upon signing the Treaty of Orekhovo in 1323, Yury continued eastward and conquered Velikiy Ustyug the same year. Icon of the Mother of God of Tolga, Commemorated July 18 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Tolga, Commemorated on August 8; Icon of the Mother of God of St Peter of Moscow, Commemorated on August 24; Uncovering of the relics of St Daniel the Prince of Moscow, Commemorated on August 30; St Stephen Miliutin of Serbia, Commemorated on October 30; St Theodore the Archbishop of Rostov, Commemorated on November 28; Repose of St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on December 21; Repose of St Theoctistus the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on December 23; Venerable Schemamonk Cyril, the Father of St Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on January 18; St Alexis the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 12; Venerable Euthymius of Suzdal, Commemorated on April 1; Venerable Joseph the Much-Ailing, of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 4; Venerable Rufus the Obedient of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 8;

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Vladimir Great Prince, 1325-1340, Ivan I of Moscow; I Daniilovich Kalita (Russian: Ð˜Ð²Ð°ÌÐ½ I Ð”Ð°Ð½Ð¸Ð¸Ð»Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ ÐšÐ°Ð»Ð¸Ñ‚Ð°; 1 November 1288 – 31 March 1340 or 1341[1]) was Grand Duke of Moscow from 1325 and Vladimir from 1332.[2] Biography[edit] Ivan was the son of the Prince of Moscow Daniil Aleksandrovich. After the death of his elder brother Yury, Ivan inherited the Principality of Moscow. Ivan participated in the struggle to get the title of Grand Duke of Vladimir which could be obtained with the approval of a khan of the Golden Horde. The main rivals of the princes of Moscow in this struggle were the princes of Tver – Mikhail, Dmitry the Terrible Eyes, and Alexander II, all of whom obtained the title of Grand Duke of Vladimir and were deprived of it. All of them were murdered in the Golden Horde. In 1328 Ivan Kalita received the approval of khan Muhammad Ozbeg to become the Grand Duke of Vladimir with the right to collect taxes from all Russian lands. According to the Russian historian Kluchevsky, the rise of Moscow under Ivan I Kalita was determined by three factors. The first one was that the Moscow principality was situated in the middle of other Russian principalities; thus, it was protected from any invasions from the East and from the West. Compared to its neighbors, Ryazan principality and Tver principality, Moscow was less often devastated. The relative safety of the Moscow region resulted in the second factor of the rise of Moscow – an influx of working and tax-paying people who were tired of constant raids and who actively relocated to Moscow from other Russian regions. The third factor was a trade route from Novgorod to the Volga river. According to Baumer[3] Öz Beg Khan took a fateful decision when he abandoned the former policy of divide and rule by making the new grand prince responsible for collecting and passing on all the tribute and taxes from all the Russian cities. Ivan delivered these exactions punctually, so further strengthening his position of privilege. In this way he laid the foundations for Moscow's future as a regional great power. Ivan Kalita intentionally pursued the policy of relocation of people to his principality by an invitation of people from other places and by purchase of Russian people captured by Mongols during their raids. He managed to eliminate all the thieves in his lands, thus ensuring the safety of traveling merchants. Internal peace and order together with the absence of Mongolian raids to the Moscow principality was mentioned in Russian chronicles as “great peace, silence, and relief of Russian land. Ivan made Moscow very wealthy by maintaining his loyalty to the Horde (hence, the nickname Kalita, or the Moneybag[4]). He used this wealth to give loans to neighbouring Russian principalities. These cities gradually fell deeper and deeper into debt, a condition that would allow Ivan's successors to annex them. The people called Ivan the ‘gatherer of the Russian lands’. He bought lands around Moscow, and very often the poor owners sold their lands willingly. Some of them kept the right to rule in their lands on behalf of Ivan Kalita. In one way or another a number of cities and villages joined the Moscow principality – Uglich in 1323, the principality of Belozero in 1328–1338, the principality of Galich in 1340. Ivan's greatest success, however, was convincing the Khan in Sarai that his son, Simeon The Proud, should succeed him as the Grand Duke of Vladimir; from then on, the important position almost always belonged to the ruling house of Moscow. The Head of the Russian Church – Metropolitan Peter, whose authority was extremely high, moved from Vladimir to Moscow to Prince Ivan Kalita.Princess Elena died on March 1, 1331 . A year later, Kalita married again, and only the name is known about his second wife - Ulyana . There is a hypothesis according to which it was the daughter of Fyodor Davydovich Galitsky with half of her father's principality as a dowry . According to A. V. Eksemplyarsky, in his second marriage, Ivan Danilovich had one daughter . VA Kuchkin suggested that there were two daughters, Maria and Theodosia, who appear in the prince's will as "smaller children". One of them was alive in 1359; nothing more is known about the other . Ulyana survived her husband and died between 1366 and 1372 . Following a Lithuanian raid on the town of Torzhok in 1335 (as part of the Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars), Ivan retaliated by burning the towns of Osechen and Riasna.[5] Ivan died in Moscow, 31 March 1340 or 1341.[1] He was buried 1 April in the Church of the Archangel Michael.[1] Ivan had built the church and was also the first person to be buried there.[6] Icon of the Mother of God of Tolga, Commemorated on July 18 ; St Mercurius the Bishop of Smolensk, Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 7 ; Icon of the Mother of God of St Peter of Moscow, Commemorated on August 24; St John the Bishop of Suzdal, Commemorated on October 15; St Theodore the Archbishop of Rostov, Commemorated on November 28; Repose of St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on December 21; Repose of St Theoctistus the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on December 23; St Theognostus the Metropolitan of Kiev and All Russia, Commemorated on March 14 ; Venerable Zachariah the Ascetic of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on March 24; Venerable Euthymius of Suzdal, Commemorated on April 1; Venerable Gerontius the Canonarch of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 1; Venerable Rufus the Obedient of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 8; St Dionysius the Archbishop of Suzdal, Commemorated on June 26; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœTendernessÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ in Novgorod, Commemorated on July 8;

Russia, Vladimir, 1331-Present, Folder, Moscow Time

Russia, Vladimir Great Prince, 1340-1353, Simeon of Moscow
Vladimir Great Prince, 1340-1353, Simeon of Moscow ; St Mercurius the Bishop of Smolensk, Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 7 ; St John the Bishop of Suzdal, Commemorated on October 15; St Theodore the Archbishop of Rostov, Commemorated on November 28; Repose of St Theoctistus the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on December 23; St Theognostus the Metropolitan of Kiev and All Russia, Commemorated on March 14 ; Venerable Euthymius of Suzdal, Commemorated on April 1; Venerable Gerontius the Canonarch of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 1; Venerable Rufus the Obedient of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 8;

Russia, Vladimir Great Prince, 1353-1359, Ivan II of Moscow, Donskoy's Father
Vladimir Great Prince, 1353-1359, Ivan II of Moscow; St Mercurius the Bishop of Smolensk, Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 7 ; Translation of the relics of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated on August 30 ; St John the Bishop of Suzdal, Commemorated on October 15; St Theodore the Archbishop of Rostov, Commemorated on November 28; Repose of St Theoctistus the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on December 23; Venerable Euthymius of Suzdal, Commemorated on April 1; Venerable Gerontius the Canonarch of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 1; Venerable Rufus the Obedient of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 8;

Russia, Vladimir, 1359-1362, Demetrius Constantovich, Dmitry of Suzdal
Russia, Vladimir, 1359-1362, Demetrius Constantovich, Dmitry of Suzdal ; St Euphrosyne the Princess, (Eudoxia) of Moscow, Commemorated on May 17;

Russia, Vladimir, 1362-1389, Great Prince Dimitri of the Don
Vladimir, 1362-1389, Great Prince Dimitri of the Don; St Mercurius the Bishop of Smolensk, Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 7 ; Translation of the relics of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated on August 30; St Theodore the Archbishop of Rostov, Commemorated on November 28; Repose of St Theoctistus the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on December 23; Venerable Euthymius of Suzdal, Commemorated on April 1; Venerable Gerontius the Canonarch of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 1; Venerable Rufus the Obedient of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 8; St Euphrosyne the Princess, (Eudoxia) of Moscow, Commemorated on May 17;

Russia, Vladimir, 1445, Battle of Kamenka River or Suzdal 1445
Battle of Kamenka River or Suzdal 1445; Russo-Kazan Wars, Wars of Vasily II;

Russia, Vladimir, 1445, Russo-Kazan Wars of Vasily II
Battle of Kamenka River or Suzdal 1445; Russo-Kazan Wars, Wars of Vasily II;

Russia, Vladimir, Nizhni Novogorod, 1612, Militia of Minin (Cleared Moscow Kremlin of Polish Forces)
Russia, Vladimir, Nizhni Novogorod, 1612, Militia of Minin (Cleared Moscow Kremlin of Polish Forces); Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5;

Russia, Vladimir, Merchants Road Folder (Moscow, Vladimir, Nizhny Novgorod and the Volga River)

Russia, Vladimir, Merchants Road, Klyazma River Folder

Klyazma River

Klyazma River 1 (Ucha River Mouth)

Klyazma River 2 (Vorya River Mouth)

Klyazma River 3 (Gorodishchi, Kirzhach River Mouth)

Klyazma River 4 (Peksha River Mouth)

Klyazma River 5 (Vladimir, Nerl River Mouth)

Vladimir (Nerl River Mouth, Klyazma River 5)
Vladimir (Klyazma River 5); Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15 ; Martyrs and Passion-Bearers Boris and Gleb, Commemorated on July 24; Venerable Polycarp the Archimandrite of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on July 24; St Theodosius (Prince Theodore of Ostrog) of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on August 11; Icon of the Mother of God œof the Passion, Commemorated on August 13 ; Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on August 16; Venerable Cherimon (Chaeremon) of Egypt, Commemorated on August 16; Venerable Theodoritus the Enlightener of the Lapps, Solovki, Commemorated on August 17; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on August 19; Icon of the Mother of God of St Peter of Moscow, Commemorated August 24 ; Translation of the relics of St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on August 24; Commemoration of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God and the deliverance of Moscow from the Invasion of Tamerlane, Commemorated August 26 ; Translation of the relics of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated on August 30 ; Venerable Theodosius of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated September 2 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Yakhrom, Commemorated on October 14 ; Holy, Glorious Demetrius the Myrrhgusher of Thessalonica, Commemorated October 26 ; Repose of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated on November 23 ; St Metrophanes (in schema Macarius) the Bishop of Voronezh, Commemorated on November 23 ; Memorial Saturday of St Demetrius ; St Maximus, Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated December 6 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Vladimir of Seligersk, Commemorated December 7 ; St Hilarion, Metropolitan of Suzdal and Yuriev, Commemorated December 14 ; St Sophia, Commemorated December 16 ; Repose of St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on December 21 ; Martyr John of Kazan, Commemorated January 24 ; ANDREI RUBLEV, MONK AND ICONOGRAPHER, 1430, Commemorated January 29 ; Icon of the Mother of God "Elets-Chernigov", Commemorated February 5 ; St Theophan the Recluse the Bishop of Tambov; St Alexis the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated February 12 ; Right-believing George the Great Prince of Vladimir, Commemorated on February 4; St Vsevolod (in holy baptism Gabriel) the Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated February 11 ; Venerable Cosmas of Yakhrom, Commemorated February 18 ; Venerable Erasmus of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated February 24 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on March 3; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4; Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, Commemorated on March 4; Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on March 14; St Theognostus the Metropolitan of Kiev and All Russia, Commemorated on March 14 ; Venerable Euthymius of Suzdal, Commemorated on April 1; Martyr Abraham of Bulgaria, Commemorated on April 1; Icon of the Mother of God of St Maximus, Commemorated on April 18; Venerable Stephen the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, and Bishop of Vladimir, in Volhynia, Commemorated on April 27; St Cyril the Bishop of Turov, Commemorated on April 28; Right-believing Tamara, Queen of Georgia, Commemorated on May 1; Hieromartyr Macarius the Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on May 1; Holy Queen Tamara, Commemorated on May 8; Venerable Joseph of Optina, Commemorated on May 9; St Simeon the Bishop of Vladimir and Suzdal of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on May 10; Venerable Dionysius the Archimandrite of St Sergius™ Monastery, Commemorated on May 12; St Nikita the Bishop of Novgorod and Recluse, of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on May 14; Venerable Pachomius the Abbot of Nerekhta, Commemorated on May 15; St Euphrosyne the Princess, (Eudoxia) of Moscow, Commemorated on May 17; Meeting of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on May 21; St Ignatius the Bishop and Wonderworker of Rostov, Commemorated on May 28; Venerable Tikhon of Luchov, Kostroma, Commemorated on June 16; Icon of the Mother of God œthe God Loving, Commemorated on June 18; Blessed Prince Gleb Andreevich the Son of St Andrew Bogoliubsky, Commemorated on June 20; Meeting of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God in memory of Saving of Moscow from the Invasion of Khan Achmed, Commemorated on June 23; Burial of St Andrew the Prince, Commemorated on July 4 ; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15; Blessed Prince Gleb Andreevich the Son of St Andrew Bogoliubsky, Commemorated on June 20 ; ISABEL FLORENCE HAPGOOD, ECUMENIST and JOURNALIST, 1929, Commemorated June 26; St Dionysius the Archbishop of Suzdal, Commemorated on June 26; St Photius the Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on July 2 ; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Most Holy Mother of God at Blachernae, Commemorated on July 2; St Basil the Bishop of Ryazan, Commemorated on July 3 ; Burial of St Andrew the Prince, Commemorated on July 4 ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Euthymius the Archimandrite of Suzdal, Commemorated on July 4 ;

Bogoliub monastery, Vladimir (Klyazma River 5) 1158
Bogoliub monastery; St John the Bishop of Suzdal, Commemorated October 15 ;

Cathedral Church of Nativity Monastery, Vladimir, 1155
Vladimir Monastery of the Nativity of the Theotokos at Bogolubovo; Translation of the relics of Saint Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated on August 30; St John the Bishop of Suzdal, Commemorated October 15 ; St Simeon the Bishop of Vladimir and Suzdal of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on May 10; Blessed Prince Gleb Andreevich the Son of St Andrew Bogoliubsky, Commemorated on June 20 ;

Konstantine and Helen Monastery, Proyezd, 8, Vladimir 600031 Russia
Konstantino-Yeleninskiy Proyezd, 8, Vladimir 600031 Russia; Saint Alexis, Metropolitan of Moscow, Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 12;

Vladimir Monastery of the Nativity of the Theotokos at Bogolubovo, 1155
Vladimir Monastery of the Nativity of the Theotokos at Bogolubovo; Translation of the relics of Saint Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated on August 30; St John the Bishop of Suzdal, Commemorated October 15 ; St Simeon the Bishop of Vladimir and Suzdal of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on May 10; Blessed Prince Gleb Andreevich the Son of St Andrew Bogoliubsky, Commemorated on June 20 ;

Temple of the Protection at Nerl (Klyzma River 5) 1165
Temple of the Protection on the Nerl (Klyzma River 5) 12th Century; Kopyrsk monastery on the River Ukhtoma, 80 kilometers (120 Kilometers) from Rostov. River Ukhtoma (River Nerl) is the major tributary of the Klyzama. The Protection of our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary, Commemorated on October 1 ; St James the Bishop and Wonderworker of Rostov, Commemorated November 27 ; Temple of the Protection on the Nerl, Commemorated March 5 ;

Nerl, Church of the Intercession on the Nerl (Klyzma River 5) 1165
Nerl River (Klyzma); Kopyrsk monastery on the River Ukhtoma, 80 kilometers (120 Kilometers) from Rostov. River Ukhtoma (River Nerl) is the major tributary of the Klyzama. The Protection of our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary, Commemorated on October 1 ; St James the Bishop and Wonderworker of Rostov, Commemorated November 27 ; Temple of the Protection on the Nerl, Commemorated March 5 ;

Nerl, Temple of the Protection at Nerl (Klyzma River 5) 1165
Nerl, Temple of the Protection on the Nerl (Klyzma River 5) 12th Century; Temple of the Protection on the Nerl, Commemorated March 5 ; Kopyrsk monastery on the River Ukhtoma, 80 kilometers (120 Kilometers) from Rostov. River Ukhtoma (River Nerl) is the major tributary of the Klyzama. The Protection of our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary, Commemorated on October 1 ; St James the Bishop and Wonderworker of Rostov, Commemorated November 27 ;

Kopyrsk monastery, Vladimir-Suzdal (Nerl (Uktoma) mouth, Klyzma River 5) 1165
Kopyrsk monastery on the River Ukhtoma, 80 kilometers (120 Kilometers) from Rostov. River Ukhtoma (River Nerl) is the major tributary of the Klyzama. Temple of the Protection on the Nerl, Commemorated March 5 ; St James the Bishop and Wonderworker of Rostov, Commemorated November 27 ;

Assumption Cathedral, Vladimir, 1158 & 1408
Assumption Cathedral in Vladimir; ANDREI RUBLEV, MONK AND ICONOGRAPHER, 1430, Commemorated January 29 ; St Simeon the Bishop of Vladimir and Suzdal of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on May 10;

Vladimir-Suzdal Cathedral
Vladimir-Suzdal Cathedral; Icon of the Mother of God of St Peter of Moscow, Commemorated August 24 ; St Cyril the Bishop of Turov, Commemorated on April 28; Right-believing Tamara, Queen of Georgia, Commemorated on May 1; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Âœthe God LovingÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on June 18; Burial of St Andrew the Prince, Commemorated on July 4;

Bogolub (God-lover), Vladimir
The monastery, and the city which formed around the monastery, was named Bogolub by St Andrew, because in his own words, œthe Mother of God loves this place, and the prince himself came to be called Bogolub or œGod-lover. St Simeon the Bishop of Vladimir and Suzdal of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on May 10; Icon of the Mother of God œthe God Loving, Commemorated on June 18; Blessed Prince Gleb Andreevich the Son of St Andrew Bogoliubsky, Commemorated on June 20 ; Burial of St Andrew the Prince, Commemorated on July 4 ;

Dormition Cathedral, Vladimir, 1158
Dormition Cathedral, Vladimir; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Seraphim of Sarov, Commemorated on July 19 ; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4; Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on March 14; St Simeon the Bishop of Vladimir and Suzdal of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on May 10; Icon of the Mother of God œthe God Loving, Commemorated on June 18; Blessed Prince Gleb Andreevich the Son of St Andrew Bogoliubsky, Commemorated on June 20 ; Burial of St Andrew the Prince, Commemorated on July 4 ;

White Bluff Monastery and Florischev Hermitage in the Vladimir Province
Venerable Macarius of Optina, Commemorated September 7 ;

Russia, Vladimir, Merchants Road, Klyazma River 5, Ukhtoma River Folder, Suzdal or Southern Valley

Ukhtoma (Nerl Klyazma) River

Ukhtoma (Nerl) River Source (along the border)

Ukhtoma (Nerl) River 1

Ukhtoma (Nerl) River 2

Ukhtoma (Nerl) River 3

Ukhtoma (Nerl) River 4 (Southern Valley)

Ukhtoma (Nerl) River 5 (Suzdal)

Suzdal (Southern Valley, Ukhtoma (Nerl) River 5)
Suzdal (Southern Valley) ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Euthymius the Archimandrite of Suzdal Eudokia, in Monasticism Euphrosyne, the Grand Duchess of Moscow; Venerable Euphrosyne of Suzdal, Commemorated on September 18 ; Venerable Euphrosyne of Suzdal, Commemorated on September 25 ; St John the Bishop of Suzdal, Commemorated October 15 ; Repose of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated November 23; Commemoration of the Weeping Icon of the Mother of God œof the Sign at Novgorod, Commemorated on November 27 ; St Maximus, Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated December 6 ; St Hilarion, Metropolitan of Suzdal and Yuriev, Commemorated December 14 ; St Sophia, Commemorated December 16 ; St Vsevolod (in holy baptism Gabriel) the Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated February 11 ; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4; Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, Commemorated on March 4; Venerable Euthymius of Suzdal, Commemorated on April 1; Right-believing Tamara, Queen of Georgia, Commemorated on May 1; St Simeon the Bishop of Vladimir and Suzdal of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on May 10; St Euphrosyne the Princess, (Eudoxia) of Moscow, Commemorated on May 17; Icon of the Mother of God œthe God Loving, Commemorated on June 18; St Dionysius the Archbishop of Suzdal, Commemorated on June 26; Burial of St Andrew the Prince, Commemorated on July 4; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Euthymius the Archimandrite of Suzdal, Commemorated on July 4 ;

Savior-St Euthymius Monastery at Suzdal, 1352
Savior-St Euthymius Monastery at Suzdal, 1352; Suzdal; Venerable Theodoritus the Enlightener of the Lapps, Solovki, Commemorated on August 17; Venerable Euthymius of Suzdal, Commemorated on April 1; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Euthymius the Archimandrite of Suzdal, Commemorated on July 4:

Suzdal Protection Monastery Convent, Savior-St Euthymius Monastery at Suzdal, 1352
Suzdal Protection Monastery Convent, Savior-St Euthymius Monastery at Suzdal, 1352; Suzdal; Venerable Theodoritus the Enlightener of the Lapps, Solovki, Commemorated on August 17; Venerable Euthymius of Suzdal, Commemorated on April 1; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Euthymius the Archimandrite of Suzdal, Commemorated on July 4:

Suzdal Fortress (Suzdal Kremlin) 1100
Suzdal Fortress (Suzdal Kremlin) ; Hieromartyr and Metropolitan of Moscow and Krutitsy, Peter Polyansky, Commemorated on October 10 ;

Vladimir Nativity monastery, 1200
Vladimir Nativity monastery; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4; Venerable Pachomius the Abbot of Nerekhta, Commemorated on May 15;

Ukhtoma (Nerl) River Mouth (Vladimir, Klyzma River 5)

Church of the Intercession on the Nerl (Uktoma (Nerl) Mouth, Klyzma River 5) 1165
Church of the Intercession on the Nerl, Commemorated March 5 ; The Protection of our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary, Commemorated on October 1 ;

Russia, Vladimir, Klyazma River 5.2, Sudogda River Folder

Sudogda River

Sudogda River 1

Sudogda River 2

Sudogda River Mouth (Klyazma River 5)

Klyazma River 6 (Uvod River Mouth)

Klyazma River 7 (Teza River Mouth)

Russia, Vladimir, Klyazma River 7, Teza River Folder

Teza River

Teza River Source (Ivanovoskaya)

Teza River 1 (Shuya)

Shui (Shuya), Vladimir-Suzdal (Teza River 1)
Shui; St Metrophanes (in schema Macarius) the Bishop of Voronezh, Commemorated November 23 ;

Teza River Mouth (Klyazma River 7)

Klyazma River 8 (Vyazniki)

Russia, Vladimir, Klyazma River 8, Lukh River Folder

Lukh River

Lukh River Source (above Yurievets, Kostroma)

Lukh, Vladimir (Lukh River Source above Yurievets, Kostroma)
Lukh (Lukh River); Venerable Tikhon of Luchov, Kostroma, Commemorated on June 16;

Lukh River Mouth (Klyazma River 8)

Klyazma River 9 (Gorokhovetsa)

Gorokhovetsa, Vladimir-Suzdal (Klyazma River 9)
Gorokhovetsa, Vladimir-Suzdal (Klyazma River 9) ; St Hilarion, Metropolitan of Suzdal and Yuriev, Commemorated December 14 ;

Phlorischev wilderness monastery, not far from Gorokhovetsa, Vladimir-Suzdal (Klyazma River 9) 1655
Gorokhovetsa, Vladimir-Suzdal (Klyazma River 9) ; St Hilarion, Metropolitan of Suzdal and Yuriev, Commemorated December 14 ;

Klyazma River Mouth (Nizhny Novgorod, Oka River 14)

Nizhni-Novgorod, Suzdal (Oka River Mouth, Klyazma River Mouth, Volga River 9) 1221
Nizhni-Novgorod (Volga River at Oka); Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Seraphim of Sarov, Commemorated on July 19 ; Venerable Macarius the Abbot of Zheltovod and Unzha, Commemorated on July 25 ; Icon of the Mother of God œof the Passion, Commemorated on August 13; St Hilarion, Metropolitan of Suzdal and Yuriev, Commemorated December 14 ; St Alexis the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 12 ; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 17; Martyr John of Kazan; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4; Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on March 14; Venerable Euthymius of Suzdal, Commemorated on April 1; Icon of the Mother of God œof the Passion, Commemorated on April 30; Venerable Dionysius the Archimandrite of St Sergius™ Monastery, Commemorated on May 12; Meeting of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on May 21 ; St Tikhon the Bishop of Amathus in Cyprus, Commemorated on June 16 ; St Dionysius the Archbishop of Suzdal, Commemorated on June 26;

Monastery of the Caves, Nizhny Novgorod, 1328, St Dionysius
Monastery of the Caves; Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on March 14; Venerable Euthymius of Suzdal, Commemorated on April 1;

Pechersk (Caves) Monestary, Nizhny Novgorod, 1328, St Dionysius
Pechersk Monestary; Venerable Euthymius of Suzdal, Commemorated on April 1;

Annunciation Monastery, Nizhny Novgorod, 1221
Annunciation Monastery, Nizhny Novgorod; Repose of Saint Theoctistus, Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on December 23; Saint Alexis, Metropolitan of Moscow, Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 12;

Gorodets, Nizhny Novgorod (Oka River Mouth, Volga River 9)
Gorodets, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (Volga River 9); Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on August 16; Venerable Cherimon (Chaeremon) of Egypt, Commemorated on August 16; Translation of the relics of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated on August 30; Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on March 14;

Gorodtsa on the Volga
Gorodets, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (Volga River 9); Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on August 16; Translation of the relics of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated on August 30; Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on March 14;

Russia, Moscow Folder, its rivers and roads

Moscow, Russia (Moscova River 4) 1147
Moscow; Icon of the Mother of God of Cyprus, Commemorated July 9 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Koloch, Commemorated July 9 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Rzhevsk, Commemorated on July 11; Grand Duchess Elizabeth, Commemorated on July 18; Procession of the Honorable Wood of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord (First of the three Feasts of the Savior in August), Commemorated on August 1 ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Maximus of Moscow the Fool-for-Christ, Commemorated on August 13; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Maximus of Moscow the Fool-for-Christ, Commemorated on August 13; Icon of the Mother of God œof the Passion, Commemorated on August 13 ; St Leucius of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on August 17 ; Intercession of the "Don" Icon of the Mother of God against the Tatars Attack, Commemorated August 19 ; Child Schemamonk Bogolep; Blessed Basil of Moscow the Fool-For-Christ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Maximus of Moscow the Fool-for-Christ; Translation of the relics of St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on August 24; Icon of the Mother of God of St Peter of Moscow, Commemorated on August 24; Uncovering of the relics of St Daniel the Prince of Moscow, Commemorated on August 30; Icon of the Mother of God of Pisidia, Commemorated September 3 ; Venerable Macarius of Optina, Commemorated September 7 ; Repose of St Cyprian the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on September 16 ; Hieromartyr and Metropolitan of Moscow and Krutitsy, Peter Polyansky, Commemorated September 27 ; Glorification of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow and Enlightener of the Aleuts, Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated October 6 ; Glorification of St Tikhon, the Apostle to America, Commemorated on October 9; Icon of the Mother of God of Korsun, Commemorated on October 9; Translation of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God to Moscow, Commemorated on October 13; Commemoration of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God and the deliverance from the Poles, Commemorated on October 22 ; Apostle James, the Brother of the Lord, Commemorated on October 23 ; St Theophilus of the Kiev Caves and Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on October 26; Repose of St Jonah the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on November 5 ; St Herman the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on November 6 ; Icon of the Mother of God œthe Joyful, Commemorated on November 7 ; St Theodore the Archbishop of Rostov, Commemorated on November 28 ; St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated October 5 ; Glorification of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow and Enlightener of the Aleuts, Apostle to the Americas; Icon of the Mother of God "In Giving Birth, you Preserved your Virginity", Commemorated October 17 ; Repose of St Philaret (Drozdov) the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on November 19 ; St Gurias the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated December 5 ; St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated on December 10 ; Memorial Saturday of St Demetrius; Apostle James, the Brother of the Lord, Commemorated January 4; Icon of the Mother of God "the Joy of All Who Sorrow", Commemorated October 24 ; Repose of the Blessed Maximus of Moscow, Commemorated on November 11 ; Repose of St Philaret (Drozdov) the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on November 19 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Tsarskoe Selo, Commemorated on November 27 ; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Zvenigorod the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on December 3 ; St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod; Venerable Therapon the Abbot of Monza, Commemorated December 12 ; Repose of the Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America, Commemorated December 13 ; Repose of St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on December 21 ; St Juliana the Princess of Vyazma, Commemorated on December 21 ; Apostle James, of the Seventy, the Brother of the Lord, Commemorated on January 4 ; Hieromartyr Philip the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated January 9 ; Venerable Paul the Abbot of Obnora, Vologda, Commemorated on January 10 ; Venerable Irenarchus the Recluse of Rostov, Commemorated January 13 ; Venerable Euthymius of Syanzhemsk, Vologda, Commemorated January 20 ; Venerable Maximus the Greek, Commemorated January 21 ; Venerable Gennadius of Kostroma, Commemorated January 23 ; Blessed Xenia of St Petersburg, Commemorated January 24 ; St Moses the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on January 25 ; St Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev and Gallich, Commemorated January 25 ; Translation to Moscow of the Icon of the Mother of God "Assuage my sorrow", Commemorated January 25 ; Venerable Theodosius the Abbot of Totma, Vologda, Commemorated on January 28 ; ANDREI RUBLEV, MONK AND ICONOGRAPHER, 1430, Commemorated January 29 ; Martyr Tryphon of Campsada Near Apamea in Syria, Commemorated on February 1 ; St Tryphon, Bishop of Rostov, Commemorated February 1 ; Venerable Cyril the Abbot and Wonderworker of Novoezersk, Novgorod, Commemorated on February 4 ; Icon of the Mother of God "Elets-Chernigov", Commemorated February 5 ; St Alexis the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 17 ; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4; Martyr Tryphon of Campsada Near Apamea in Syria, Commemorated on February 1 ; St Tryphon, Bishop of Rostov, Commemorated on February 1; Icon of the Mother of God "the Seeker of the Lost", Commemorated February 5 ; Repose of St Theodosius of Chernigov, Commemorated February 5 ; Uncovering of the relics of St Innocent the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on February 9 ; St Alexis the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated February 12; St Hilarion the Georgian, the New, Commemorated February 14 ; Translation of the relics of the Martyr Michael of Chernigov, Commemorated February 14 ; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 17; Venerable Cosmas of Yakhrom, Commemorated February 18 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Cyprus, Commemorated February 19; Repose of St Raphael the Bishop of Brooklyn, Commemorated on February 27 ; Blessed Nicholas (Salos) of Pskov the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on February 28 Icon of the Mother of God œEnthroned, Commemorated on March 2; St Arsenius the Bishop of Tver, Commemorated on March 2 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on March 3; Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, Commemorated on March 4; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4; Finding of the relics of St Theodore the Prince of Smolensk, and Yaroslav, and His Children, Commemorated on March 5 ; Icon of the Mother of God œthe Blessed Heaven, Commemorated on March 6; Icon of the Mother of God the Surety of sinners in Moscow, Commemorated on March 7; St Euthymius the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on March 11; St Theognostus the Metropolitan of Kiev and All Russia, Commemorated on March 14; Icon of the Mother of God of Lubyatov, Commemorated on March 19 ; St Innocent of Komel the Disciple of St Nilus of Sora, Vologda, Commemorated on March 19 ; Martyr Stephen of Kazan, Commemorated on March 24; The Annunciation of our Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, Commemorated on March 25; Venerable John, Bishop of Manglisi, Commemorated on March 28; St Sophronius the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on March 30; Repose of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow the Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated on March 31; Repose of St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on March 31; Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina, Commemorated on April 1; Icon of the Mother of God œthe Unfading Bloom, Commemorated on April 3; Translation of the relics of St Job the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on April 5 ; St Tikhon the Patriarch of Moscow, and Enlightener of North America, Commemorated on April 7 ; TIKHON, PATRIARCH OF RUSSIA AND CONFESSOR, (7 April 1925); St Barsanuphius the Bishop of Tver, Commemorated on April 11; Venerable James the Abbot of Zheleznoborov, Commemorated on April 11; Icon of the Mother of God of Vilnius, Commemorated on April 14; Icon of the Mother of God of St Maximus, Commemorated on April 18; St Stephen the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on April 26; Icon of the Mother of God œof the Passion, Commemorated on April 30; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on May 12 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Murom, Commemorated on April 12; Greatmartyr, Victory-bearer and Wonderworker George, Commemorated on April 23; Venerable Sylvester the Abbot of Obnora, Commemorated on April 25; Icon of the Mother of God of Constantinople, Commemorated on April 25; Icon of the Mother of God of œthe Unexpected Joy from Andronikov, Commemorated on May 1; St Gerasimus of Boldino, Commemorated on May 1; Translation of the relics of St Nicholas the Wonderworker from Myra to Bari, Commemorated on May 9; St Joseph the Metropolitan of Astrakhan, Commemorated on May 11; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on May 12; Venerable Dionysius the Archimandrite of St Sergius Monastery, Commemorated on May 12; Virginmartyr Glyceria of Novgorod, Commemorated on May 13; Venerable Isidore the Fool-For-Christ and Wonderworker of Rostov, Commemorated on May 14 ; St Euphrosyne the Princess, (Eudoxia) of Moscow, Commemorated on May 17 ; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19; Uncovering of the relics of St Alexis the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on May 20 ; Meeting of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on May 21 ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Macarius the Abbot of Kalyazin, Commemorated on May 26 ; Translation of the relics of St Cyprian the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on May 27 ; Venerable Therapon the Abbot of White Lake, Commemorated on May 27; Icon of the Mother of God œthe Surety of sinners, Commemorated on May 29; Translation of the relics of slain Crown Prince Demetrius of Moscow, Commemorated on June 3; New Martyr Archbishop Andronicus of Perm, Commemorated on June 4; Finding of the relics of the Venerable Bassian the Monk of Pertomsk, Solovki, Commemorated on June 5; Icon of the Mother of God of Pimen, Commemorated on June 6; Venerable Cyril the Abbot of White Lake, Commemorated on June 9; Finding of the relics of St Basil the Bishop of Ryazan, Commemorated on June 10; Venerable Andronicus the Abbot of Moscow and Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on June 13; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Moscow, Commemorated on June 13; St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on June 15; St Tikhon the Bishop of Amathus in Cyprus, Commemorated on June 16 ; Venerable Moses of Optina, Commemorated on June 16; Venerable Tikhon of Kaluga Or Medin, Commemorated on June 16 ; Repose of St Job the Patriarch of Moscow, and All Russia, Commemorated on June 19; Meeting of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God in memory of Saving of Moscow from the Invasion of Khan Achmed, Commemorated on June 23; Appearance of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on June 26; Holy Queen Dinar, Commemorated on June 30; St Photius the Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on July 2 ; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Most Holy Mother of God at Blachernae, Commemorated on July 2; Blessed John of Moscow the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on July 3; Venerable Nicodemus the Abbot of Kozhe Lake, Commemorated on July 3; Icon of the Mother of God of Galatea, Commemorated on July 4 ; Venerable Andrew Rublev the Iconographer, Commemorated on July 4; St Eudokia, in Monasticism Euphrosyne, the Grand Duchess of Moscow, Commemorated on July 7; Miracle of the Annunciation Icon of the Mother of God at Ustiug, Commemorated on July 8 ;

Russia, Moscow, 1223-1240, Mongol invasion of Rus, Conquest 1227
Moscow, 1223-1240, Mongol invasion of Rus, Conquest 1227; Icon of the Mother of God -œKursk-Root, Commemorated on November 27; Icon of the Mother of God œElets-Chernigov, Commemorated on February 5 ;

Russia, Moscow, 1331, Moscow Final Russian Capital after 1331
Russia; Russians; Tartars; Ukrainians ; Icon of the Mother of God "the Seeker of the Lost", Commemorated February 5 ; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4; Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on March 14; Right-believing Tamara, Queen of Georgia, Commemorated on May 1; Blessed Prince Gleb Andreevich the Son of St Andrew Bogoliubsky, Commemorated on June 20 ; St Menas, Bishop of Polotsk, Commemorated on June 20;

Russia, Moscow, 1380 or 1480 and Before, Mongol-Tartar Yoke, all except Novgorod and Tver
Mongol-Tartar Yoke before 1380, All of Russia except Novgorod and Tver; Repose of the Venerable Sergius, Abbot and Wonderworker of Radonezh, Commemorated on September 25 ;

Russia, Moscow, 1453, Moscow, Third Rome, after Fall of Constantinople
Moscow, 1453, Moscow, Third Rome, after Fall of Constantinople; SERGIUS, ABBOT OF HOLY TRINITY (25 SEPT 1392); Venerable Joseph the Igumen and Wonderworker of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on October 18 ;

Russia, Moscow, 1517, Ninety Five Theses, Martin Luther, Protestant
Germany, 1517, Ninety Five Theses, Martin Luther, Protestant; Germany, 1503-1546, Martin Luther, Protestant ; Wittenberg, Germany ; Lutherhaus; MARTIN LUTHER, EDUCATOR, TRANSLATOR (18 FEB 1546); JAN HUS, PRIEST and MARTYR, 6 July 1415;

Russia, Moscow, 1547-1721, Tsardom, Fall of Constantinople thru Northern War
Moscow, 1547-1721, Tsardom of Russia, Fall of Constantinople thru Northern War with Sweden ; Commemoration of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God and the deliverance from the Poles, Commemorated on October 22 ;

Russia, Moscow, 1598 - 1613, Time of Troubles, Famine and Polish Occupation
Moscow, 1598 - 1613, Time of Troubles, Famine and Polish Occupation ; St Hypatius of Gangra, Commemorated November 16 ; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 17; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on May 12; Venerable Sergius of Shukhtom, Commemorated on May 19; Finding of the relics of St Basil the Bishop of Ryazan, Commemorated on June 10; Blessed John of Moscow the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on July 3;

Russia, Moscow, 1700-1721, Great Northern War (with Protestand Sweden)
Moscow, 1700-1721, Great Northern War (with Sweden); Moscow Tsar, 1721-1725, Peter the Great; Icon of the Mother of God of Domnitsa, Commemorated on September 8;

Russia, Moscow, 1721-1917, Russian Empire
Moscow, 1721-1917, Russian Empire; Moscow, 1700-1721, Great Northern War (with Sweden); Moscow Tsar, 1721-1725, Peter the Great; Repose of St. Anthimus, Bishop of Georgia, Commemorated on September 14;

Russia, Moscow, 1917-1989, Russian Communism
Russia, Moscow, 1917-1989, Russian Communism;

Russia, Moscow, 1989-Present, Russian Nationalism
Russia, Moscow, 1989-Present, Russian Nationalism;

Russia, Moscow History Folder

Russia, Moscow, 1100, 12th-15th Century Folder, Mongol Yoke

Russia, Moscow, 1100-1199, 12th Century, Moscow Founded

Russia, Moscow, 1149-1151, Prince, Yuri Dolgorukiy, Murom, Founder of Moscow, Andrei's Father
Moscow Prince, 1149-1151, Yuri Vladimirovich, Murom, Founder of Moscow; St Peter, Tonsured David, the Wonderworker of Murom, Commemorated on June 25 ;

Russia, Moscow, 1200-1299, 13th Century, First Prince, Daniel of Moscow, First Monastery, Danilov

Russia, Moscow, 1223-1240, Mongol invasion of Rus, 1227
Moscow, 1223-1240, Mongol invasion of Rus; Icon of the Mother of God œKursk-Root, Commemorated on November 27; Icon of the Mother of God œElets-Chernigov, Commemorated on February 5 ;

Russia, Moscow, 1223, Battle of Kalka River, at Mariupol, Mongol Victory
Battle of Kalka River at Mariupol; Mongol Tartar Invasion 1223-1241; Venerable Pambo the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on July 18; Venerable Abramius the Archimandrite and Wonderworker of Smolensk, Commemorated August 21 ; Icon of the Mother of God "œof the Sign", the "œKursk-Root", Commemorated on September 8;

Russia, Moscow, 1227-1255, Tatar (Mongol) Horde of Batu Khan, Conquest of Russia
Tatar (Mongol) Horde of Batu (Batu Khan 1227-1255) Battle of Sita River ; Right-believing George the Great Prince of Vladimir, Commemorated on February 4; Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on March 14; Greatmartyr, Victory-bearer and Wonderworker George, Commemorated on April 23;

Russia, Moscow, 1237, First Battle with the Tartars at Kolomna (1237)
In 1237 the Tatar whirlwind broke upon Rus. In December Ryazan fell under Batu. Prince Yuri had decided not to send his forces over to provide assistance, since he was faced with the difficult defense of Vladimir. The Tatars offered him peace, and he was prepared to negotiate. But the conditions of the peace, tribute and vassal servitude under the Khan, were unacceptable. "glorious fight," said the prince, "œis better than a shameful peace." The first battle with the Tatars was at Kolomna, and Vsevolod Yurievich commanded the troops, but they were cut to pieces. The enemy turned then towards Moscow, which they captured and burned. Yuri''™s other son, Vladimir, was captured while leading the defense of Moscow. Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4; St Juliana the Princess of Vyazma, Commemorated on December 21; Icon of the Mother of God "œElets-Chernigov", Commemorated on February 5 ;

Russia, Moscow, 1238, Mologda, Vologda, Battle of Sit River
Mologda, Vologda, 1238, Battle of Sit River ; Right-believing George the Great Prince of Vladimir, Commemorated on February 4; Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on March 14; Greatmartyr, Victory-bearer and Wonderworker George, Commemorated on April 23;

Russia, Moscow, 1283-1303, P Daniel of Moscow, Nevsky's 4th and youngest, Churches and Ms, first victory o Tartars, humble, united rus
Russia, Moscow, 1283-1303, Prince Daniel of Moscow; father died when he was only two years old. Of his father's patrimonies, he received the least valuable, Moscow.[1] Aleksandrovich (1261-“ 4 March 1303) was the youngest son of Alexander Nevsky and forefather of all the Grand Dukes of father died when he was only two years old. Of his father's patrimonies, he received the least valuable, Moscow.[1] When he was a child, the tiny principality was being governed by tiuns (deputies), appointed by his paternal uncle, Grand Prince Yaroslav has been credited with founding the first Moscow monasteries, namely the Lord's Epiphany, and The Danilov Monestery (Saint Daniel Monestery): named in his honor, situated on the right bank of the Moskva River at a distance of 5 miles from the Moscow Kremlin, and founded, by Daniel, as the first monastery wooden church of St. Daniel-Stylite no later than also built the first stone church in the Moscow Kremlin in the 1280s, dedicated to the Great Martyr took part in his brothers (”Dmitri of Pereslavl and Andrey of Gorodets) ”struggle for the right to govern Vladimir and Novgorod, respectively. After Dmitry's death in 1294, Daniel made an alliance with Mikhail of Tver and Ivan of Pereslavl against Andrey of Gorodets of Novgorod. participation in the struggle for Novgorod in 1296 indicated Moscow's increasing political influence. Constantine, the prince of Ryazan, tried to capture the Moscow lands with the help of a Mongol force. Prince Daniel defeated it near Pereslavl. This was a first victory over the Tatars, though not a tremendous victory, but it was noteworthy as a first push towards freedom.[2] 1300, he went to Ryazan with an army and imprisoned the ruler of the Ryazan Principality "by some ruse", as the chronicle says, and destroyed a multitude of Tatars. To secure his release, the prisoner ceded to Daniel his fortress of Kolomna. It was an important acquisition, as now Daniel controlled all the length of the Moskva River. 1302 his childless nephew and ally, Ivan of Pereslavl, bequeathed to Daniel all his lands, including Pereslavl-Zalessky.[2] the Mongol occupation and internecine wars among the Rus' princes, Daniel created peace in Moscow without bloodshed. 30 years of ruling Daniel participated in battles only once.[1] According to legend, Daniel was popular and respected by his subjects for his meekness, humility and peacefulness. Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, Commemorated on March 4; the time of Great Prince Ivan III (1462-1505), Saint Daniel gave reminders of himself to his forgetful descendents. He appeared as a stranger to a youth who attended the Great Prince and said: Don’t be afraid of me. I was a Christian and the master of this place, my name is Daniel Prince of Moscow, and by the will of God I am here. Tell Great Prince John about me saying: you are enjoying yourself while you have forgotten me, but God has not forgotten me. this, the Great Prince ordered panikhidas for his ancestral princes to be sung in the cathedral. During the time of Tsar Ivan the Terrible, the dying son of a barge merchant was healed at the grave of Saint Daniel. The Tsar, struck by the miracle, renovated the ancient Danilov monastery and established a yearly church procession. The Metropolitan led the way to the the holy prince’s tomb, and served a panikhida there. 1652 holy Prince Daniel was glorified by the uncovering of his incorrupt relics, which were transferred on August 30 to the church dedicated to the Holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council. holy relics were placed in a reliquary “to the glory of the Holy Trinity and for the healing of the infirm. Metropolitan Platon of Moscow (+ 1812), in the Life of the holy prince which he compiled, writes: “The founder laid the foundation of Moscow’s grandeur, modestly making only a small path to it. Just as any edifice, which is not built with excessive haste, but rather with great artistry and skill, receives a particular firmness and stands indestructible for a long time; like a tall tree that grows for many centuries after beginning as a small sapling, then slowly becomes sturdier, with its branches spreading about far around, so this city was to grow from small, but firm beginnings, so that its first sparkle would not bedazzle the eyes of the envious, and so it would not be shaken or felled early on, before it had attained its full height. Thus did this founder prepare the great city given him, giving it a modest but steady radiance, undisturbed by any gusts of the wind. He left the great glory of its rise to his son Great Prince John, called Kalita.

Russia, Moscow, 1285-1305, Patriarch Maximus, Metropolitan of all Rus

Russia, Moscow, 1300-1399, 14th Century, Moscow the Capital of Rus, St Sergius, Black Plague

Russia, Moscow, 1303-1325, Prince Yuri D, Son of Dan, elevated to supreme p by the GH Khan
Moscow Prince, 1303-1325, Yuri of Moscow ; Yuriy Danilovich, also known as Georgiy Danilovich ( in Russian) (1281-21 November 1325) was Prince of Moscow (1303-1325) and Grand Prince of Vladimir (from 1318).------------------------------ Yury was the oldest son of Daniel, the first prince of Moscow. His first official action was to defend Pereslavl-Zalessky against Grand Duke Andrew III. Upon Andrew's death the next year, Yury had to contend the title of Grand Duke of Vladimir with Mikhail of Tver. While the Tverian army besieged Pereslavl and Moscow itself, Mikhail went to the Golden Horde, where the Khan elevated him to the supreme position among Russian In the meantime, Yury arranged the murder of Prince Konstantin of Ryazan. This unlucky ruler had been captured by Yury's father back in 1302 and had been incarcerated in Moscow since then. While Ryazan was shocked by such a barbarity, Yury annexed the key Ryazanian fortress of Kolomna to Moscow Duchy. He also captured Mozhaisk, which formerly belonged to the princes of Smolensk. By 1314, Yury secured backing from the Metropolitan Peter and formed an alliance with Novgorod against Tver. Now, he felt strong enough to challenge Mikhail of Tver in the In 1315 Yury went to the Golden Horde and, after spending two years there, constructed an alliance with Uzbeg Khan. Upon Yury's marriage to the khan's sister Konchaka, Uzbeg Khan deposed Mikhail and nominated Yury as the Grand Duke of Vladimir. Back in Russia with a large force of Mongols, Yury approached Tver. However, Yuri's army was defeated and his brother Boris and his wife were taken prisoners. Thereupon he fled to Novgorod and sued for peace. At that time his wife, still held in Tver as a hostage, died unexpectedly. Yury availed himself of the confusion that followed and announced to the khan that she had been poisoned on Mikhail's order. The khan summoned both princes to Sarai and, after a trial, had Mikhail executed.------------------------------- Yury returned to Russia, hated by other princes and populace alike, in 1319. He was now entrusted with the task of gathering all-Russian tribute to the Horde. But Mikhail's son and successor, Dmitry the Terrible Eyes, still opposed him. In 1322, Dmitry, seeking revenge for his father's murder, went to Sarai and persuaded the khan that Yury had appropriated a large portion of the tribute due to the Horde. Yury was summoned to the Horde for a trial but, before any formal investigation, was killed by Dmitry. Eight months later, Dmitry was also executed in the Shortly before his death, Yury led the army of Novgorod to fight the Swedes and founded a fort in the mouth of the Neva River. Upon signing the Treaty of Orekhovo in 1323, Yury continued eastward and conquered Velikiy Ustyug the same year.------------------------------------------------ Icon of the Mother of God of Tolga, Commemorated July 18 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Tolga, Commemorated on August 8; Icon of the Mother of God of St Peter of Moscow, Commemorated on August 24; Uncovering of the relics of St Daniel the Prince of Moscow, Commemorated on August 30; St Stephen Miliutin of Serbia, Commemorated on October 30; St Theodore the Archbishop of Rostov, Commemorated on November 28; Repose of St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on December 21; Repose of St Theoctistus the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on December 23; Venerable Schemamonk Cyril, the Father of St Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on January 18; St Alexis the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 12; Venerable Euthymius of Suzdal, Commemorated on April 1; Venerable Joseph the Much-Ailing, of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 4; Venerable Rufus the Obedient of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 8;

Russia, Moscow, 1304-1318, G Prince, Mikhail of T, Nervsky's b, lost to Yury of M, while M was in Sarai
Tver, 1304-1318, Vladimir Great Prince, Mikhail of Tver; Icon of the Mother of God of Tolga, Commemorated on July 18 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Tolga, Commemorated on August 8 ; Repose of the Holy Right-believing Princess Anna of Kashin, Commemorated on October 2 ; Martyr Michael the Prince of Tver, Commemorated on November 22; St Theodore the Archbishop of Rostov, Commemorated on November 28; Repose of St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on December 21; Venerable Zachariah the Ascetic of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on March 24; Venerable Gerontius the Canonarch of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 1; Venerable Rufus the Obedient of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 8;

Russia, Moscow, 1305-1368, Saint Anna of Kashin
Moscow, 1305-1368, Saint Anna of Kashin; Repose of the Holy Right-believing Princess Anna of Kashin, Commemorated on October 2;

Russia, Moscow, 1308-1326, St Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow
Moscow Patriarch, 1308-1326, St Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow, moved from Vladimir in 1325 ; Peter, Metropolitan of Kiev[1] and all Russia (Russian: ÐŸÑ‘Ñ‚Ñ€)(c. 1260- 20 December 1326) was the Russian metropolitan who moved his see from Vladimir to Moscow in 1325. Later he was proclaimed a patron saint of Moscow. In spite of the move, the office remained officially entitled "Metropolitan of Kiev and All Rus'" until the autocephalous election of Saint Jonah of Moscow in 1448. Icon of the Mother of God of St Peter of Moscow, Commemorated on August 24; Translation of the relics of St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on August 24; Repose of St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on December 21; Venerable Schemamonk Cyril, the Father of St Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on January 18;

Russia, Moscow, 1325-1340, Prince Ivan I of Moscow, John Daniilovich Kalita, controlled V and M
Moscow, 1325-1340, Prince Ivan I of Moscow ; St Mercurius the Bishop of Smolensk, Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 7; Appearance of the Mother of God to St Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on August 24; Icon of the Mother of God of St Peter of Moscow, Commemorated on August 24; Translation of the relics of St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on August 24; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Sergius the Wonderworker of Valaam, Commemorated on September 11 ; St Hypatius of Gangra, Commemorated on November 16; St Theodore the Archbishop of Rostov, Commemorated on November 28; Repose of St Theoctistus the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on December 23; St Moses the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on January 25; St Alexis the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 12; St Theognostus the Metropolitan of Kiev and All Russia, Commemorated on March 14; Venerable Euthymius of Suzdal, Commemorated on April 1; Venerable Joseph the Much-Ailing, of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 4; Venerable Rufus the Obedient of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 8; St Stephen the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on April 26 ; Venerable Micah the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on May 6 ; Venerable Sergius the Wonderworker of Valaam, Commemorated on June 28; Icon of the Mother of God "œTenderness" in Novgorod, Commemorated on July 8;

Russia, Moscow, 1327-1352, Patriarch, Theognostus of Kiev and All Russia
Moscow Patriarch, 1327-1352, Theognostus of Kiev and All Russia; St Theognostus the Metropolitan of Kiev and All Russia, Commemorated on March 14; Venerable Micah the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on May 6 ;

Russia, Moscow, 1334-1392, Saint Sergius of Radonezh
Moscow, 1334-1392, Saint Sergius of Radonezh; Repose of St Philaret (Drozdov) the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on November 19 ; Venerable Schemamonk Cyril, the Father of St Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on January 18; St Stephen the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on April 26 ; Venerable Micah the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on May 6 ; St Eudokia, in Monasticism Euphrosyne, the Grand Duchess of Moscow, Commemorated on July 7;

Russia, Moscow, 1337-1407, Sabbas of Storozhi and Radonezh, Saint Sava
Russia, Tver, 1337-1407, Sabbas of Storozhi and Radonezh, Saint Sava ; Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery, Tver; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Vishera, Novgorod, Commemorated on October 1 ; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of Radonezh the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius, Commemorated November 17 ; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Zvenigorod the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated December 3 ; Opening of the Relics of the Venerable Sava of Storozhev, or Zvenigorod, Commemorated on January 19 ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5;

Russia, Moscow, 1340-1353, Prince, Simeon of Moscow, and Vladimir, against Novg and Lith, died Black Death
Moscow Prince, 1340-1353, Simeon of Moscow ; Icon of the Mother of God "Chukhloma" from Galich, Commemorated July 20 ; Repose of the Venerable Abramius of Galich or Chukhom Lake, and Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated July 20 ; Appearance of the Mother of God to St Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on August 24; Venerable Euthymius of Suzdal, Commemorated on April 1; St Mercurius the Bishop of Smolensk, Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 7; St John the Bishop of Suzdal, Commemorated on October 15; St Theodore the Archbishop of Rostov, Commemorated on November 28; Venerable Paul the Abbot of Obnora, Vologda, Commemorated on January 10; Righteous Theodore of Novgorod the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on January 19; St Moses the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on January 25; St Alexis the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 12; St Theodosius the Bulgarian, with his disciple Romanos, Commemorated on February 17; Venerable Lazarus of Murom, Commemorated on March 8; St Theognostus the Metropolitan of Kiev and All Russia, Commemorated on March 14; Venerable Euthymius of Suzdal, Commemorated on April 1; Venerable Joseph the Much-Ailing, of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 4; Venerable Rufus the Obedient of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 8; St Stephen the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on April 26 ; Venerable Micah the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on May 6;

Russia, Moscow, 1350-1353, Black Plague in Russia, Worldwide 1331-1353
Moscow, 1350-1353, Black Plague in Russia, Worldwide 1331-1353; Venerable Dorothy of Kashin, Commemorated on September 24;

Russia, Moscow, 1350, middle 14th to first half 15th centuries, Strigolniki Heretics
Strigolniki Heretics, middle 14th to first half 15th centuries; St Dionysius the Archbishop of Suzdal, Commemorated on June 26 ;

Russia, Moscow, 1351-1456, Therapont of Belozersk (White Lake)
Russia, Moscow, 1351-1456, Therapont of Belozersk (White Lake); Therapon's Ferapontov Monastery; Theraponov monastery was 50 versts from St Cyril's White Lake Monastery betwee two lakes: St Therapon moved to another place fifteen versts away from Cyril, between two lakes, Borodava and Pava. Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Martinian the Abbot of Byeloezersk, Commemorated on October 7 ; Venerable Martinian the Abbot of Byeloezersk, Commemorated on January 12 ; Venerable Therapon the Abbot of White Lake, Commemorated on May 27; Icon of the Mother of God of White Lake, Commemorated on June 8;

Russia, Moscow, 1353-1359, Prince, Ivan II of Moscow, John II, chose GHorde over Lith, Donskoy's father
Moscow Prince, 1353-1359, Ivan II of Moscow ; Venerable Stephen the Abbot of Makhrishche, Vologda, Commemorated on July 14 ; Blessed Nicholas Kochanov the Fool-For-Christ at Novgorod, Commemorated July 28 ; Venerable Euthymius of Suzdal, Commemorated on April 1; St Mercurius the Bishop of Smolensk, Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 7; St John the Bishop of Suzdal, Commemorated on October 15; St Demetrius of Tsilibinsk, Commemorated on October 26; St Theodore the Archbishop of Rostov, Commemorated on November 28; Venerable Paul the Abbot of Obnora, Vologda, Commemorated on January 10; Righteous Theodore of Novgorod the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on January 19; St Moses the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on January 25; St Alexis the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 12; St Theodosius the Bulgarian, with his disciple Romanos, Commemorated on February 17; Venerable Lazarus of Murom, Commemorated on March 8; Venerable Euthymius of Suzdal, Commemorated on April 1; Venerable Joseph the Much-Ailing, of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 4; Venerable Rufus the Obedient of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 8; Venerable Micah the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on May 6 ;

Russia, Moscow, 1354-1378, Patriarch Alexius, Metropolitan of Moscow
Moscow, 1354-1378, Patriarch Alexius, Metropolitan of Moscow; St Eudokia, in Monasticism Euphrosyne, the Grand Duchess of Moscow, Commemorated on July 7; St. Alexis the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 12;

Russia, Moscow, 1357-1427, Saint Cyril of White Lake monastery
Mologa Saint, 1357-1427, St Cyril of White Lake monastery, Sheksna, Vologda; St Cyril of White Lake monastery; Venerable Theodoritus the Enlightener of the Lapps, Solovki, Commemorated on August 17; Venerable Joseph the Abbot of Volokolamsk, Volotsk, Commemorated on September 9 ; Finding of the relics of the Venerable Cyril the Abbot of Novoezersk, Vologda, Commemorated on November 7 ; Hieromartyr Philip the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on January 9 ; St Innocent of Komel the Disciple of St Nilus of Sora, Vologda, Commemorated on March 19; Venerable Zosimas the Abbot of Vorbozomsk, Commemorated on April 4; Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Oshevensk, Commemorated on April 20; Repose of the Venerable Nilus the Abbot of Sora, Commemorated on May 7; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19; Icon of the Mother of God of White Lake, Commemorated on June 8;

Russia, Moscow, 1359-1389, Prince Dmitry Ioannovich Donskoy (Dimitrius of the Don)
Moscow, 1363-1389, Prince Dmitry Donskoy (Dimitrius of the Don); Blessed Nicholas Kochanov the Fool-For-Christ at Novgorod, Commemorated July 28 ; St Roman of Kirzhachsk, Commemorated on July 29 ; St Mercurius the Bishop of Smolensk, Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 7; Icon of the Mother of God "œthe Converser", Commemorated on August 14; Intercession of the "Don" Icon of the Mother of God against the Tatars Attack, Commemorated August 19 ; St Cornelius of Paleostrov and Olonets, Commemorated on August 21; Repose of the Venerable Sergius, Abbot and Wonderworker of Radonezh, Commemorated on September 25; Repose of St Cyprian the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on September 16 ; St John the Bishop of Suzdal, Commemorated on October 15; St Paul of Rostov, Commemorated on October 22; St Demetrius of Tsilibinsk, Commemorated on October 26; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of Radonezh the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius, Commemorated on November 17; Venerable Mercurius the Faster of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on November 24; St James the Bishop and Wonderworker of Rostov, Commemorated on November 27; St Theodore the Archbishop of Rostov, Commemorated on November 28; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Zvenigorod the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on December 3; St Juliana the Princess of Vyazma, Commemorated on December 21; Venerable Macarius the Abbot of Pisma, Commemorated on January 10; Venerable Paul the Abbot of Obnora, Vologda, Commemorated on January 10; Venerable Michael the Fool-for-Christ of the Klops Monastery, Novgorod, Commemorated on January 11; Venerable Martinian the Abbot of Byeloezersk, Commemorated on January 12; Righteous Theodore of Novgorod the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on January 19; St Moses the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on January 25; St Alexis the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 12; St Theodosius the Bulgarian, with his disciple Romanos, Commemorated on February 17; St Arsenius the Bishop of Tver, Commemorated on March 2 ; Icon of the Mother of God "œCzestochowa", Commemorated on March 6; Venerable Lazarus of Murom, Commemorated on March 8; Venerable Euthymius of Suzdal, Commemorated on April 1; Venerable Joseph the Much-Ailing, of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 4; Venerable Rufus the Obedient of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 8; Venerable James the Abbot of Zheleznoborov, Commemorated on April 11; St Stephen the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on April 26 ; Venerable Micah the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on May 6 ; Venerable Pachomius the Abbot of Nerekhta, Commemorated on May 15; St Euphrosyne the Princess, (Eudoxia) of Moscow, Commemorated on May 17; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Paleostrov, Commemorated on May 19; Uncovering of the relics of St Alexis the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on May 20; Venerable Methodius the Abbot of Peshnosha the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on June 4; Icon of the Mother of God of White Lake, Commemorated on June 8; Venerable Cyril the Abbot of White Lake, Commemorated on June 9; Venerable Andronicus the Abbot of Moscow and Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on June 13; Venerable Andrew Rublev the Iconographer, Commemorated on July 4; St Eudokia, in Monasticism Euphrosyne, the Grand Duchess of Moscow, Commemorated on July 7;

Russia, Moscow, 1367-1389, Eudoxia of Moscow, Grand Duchess, wife of Dmitri Donskoy
Russia, Moscow, 1367-1389, Eudoxia of Moscow, Grand Duchess, wife of Dmitri Donskoy; Moscow, 1362-1389, Prince Dmitry Donskoy (Dimitrius of the Don); St Euphrosyne the Princess, (Eudoxia) of Moscow, Commemorated on May 17; St Eudokia, in Monasticism Euphrosyne, the Grand Duchess of Moscow, Commemorated on July 7;

Russia, Moscow, 1375-1426, Saint, Nikon of Radonezh
Radonezh Saint, 1375-1426, Nikon of Radonezh; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5;

Russia, Moscow, 1380, Kulikovo Battle 1380 (Don River 1) won by Dimitri over Mongol Horde
Kulikovo Battle; Intercession of the "Don" Icon of the Mother of God against the Tatars Attack, Commemorated August 19 ; Demetrius Ioannovich of the Don; Alexander Peresvet; Repose of the Venerable Sergius, Abbot and Wonderworker of Radonezh, Commemorated on September 25 ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5 ;

Russia, Moscow, 1380-1430, Saint, Andrei Rublev, artist, iconographer
Radonezh Saint, 1380-1430, Andrei Rublev; Venerable Andrew Rublev the Iconographer, Commemorated on July 4;

Russia, Moscow, 1382, Golden Horde Siege of Moscow
Golden Horde Siege of Moscow (1382); Intercession of the "Don" Icon of the Mother of God against the Tatars Attack, Commemorated August 19 ; Venerable Methodius the Abbot of Peshnosha the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on June 4; Icon of the Mother of God of Pimen, Commemorated on June 6; Venerable Cyril the Abbot of White Lake, Commemorated on June 9; St Eudokia, in Monasticism Euphrosyne, the Grand Duchess of Moscow, Commemorated on July 7 ;

Russia, Moscow, 1382-1384, Metropolitan Pimen I, contested, accomplished little
Moscow Patriarch, 1382-1384, Metropolitan Pimen I; Dimitri sent him to Constantinople with his nominee for the metropolitanate. Nominee died on the way (Mitya or Mikhail). and Pimen was consecrated in his place, although this was done without the knowledge of the Grand Prince and the Patriarch was said to have been tricked (perhaps to exonerate him later for any complicity he may have had in the deception), as Pimen had apparently used forged grand princely letters to get Patriarch Nilus of Constantinople to consecrate him.[1]:219Ã¢Â€Â“220 Donskoy was angry upon hearing the news of Pimen's consecration and swore not to accept Pimen upon his return. Thus Pimen's metropolitanate was contested from the start, and he accomplished little as a result. Icon of the Mother of God of Pimen, Commemorated on June 6;

Russia, Moscow, 1383, Appearance of Tihkvin Icon, Fisherman, Lake Ladoga
Russia, St Petersburg, 1383, Appearance of Tihkvin Icon, Lake Ladoga; Lake Ladoga; Appearance of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on June 26;

Russia, Moscow Patriarch, 1384-1385, Dionysius, Metropolitan of Kiev
Moscow Patriarch, 1384-1385, Dionysius, Metropolitan of Kiev; St Dionysius the Archbishop of Suzdal, Commemorated on June 26 ;

Russia, Moscow, 1385, Appearance of the Mother of God to St Sergius
Moscow, 1385, Appearance of the Mother of God to St Sergius; Appearance of the Most Holy Theotokos to Saint Sergius of Radonezh: Once, late at night, Saint Sergius (1314-1392) was reading an Akathist to the Mother of God. Having finished his habitual rule, he sat down to rest a bit, but suddenly he said to his disciple, Saint Micah (May 6): “Be alert, my child, for we shall have a wondrous visitation.” Scarcely had he uttered these words than a voice was heard: “The All-Pure One approaches!” Sergius rushed from the cell to the entrance, and suddenly it was illumined by a bright light, brighter than the sun. He beheld nearby in imperishable glory the Mother of God, accompanied by the Apostles Peter and John. Unable to bear such a vision, Saint Sergius reverently prostrated himself before the Mother of God. She said to him, “Fear not, My chosen one! I have come to visit you. Your prayer for your disciples and your monastery has been heard. Do not be troubled, for your habitation shall prosper, not only in your lifetime, but also after your departure to God. I will be with your monastery, supplying its needs abundantly, and protecting it.” Having said this, the Mother of God became invisible. a long time Saint Sergius was in an inexpressible rapture, and having come to himself, he raised up Saint Micah. “Tell me, Father,” he asked, “what is the meaning of this miraculous vision? My soul nearly left my body from terror!” But Saint Sergius was silent, and only his luminous face spoke of the spiritual joy which he had experienced. “Wait a bit,” he said finally to his disciple, “my soul also trembles because of this wondrous vision.” Venerable Andrew Rublev the Iconographer, Commemorated on July 4;

Russia, Moscow, 1385-1406, Patriarch, Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow
Moscow Patriarch, 1385-1406, Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow ; Repose of St Cyprian the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on September 16 ; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Moscow, Commemorated on June 13;

Russia, Moscow, 1389-1425, Vasily I, Prince, Basil of Moscow, GH Vassal to unify R
Moscow Prince, 1389-1425, Basil of Moscow (Vasily I); Icon of the Mother of God of Koloch, Commemorated July 9 ; Icon of the Mother of God of White Lake, Commemorated on July 28 ; St Cornelius of Paleostrov and Olonets, Commemorated on August 21; Icon of the Mother of God Support of Humble, Commemorated September 16 ; Repose of St Cyprian the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on September 16 ; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Vishera, Novgorod, Commemorated on October 1; Venerable Sergius the Obedient of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 7; Venerable Amphilochius the Abbot of Glushetsa, Commemorated on October 12; Venerable Theophilus the Abbot of Omutch, Pskov, Commemorated on October 21; St Paul of Rostov, Commemorated on October 22; Repose of the Blessed Maximus of Moscow, Commemorated on November 11; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of Radonezh the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius, Commemorated on November 17; St James the Bishop and Wonderworker of Rostov, Commemorated on November 27; St Theodore the Archbishop of Rostov, Commemorated on November 28; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Zvenigorod the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on December 3; St Juliana the Princess of Vyazma, Commemorated on December 21; Venerable Macarius the Abbot of Pisma, Commemorated on January 10; Venerable Paul the Abbot of Obnora, Vologda, Commemorated on January 10; Venerable Michael the Fool-for-Christ of the Klops Monastery, Novgorod, Commemorated on January 11; Venerable Martinian the Abbot of Byeloezersk, Commemorated on January 12; Righteous Theodore of Novgorod the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on January 19; St Gerasimus the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on January 24; St Gerasimus the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on January 29 ; St Arsenius the Bishop of Tver, Commemorated on March 2 ; Icon of the Mother of God Ã¢Â€ÂœCzestochowaÃ¢Â€ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on March 6; Icon of the Mother of God Ã¢Â€Âœthe Blessed HeavenÃ¢Â€ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on March 6; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Âœthe Blessed HeavenÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on March 6; St Euthymius the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on March 11; Repose of St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on March 31; Venerable Euthymius of Suzdal, Commemorated on April 1; Venerable Joseph the Much-Ailing, of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 4; Venerable James the Abbot of Zheleznoborov, Commemorated on April 11; Venerable Euthymius the Enlightener of Karelia and Finland, Commemorated on April 18; Icon of the Mother of God of Molcha, Commemorated on April 24; St Stephen the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on April 26; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Paleostrov, Commemorated on May 19; Venerable Therapon the Abbot of White Lake, Commemorated on May 27; Venerable Dionysius the Abbot of Glushetsk, Vologda, Commemorated on June 1; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Juliana the Princess of Vyazma, Commemorated on June 2 ; Venerable Methodius the Abbot of Peshnosha the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on June 4; Venerable Arsenius the Abbot of Konevits, Commemorated on June 12; Venerable Andronicus the Abbot of Moscow and Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on June 13; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Moscow, Commemorated on June 13; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Euthymius the Archimandrite of Suzdal, Commemorated on July 4 ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5;

Russia, Moscow, 1389-1425, Vasili I, G Prince of Moscow, Basil I, Dimitrievich, son of D Donskoy
Moscow Prince, 1389-1425, Vasili I, Grand Prince of Moscow, Basil I ; Icon of the Mother of God of Koloch, Commemorated July 9 ; Icon of the Mother of God of White Lake, Commemorated on July 28 ; St Cornelius of Paleostrov and Olonets, Commemorated on August 21; Icon of the Mother of God Support of Humble, Commemorated September 16 ; Repose of St Cyprian the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on September 16 ; Venerable Sergius the Obedient of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 7; Venerable Amphilochius the Abbot of Glushetsa, Commemorated on October 12; Venerable Theophilus the Abbot of Omutch, Pskov, Commemorated on October 21; St Paul of Rostov, Commemorated on October 22; Repose of the Blessed Maximus of Moscow, Commemorated on November 11 ; Repose of the Blessed Maximus of Moscow, Commemorated on November 11 ; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of Radonezh the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius, Commemorated on November 17; St James the Bishop and Wonderworker of Rostov, Commemorated on November 27; St Theodore the Archbishop of Rostov, Commemorated on November 28; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Zvenigorod the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on December 3; St Juliana the Princess of Vyazma, Commemorated on December 21; Venerable Macarius the Abbot of Pisma, Commemorated on January 10; Venerable Martinian the Abbot of Byeloezersk, Commemorated on January 12; St Gerasimus the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on January 24; ANDREI RUBLEV, MONK AND ICONOGRAPHER, 1430, Commemorated January 29 ; St Gerasimus the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on January 29 ; Icon of the Mother of God Ã¢Â€ÂœCzestochowaÃ¢Â€ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on March 6; Icon of the Mother of God Ã¢Â€Âœthe Blessed HeavenÃ¢Â€ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on March 6; St Euthymius the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on March 11; Repose of St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on March 31; Venerable Euthymius of Suzdal, Commemorated on April 1; Venerable Joseph the Much-Ailing, of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 4; Venerable James the Abbot of Zheleznoborov, Commemorated on April 11; Icon of the Mother of God of St Maximus, Commemorated on April 18; Venerable Euthymius the Enlightener of Karelia and Finland, Commemorated on April 18; Icon of the Mother of God of Molcha, Commemorated on April 24; St Stephen the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on April 26; Icon of the Mother of God of Putivil, Commemorated on May 2; Venerable Alphan with his brother of Novgorod, founder of the Sokolnitzky Monastery, Commemorated on May 4; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Paleostrov, Commemorated on May 19 ; Venerable Therapon the Abbot of White Lake, Commemorated on May 27; Venerable Dionysius the Abbot of Glushetsk, Vologda, Commemorated on June 1; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Juliana the Princess of Vyazma, Commemorated on June 2 ; Venerable Methodius the Abbot of Peshnosha the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on June 4; Venerable Arsenius the Abbot of Konevits, Commemorated on June 12; Venerable Andronicus the Abbot of Moscow and Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on June 13; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Moscow, Commemorated on June 13; St Methodius the Abbot of Peshnosha, Commemorated on June 14; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Euthymius the Archimandrite of Suzdal, Commemorated on July 4 ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5;

Russia, Moscow, 1395, Tammerlane retreats after Dream, Vladimir Icon Mother of God (Don River 1, Kulikovo Pole)
Kulikovo Pole (Kulikovo Field); Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God and the deliverance of Moscow from the Invasion of Tamerlane, Commemorated on August 26 ; Tamerlane was sleeping in his tent. Suddenly, he saw in a dream a great mountain, at the summit of which were the holy hierarchs with golden staffs coming towards him. Above them, in a brilliant radiance, was a Majestic Woman. She commanded him to leave the domains of Russia. Awakening in fright, Tamerlane asked the meaning of the vision. The experts answered that the Radiant Lady was the Mother of God, the great Protectress of Christians. Tamerlane then gave the order for his troops to retreat.

Russia, Moscow, 1400, 15th-17th Century Folder, Third Rome, Orthodox Protector

Russia, Moscow, 1400-1499, 15th Century Folder, Muslim White Horde, Civil War, Third Rome, Printing

Russia, Moscow, 1405-1463, Isidore of Kiev, Metropolitan, Became Uniate
Russia, Kiev, 1405-1463, Isidore of Kiev, Metropolitan, Became Catholic; Repose of St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on March 31 ;

Russia, Moscow, 1408, Khan Edigei (Edigu) Invasion of Russia, Muslim White Horde
Moscow, 1408, Khan Edigei (Edigu) Invasion of Russia, Destroying Rostov, New Novgorod, and Gorodets ; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of Radonezh the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius, Commemorated on November 17 ; St Photius the Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on July 2;

Russia, Moscow, 1408-1431, Patriarch, Photius, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kiev
Moscow Patriarch, 1408-1431, Photius, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kiev; Repose of St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on March 31; Venerable Euthymius the Enlightener of Karelia and Finland, Commemorated on April 18; Venerable Therapon the Abbot of White Lake, Commemorated on May 27; St Photius the Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on July 2; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5;

Russia, Moscow, 1425-1453, Muscovite Civil War, Inter Ruling Family Squabble
Muscovite Civil War 1425-1453, Inter Ruling Family Squabble; St Euthymius the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on March 11; Venerable Sylvester the Abbot of Obnora, Commemorated on April 25; Venerable Paphnutius the Abbot of Borov, Commemorated on May 1; Venerable Euphrosynus the Abbot and Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated on May 15; St Jonah the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on June 6 ;

Russia, Moscow, 1425-1462, Vasily II, Basil, Great Prince of Moscow , allied with Teutonic Order
Moscow Prince, 1425-1462, Basil, Great Prince of Moscow (Vasily II) ; Venerable Macarius the Abbot of Zheltovod and Unzha, Commemorated on July 25 ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Herman of Solovki, Commemorated on July 30; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Maximus of Moscow the Fool-for-Christ, Commemorated on August 13; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on August 19 ; Appearance of the Mother of God to St Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on August 24; Venerable Prince Andrew, in Monasticism Joasaph, of Kubensk, Vologda, Commemorated on September 10 ; Venerable Gregory the Abbot of Pelsheme and Wonderworker of Vologda, Commemorated on September 30; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Vishera, Novgorod, Commemorated on October 1; Venerable Dionysius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 3; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Martinian the Abbot of Belozersk, Commemorated on October 7 ; St Tarasius of Glushetsa, Commemorated on October 12; Icon of the Mother of God of Yakhrom, Commemorated on October 14; Venerable Joseph the Igumen and Wonderworker of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on October 18; Repose of St Jonah the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on November 5; Venerable James the Abbot of Zheleznoborov, Commemorated on April 11; Venerable Zosimas the Abbot of Solovki, Commemorated on April 17; Venerable Joseph the Abbot of Volokolamsk, Volotsk, Commemorated on September 9 ; Repose of the Blessed Maximus of Moscow, Commemorated on November 11 ; St Philip of Rabanga, Commemorated on November 15; St Paisius of Uglich, Commemorated on January 8; Venerable Michael the Fool-for-Christ of the Klops Monastery, Novgorod, Commemorated on January 11; Venerable Euthymius of Syanzhemsk, Vologda, Commemorated on January 20; St Gerasimus the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on January 24; ANDREI RUBLEV, MONK AND ICONOGRAPHER, 1430, Commemorated January 29 ; St Gerasimus the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on January 29 ; St Tryphon, Bishop of Rostov, Commemorated on February 1; St John, Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on February 10; Venerable Cosmas of Yakhrom, Commemorated on February 18; Venerable Athanasius of Murom, Commemorated on March 8; St Euthymius the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on March 11; Venerable Macarius the Abbot and Wonderworker of Kalyazin, Commemorated on March 17 ; St Innocent of Komel the Disciple of St Nilus of Sora, Vologda, Commemorated on March 19 ; Venerable Hilarion of Pskov, Lake Gdov, Commemorated on March 28; Repose of St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on March 31; Venerable Zosimas the Abbot of Vorbozomsk, Commemorated on April 4; Venerable Zosimas the Abbot of Solovki, Commemorated on April 17; Venerable Euthymius the Enlightener of Karelia and Finland, Commemorated on April 18; Venerable Sylvester the Abbot of Obnora, Commemorated on April 25; Venerable Paphnutius the Abbot of Borov, Commemorated on May 1; Venerable Isidore the Fool-For-Christ and Wonderworker of Rostov, Commemorated on May 14 ; Venerable Euphrosynus the Abbot and Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated on May 15; St Jonah the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on June 6 ; Venerable Barnabas the Abbot of Vetluga, Commemorated on June 11;

Russia, Moscow, 1425-1462, Vasily II of Moscow, war with his Lithuanian Grandfather, Vytautas the Great
Moscow Prince, 1425-1462, Basil, Great Prince of Moscow (Vasily II) ; Venerable Macarius the Abbot of Zheltovod and Unzha, Commemorated on July 25 ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Herman of Solovki, Commemorated on July 30; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Maximus of Moscow the Fool-for-Christ, Commemorated on August 13; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on August 19 ; Appearance of the Mother of God to St Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on August 24; Venerable Prince Andrew, in Monasticism Joasaph, of Kubensk, Vologda, Commemorated on September 10 ; Venerable Gregory the Abbot of Pelsheme and Wonderworker of Vologda, Commemorated on September 30; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Vishera, Novgorod, Commemorated on October 1; Venerable Dionysius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 3; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Martinian the Abbot of Belozersk, Commemorated on October 7 ; St Tarasius of Glushetsa, Commemorated on October 12; Icon of the Mother of God of Yakhrom, Commemorated on October 14; Venerable Joseph the Igumen and Wonderworker of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on October 18; Repose of St Jonah the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on November 5; Venerable James the Abbot of Zheleznoborov, Commemorated on April 11; Venerable Zosimas the Abbot of Solovki, Commemorated on April 17; Venerable Joseph the Abbot of Volokolamsk, Volotsk, Commemorated on September 9 ; Repose of the Blessed Maximus of Moscow, Commemorated on November 11 ; St Philip of Rabanga, Commemorated on November 15; St Paisius of Uglich, Commemorated on January 8; Venerable Michael the Fool-for-Christ of the Klops Monastery, Novgorod, Commemorated on January 11; Venerable Euthymius of Syanzhemsk, Vologda, Commemorated on January 20; St Gerasimus the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on January 24; ANDREI RUBLEV, MONK AND ICONOGRAPHER, 1430, Commemorated January 29 ; St Gerasimus the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on January 29 ; St Tryphon, Bishop of Rostov, Commemorated on February 1; St John, Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on February 10; Venerable Cosmas of Yakhrom, Commemorated on February 18; Venerable Athanasius of Murom, Commemorated on March 8; St Euthymius the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on March 11; Venerable Macarius the Abbot and Wonderworker of Kalyazin, Commemorated on March 17 ; St Innocent of Komel the Disciple of St Nilus of Sora, Vologda, Commemorated on March 19 ; Venerable Hilarion of Pskov, Lake Gdov, Commemorated on March 28; Repose of St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on March 31; Venerable Zosimas the Abbot of Vorbozomsk, Commemorated on April 4; Venerable Zosimas the Abbot of Solovki, Commemorated on April 17; Venerable Euthymius the Enlightener of Karelia and Finland, Commemorated on April 18; Venerable Sylvester the Abbot of Obnora, Commemorated on April 25; Venerable Paphnutius the Abbot of Borov, Commemorated on May 1; Venerable Isidore the Fool-For-Christ and Wonderworker of Rostov, Commemorated on May 14 ; Venerable Euphrosynus the Abbot and Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated on May 15; St Jonah the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on June 6 ; Venerable Barnabas the Abbot of Vetluga, Commemorated on June 11;

Russia, Moscow, 1425-1462, Vasily II of Moscow, Basil the Dark or Blind, Civil War for Moscow, Vasily I's son
Moscow Prince, 1425-1462, Basil the Dark (Vasily II of Moscow); Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Herman of Solovki, Commemorated on July 30; Icon of the Mother of God of Macariev, Commemorated on September 17; Venerable Gregory the Abbot of Pelsheme and Wonderworker of Vologda, Commemorated on September 30; Venerable Dionysius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 3; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Martinian the Abbot of Belozersk, Commemorated on October 7 ; St Tarasius of Glushetsa, Commemorated on October 12; Venerable Joseph the Igumen and Wonderworker of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on October 18; Repose of St Jonah the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on November 5; St Philip of Rabanga, Commemorated on November 15; St Paisius of Uglich, Commemorated on January 8; Venerable Euthymius of Syanzhemsk, Vologda, Commemorated on January 20; ANDREI RUBLEV, MONK AND ICONOGRAPHER, 1430, Commemorated January 29 ; St Gerasimus the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on January 29 ; St Tryphon, Bishop of Rostov, Commemorated on February 1; St John, Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on February 10; Venerable Cosmas of Yakhrom, Commemorated on February 18; Venerable Athanasius of Murom, Commemorated on March 8; St Euthymius the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on March 11; Venerable Macarius the Abbot and Wonderworker of Kalyazin, Commemorated on March 17 ; St Innocent of Komel the Disciple of St Nilus of Sora, Vologda, Commemorated on March 19 ; Venerable Hilarion of Pskov, Lake Gdov, Commemorated on March 28; Repose of St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on March 31 ; Venerable Zosimas the Abbot of Vorbozomsk, Commemorated on April 4; Venerable Zosimas the Abbot of Solovki, Commemorated on April 17; Venerable Euthymius the Enlightener of Karelia and Finland, Commemorated on April 18; Venerable Sylvester the Abbot of Obnora, Commemorated on April 25; Venerable Sylvester the Abbot of Obnora, Commemorated on April 25; Venerable Isidore the Fool-For-Christ and Wonderworker of Rostov, Commemorated on May 14;

Russia, Moscow, 1425-1462, Vasily II of Moscow, CW against Yury of Zvenigorod, D Donskoy's Son
Russia, Moscow, 1425-1462, Basil the Dark or Blind (Vasily II of Moscow) CW against Yury of Zvenigorod; Moscow Prince, 1425-1462, Basil the Dark (Vasily II of Moscow); Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Herman of Solovki, Commemorated on July 30; Icon of the Mother of God of Macariev, Commemorated on September 17; Venerable Gregory the Abbot of Pelsheme and Wonderworker of Vologda, Commemorated on September 30; Venerable Dionysius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 3; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Martinian the Abbot of Belozersk, Commemorated on October 7 ; St Tarasius of Glushetsa, Commemorated on October 12; Venerable Joseph the Igumen and Wonderworker of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on October 18; Repose of St Jonah the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on November 5; St Philip of Rabanga, Commemorated on November 15; St Paisius of Uglich, Commemorated on January 8; Venerable Euthymius of Syanzhemsk, Vologda, Commemorated on January 20; ANDREI RUBLEV, MONK AND ICONOGRAPHER, 1430, Commemorated January 29 ; St Gerasimus the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on January 29 ; St Tryphon, Bishop of Rostov, Commemorated on February 1; St John, Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on February 10; Venerable Cosmas of Yakhrom, Commemorated on February 18; Venerable Athanasius of Murom, Commemorated on March 8; St Euthymius the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on March 11; Venerable Macarius the Abbot and Wonderworker of Kalyazin, Commemorated on March 17 ; St Innocent of Komel the Disciple of St Nilus of Sora, Vologda, Commemorated on March 19 ; Venerable Hilarion of Pskov, Lake Gdov, Commemorated on March 28; Repose of St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on March 31 ; Venerable Zosimas the Abbot of Vorbozomsk, Commemorated on April 4; Venerable Zosimas the Abbot of Solovki, Commemorated on April 17; Venerable Euthymius the Enlightener of Karelia and Finland, Commemorated on April 18; Venerable Sylvester the Abbot of Obnora, Commemorated on April 25; Venerable Sylvester the Abbot of Obnora, Commemorated on April 25; Venerable Isidore the Fool-For-Christ and Wonderworker of Rostov, Commemorated on May 14;

Russia, Moscow, 1436-1478, Saint, Zosima of Solovki
Russia, Vologda, 1436-1478, Saint, Zosima of Solovki; Venerable Zosimas the Abbot of Solovki, Commemorated on April 17;

Moscow Patriarch, 1437-1437, Isadore, Metropolitan of Kiev, Moscow, All Rus
Moscow Patriarch, 1437-1437, Isadore, Metropolitan of Kiev, Moscow, All Rus; St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on June 15;

Russia, Moscow, 1440-1461, St Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow
Moscow Patriarch, 1449-1461, St Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow ; Repose of St Jonah the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on November 5 ; Repose of St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on March 31;

Russia, Moscow, 1440-1505, Ivan III, G Prince, t Great, defeated Novg, expanded R, ended GH yoke
Moscow Prince, 1440-1505, Ivan III, Grand Prince of Moscow, the Great; St Leucius of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on August 17 ; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on August 19 ; Venerable Prince Andrew, in Monasticism Joasaph, of Kubensk, Vologda, Commemorated on September 10 ; Venerable Cassian of Uglich, Commemorated on October 2; Venerable Dionysius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 3; Venerable Dositheus the Abbot of Verkneostrov, Pskov, Commemorated on October 8; Icon of the Mother of God of Yakhrom, Commemorated on October 14; Venerable Joseph the Igumen and Wonderworker of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on October 18; St Theophilus of the Kiev Caves and Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on October 26; St Philip of Rabanga, Commemorated on November 15; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Zvenigorod the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on December 3; St Pachomius of Keno Lake, Commemorated on January 7; Hieromartyr Isidore and 72 Others at Yuriev, Estonia, Commemorated on January 8; St Paisius of Uglich, Commemorated on January 8; Hieromartyr Isidore and 72 Others at Yuriev, Estonia, Commemorated on January 8 ; Venerable Michael the Fool-for-Christ of the Klops Monastery, Novgorod, Commemorated on January 11; St Anthony of Krasny Kholm, Commemorated on January 17 ; Venerable Athanasius the Abbot of Syandemsk, Vologda, Commemorated on January 18; Venerable Macarius the Roman of Novgorod, Commemorated on January 19 ; Venerable Euthymius of Syanzhemsk, Vologda, Commemorated on January 20; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on January 29; St Tryphon, Bishop of Rostov, Commemorated on February 1; Right-Believing Prince Roman of Uglich, Commemorated on February 3; St Bassian of Uglich, Commemorated on February 12; Venerable Cosmas of Yakhrom, Commemorated on February 18; Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, Commemorated on March 4; Finding of the relics of St Theodore the Prince of Smolensk, and Yaroslav, and His Children, Commemorated on March 5; St Euthymius the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on March 11; Venerable Macarius the Abbot and Wonderworker of Kalyazin, Commemorated on March 17 ; St Innocent of Komel the Disciple of St Nilus of Sora, Vologda, Commemorated on March 19 ; Martyr Stephen of Kazan, Commemorated on March 24; Venerable Zosimas the Abbot of Vorbozomsk, Commemorated on April 4; Venerable Daniel the Abbot of Pereyaslavl-Zalesski, Commemorated on April 7; Icon of the Mother of God of Vilnius, Commemorated on April 14; Venerable Zosimas the Abbot of Solovki, Commemorated on April 17; Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Oshevensk, Commemorated on April 20; Venerable Sylvester the Abbot of Obnora, Commemorated on April 25; Hieromartyr Macarius the Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on May 1; Venerable Isidore the Fool-For-Christ and Wonderworker of Rostov, Commemorated on May 14; Venerable Serapion of Pskov, Commemorated on May 15; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19; Venerable Tikhon of Kaluga Or Medin, Commemorated on June 16;

Russia, Moscow,1445-1447, Dmitry Shemyaka, G P Moscow, blinded Vasily, lack of support from Moscow boyars, poisoned him
Moscow Prince, 1445-1447, Dmitry Shemyaka, Grand Prince Moscow; Yurievich Shemyaka (died 1453) was the second son of Yury of Zvenigorod by Anastasia of Smolensk and grandson of Dmitri Donskoi. His hereditary patrimony was the rich Northern town Galich-Mersky. Shemyaka (1445, 1446–1447) was twice Grand Prince of Moscow. causes of the Muscovite Civil War waged in the second quarter of the 15th century are still disputed. No small part, however, was played by Dmitri Donskoi's will, which ran contrary to Rurikid dynastic custom whereby the throne would pass from an elder brother to a younger one (agnatic seniority), rather than from father to son (primogeniture). The testament provided for the accession of his son, Vasily I, which was still in keeping with the tradition of lateral succession since Vasily was the eldest of his generation. the event of Vasily having no surviving son at his death, his brother, Dmitry's second son, Yury of Zvenigorod, was to succeed as grand prince in Moscow. Vasily I's death, however, Yury refused to come to Moscow and swear allegiance to his nephew, Vasily II, and claimed the throne himself in accordance with his right under the long-held custom of lateral inheritance. (He further claimed it was provided for in Dmitry's testament – but this ignored the provision that voided Yury's succession in the event of Vasily I producing a son). son, Dmitry Shemyaka, actively participated in all of his father's incursions against Moscow, culminating in Yury's capture of Moscow and accession as grand prince in 1433. Yury of Zvenigorod died in Moscow in 1434. of Shemyaka with Vasily II after the Latter's Blinding. Yury's death, Shemyaka continued to press his branch's claim to the grand princely throne, and was seldom at peace with Vasily II. Initially, Dmitry and his younger brother Dmitry Krasnyi concluded an alliance with Vasily against their elder brother Vasily Kosoy, who had proclaimed himself grand prince. They succeeded in driving Kosoy from Moscow and were rewarded with the towns of Uglich and Rzhev. The following year Shemyaka came to Moscow in order to invite Vasily II to his impending wedding with a princess of Yaroslavl, but was accused of siding with Kosoy and taken prisoner. He was released on the eve of a decisive clash between Vasily II and Vasily Kosoy. This action of Vasily II was successful - Shemyaka and his people did not help Vasily Kosoy and so he was completely defeated in the battle on the Cheryokha River in 1436, captured and blinded. Soon after, Shemyaka entered into an agreement with Vasily II, recognizing him as his suzerain ("older brother"). Next year, he was sent by Vasily II to expel the exiled Golden Horde Khan Ulugh Muhammad, but was defeated in the battle of Belyov. When Ulugh Muhammad in his turn besieged Moscow in 1439, Dmitry didn't sent his troops to Vasily and only the mediation of a Trinity hegumen could forestall a new civil war between the cousins. two men maintained an uneasy peace for much of the next decade until 1445, when Vasily II was taken prisoner by Olug Moxammat after the Muscovite forces were surprised by the Tatar prince outside Suzdal, Shemyaka seized Moscow, had the recently released Vasily blinded and proclaimed himself the Grand Prince of Vladimir. He could claim this by right of lateral inheritance since his father had sat on the throne. (A prince was excluded from the succession (izgoi) if his father had not sat on the throne before him.) Shemyaka's lack of support among the Muscovite boyars forced him, however, to leave the city for Lake Chukhloma, but he continued to press his claim to the grand princely throne. several peace treaties, Shemyaka continued to plot against his cousin. He suffered a series of defeats in 1450 and 1452 which forced him to seek refuge in Novgorod. There, on July 17, 1453, he was poisoned while eating a dinner of chicken in the Gorodishche, the princely compound south of the Market side of the city,[1] his cook having been bribed by Muscovite agents. Delighted at the news, Vasily II ennobled a herald who had first brought him the message of Shemyaka's death. Nikolai Karamzin famously wrote in his history that the grand prince showed "indecent joy" at the news of his rival's untimely demise. to chronicle sources, Shemyaka was buried in the Church of St. George in the Yuriev Monastery south of Novgorod, [2] however, twentieth-century archaeological excavations of the necropolis of the Cathedral of Holy Wisdom in the Novgorod Kremlin suggest that the prince was actually buried there and his grave has been misidentified since at least 1616 as that of Prince Fedor Yaroslavich (died 1233).[3] the aftermath of Shemyaka's murder, his wife and son fled Novgorod to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, where they were given Rylsk and Novgorod-Seversky in appanage. male line died out by 1561, but there are many living descendants from his daughter's marriage to Prince Alexander Chertoryzhsky. name survives in the Russian expression "Shemyakin sud" ("Shemyaka's Justice", "Shemyaka's Judgement"), which means hasty and unfair judgement. It comes from the 17th century literary work The Tale of Shemyaka's Judgement (see its translation here[4]). However modern researchers question the identification of Dmitry Shemyaka with Judge Shemyaka in the tale. St Leucius of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on August 17 ; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on August 19 ; St Philip of Rabanga, Commemorated on November 15; St Paisius of Uglich, Commemorated on January 8; Venerable Michael the Fool-for-Christ of the Klops Monastery, Novgorod, Commemorated on January 11; Venerable Athanasius the Abbot of Syandemsk, Vologda, Commemorated on January 18; Venerable Macarius the Roman of Novgorod, Commemorated on January 19 ; Venerable Euthymius of Syanzhemsk, Vologda, Commemorated on January 20; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on January 29; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on January 29; St Bassian of Uglich, Commemorated on February 12; St Euthymius the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on March 11; Venerable Macarius the Abbot and Wonderworker of Kalyazin, Commemorated on March 17 ; St Innocent of Komel the Disciple of St Nilus of Sora, Vologda, Commemorated on March 19 ; Venerable Zosimas the Abbot of Vorbozomsk, Commemorated on April 4; Venerable Daniel the Abbot of Pereyaslavl-Zalesski, Commemorated on April 7; Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Oshevensk, Commemorated on April 20; Venerable Sylvester the Abbot of Obnora, Commemorated on April 25;

Russia, Moscow, 1448-1461, Patriarch, Jonah of Moscow, Metropolitan of All Rus
Moscow Patriarch, 1448-1461, Jonah of Moscow, Metropolitan of All Rus; Venerable Mark of the Pskov Caves, Commemorated on March 29; Hieromartyr Macarius the Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on May 1; St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on June 15;

Russia, Moscow, 1451, Miraculous deliverance of Moscow by Robe of Theotokos
Russia, Moscow, 1451, Miraculous deliverance of Moscow by Robe of Theotokos; The holy Robe of the Mother of God, which previously saved Constantinople, later saved Moscow from hostilities. Tatars of the Horde of the princeling Mazovshi approached the walls of Moscow in the summer of 1451. Saint Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow, with constant prayer and church services, encouraged the defenders of the capital. On the night of July 2, the Chronicle relates, great confusion occurred within the Tatar camp. The enemy abandoned their plundered goods and speedily departed in disarray. Moscow Prince, 1440-1505, Ivan III, Grand Prince of Moscow, the Great; St Leucius of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on August 17 ; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on August 19 ; Venerable Prince Andrew, in Monasticism Joasaph, of Kubensk, Vologda, Commemorated on September 10 ; Venerable Cassian of Uglich, Commemorated on October 2; Venerable Dionysius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 3; Venerable Dositheus the Abbot of Verkneostrov, Pskov, Commemorated on October 8; Icon of the Mother of God of Yakhrom, Commemorated on October 14; Venerable Joseph the Igumen and Wonderworker of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on October 18; St Theophilus of the Kiev Caves and Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on October 26; St Philip of Rabanga, Commemorated on November 15; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Zvenigorod the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on December 3; St Pachomius of Keno Lake, Commemorated on January 7; Hieromartyr Isidore and 72 Others at Yuriev, Estonia, Commemorated on January 8; St Paisius of Uglich, Commemorated on January 8; Hieromartyr Isidore and 72 Others at Yuriev, Estonia, Commemorated on January 8 ; Venerable Michael the Fool-for-Christ of the Klops Monastery, Novgorod, Commemorated on January 11; St Anthony of Krasny Kholm, Commemorated on January 17 ; Venerable Athanasius the Abbot of Syandemsk, Vologda, Commemorated on January 18; Venerable Macarius the Roman of Novgorod, Commemorated on January 19 ; Venerable Euthymius of Syanzhemsk, Vologda, Commemorated on January 20; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on January 29; St Tryphon, Bishop of Rostov, Commemorated on February 1; Right-Believing Prince Roman of Uglich, Commemorated on February 3; St Bassian of Uglich, Commemorated on February 12; Venerable Cosmas of Yakhrom, Commemorated on February 18; Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, Commemorated on March 4; Finding of the relics of St Theodore the Prince of Smolensk, and Yaroslav, and His Children, Commemorated on March 5; St Euthymius the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on March 11; Venerable Macarius the Abbot and Wonderworker of Kalyazin, Commemorated on March 17 ; St Innocent of Komel the Disciple of St Nilus of Sora, Vologda, Commemorated on March 19 ; Martyr Stephen of Kazan, Commemorated on March 24; Venerable Zosimas the Abbot of Vorbozomsk, Commemorated on April 4; Venerable Daniel the Abbot of Pereyaslavl-Zalesski, Commemorated on April 7; Icon of the Mother of God of Vilnius, Commemorated on April 14; Venerable Zosimas the Abbot of Solovki, Commemorated on April 17; Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Oshevensk, Commemorated on April 20; Venerable Sylvester the Abbot of Obnora, Commemorated on April 25; Hieromartyr Macarius the Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on May 1; Venerable Isidore the Fool-For-Christ and Wonderworker of Rostov, Commemorated on May 14; Venerable Serapion of Pskov, Commemorated on May 15; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19; Venerable Tikhon of Kaluga Or Medin, Commemorated on June 16;

Russia, Moscow, 1453-1508, Saint, Nilus of Sora
Russia, Moscow, 1453-1508, Saint, Nilus of Sora; Repose of the Venerable Nilus the Abbot of Sora, Commemorated on May 7;

Russia, Moscow, 1453, Third Rome 1453, Fall of Constantinople 1453
Moscow, Third Rome 1453, Fall of Constantinople; SERGIUS, ABBOT OF HOLY TRINITY (25 SEPT 1392); Venerable Joseph the Igumen and Wonderworker of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on October 18 ;

Russia, Moscow, 1460-1515, Saint and Author, Joseph of Volokolamsk
Russia, Tver, 1460-1515, Saint and Author, Joseph of Volokolamsk; Venerable Joseph the Igumen and Wonderworker of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on October 18;

Russia, Moscow, 1461-1464, Theodosius, Metropolitan of Moscow
Russia, Moscow, 1461-1464, Theodosius, Metropolitan of Moscow; Saint Tryphon, Bishop of Rostov, Commemorated on February 1

Russia, Moscow, 1462-1505, Ivan III, Great, regent for blind father, ended Mongol yoke, 3x territory
Moscow Prince, 1462-1505, Ivan III of Russia, The Great ; III Vasilyevich ( 22 January 1440, Moscow -27 October 1505, Moscow), also known as Ivan the Great,[1][2] was a Grand Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of all Rus'. served as the co-ruler and regent for his blind father Vasily II from the mid-1450s before he officially ascended the throne in 1462. tripled the territory of his state, ended the dominance of the Mongols/Tatars over Russia, renovated the Moscow Kremlin, introduced a new legal codex and laid the foundations of the Russian state. 1480 victory over the Great Horde is cited as the restoration of Russian independence 240 years after the fall of Kiev to Mongols' invasion.[3] was the first Russian ruler to style himself "tsar", albeit not as an official title. marriage to Sofia Paleologue, he made the double-headed eagle Russia's coat of arms and adopted the idea of Moscow as Third Rome. 43-year reign was one of the longest in Russian history, second only to his grandson Ivan IV. Icon of the Mother of God of Vydropussk, Commemorated on July 28; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Herman of Solovki, Commemorated on July 30; Blessed Basil of Moscow the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on August 2; St Macarius of Oredezhsk, Commemorated on August 9 ; Blessed Laurence the Fool-For-Christ at Kaluga, Commemorated August 10 ; St Leucius of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on August 17 ; St Adrian of Uglich, Commemorated August 26 ; Venerable Adrian the Abbot of Ondrusov, Valaam, Commemorated August 26 ; St Sava of Pskov, Commemorated on August 28; Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Svir, Commemorated on August 30; Venerable Joseph the Abbot of Volokolamsk, Volotsk, Commemorated on September 9 ; Venerable Dositheus the Abbot of Verkneostrov, Pskov, Commemorated on October 8; Finding of the relics of the Venerable Cyril the Abbot of Novoezersk, Vologda, Commemorated on November 7; St Philip the Abbot of Irap Near Novgorod, Commemorated on November 14 ; St Sergius of Malopinega, Commemorated on November 16; St Nectarius of Bitel, Commemorated on December 15; Venerable Sebastian the Abbot of Pshekhonye Monastery, Vologda, Commemorated on December 18; St Pachomius of Keno Lake, Commemorated on January 7; Hieromartyr Isidore and 72 Others at Yuriev, Estonia, Commemorated on January 8; St Paisius of Uglich, Commemorated on January 8; Venerable Michael the Fool-for-Christ of the Klops Monastery, Novgorod, Commemorated on January 11; St Anthony of Krasny Kholm, Commemorated on January 17 ; Venerable Macarius the Deacon of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on January 19; Venerable Euthymius of Syanzhemsk, Vologda, Commemorated on January 20; Venerable Gennadius of Kostroma, Commemorated on January 23; Martyr John of Kazan, Commemorated on January 24; St Tryphon, Bishop of Rostov, Commemorated on February 1; Venerable Abraham of Pechenga, Vologda, Commemorated on February 4; Venerable Coprius of Pechenga, Vologda, Commemorated on February 4; Venerable Longinus of Koryazhemsk, Vologda, Commemorated on February 10; St Bassian of Uglich, Commemorated on February 12; Venerable Cosmas of Yakhrom, Commemorated on February 18; Venerable Sebastian of Poshekhonye, Commemorated on February 26; Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, Commemorated on March 4; Finding of the relics of St Theodore the Prince of Smolensk, and Yaroslav, and His Children, Commemorated on March 5; Venerable Macarius the Abbot and Wonderworker of Kalyazin, Commemorated on March 17 ; St Innocent of Komel the Disciple of St Nilus of Sora, Vologda, Commemorated on March 19 ; Venerable Mark of the Pskov Caves, Commemorated on March 29; Venerable Theonas the Archbishop of Thessalonica, Commemorated on April 4; St Euthymius the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on March 11; Venerable Daniel the Abbot of Pereyaslavl-Zalesski, Commemorated on April 7; Icon of the Mother of God of Vilnius, Commemorated on April 14; Venerable Zosimas the Abbot of Solovki, Commemorated on April 17; Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Oshevensk, Commemorated on April 20; Venerable Sylvester the Abbot of Obnora, Commemorated on April 25; Hieromartyr Macarius the Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on May 1; Icon of the Mother of God of Zhirovits, Commemorated on May 7 ; Repose of the Venerable Nilus the Abbot of Sora, Commemorated on May 7; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Ephraim the Abbot of Perekop, Novgorod, Commemorated on May 16; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19; Translation of the relics of St Cyprian the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on May 27 ; Repose of the Blessed John of Ustiug the Fool-for-Christ, Commemorated on May 29; Venerable Paisius the Abbot of Uglich, Commemorated on June 6; Meeting of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God in memory of Saving of Moscow from the Invasion of Khan Achmed, Commemorated on June 23 ;

Russia, Moscow, 1463-1473, Patriarch, Philip I, Metropolitan of Moscow
Moscow Patriarch, 1463-1473, Philip I, Metropolitan of Moscow; Translation of the relics of St Cyprian the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on May 27 ;

Russia, Moscow, 1467-1506, Russo-Kazan Wars of Ivan III
Russia, Moscow, 1467-1506, Russo-Kazan Wars of Ivan III; Mongol, Perm, 1467-1479, Tartar Khan, Ibrahim of Kazan; Hieromartyr Macarius the Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on May 1;

Russia, Moscow, 1471-1480, Fall of the Novgorod Republic to Moscow
Novgorod, Fall of the Novgorod Republic to Moscow (1471 - 1480); Battle of Shelon River 1471 ; Martha Boretskaya; St Theophilus of the Kiev Caves and Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on October 26 ;

Russia, Moscow, 1473-1489, Patriarch, Gerontius, Metropolitan of Moscow
Moscow Patriarch, 1473-1489, Gerontius, Metropolitan of Moscow; St Gennadius the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on December 4; Icon of the Mother of God of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on March 3 ; Repose of the Blessed John of Ustiug the Fool-for-Christ, Commemorated on May 29;

Russia, Moscow, 1484-1505, Saint, Gennady of Novgorod, St Gennadius, Gennadius Bible
Moscow Saint, 1484-1505, Gennady of Novgorod, St Gennadius ; St Gennadius the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on December 4;

Russia, Moscow, 1484-1505, Judaizers, heretic Jews using Hebrew OT created after Jesus
Russia, Moscow, 1484-1505, Judiazers, heretic Christians using Hebrew OT created after Jesus; Judaizers are Christians who teach it is necessary to adopt Jewish customs and practices, especially those found in the Law of Moses, to be saved. The term is derived from the Koine Greek word á¼¸Î¿ÃÂÂ…Î´Î±ÎÂÂÎ¶ÎµÎ¹Î½ (Ioudaizein), used once in the Greek New Testament (Galatians 2:14),[1] when Paul publicly challenges Peter for compelling gentile converts to Early Christianity to "judaize".[2][3] This episode is known as the incident at Antioch. This term includes groups who claim the necessity of continued obedience to the Law of Moses found in the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Bible) for gentiles.[4] Members of such groups dispute the label because "Judaizers" is sometimes used as a pejorative. Most Christians believe that much of the Old Covenant has been superseded, while according to some modern Protestants it has been completely abrogated and replaced by the Law of Christ. The Christian debate over Judaizing began in the lifetime of the apostles, notably at the Council of Jerusalem and the incident at Antioch. It has been carried on parallel to continuing debates about Paul the Apostle and Judaism, Protestant views of the Ten Commandments, and Christian ethics. Moscow Saint, 1484-1505, Gennady of Novgorod, St Gennadius ; St Gennadius the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on December 4;

Russia, Moscow, 1488-1552, Saint, Basil the Blessed, Fool for Christ
Moscow Saint, 1488-1552, Basil the Blessed, Fool for Christ; Meeting of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on May 21 ; Repose of the Blessed John of Ustiug the Fool-for-Christ, Commemorated on May 29;

Russia, Moscow, 1490's, Gennady's Bible
Russia, Moscow, 1490's, Gennady's Bible; St. Gennadius the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on December 4;

Russia, Moscow, 1490-1494, Patriarch, Zosimus, Metropolitan of Moscow
Russia, Moscow, 1490-1494, Patriarch, Zosimus, Metropolitan of Moscow; Venerable Joseph the Igumen and Wonderworker of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on October 18;

Russia, Moscow, 1493-1549, Saint, Adrian of Ondrusov, aka Andrew Zavalushin
Russia, Moscow, 1493-1549, Saint, Adrian of Ondrusov, aka Andrew Zavalushin; Venerable Adrian the Abbot of Ondrusov, Valaam, Commemorated on August 26;

Russia, Moscow, 1500-1599, 16th Century Folder, Return of Smolensk, War with Protestants

Russia, Moscow, 1500-1550, Saint, Adrian of Poshekhonye
Poshekhonye; Venerable Simon the Abbot of Soiga Monastery, Vologda, Commemorated November 24 ; Venerable Sebastian the Abbot of Pshekhonye Monastery, Vologda, Commemorated on December 18 ; Venerable Sebastian of Poshekhonye, Commemorated February 26 ; Monkmartyr Adrian of Poshekhonye, Yaroslavl, Commemorated on March 5; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19;

Russia, Moscow, 1505-1533, Vasili III, Basil IIIl, Adequate, consolidation, annexed Pskov, captured Smolensk
Moscow Prince, 1505-1533, Vasili III, Basil, Grand Prince of Moscow ; III Ivanovich (also Basil; 25 March 1479-3 December 1533) was the Grand Prince of Moscow from 1505 to 1533. He was the son of Ivan III Vasiliyevich and Sophia Paleologue and was christened with the name Gavriil . had three brothers: Yuri, born in 1480, Simeon, born in 1487 and Andrei, born in 1490, as well as five sisters: Elena (born and died in 1474), Feodosiya (born and died in 1475), another Elena (born 1476), another Feodosiya (born 1485) and Eudoxia (born 1492).[1] is sometimes mockingly referred to as Vasili the Adequate due to his rule taking place between those of Ivan the Great and his son Ivan the Terrible, as well as the relative uneventfulness of his reign. affairs[edit] Map of Russia (Moscovia) published by Sigismund von Herberstein in 1549 III continued the policies of his father Ivan III and spent most of his reign consolidating Ivan's gains. Vasili annexed the last surviving autonomous provinces: Pskov in 1510, appanage of Volokolamsk in 1513, principalities of Ryazan in 1521 and Novgorod-Seversky in 1522. also took advantage of the difficult position of Sigismund of Poland to capture Smolensk, the great eastern fortress of Lithuania (siege started 1512, ended in 1514), chiefly through the aid of the rebel Lithuanian, Prince Mikhail Glinski, who provided him with artillery and engineers. The loss of Smolensk was an important injury inflicted by Russia on Lithuania in the course of the Russo-Lithuanian Wars and only the exigencies of Sigismund compelled him to acquiesce in its surrender (1522).[2] 1521 Vasili received an emissary of the neighboring Iranian Safavid Empire, sent by Shah Ismail I whose ambitions were to construct an Irano-Russian alliance against the common enemy, the Ottoman Empire.[3] was equally successful against the Crimean Khanate. Although in 1519 he was obliged to buy off the Crimean khan, Mehmed I Giray, under the very walls of Moscow, towards the end of his reign he established Russian influence on the Volga. In 1531-“32 he placed the pretender Cangali khan on the throne of Khanate of Kazan.[2] was the first grand-duke of Moscow who adopted the title of tsar and the double-headed eagle of the Byzantine Empire.[2] affairs[edit] Vasili Basil of Caesarea and prince Vasili III of Russia. Icon internal policy, Vasili III enjoyed the support of the Church in his struggle with the feudal opposition. In 1521, metropolitan Varlaam was banished for refusing to participate in Vasili's fight against an appanage prince, Vasili Ivanovich Shemyachich. Rurikid princes Vasili Shuisky and Ivan Vorotynsky were also sent into exile. The diplomat and statesman, Ivan Bersen-Beklemishev, was executed in 1525 for criticizing Vasili's policies. Maximus the Greek (publicist), Vassian Patrikeyev (statesman) and others were sentenced for the same reason in 1525 and 1531. During the reign of Vasili III, the landownership of the gentry increased, while authorities actively tried to limit immunities and privileges of boyars and the nobility. life[edit] Church of Ascension was built by Vasili III to commemorate the birth of his heir. 1526 when he was 47 years old, Vasili had been married to Solomonia Saburova for over 20 years with no heir to his throne being produced. Conscious of her husband's disappointment, Solomonia tried to remedy this by consulting sorcerers and going on pilgrimages. When this proved unsuccessful, Vasili consulted the boyars, announcing that he did not trust his two brothers to handle Russia's affairs. boyars suggested that he take a new wife, and despite much opposition from the clergy, he divorced his barren wife and married Princess Elena Glinskaya, the daughter of a Serbian princess and niece of his friend Michael Glinski. many of the boyars approved of his choice, as Elena was of Catholic upbringing. Vasili was so smitten that he defied Russian social norms and trimmed his beard to appear younger. After three days of matrimonial festivity, the couple consummated their marriage, though initially it appeared that Elena was as sterile as Solomonia. Russian populace began to suspect this was a sign of God's disapproval of the marriage. However, to the great joy of Vasili and the populace, the new tsaritsa gave birth to a son, who would succeed him as Ivan IV. Three years later, a second son, Yuri, was born.[1] to a story, Solomonia Saburova also bore a son in the convent where she had been confined, just several months after the controversial divorce. out hunting on horseback near Volokolamsk, Vasili felt a great pain in his right hip, the result of an abscess. He was transported to the village of Kolp, where he was visited by two German doctors who were unable to stop the infection with conventional remedies. that his time was short, Vasili requested to be returned to Moscow, where he was kept in the Saint Joseph Cathedral along the way. By 25 November 1533, Vasili reached Moscow and asked to be made a monk before dying. Taking on the name Varlaam, Vasili died at midnight, 4 December 1533.[1] Icon of the Mother of God of Rzhevsk, Commemorated on July 11 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Suprasl, Commemorated July 28 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Voroninsk, Commemorated on July 28; Blessed Basil of Moscow the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on August 2; St Macarius of Oredezhsk, Commemorated on August 9 ; Blessed Laurence the Fool-For-Christ at Kaluga, Commemorated August 10 ; St Macarius the Roman, Commemorated on August 15; Venerable Arsenius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on August 24; Icon of the Mother of God "Virgin of Tenderness" of the Pskov Caves, Commemorated August 26 ; Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Svir, Commemorated on August 30; Icon of the Mother of God Ã¢Â€ÂœTendernessÃ¢Â€ÂÂÂÂ of the Pskov Caves, Commemorated on October 7 ; Righteous Child Artemius of Verkola, Commemorated on October 20; Translation of the relics of Blessed James of Borovichi the Wonderworker of Novgorod, Commemorated on October 23; Uncovering of the relics of St Andrew the Prince of Smolensk, Commemorated on October 27; Finding of the relics of the Venerable Cyril the Abbot of Novoezersk, Vologda, Commemorated on November 7; Blessed John Ã¢Â€Âœthe HairyÃ¢Â€ÂÂÂÂ and Fool-For-Christ at Rostov, Commemorated on November 12; St Philip the Abbot of Irap Near Novgorod, Commemorated on November 14 ; St Sergius of Malopinega, Commemorated on November 16; Finding of the relics of Monkmartyr Adrian of Poshekhonsk, Yaroslavl, Commemorated on November 19; Venerable Simon the Abbot of Soiga Monastery, Vologda, Commemorated on November 24; Venerable Anthony the Abbot of Siya, Novgorod, Commemorated on December 7; Venerable Nilus of Stolbensk Lake, Commemorated on December 7; Venerable Therapon the Abbot of Monza, Commemorated on December 12 ; Venerable Tryphon the Abbot of Pechenga (Kolsk), Commemorated on December 15; St Sophia, Commemorated on December 16; St Pachomius of Keno Lake, Commemorated on January 7; Hieromartyr Philip the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on January 9; Venerable Michael the Fool-for-Christ of the Klops Monastery, Novgorod, Commemorated on January 11; St Barlaam of Keretsk, Commemorated on January 15; Venerable Athanasius the Abbot of Syandemsk, Vologda, Commemorated on January 18; Venerable Macarius the Deacon of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on January 19; Venerable Macarius the Roman of Novgorod, Commemorated on January 19 ; Venerable Maximus the Greek, Commemorated on January 21; Venerable Gennadius of Kostroma, Commemorated on January 23; Martyr John of Kazan, Commemorated on January 24; Venerable Theodosius the Abbot of Totma, Vologda, Commemorated on January 28; Venerable Cyril the Abbot and Wonderworker of Novoezersk, Novgorod, Commemorated on February 4; Venerable Nicephorus of Vazheozersk, Commemorated on February 9; Venerable Longinus of Koryazhemsk, Vologda, Commemorated on February 10; Beheading of the Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of the Pskov Caves, Commemorated on February 20; Monkmartyr Adrian of Poshekhonye, Yaroslavl, Commemorated on March 5; St Innocent of Komel the Disciple of St Nilus of Sora, Vologda, Commemorated on March 19 ; Venerable Theonas the Archbishop of Thessalonica, Commemorated on April 4; Venerable Zosimas the Abbot of Vorbozomsk, Commemorated on April 4; Venerable Daniel the Abbot of Pereyaslavl-Zalesski, Commemorated on April 7; St Barsanuphius the Bishop of Tver, Commemorated on April 11; Icon of the Mother of God of Murom, Commemorated on April 12; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Svir, Commemorated on April 17; St Gerasimus of Boldino, Commemorated on May 1; Icon of the Mother of God of Zhirovits, Commemorated on May 7 ; Repose of the Venerable Nilus the Abbot of Sora, Commemorated on May 7; Virginmartyr Glyceria of Novgorod, Commemorated on May 13; Venerable Laurence the Abbot of Komel (Vologda), Commemorated on May 16; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœVirgin of TendernessÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ from the Pskov Caves, Commemorated on May 21 ; Meeting of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on May 21 ; Appearance of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on June 26; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Euthymius the Archimandrite of Suzdal, Commemorated on July 4 ;

Russia, Moscow, 1511-1521, Patriarch, Varlaam (Barlaam), Metropolitan of Moscow
Russia, Moscow, 1511-1521, Patriarch, Varlaam, Metropolitan of Moscow; Venerable Maximus the Greek, Commemorated on January 21;

Russia, Moscow, 1514, Return of Smolensk to Russia from Lithuania
Russia, Moscow, 1514, Return of Smolensk to Russia; Appearance of the Smolensk "œDirectress" Icon of the Mother of God brought from Constantinople, Commemorated on July 28;

Russia, Moscow, 1515-1583, St Typhon of Pechenga
Moscow, 1515-1583, St Typhon of Pechenga; Martyr Jonah the Disciple of Tryphon of Pechenga, Commemorated on December 15;

Russia, Moscow, 1521, Invasion of Moscow by Tatars led by Khan Makhmet-Girei
Moscow, 1521, Invasion of Moscow by Tatars led by Khan Makhmet-Girei ; Icon of the Mother of God "Virgin of Tenderness" of the Pskov Caves, Commemorated August 26 ; Finding of the relics of Monkmartyr Adrian of Poshekhonsk, Yaroslavl, Commemorated on November 19; Monkmartyr Adrian of Poshekhonye, Yaroslavl, Commemorated on March 5; Meeting of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on May 21 ;

Russia, Moscow, 1522-1539, Patriarch, Daniel, Metropolitan of Moscow
Russia, Moscow, 1522-1539, Patriarch, Daniel, Metropolitan of Moscow; Venerable Maximus the Greek, Commemorated on January 21;

Russia, Moscow, 1525-1736, Great Abatis Line Folder

1 First Great Line finished 1566

First Great Abatis Line along Oka finished 1566

Great Abatis Line 1525-1531 - Bryansk
Great Abatis Line 1525-1531 - Bryansk;

Great Abatis Line 1525-1531 - Belyov
Great Abatis Line 1525-1531 - Belyov;

Great Abatis Line 1525-1531 - Tula
Great Abatis Line 1525-1531 - Tula;

Great Abatis Line 1525-1531 - Zaraysk
Great Abatis Line 1525-1531 - Zaraysk;

Great Abatis Line 1525-1531 - Kolomna
Great Abatis Line 1525-1531 - Kolomna;

Great Abatis Line 1525-1531 - Ryazan
Great Abatis Line 1525-1531 - Ryazan;

Great Abatis Line 1525-1531 - Serpukhov
Great Abatis Line 1525-1531 - Serpukhov;

Great Abatis Line 1525-1531 - Meshchera
Meshchera (Meshchera Lowlands); Great Abatis Line 1525-1531 - Meshchera;

Great Abatis Line 1525-1531 - Nizhny Novgorod
Great Abatis Line 1525-1531 - Nizhny Novgorod;

Great Abatis Line 1525-1531 - Kozelsk
Great Abatis Line 1525-1531 - Kozelsk;

2 Second Great Line finished 1640

Second Great Abatis Line Finished 1640

Great Abatis Line 1640 - Alatyr
Great Abatis Line 1640 - Alatyr;

Great Abatis Line 1640 - Oryol
Great Abatis Line 1640 - Oryol;

Great Abatis Line 1640 - Novhorod-Siverskyi
Great Abatis Line 1640 - Novhorod-Siverskyi;

Great Abatis Line 1640 - Putyvl
Great Abatis Line 1640 - Putyvl;

3 Third Great Line finished 1736

Third Great Abatis Line 1736

Great Abatis Line 1736 - Livny
Great Abatis Line 1736 - Livny;

Great Abatis Line 1736 - Kursk
Great Abatis Line 1736 - Kursk;

Great Abatis Line 1736 - Belgorod
Great Abatis Line 1736 - Belgorod;

Great Abatis Line 1736 - Voronezh
Great Abatis Line 1736 - Voronezh;

Great Abatis Line 1736 - Tambov
Great Abatis Line 1736 - Tambov;

Great Abatis Line 1736 - Simbirsk
Great Abatis Line 1736 - Simbirsk;

Great Abatis Line 1736 - Baskirs
Great Abatis Line 1736 - Baskirs;

Great Abatis Line 1736 - Kazan
Great Abatis Line 1736 - Kazan;

Russia, Moscow, 1533-1584, Ivan, Tsar of All Russia, Vasilievich, intelligent, devout, terrible
Moscow, 1533-1584, Tsar Ivan the Terrible, Tsar of All Russia, Vasilievich ; Icon of the Mother of God of Rzhevsk, Commemorated on July 11 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Sviatogorsk, Commemorated on July 17; Blessed Basil of Moscow the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on August 2; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Zosimas of Solovki, Commemorated on August 8; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Maximus of Moscow the Fool-for-Christ, Commemorated on August 13; Icon of the Mother of God of Narva, Commemorated August 14 ; St Macarius the Roman, Commemorated on August 15; Venerable Theodoritus the Enlightener of the Lapps, Solovki, Commemorated on August 17; Appearance of the Mother of God to St Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on August 24; Translation of the relics of St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on August 24; Venerable Adrian the Abbot of Ondrusov, Valaam, Commemorated August 26 ; Blessed John "œthe Hairy" and Fool-For-Christ at Rostov, Commemorated on September 3 ; Venerable Jonah the Abbot of Yashezersk, Commemorated on September 22; Icon of the Mother of God "Mirozh", Commemorated September 24 ; St Jonah of Kazan, Commemorated on October 4; Uncovering of the relics of St Gurias the First Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on October 4; Venerable Tryphon the Abbot of Vyatka, Commemorated on October 8; Venerable Job the Abbot of Pochaev, Commemorated on October 10; Icon of the Mother of God "œJerusalem", Commemorated on October 12 ; Venerable Anthony the Abbot of Leokhnov, Novgorod, Commemorated on October 17; Righteous Child Artemius of Verkola, Commemorated on October 20; Translation of the relics of Blessed James of Borovichi the Wonderworker of Novgorod, Commemorated on October 23; Venerable Abramius the Archimandrite of Rostov, Commemorated on October 29; Blessed Simon of Yurievets, Commemorated on November 4; St Herman the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on November 6; Venerable Martyrius the Abbot of Zelenets, Pskov, Commemorated on November 11 ; Blessed John "œthe Hairy" and Fool-For-Christ at Rostov, Commemorated on November 12; St Sergius of Malopinega, Commemorated on November 16; Venerable Simon the Abbot of Soiga Monastery, Vologda, Commemorated on November 24; St Gurias the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on December 5; Venerable Anthony the Abbot of Siya, Novgorod, Commemorated on December 7; Venerable Nilus of Stolbensk Lake, Commemorated on December 7; Venerable Therapon the Abbot of Monza, Commemorated on December 12 ; Martyr Jonah the Disciple of Tryphon of Pechenga, Commemorated on December 15; Venerable Tryphon the Abbot of Pechenga (Kolsk), Commemorated on December 15; Hieromartyr Philip the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on January 9; St Barlaam of Keretsk, Commemorated on January 15; Venerable Anthony of Chernoezero, Commemorated on January 17; Venerable Athanasius the Abbot of Syandemsk, Vologda, Commemorated on January 18; Venerable Macarius the Roman of Novgorod, Commemorated on January 19 ; Venerable Maximus the Greek, Commemorated on January 21; Venerable Macarius of Zhabyn the Wonderworker, Commemorated on January 22; Venerable Gennadius of Kostroma, Commemorated on January 23; Icon of the Mother of God of Sumorin-Totem, Commemorated on January 28; Venerable Theodosius the Abbot of Totma, Vologda, Commemorated on January 28; Venerable Nikita of the Kiev Caves, Far Caves the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on January 31; Martyr Tryphon of Campsada Near Apamea in Syria, Commemorated on February 1; Icon of the Mother of God "œElets-Chernigov", Commemorated on February 5 ; Translation of the relics of the Martyr Michael of Chernigov, Commemorated on February 14; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 17; St Nicholas the Catholicos of Georgia, Commemorated on February 18; Beheading of the Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of the Pskov Caves, Commemorated on February 20; Venerable Polycarp of Briansk, Commemorated on February 23; Blessed Nicholas (Salos) of Pskov the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on February 28; Venerable Martyrius of Zelenets, Pskov, Commemorated on March 1; Monkmartyr Adrian of Poshekhonye, Yaroslavl, Commemorated on March 5; Hieromartyr Philip the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated January 9 ; Venerable Theodosius the Abbot of Totma, Vologda, Commemorated on January 28 ; Translation of the relics of the Martyr Michael of Chernigov, Commemorated February 14 ; Blessed Nicholas (Salos) of Pskov the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on February 28; Icon of the Mother of God of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on March 3; Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, Commemorated on March 4; Icon of the Mother of God of Lubyatov, Commemorated on March 19 ; Martyr Peter of Kazan, Commemorated on March 24; Martyr Stephen of Kazan, Commemorated on March 24; Venerable Theonas the Archbishop of Thessalonica, Commemorated on April 4; Venerable Daniel the Abbot of Pereyaslavl-Zalesski, Commemorated on April 7; St Barsanuphius the Bishop of Tver, Commemorated on April 11; Uncovering of the relics of St Nikita the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on April 30 ; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Ephraim the Abbot of Perekop, Novgorod, Commemorated on May 16; Venerable Laurence the Abbot of Komel (Vologda), Commemorated on May 16 ; Venerable Sergius of Shukhtom, Commemorated on May 19; Icon of the Mother of God "œVirgin of Tenderness" from the Pskov Caves, Commemorated on May 21 ; Finding of the relics of the Venerable Bassian the Monk of Pertomsk, Solovki, Commemorated on June 5; Righteous Artemius of Verkola, Commemorated on June 23 ; Second Translation of the relics of St Herman the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on June 23 ; Appearance of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on June 26; Venerable Serapion of Kozhe Lake, Commemorated on June 27 ; Translation of the relics of Hieromartyr Philip the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on July 3 ;

Russia, Moscow, 1542-1563, Patriarch, Macarius, Metropolitan all Russia
Moscow Patriarch, 1542-1563, Macarius, Metropolitan of all Russia; Martyr Stephen of Kazan, Commemorated on March 24; St Hypatius the Wonderworker and Bishop of Gangra, Commemorated on March 31;

Russia, Moscow, 1539-1542, Patriarch, Joasaphus, Metropolitan of Moscow
Moscow Patriarch, 1539-1542, Joasaphus, Metropolitan of Moscow ; Icon of the Mother of God of Rzhevsk, Commemorated on July 11 ;

Russia, Moscow, 1547, Great Fire of Moscow in 1547
Russia, Moscow, 1547, Great Fire of Moscow in 1547 ; Blessed Basil of Moscow the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on August 2;

Russia, Moscow, 1547-1721, Tsardom of Russia , Fall of Constantinople thru Northern War
Moscow, Tsardom of Russia 1547-1721, Fall of Constantinople thru Great Northern War with Sweden ; Commemoration of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God and the deliverance from the Poles, Commemorated on October 22 ;

Russia, Moscow, 1550-1612, Patriarch Hermogenes of Moscow
Russia, Moscow, 1550-1612, Patriarch Hermogenes of Moscow; Venerable Dionysius the Archimandrite of St Sergius'™ Monastery, Commemorated on May 12;

Russia, Moscow, 1552, Kazan campaign 1552 Tsar Ivan the Terrible
Russo-Kazan Wars; Fall of Kazan 1552; Tsar Ivan the Terrible took the icon of the Appearance of the Mother of God on his Kazan campaign (1552). Appearance of the Mother of God to St Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on August 24; Venerable Abramius the Archimandrite of Rostov, Commemorated on October 29; Hieromartyr Philip the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on January 9 ; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 17; Martyr Peter of Kazan, Commemorated on March 24; Martyr Stephen of Kazan, Commemorated on March 24; Venerable Sergius of Shukhtom, Commemorated on May 19; Meeting of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on May 21 ; Venerable Serapion of Kozhe Lake, Commemorated on June 27 ;

Russia, Moscow, 1567, Miraculous Sign of the Mirozh Icon of the Mother of God
Russia, Pskov, 1567, Miraculous Sign of the Mirozh Icon of the Mother of God; Mirozh Icon appeared at the Mirozh monastery in the year 1198. But later, during the reign of Ivan the Terrible, at a time when a plague raged at Pskov, an ancient report tells how tears flowed from both eyes of the icon. Many benefits and healings for man occured from the icon of the Mother of God. Mirozh Icon is an “Orans” (“Praying”) type. On either side of the Most Holy Theotokos stand the Pskov Saints: on the right, the holy Prince Dovmont-Timothy (May 20); on the left, his wife, the holy nun Martha, in the world named Maria Dimitrievna (November 8, 1300). Tsar Ivan Vasilievich took away the wonderworking icon from Pskov, but at the monastery an exact copy remained: the so-called “Great Panagia” from the Savior-Mirozh monastery. September 24, 1567, on the Feast of Saint Abraham at the Mirozh monastery there occurred a miraculous sign from an ancient icon of the Most Holy Theotokos. The celebration of the Mirozh Icon of the Sign was established in that same year, with the blessing of Archbishop Pimen of Novgorod and Pskov. A special service to this icon was composed, and was published in the 1666 MENAION. Mirozh Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on September 24;

Russia, Moscow, 1567-1568, Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Rus
Moscow Patriarch, 1567-1568, Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow; Hieromartyr Philip the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on January 9;

Russia, Moscow, 1558-1590, Russo-Swedish War (1558-1583)
Moscow, 1558-1590, Russo-Swedish War (1558-1583); Martyr Jonah the Disciple of Tryphon of Pechenga, Commemorated on December 15;

Russia, Moscow, 1568-1570, Russo-Turkish War (1568-“70)

Russia, Moscow, 1571, Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God transferred to Moscow's Dormition cathedral
Russia, Crimea, 988, Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God transferred to Korsun and Vladimir the Great; Vladimir the Great; Battle of Bassianae (Byzantine (Gothic, Roman) victory over the Huns) 469; The war ended in 469. Marcellinus Comes shortly recorded "The head of Dinzic, son of Attila, king of the Huns, was brought to Constantinople".[14] The Chronicon Paschale recounts "Dinzirichus, Attila's son, was killed by Anagastes, general in Thrace. His head was brought to Constantinople, carried in procession through the Middle Street, and fixed on a pole at the Wooden Circus. The whole city turned out to look at it".[14] Jordanes recounts events in c. 468: "Now after firm peace was established between Goths and Romans, the Goths found that what they received from the emperor was not sufficient for them. Furthermore, they were eager to display their wonted valor, and so began to plunder the neighboring peoples around them, first attacking the Sadagis[nb 1] who held the interior of Pannonia. When Dintzic, king of the Huns, a son of Attila, learned this, he gathered to him the few who still seemed to have remained under his sway, namely, the Ultzinzures[nb 2] the Angisciri[nb 3] the Bittugures[nb 4] and the Bardores[nb 5] Coming to Bassianae (see Battle of Bassianae), a city of Pannonia, he beleaguered it and began to plunder its territory. When the Goths learned this, they abandoned the expedition they had planned against the Sadagis and turned upon the Huns and drove them so ingloriously from their own land that those who remained have been in dread of the arms of the Goths from that time down to the present day."[22] Dengizich, Atilla's Son; Icon of the Mother of God Ã¢Â€ÂœJerusalemÃ¢Â€ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on October 12;

Russia, Moscow, 1581-1582, Siege of Pskov Caves (Livonian War 1581-1582)
Moscow, 1581-1582, Siege of Pskov Caves (Livonian War 1581-1582); Icon of the Mother of God of Pskov "œthe Protection", Commemorated on October 1; St John the Hermit of Pskov, Commemorated on October 24; Blessed Nicholas (Salos) of Pskov the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on February 28; Icon of the Mother of God of "œTenderness", Commemorated on May 21 ; Icon of the Mother of God "œVirgin of Tenderness" from the Pskov Caves, Commemorated on May 21 ; Icon of the Mother of God "œTenderness" of the Pskov Caves, Commemorated on June 23 ;

Russia, Moscow, 1584-1598, Tsar Feodor I, Theodore, pious, retiring, R ruled by Boris G, wife's b, death then TofT
Moscow, 1584-1598, Tsar Feodor I of Russia, Theodore Ioannovich ; I Ivanovich (Russian: ÃÂÂ¤Ñ‘ÃÂÂ´ÃÂÂ¾Ñ€ I ÃÂÂ˜ÃÂÂ²ÃÂÂ°ÃÂÂ½ÃÂÂ¾ÃÂÂ²ÃÂÂ¸Ñ‡) or Feodor I Ioannovich (Russian: ÃÂÂ¤ÃÂÂµÃÂÂ¾ÃÂÂ´ÃÂÂ¾Ñ€ I ÃÂÂ˜ÃÂÂ¾ÃÂÂ°ÃÂÂ½ÃÂÂ½ÃÂÂ¾ÃÂÂ²ÃÂÂ¸Ñ‡; 31 May 1557 – 16 January (NS) 1598), also known as Feodor the Bellringer (Russian: ÃÂÂ¤ÃÂÂµÃÂÂ¾ÃÂÂ´ÃÂÂ¾Ñ€ ÃÂÂ—ÃÂÂ²ÃÂÂ¾ÃÂÂ½ÃÂÂ°Ñ€ÑŒ), was the last Rurikid Tsar of Russia (1584–1598). Feodor's mother died when he was three, and he grew up in the shadow of his father, Ivan the Terrible. A pious man of retiring disposition, Feodor took little interest in ,politics, and the country was effectively administered in his name by Boris Godunov, the brother of his beloved wife Irina. His childless death left the Rurikid dynasty extinct, and spurred Russia's descent into the catastrophic Time of Troubles. In Russian documents, Feodor is sometimes called blessed (Russian: ÃÂÂ‘ÃÂÂ»ÃÂÂ°ÃÂÂ¶ÃÂÂµÃÂÂ½ÃÂÂ½Ñ‹ÃÂÂ¹). He is also listed in the "Great Synaxaristes" of the Orthodox Church, with his feast day on January 7 (OS).[1] Intercession of the Ã¢Â€ÂœDonÃ¢Â€ÂÂÂÂ Icon of the Mother of God against the Tatars Attack, Commemorated on August 19; Venerable Bassian of Tikhsnen, Vologda, Commemorated September 12 ; St Jonah of Kazan, Commemorated on October 4; Uncovering of the relics of St Gurias the First Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on October 4; Venerable Job the Abbot of Pochaev, Commemorated on October 10; Venerable Anthony the Abbot of Leokhnov, Novgorod, Commemorated on October 17; St John the Hermit of Pskov; Commemorated on October 24; Repose of the Venerable Job, Abbot and Wonderworker of Pochaev, Commemorated on October 28; Venerable Martyrius the Abbot of Zelenets, Pskov, Commemorated on November 11 ; Venerable Therapon the Abbot of Monza, Commemorated on December 12 ; Martyr Jonah the Disciple of Tryphon of Pechenga, Commemorated on December 15; St Sophia, Commemorated on December 16; St Barlaam of Keretsk, Commemorated on January 15; Venerable Macarius of Zhabyn the Wonderworker, Commemorated on January 22; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 17; St Nicholas the Catholicos of Georgia, Commemorated on February 18; Venerable Polycarp of Briansk, Commemorated on February 23; Venerable Martyrius of Zelenets, Pskov, Commemorated on March 1; Icon of the Mother of God of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on March 3; Monkmartyr Euphrosynus of Blue Jay Lake, Novgorod, Commemorated on March 20; Venerable Theonas the Archbishop of Thessalonica, Commemorated on April 4; Icon of the Mother of God of Belynich, Commemorated on April 12; Venerable Sergius of Shukhtom, Commemorated on May 19; Venerable Onuphrius the Abbot of Malsk, Pskov, Commemorated on June 12 ; Venerable Serapion of Kozhe Lake, Commemorated on June 27 ; Blessed John of Moscow the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on July 3; Translation of the relics of Hieromartyr Philip the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on July 3 ; Appearance of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on July 8;

Russia, Moscow, 1589-1605, Patriarch, Job of Moscow
Moscow Patriarch, 1589-1605, Job of Moscow ; St Nicholas the Catholicos of Georgia, Commemorated on February 18; Venerable Job the Abbot of Pochaev, Commemorated on October 10; Translation of the relics of St Job the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on April 5 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Molcha, Commemorated on April 24; Icon of the Mother of God of Putivil, Commemorated on May 2; Venerable Sergius of Shukhtom, Commemorated on May 19; Venerable Serapion of Kozhe Lake, Commemorated on June 27 ; Translation of the relics of Hieromartyr Philip the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on July 3 ;

Russia, Moscow, 1591, Crown Prince, Dimitri of Uglich or Saint Dimitri of Moscow, age 8
Moscow Crown Prince, 1591, Dimitri of Uglich or Saint Dimitri of Moscow, age 8; Translation of the relics of slain Crown Prince Demetrius of Moscow, Commemorated on June 3;

Russia, Moscow, 1596, Union of Brest, Rome and Kiev, Roman Catholic
Poland, 1596, Union of Brest, Rome and Kiev; Repose of the Venerable Job, Abbot and Wonderworker of Pochaev, Commemorated on October 28;

Russia, Moscow, 1598-1613, Interregnum, between Rurik Romanov dynasties
Moscow, 1598-1613, Interregnum, between Rurik Romanov dynasties ; St Hypatius of Gangra, Commemorated November 16 ; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 17; Venerable Polycarp of Briansk, Commemorated on February 23; Monkmartyr Euphrosynus of Blue Jay Lake, Novgorod, Commemorated on March 20; Translation of the relics of St Job the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on April 5 ; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on May 12; Venerable Sergius of Shukhtom, Commemorated on May 19; Finding of the relics of St Basil the Bishop of Ryazan, Commemorated on June 10; Blessed John of Moscow the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on July 3;

Russia, Moscow, 1598-1605, Tsar Boris Godunov
Moscow, 1598-1605, Tsar Boris Godunov ; Translation of the relics of Righteous Simeon of Verkhoturye, Commemorated on September 12; Venerable Bassian of Tikhsnen, Vologda, Commemorated September 12 ; St Jonah of Kazan, Commemorated on October 4; Uncovering of the relics of St Gurias the First Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on October 4; Venerable Job the Abbot of Pochaev, Commemorated on October 10; Venerable Anthony the Abbot of Leokhnov, Novgorod, Commemorated on October 17; Repose of the Venerable Job, Abbot and Wonderworker of Pochaev, Commemorated on October 28; Venerable Martyrius the Abbot of Zelenets, Pskov, Commemorated on November 11 ; Blessed Procopius of Vyatka the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on December 21; Venerable Irenarchus the Recluse of Rostov, Commemorated on January 13; Venerable Anthony of Chernoezero, Commemorated on January 17; Venerable Macarius of Zhabyn the Wonderworker, Commemorated on January 22; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 17; Venerable Polycarp of Briansk, Commemorated on February 23; Venerable Martyrius of Zelenets, Pskov, Commemorated on March 1; Monkmartyr Euphrosynus of Blue Jay Lake, Novgorod, Commemorated on March 20; Righteous Basil of Mangazea in Siberia, Commemorated on March 23; Translation of the relics of St Job the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on April 5 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Molcha, Commemorated on April 24; Venerable Sergius of Shukhtom, Commemorated on May 19; Translation of the relics of slain Crown Prince Demetrius of Moscow, Commemorated on June 3; Finding of the relics of St Basil the Bishop of Ryazan, Commemorated on June 10; Blessed John of Moscow the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on July 3; Venerable Nicodemus the Abbot of Kozhe Lake, Commemorated on July 3;

Russia, Moscow, 1600-1699, 17th Century Folder, Protestant TimeOfTroubles,Turk&Chinese Mslm Wars

Russia, Moscow, 1605-18, Swede Pole-Moscow War, TOT Civil Wars, famine, boyar false Dimitris, Pole Tzar
Moscow, 1605-1618, Swedisn Polish-“Muscovite War (1605-“18) ; Moscow Tsar, 1610-1613, Wladyslaw IV Vasa, Polish King; Repose of the Holy Right-believing Princess Anna of Kashin, Commemorated on October 2; Venerable Job the Abbot of Pochaev, Commemorated on October 10; Venerable Anthony the Abbot of Leokhnov, Novgorod, Commemorated on October 17; Commemoration of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God and the deliverance from the Poles, Commemorated on October 22; Repose of the Venerable Job, Abbot and Wonderworker of Pochaev, Commemorated on October 28; Blessed Procopius of Vyatka the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on December 21; Righteous Juliana of Lazarevo, Murom, Commemorated on January 2; Venerable Eleazar of Anzersk Island, Solovki, Commemorated on January 13; Venerable Irenarchus the Recluse of Rostov, Commemorated on January 13; Blessed Maximus the Fool-for-Christ of Totma, Vologda, Commemorated on January 16; Venerable Anthony of Chernoezero, Commemorated on January 17; Venerable Macarius of Zhabyn the Wonderworker, Commemorated on January 22; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 17;

Russia, Moscow, 1605-1606, Tsar, False Dmitriy I, true Dmitriy suicide or killed
Moscow Tsar, 1605-1606, False Dmitriy I ; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 17; Venerable Polycarp of Briansk, Commemorated on February 23; Monkmartyr Euphrosynus of Blue Jay Lake, Novgorod, Commemorated on March 20; Righteous Basil of Mangazea in Siberia, Commemorated on March 23; Icon of the Mother of God of Molcha, Commemorated on April 24; Translation of the relics of slain Crown Prince Demetrius of Moscow, Commemorated on June 3 ;

Russia, Moscow, 1606-1610, Tsar Vasili IV of All Russia, Basil Shuisky, TiOfTroubles, died in Warsaw prison
Moscow Tsar, 1606-1610, Vasili IV of All Russia, Basil Shuisky; Icon of the Mother of God of Konevits, Commemorated on July 10 ; Translation of the relics of Righteous Simeon of Verkhoturye, Commemorated on September 12; Venerable Bassian of Tikhsnen, Vologda, Commemorated September 12 ; Venerable Job the Abbot of Pochaev, Commemorated on October 10; Venerable Anthony the Abbot of Leokhnov, Novgorod, Commemorated on October 17; Commemoration of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God and the deliverance from the Poles, Commemorated on October 22; Repose of the Venerable Job, Abbot and Wonderworker of Pochaev, Commemorated on October 28; Blessed Procopius of Vyatka the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on December 21; Venerable Eleazar of Anzersk Island, Solovki, Commemorated on January 13; Venerable Irenarchus the Recluse of Rostov, Commemorated on January 13; Venerable Anthony of Chernoezero, Commemorated on January 17; Venerable Macarius of Zhabyn the Wonderworker, Commemorated on January 22; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 17; Venerable Polycarp of Briansk, Commemorated on February 23; Monkmartyr Euphrosynus of Blue Jay Lake, Novgorod, Commemorated on March 20; Righteous Basil of Mangazea in Siberia, Commemorated on March 23; Translation of the relics of St Job the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on April 5 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Zhirovits, Commemorated on May 7 ; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on May 12; Venerable Sergius of Shukhtom, Commemorated on May 19; Translation of the relics of slain Crown Prince Demetrius of Moscow, Commemorated on June 3 ; Blessed John of Moscow the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on July 3;

Russia, Moscow, 1606-1612, Patriarch Hermogenes of Moscow
Russia, Moscow, 1606-1612, Patriarch Hermogenes of Moscow; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 17;

Russia, Moscow, 1607-1610, Tsar, False Dmitriy II, Rebel of Tushino
Moscow Tsar, 1607-1610, False Dmitriy II, Rebel of Tushino; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 17; Venerable Polycarp of Briansk, Commemorated on February 23; Monkmartyr Euphrosynus of Blue Jay Lake, Novgorod, Commemorated on March 20; Righteous Basil of Mangazea in Siberia, Commemorated on March 23; Translation of the relics of slain Crown Prince Demetrius of Moscow, Commemorated on June 3 ;

Russia, Moscow, 1610-1613, Tsar, Wladyslaw IV Vasa, Polish or Lithuanian King
Moscow Tsar, 1610-1613, Wladyslaw IV Vasa, Polish King; Repose of the Holy Right-believing Princess Anna of Kashin, Commemorated on October 2; Venerable Job the Abbot of Pochaev, Commemorated on October 10; Venerable Anthony the Abbot of Leokhnov, Novgorod, Commemorated on October 17; Commemoration of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God and the deliverance from the Poles, Commemorated on October 22; Repose of the Venerable Job, Abbot and Wonderworker of Pochaev, Commemorated on October 28; Blessed Procopius of Vyatka the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on December 21; Righteous Juliana of Lazarevo, Murom, Commemorated on January 2; Venerable Eleazar of Anzersk Island, Solovki, Commemorated on January 13; Venerable Irenarchus the Recluse of Rostov, Commemorated on January 13; Blessed Maximus the Fool-for-Christ of Totma, Vologda, Commemorated on January 16; Venerable Anthony of Chernoezero, Commemorated on January 17; Venerable Macarius of Zhabyn the Wonderworker, Commemorated on January 22; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 17; Venerable Polycarp of Briansk, Commemorated on February 23; Monkmartyr Euphrosynus of Blue Jay Lake, Novgorod, Commemorated on March 20; Righteous Basil of Mangazea in Siberia, Commemorated on March 23; Translation of the relics of St Job the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on April 5 ; Translation of the relics of slain Crown Prince Demetrius of Moscow, Commemorated on June 3 ;

Russia, Moscow, 1611-1612, Tsar, False Dmitriy III, Thief of Pskov
Moscow Tsar, 1611-1612, False Dmitriy III, Thief of Pskov; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 17; Venerable Polycarp of Briansk, Commemorated on February 23; Monkmartyr Euphrosynus of Blue Jay Lake, Novgorod, Commemorated on March 20; Righteous Basil of Mangazea in Siberia, Commemorated on March 23; Translation of the relics of slain Crown Prince Demetrius of Moscow, Commemorated on June 3 ;

Russia, Moscow, 1611-1612, Prince, Dmitry Pozharsky, Savior of the Motherland
Moscow Prince, 1611-1612, Dmitry Pozharsky, Savior of the Motherland; Translation of the relics of Righteous Simeon of Verkhoturye, Commemorated on September 12; Venerable Bassian of Tikhsnen, Vologda, Commemorated September 12 ; Repose of the Holy Right-believing Princess Anna of Kashin, Commemorated on October 2; Commemoration of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God and the deliverance from the Poles, Commemorated on October 22; Repose of the Venerable Job, Abbot and Wonderworker of Pochaev, Commemorated on October 28; Blessed Procopius of Vyatka the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on December 21; Venerable Eleazar of Anzersk Island, Solovki, Commemorated on January 13; Venerable Irenarchus the Recluse of Rostov, Commemorated on January 13; Blessed Maximus the Fool-for-Christ of Totma, Vologda, Commemorated on January 16; Venerable Anthony of Chernoezero, Commemorated on January 17; Venerable Macarius of Zhabyn the Wonderworker, Commemorated on January 22; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 17; Venerable Polycarp of Briansk, Commemorated on February 23; Monkmartyr Euphrosynus of Blue Jay Lake, Novgorod, Commemorated on March 20; Monkmartyr Euphrosynus of Blue Jay Lake, Novgorod, Commemorated on March 20; Righteous Basil of Mangazea in Siberia, Commemorated on March 23; Translation of the relics of St Job the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on April 5 ; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on May 12; Translation of the relics of slain Crown Prince Demetrius of Moscow, Commemorated on June 3 ; Blessed John of Moscow the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on July 3;

Russia, Moscow, 1611, Seige of Kashin, Pere by Polish, Lithuanian and Swedish
Moscow, 1611, Seige of Kashin, Pere by Polish, Lithuanian and Swedish ; Polish-Lithuanian incursion in 1612; Icon of the Mother of God "Kursk-Root", Commemorated on September 8; Repose of the Holy Right-believing Princess Anna of Kashin, Commemorated on October 2; Venerable Job the Abbot of Pochaev, Commemorated on October 10; Commemoration of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God and the deliverance from the Poles, Commemorated on October 22; Icon of the Mother of God "œKursk-Root", Commemorated on November 27 ; Venerable Irenarchus the Recluse of Rostov, Commemorated on January 13; Venerable Macarius of Zhabyn the Wonderworker, Commemorated on January 22; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 17; Monkmartyr Euphrosynus of Blue Jay Lake, Novgorod, Commemorated on March 20 ; Blessed John of Moscow the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on July 3;

Russia, Moscow, 1612, Swede-Polish-Lith incursion, Moscow Kremlin, R victory, unpaid Polish wages
Polish-Lithuanian incursion in 1612; Icon of the Mother of God œof the Sign, the œKursk-RootÂ, Commemorated on September 8; Repose of the Holy Right-believing Princess Anna of Kashin, Commemorated on October 2; Venerable Job the Abbot of Pochaev, Commemorated on October 10; Commemoration of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God and the deliverance from the Poles, Commemorated on October 22; Icon of the Mother of God "œKursk-Root", Commemorated on November 27 ; Venerable Irenarchus the Recluse of Rostov, Commemorated on January 13; Venerable Macarius of Zhabyn the Wonderworker, Commemorated on January 22; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 17; Monkmartyr Euphrosynus of Blue Jay Lake, Novgorod, Commemorated on March 20 ; Blessed John of Moscow the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on July 3;

Russia, Moscow, 1612, Polish Incursion of 1612 (Moscow Kremlin)
Polish Incursion of 1612 (Moscow Kremlin); Repose of the Holy Right-believing Princess Anna of Kashin, Commemorated on October 2; Commemoration of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God and the deliverance from the Poles, Commemorated on October 22 ; Commemoration of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God and the deliverance from the Poles, Commemorated on October 22; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 17 ; Venerable Macarius of Zhabyn the Wonderworker, Commemorated on January 22; Blessed John of Moscow the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on July 3;

Russia, Moscow, 1612, Kazan Icon, Deliverance from the Poles
Russia, Moscow, 1612, Kazan Icon, Deliverance from the Poles Polish Incursion of 1612 (Moscow Kremlin); Repose of the Holy Right-believing Princess Anna of Kashin, Commemorated on October 2; Commemoration of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God and the deliverance from the Poles, Commemorated on October 22 ; Commemoration of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God and the deliverance from the Poles, Commemorated on October 22; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 17 ; Venerable Macarius of Zhabyn the Wonderworker, Commemorated on January 22; Blessed John of Moscow the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on July 3;

Russia, Moscow, 1612, Militia of Minin (Cleared Moscow Kremlin of Polish Forces)
Russia, Vladimir, Nizhni Novogorod, 1612, Militia of Minin (Cleared Moscow Kremlin of Polish Forces); Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5;

Russia, Moscow, 1612, Tribe of Judah Seal Date, Polish Incursion, Romanov's
August 13, 1612 OS: Judah's Seal Date, Polish Incursion, Romanov's ; Polish Incursion of 1612 (Moscow Kremlin); Moscow Romanov Dynasty, 1613-1917 ; Moscow Tsar, 1613-1645, Michael I of Russia ;

Russia, Moscow, 1613-1917, Romanov Dynasty, Polish Incursion to Communism
Moscow, 1613-1917, Romanov Dynasty, Polish Incursion to Communism ; St Hypatius of Gangra, Commemorated November 16 ; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on May 12; Blessed John of Moscow the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on July 3;

Russia, Moscow, 1613-1645, Tsar Michael I, Feodorovich, first Romanov, with Cossacks, c siberia to Pacific
Moscow, 1613-1645, Tsar Michael I of Russia ; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Lord at Moscow, Commemorated on July 10; Venerable Simon the Abbot of Volomsk, Commemorated on July 12; Venerable Irenarchus the Abbot of Solovki, Commemorated on July 17; Icon of the Mother of God of Igritsa, Commemorated July 28 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Seven Lakes, Commemorated on July 28; Icon of the Mother of God of Yuga, Commemorated on July 28; Venerable Job of Ushchelsk, Commemorated August 5; Icon of the Mother of God "œof the Passion", Commemorated on August 13; Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on August 16; Martyr Athanasius the Abbot of Brest, Commemorated on September 5; Martyr Macarius the Archimandrite of Kanev and Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on September 7 ; Translation of the relics of Righteous Simeon of Verkhoturye, Commemorated on September 12; Conception of the Honorable Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John, Commemorated on September 23 ; Venerable Job the Abbot of Pochaev, Commemorated on October 10; Icon of the Mother of God of Yaroslav-Smolensk, Commemorated on October 12; Icon of the Mother of God of the Seven Lakes, Commemorated on October 13; Commemoration of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God and the deliverance from the Poles, Commemorated on October 22; Repose of the Venerable Job, Abbot and Wonderworker of Pochaev, Commemorated on October 28; Finding of the relics of Monkmartyr Adrian of Poshekhonsk, Yaroslavl, Commemorated on November 19; Venerable Diodorus the Abbot of Yuregorsk, Commemorated on November 20 ; Righteous Simeon the Wonderworker of Verkhoturye, Commemorated on December 18; Blessed Procopius of Vyatka the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on December 21; Venerable Eleazar of Anzersk Island, Solovki, Commemorated on January 13; Venerable Irenarchus the Recluse of Rostov, Commemorated on January 13; Blessed Maximus the Fool-for-Christ of Totma, Vologda, Commemorated on January 16; Venerable Anthony of Chernoezero, Commemorated on January 17; Venerable Macarius of Zhabyn the Wonderworker, Commemorated on January 22; Translation to Moscow of the Icon of the Mother of God "œAssuage my sorrow", Commemorated on January 25; Venerable Polycarp of Briansk, Commemorated on February 23; Monkmartyr Euphrosynus of Blue Jay Lake, Novgorod, Commemorated on March 20; Righteous Basil of Mangazea in Siberia, Commemorated on March 23; Translation of the relics of St Job the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on April 5 ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Svir, Commemorated on April 17 ; Icon of the Mother of God "œof the Passion", Commemorated on April 30; St Athanasius of Lubensk the Patriarch of Constantinople, Commemorated on May 2; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on May 12; Venerable Dionysius the Archimandrite of St Sergius'™ Monastery, Commemorated on May 12; Translation of the relics of St Gurias the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on June 20; Blessed John of Moscow the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on July 3; Venerable Nicodemus the Abbot of Kozhe Lake, Commemorated on July 3;

Russia, Moscow, 1615, Lisovski Raiders, Pole-Lith light cavalry, looted large Vologda area
Moscow, 1615, Lisovski Riders, Polish; Venerable Macarius of Zhabyn the Wonderworker Commemorated on January 22 ;

Russia, Moscow, 1617, Treaty of Stolbovo between Russia and Sweden
Stolbovo (Treaty of Stolbovo) which ended Russia's war with Sweden. Stolbovo is south of Lake Ladgoda and 33 Miles from Tikhvin. Appearance of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on June 26;

Russia, Moscow, 1619-1633, Patriarch, Patriarch Philaret of Moscow
Moscow Patriarch, 1619-1633, Patriarch Philaret of Moscow; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Lord at Moscow, Commemorated on July 10; Venerable Leonid of Ustnedumsk, Commemorated on July 17 ; Finding of the relics of Monkmartyr Adrian of Poshekhonsk, Yaroslavl, Commemorated on November 19;

Russia, Moscow, 1625, Finding Incorrupt Relics Adrian of Poshekhonye
Poshekhonye; Finding of the relics of Monastic Martyr Adrian of Poshekhonsk, Yaroslavl, Commemorated on November 19; Venerable Simon the Abbot of Soiga Monastery, Vologda, Commemorated November 24 ; Venerable Sebastian the Abbot of Pshekhonye Monastery, Vologda, Commemorated on December 18 ; Venerable Sebastian of Poshekhonye, Commemorated February 26 ; Monkmartyr Adrian of Poshekhonye, Yaroslavl, Commemorated on March 5; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19;

Russia, Moscow, 1632-1634, Polish-Muscovite War, the Smolensk War, P and Lith defend R attack
Polish-Muscovite War (1632-1634), the Smolensk War; Martyr Macarius the Archimandrite of Kanev and Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on September 7 ; Martyr Michael the Prince of Tver, Commemorated on November 22; Venerable Dionysius the Archimandrite of St SergiusÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Â™ Monastery, Commemorated on May 12;

Russia, Moscow, 1634-1640, Patriarch Joasaphus I of Moscow
Moscow, 1634-1640, Patriarch Joasaphus I of Moscow; Blessed Simon of Yurievets, Commemorated on November 4;

Russia, Moscow, 1645-1676, Alexei Mikhailovich, Tsar of All R, Expansion, Western Ideas
Moscow, 1645-1676, Alexei Mikhailovich, Tsar of All Russia ; Mikhailovich (Russian: , IPA: ; 29 March [O.S. 19 March] 1629 -“ 8 February [O.S. 29 January] 1676) was the Tsar of Russia from 1645 until his death in 1676.[2] His reign saw wars with Poland and Sweden, schism in the Russian Orthodox Church, and the major Cossack revolt of Stenka Razin.[2] Nevertheless, at the time of his death Russia spanned almost 2,000,000,000 acres (8,100,000 km2). Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Athanasius the Abbot of Brest-Litovsk, Commemorated on July 20 ; Repose of the Venerable Cornelius of Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on July 22 ; Commemoration of the Miraculous Appearance of the Mother of God at Pochaev, which saved the Monastery from the assault of the Tatars and Turks, Commemorated on July 23; Icon of the Mother of God of Kostroma, Commemorated July 28 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Seven Lakes, Commemorated on July 28; Child Schemamonk Bogolep, Commemorated on July 29; St Philip of Sukhona, Commemorated on August 17; Appearance of the Mother of God to St Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on August 24; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Job, Abbot and Wonderworker of Pochaev, Commemorated August 28 ; St Gabriel I the Patriarch, Commemorated on August 30; Uncovering of the relics of St Daniel the Prince of Moscow, Commemorated on August 30; Martyr Athanasius the Abbot of Brest, Commemorated on September 5; Icon of the Mother of God of Kiev-Bratsk, Commemorated on September 6; Martyr Macarius the Archimandrite of Kanev and Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on September 7 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Glinsk, Commemorated on September 8; Icon of the Mother of God of Isaakov, Commemorated September 8 ; Terebovlya Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God, Commemorated on October 1; Venerable Job the Abbot of Pochaev, Commemorated on October 10; Icon of the Mother of God of the Seven Lakes, Commemorated on October 13; Translation of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God to Moscow, Commemorated on October 13; Translation of the relics of Blessed James of Borovichi the Wonderworker of Novgorod, Commemorated on October 23; St Demetrius of Basarabov, Commemorated on October 27; Ozerianka Icon of God of Shuiu-Smolensk, Commemorated on November 2; Venerable Nilus the Myrrhgusher of Mt Athos, Commemorated on November 12 ; St Metrophanes (in schema Macarius) the Bishop of Voronezh, Commemorated on November 23; Icon of the Mother of God of Tsarskoe Selo, Commemorated on November 27 ; St Hilarion, Metropolitan of Suzdal and Yuriev, Commemorated on December 14 ; Venerable Eleazar of Anzersk Island, Solovki, Commemorated on January 13; Venerable Irenarchus the Recluse of Rostov, Commemorated on January 13; Blessed Maximus the Fool-for-Christ of Totma, Vologda, Commemorated on January 16; Venerable Anthony of Chernoezero, Commemorated on January 17; Opening of the Relics of the Venerable Sava of Storozhev, or Zvenigorod, Commemorated on January 19; Translation of the relics of St Theoctistus the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on January 23 ; Repose of St Theodosius of Chernigov, Commemorated on February 5; Icon of the Mother of God "œThe Word was made Flesh"; Commemorated on March 9; Righteous Basil of Mangazea in Siberia, Commemorated on March 23; Venerable John, Bishop of Manglisi, Commemorated on March 28; Appearance of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on March 31; Translation of the relics of St Job the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on April 5 ; Translation of the relics of St Job the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on April 5 ; Icon of the Mother of God Weeping "œIlyin Chernigov", Commemorated on April 16; Icon of the Mother of God "œof the Passion", Commemorated on April 30; ; Icon of the Mother of God "œStaro Rus" Old Russian, Commemorated on May 4; St Joseph the Metropolitan of Astrakhan, Commemorated on May 11; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Nilus of Stolbensk, Commemorated on May 27 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Kiev-Bratsk, Commemorated on June 2; St (John) Tornike of Mt Athos, Commemorated on June 12; Repose of St Job the Patriarch of Moscow, and All Russia, Commemorated on June 19; Translation of the relics of Hieromartyr Philip the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on July 3 ;

Russia, Moscow, 1652-1695, Russia China War of the Amur Region
Moscow, Russia China War of the Amur Region (1652-1695) ; Icon of the Mother of God "œThe Word was made Flesh", Commemorated on March 9;

Russia, Moscow, 1652-1658, Patriarch, Nikon Metropolitan of Moscow (and Novgorod)
Moscow Patriarch, 1652-1658, Nikon Metropolitan of Moscow (and Novgorod); Icon of the Mother of God of Kiev-Bratsk, Commemorated on September 6; Translation of the Icon of the Mother of God in Triumph to Russia, Commemorated on September 18 ; Translation of the relics of Blessed James of Borovichi the Wonderworker of Novgorod, Commemorated on October 23; St Hilarion, Metropolitan of Suzdal and Yuriev, Commemorated on December 14 ; Venerable Eleazar of Anzersk Island, Solovki, Commemorated on January 13; Translation of the relics of St Job the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on April 5; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœStaro RusÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ Old Russian, Commemorated on May 4; Repose of St Job the Patriarch of Moscow, and All Russia, Commemorated on June 19; Translation of the relics of Hieromartyr Philip the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on July 3 ;

Russia, Moscow, 1653, Polish invasion of Liubech, Cherginov
Lubech; The Deluge (Polish history) ; Martyr Macarius the Archimandrite of Kanev and Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on September 7 ; Repose of St Theodosius of Chernigov, Commemorated on February 5 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Lubech, Commemorated on May 7 ;

Russia, Moscow, 1654-1667, Russian-Polish War, for Ukraine, Swede Deluge, First N War, R gains in U
Russian-Polish War, 1654-1667, War for the Ukraine ; Icon of the Mother of God of Kiev-Bratsk, Commemorated on September 6; Ozerianka Icon of God of Shuiu-Smolensk, Commemorated on November 2; Repose of St Theodosius of Chernigov, Commemorated on February 5; Icon of the Mother of God of Kiev-Bratsk, Commemorated on June 2;

Moscow Patriarch, 1658-1666 Vacant, 1667-1672, Joasaphus II
Moscow Patriarch, 1658-1666 Vacant, 1667-1672, Joasaphus II ; Icon of the Mother of God of Kiev-Bratsk, Commemorated on September 6; Blessed Andrew of Totma the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on October 10;

Russia, Moscow, 1662, Moslem Tatars descended upon Chernigov in 1662
Tatars descended upon Chernigov in 1662 and destroyed it - Icon of the Mother of God Weeping œIlyin ChernigovÂ, Commemorated on April 16 ; Cossack Hetmanate ; Crimean-Nogai raids into East Slavic lands 1441-1774 ; Martyr Macarius the Archimandrite of Kanev and Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on September 7 ; Uncovering of the relics of St Theodosius the Archbishop of Chernigov, Commemorated on September 9 ;

Russia, Moscow, 1671-1709, Saint Dimitry of Rostov, Cossack Hierarch, not Caesaropapist
Moscow, 1671-1709, Saint Dimitry of Rostov ; Saint Dimitry of Rostov (sometimes Latinized as Demetrius, sometimes referred to simply as Dmitri Rostovsky, Russian: ÃÂÂ”ÃÂÂ¸ÃÂÂ¼ÃÂÂ¸Ñ‚Ñ€ÃÂÂ¸ÃÂÂ¹ ÃÂÂ ÃÂÂ¾ÑÂÂÑ‚ÃÂÂ¾ÃÂÂ²ÑÂÂÃÂÂºÃÂÂ¸ÃÂÂ¹, Ukrainian: ÃÂÂ”ÃÂÂ¸ÃÂÂ¼ÃÂÂ¸Ñ‚Ñ€Ñ–ÃÂÂ¹ ÃÂÂ ÃÂÂ¾ÑÂÂÑ‚ÃÂÂ¾ÃÂÂ²ÑÂÂÑŒÃÂÂºÃÂÂ¸ÃÂÂ¹) (11 December 1651 – 28 October 1709) was a leading opponent of the Caesaropapist reform of the Russian Orthodox church promoted by Feofan Prokopovich. He is representative of the strong Cossack Baroque influence upon the Russian Orthodox Church at the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries. Demetrius is sometimes credited as composer or compiler of the first Russian opera, the lengthy Rostov Mysteries of 1705, though the exact nature of this work, as well as its place in history, is open to debate.[2] He is the author of several written works, out of which the most famous is The Lives of Saints (ÃÂÂ§ÃÂÂµÑ‚ÑŒÃÂÂ¸-ÃÂÂœÃÂÂ¸ÃÂÂ½ÃÂÂµÃÂÂ¸).[3] Prophet Ezekiel, Commemorated on July 21 ; St Demetrius (Dimitri), Metropolitan of Rostov, Commemorated on October 28 ;

Moscow Patriarch, 1672-1673, Pitrim
Moscow Patriarch, 1672-1673, Pitrim;

Russia, Moscow, 1674-1690, Patriarch, Joachim
Moscow Patriarch, 1674-1690, Joachim; Icon of the Mother of God "the Joy of All Who Sorrow", Commemorated on October 24; St Metrophanes (in schema Macarius) the Bishop of Voronezh, Commemorated on November 23; St. John Maximovitch the Metropolitan of Tobolsk, Commemorated on June 10; Second glorification of the Holy Right-Believing Princess Anna of Kashin, Commemorated on June 12;

Russia, Moscow, 1675, Turkish siege Pochaev on July 20-23, 1675
Volynia, Turkish siege on July 20-23, 1675; Crimean-Nogai Raids; Commemoration of the Miraculous Appearance of the Mother of God at Pochaev, which saved the Monastery from the assault of the Tatars and Turks, Commemorated on July 23;

Russia, Moscow, 1675, Zbarazhsk War with the Turks, Zbarazh Castle, H R Source, Volhynia, W Ukraine
Zbarazhsk Castle; Zbarazhsk War with the Turks 1675; Commemoration of the Miraculous Appearance of the Mother of God at Pochaev, which saved the Monastery from the assault of the Tatars and Turks, Commemorated on July 23;

Russia, Moscow, 1676-1681, Russo-Turkish War (1676-“81) R bank Ukraine, Russian v

Russia, Moscow, 1676-1682, Tsar, Feodor III of Russia, progressive views, beard shaving, nobility books d
Moscow Tsar, 1676-1682, Feodor III of Russia; III Alexeyevich or Fyodor III Alekseevich (9 June 1661-“ 7 May 1682) was the Tsar of Russia between 1676 and 1682. Contents 1 Life 2 Family 3 Notes 4 References 5 External links Life[edit] Born in Moscow, Fyodor, as the eldest surviving son of Tsar Alexis and Maria Miloslavskaya, succeeded his father on the throne in 1676 at the age of fifteen. He had a fine intellect and a noble disposition; he had received an excellent education at the hands of Simeon Polotsky, the most learned Slavonic monk of the day. He knew Polish and even possessed the unusual accomplishment of Latin.[citation needed] He had been disabled from birth, however, horribly disfigured and half paralyzed by a mysterious disease, supposed to be scurvy.[citation needed] He spent most of his time with young nobles, Ivan Maksimovich Yazykov [ru] and Aleksei Timofeievich Likhachov [ru], who would later introduce Polish ceremonies, court dress, and language to the Russian court.[citation needed] On 28 July 1680 he married a noblewoman, Agaphia Simeonovna Grushevskaya (1663 – after 14 July 1681), daughter of Simeon Feodorovich Grushevsky and of his wife Maria Ivanovna Zaborovskaya, and assumed the sceptre. His native energy, though crippled, was not crushed by his disabilities. He soon showed himself as a thorough and devoted reformer. The atmosphere of the court ceased to be oppressive, the light of a new liberalism shone, and the severity of the penal laws was considerably mitigated.[citation needed] The Tsar founded the academy of sciences in the Zaikonospassky monastery, where competent professors were to teach everything not expressly forbidden by the Orthodox church – the syllabus included Slavonic, Greek, Latin and Polish.[1] The Feodorean and the later Petrine reforms differed in that while the former were primarily, though not exclusively, for the benefit of the church, the latter were primarily for the benefit of the state. A household census took place in 1678.[2] The most notable reform of Feodor III, made at the suggestion of Vasily Galitzine, involved the abolition in 1682 of the system of mestnichestvo, or "place priority", which had paralyzed the whole civil and military administration of Muscovy for generations. Henceforth all appointments to the civil and military services were to be determined by merit and by the will of the sovereign,[1] while pedigree (nobility) books were to be destroyed. Family[edit] Fyodor's first consort, Agaphia Simeonovna Grushevskaya, shared his progressive views. She was the first to advocate beard-shaving.[1] On 11 July 1681, the Tsaritsa gave birth to her son, Tsarevich Ilya Fyodorovich, the expected heir to the throne. Agaphia died as a consequence of the childbirth three days later, on 14 July, and seven days later, on 21 July, the ten-days-old Tsarevich also died. Seven months later, on 24 February 1682 Fyodor married a second time Marfa Apraksina (1667–1716), daughter of Matvei Vasilievich Apraksin and wife Domna Bogdanovna Lovchikova. Feodor died three months after his new wedding, on 7 May, without surviving issue. The news of his death sparked the Moscow Uprising of 1682. Repose of the Venerable Cornelius of Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on July 22 ; St Pitirim the Bishop of Tambov, Commemorated on July 28; Translation of the Icon of the Mother of God in Triumph to Russia, Commemorated on September 18 ; St Demetrius of Basarabov, Commemorated on October 27; St Demetrius (Dimitri), Metropolitan of Rostov, Commemorated on October 28 ; Monk Martyr Damascene of the Lavra, Commemorated on November 13; St Hilarion, Metropolitan of Suzdal and Yuriev, Commemorated on December 14 ; Venerable Anthony of Chernoezero, Commemorated on January 17; Icon of the Mother of God Ã¢Â€Âœthe Unexpected JoyÃ¢Â€ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on January 25; Repose of St Theodosius of Chernigov, Commemorated on February 5; Venerable John, Bishop of Manglisi, Commemorated on March 28; St John Maximovitch the Metropolitan of Tobolsk, Commemorated on June 10;

Russia, Moscow, 1677, Turks lay siege to Chigirin
Turks lay siege to Chigirin 1677 ; Russo-Turkish War (1676-“81) ; Icon of the Mother of God of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on August 17 ;

Russia, Moscow, 1682-1725, Tsar Peter 1, Enlightened, W marriages, G Embassy, Ship b, beard tax, dress, calendar
Moscow Tsar, 1682-1725, Peter the Great, Tsar of All Russia ; Repose of the Venerable Cornelius of Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on July 22 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Pochaev, Commemorated on July 23; Icon of the Mother of God of the Trinity-St Sergius Lavra, Commemorated July 28 ; St Pitirim the Bishop of Tambov, Commemorated on July 28; First finding of the relics of St Metrophanes the First Bishop of Voronezh, Commemorated on August 7 ; Uncovering of the relics of St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated September 4 ; Translation of the relics of Righteous Simeon of Verkhoturye, Commemorated on September 12; Icon of the Mother of God of Lesna, Commemorated on September 14 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Rudens, Commemorated on October 12; Icon of the Mother of God œthe Joy of All Who Sorrow, Commemorated on October 24; St Demetrius of Basarabov, Commemorated on October 27; St Demetrius (Dimitri), Metropolitan of Rostov, Commemorated on October 28 ; Repose of St Philaret (Drozdov) the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on November 19; Venerable Anthony of Iezerul-Vilcea Skete, Commemorated on November 23 ; Repose of St Innocent the first Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on November 26; Icon of the Mother of God of Tsarskoe Selo, Commemorated on November 27 ; St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated on December 10; St Hilarion, Metropolitan of Suzdal and Yuriev, Commemorated on December 14 ; Icon of the Mother of God œthe Unexpected Joy, Commemorated on January 25; Repose of St Theodosius of Chernigov, Commemorated on February 5; Venerable John, Bishop of Manglisi, Commemorated on March 28; Martyr Theognes at Cyzicus, Commemorated on April 29; New Martyr Argyra, Commemorated on April 30; Icon of the Mother of God of œthe Unexpected Joy from Andronikov, Commemorated on May 1; Venerable Macarius the Archimandrite of Obruch (Kanev), Commemorated on May 13; St John the Russian and Confessor, whose relics are on the island of Euboia, Commemorated on May 27; St John Maximovitch the Metropolitan of Tobolsk, Commemorated on June 10; Second Translation of the relics of St Herman the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on June 23 ; Righteous John the Youth of Meniugi, Novgorod, Commemorated on June 24; Righteous Procopius the Fool-For-Christ and Wonderworker of Ustiug, Vologda, Commemorated on July 8;

Russia, Moscow, 1721-1725, Peter 1, Expansion and ind, Azov, Black, White, and Baltic Seas, Navy
Moscow Tsar, 1682-1725, Peter the Great, Tsar of All Russia ; Repose of the Venerable Cornelius of Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on July 22 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Pochaev, Commemorated on July 23; Icon of the Mother of God of the Trinity-St Sergius Lavra, Commemorated July 28 ; St Pitirim the Bishop of Tambov, Commemorated on July 28; First finding of the relics of St Metrophanes the First Bishop of Voronezh, Commemorated on August 7 ; Uncovering of the relics of St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated September 4 ; Translation of the relics of Righteous Simeon of Verkhoturye, Commemorated on September 12; Icon of the Mother of God of Lesna, Commemorated on September 14 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Rudens, Commemorated on October 12; Icon of the Mother of God œthe Joy of All Who Sorrow, Commemorated on October 24; St Demetrius of Basarabov, Commemorated on October 27; St Demetrius (Dimitri), Metropolitan of Rostov, Commemorated on October 28 ; Repose of St Philaret (Drozdov) the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on November 19; Venerable Anthony of Iezerul-Vilcea Skete, Commemorated on November 23 ; Repose of St Innocent the first Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on November 26; Icon of the Mother of God of Tsarskoe Selo, Commemorated on November 27 ; St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated on December 10; St Hilarion, Metropolitan of Suzdal and Yuriev, Commemorated on December 14 ; Icon of the Mother of God œthe Unexpected Joy, Commemorated on January 25; Repose of St Theodosius of Chernigov, Commemorated on February 5; Venerable John, Bishop of Manglisi, Commemorated on March 28; Martyr Theognes at Cyzicus, Commemorated on April 29; New Martyr Argyra, Commemorated on April 30; Icon of the Mother of God of œthe Unexpected Joy from Andronikov, Commemorated on May 1; Venerable Macarius the Archimandrite of Obruch (Kanev), Commemorated on May 13; St John the Russian and Confessor, whose relics are on the island of Euboia, Commemorated on May 27; St John Maximovitch the Metropolitan of Tobolsk, Commemorated on June 10; Second Translation of the relics of St Herman the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on June 23 ; Righteous John the Youth of Meniugi, Novgorod, Commemorated on June 24; Righteous Procopius the Fool-For-Christ and Wonderworker of Ustiug, Vologda, Commemorated on July 8;

Russia, Moscow, 1684-1686, Chinese Invasions of Albazin and Amur River
Moscow, Chinese Invasions of Albazin (1684-1686) ; Icon of the Mother of God "œThe Word was made Flesh", Commemorated on March 9; Blessed Dovmont (Timothy) the Prince of Pskov, Commemorated on May 20;

Russia, Moscow, 1686-1700, Russo-Turkish War (1686-“1700) European Anti-Turk Coalition, 2 Crimean Ds, Azov V

Russia, Moscow, 1700, 18th - 21st Century Folder, Many Wars protecting Orthodox

Russia, Moscow, 1700-1799, 18th Century Folder, Wars with Sweden, Turkey, Persia, and Mongols

Russia, Moscow, 1700-1721, Great Northern War (with Protestants and Sweden)
Moscow, 1700-1721, Great Northern War (with Sweden); Moscow Tsar, 1721-1725, Peter the Great; Icon of the Mother of God of Domnitsa, Commemorated on September 8;

Russia, Moscow, 1700-1731, Priest, Innocent of Irkutsk
Moscow, 1700-1731, Priest, Innocent of Irkutsk; Repose of St Innocent the first Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on November 26; Uncovering of the relics of St Innocent the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on February 9;

Russia, Moscow, 1707-1727, Tsarina, Catherine I of Russia, from maid to tzar story
Moscow, 1725-1726, Tsar, Catherine I of Russia; Icon of the Mother of God of the Trinity-St Sergius Lavra, Commemorated July 28 ; Uncovering of the relics of St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated September 4 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Tsarskoe Selo, Commemorated on November 27 ; St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated on December 10; St Sophronius the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on March 30;

Russia, Moscow, 1709, Battle of Poltava, Great Northern War, Russian Victory
Battle of Poltava; Great Northern War; Icon of the Mother of God of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on August 17 ; Appearance of the Mother of God to St Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on August 24;

Russia, Moscow, 1710-1711, Russo-Turkish War (1710-1711), Pruth R Campaign, Swede King to Moldovia
Moscow, 1710-1711, Russo-Turkish War (1710-1711), Pruth River Campaign;

Russia, Moscow, 1721, Nishtad Peace, Treaty of Nystad. August 30, 1721, GN War
Nishtad Peace, Treaty of Nystad. August 30, 1721; Great Northern War 1700-1721; Translation of the relics of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated on August 30;

Russia, Moscow, 1721-1725, Emperor Peter 1, Expansion, Azov, Black and Baltic Seas, no beards, anti church
Moscow Tsar, 1682-1725, Peter the Great, Tsar of All Russia ; Repose of the Venerable Cornelius of Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on July 22 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Pochaev, Commemorated on July 23; Icon of the Mother of God of the Trinity-St Sergius Lavra, Commemorated July 28 ; St Pitirim the Bishop of Tambov, Commemorated on July 28; First finding of the relics of St Metrophanes the First Bishop of Voronezh, Commemorated on August 7 ; Uncovering of the relics of St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated September 4 ; Translation of the relics of Righteous Simeon of Verkhoturye, Commemorated on September 12; Icon of the Mother of God of Lesna, Commemorated on September 14 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Rudens, Commemorated on October 12; Icon of the Mother of God Ã¢Â€Âœthe Joy of All Who SorrowÃ¢Â€ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on October 24; St Demetrius of Basarabov, Commemorated on October 27; St Demetrius (Dimitri), Metropolitan of Rostov, Commemorated on October 28 ; Repose of St Philaret (Drozdov) the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on November 19; Venerable Anthony of Iezerul-Vilcea Skete, Commemorated on November 23 ; Repose of St Innocent the first Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on November 26; Icon of the Mother of God of Tsarskoe Selo, Commemorated on November 27 ; St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated on December 10; St Hilarion, Metropolitan of Suzdal and Yuriev, Commemorated on December 14 ; Icon of the Mother of God Ã¢Â€Âœthe Unexpected JoyÃ¢Â€ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on January 25; Repose of St Theodosius of Chernigov, Commemorated on February 5; Venerable John, Bishop of Manglisi, Commemorated on March 28; Martyr Theognes at Cyzicus, Commemorated on April 29; New Martyr Argyra, Commemorated on April 30; Icon of the Mother of God of ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Âœthe Unexpected JoyÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ from Andronikov, Commemorated on May 1; Venerable Macarius the Archimandrite of Obruch (Kanev), Commemorated on May 13; St John the Russian and Confessor, whose relics are on the island of Euboia, Commemorated on May 27; St John Maximovitch the Metropolitan of Tobolsk, Commemorated on June 10; Second Translation of the relics of St Herman the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on June 23 ; Righteous John the Youth of Meniugi, Novgorod, Commemorated on June 24; Righteous Procopius the Fool-For-Christ and Wonderworker of Ustiug, Vologda, Commemorated on July 8;

Russia, Moscow, 1721-1917, Russian Empire, third largest in history, 1 British and 2 Mongol
Moscow, 1721-1917, Russian Empire; Moscow, 1700-1721, Great Northern War (with Sweden); Moscow Tsar, 1721-1725, Peter the Great; Repose of St. Anthimus, Bishop of Georgia, Commemorated on September 14;

Russia, Moscow, 1722-1723, Russo-Persian War (1722-“23) Caspian, Caucasus North and South, C Iran to R
Moscow, 1722-1723, Russo-Persian War (1722-“23) Russia over Persia to control Caspian and Caucasus (Georgia) for Orthodoxy, Peter the Great; Hierarch Alexander, Bishop of Guria and Samegrelo, Commemorated on October 27 ;

Russia, Moscow, 1727-1730, Tsar, Peter II of Russia, Orphan, hunting, feasting, end of R line
Moscow, 1727-1730, Tsar, Peter II of Russia; Icon of the Mother of God of the Trinity-St Sergius Lavra, Commemorated July 28 ; Uncovering of the relics of St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated September 4 ; Repose of St Innocent the first Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on November 26; Icon of the Mother of God of Tsarskoe Selo, Commemorated on November 27 ; St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated on December 10; St Sophronius the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on March 30;

Russia, Moscow, 1730-1740, Tsar, Anna of Russia, influenced by uncle Peter the G
Moscow, 1730-1740, Tsar, Anna of Russia; Icon of the Mother of God of the Trinity-St Sergius Lavra, Commemorated July 28 ; Child Schemamonk Bogolep, Commemorated on July 29; Uncovering of the relics of St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated September 4 ; Venerable Paisius Velichkovsky, Commemorated on November 15; Icon of the Mother of God of Tsarskoe Selo, Commemorated on November 27 ; St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated on December 10; Icon of the Mother of God "œXenophon Hodigitria", Commemorated on January 21; Venerable Theodore of Sanaxar, Commemorated on February 19; St Sophronius the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on March 30;

Russia, Moscow, 1734-1916, Orenburg Cossacks, Ural River, Kazakhastan, Siberia, Orthodox
Russia, 1734-1916, Orenburg Cossacks; Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina, Commemorated on April 1;

Russia, Moscow, 1735-1739, Austro-Russian-Turk War) Crimea, Black Sea, Azov
Moscow, 1735-1739, Austro-Russian-“Turkish War (1735-“39); Venerable Paisius Velichkovsky, Commemorated on November 15;

Russia, Moscow, 1740-1741, Tsar, Ivan VI, emperor at 2 months old, first cousin Elizabeth's Coup
Moscow, 1740-1741, Tsar, Ivan VI of Russia ; Venerable Paisius Velichkovsky, Commemorated on November 15; Icon of the Mother of God of the Trinity-St Sergius Lavra, Commemorated July 28 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Tsarskoe Selo, Commemorated on November 27 ; St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated on December 10; Venerable Theodore of Sanaxar, Commemorated on February 19; St Sophronius the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on March 30;

Russia, Moscow, 1741-1761, Empress, Elizabeth, popular, no executions, constrctn projects, westrn enlightenment
Moscow, 1741-1761, Empress, Elizabeth ; Elizabeth Petrovna (29 December [O.S. 18 December] 1709 -“ 5 January 1762 [O.S. 25 December 1761]), also known as Yelisaveta or Elizaveta, was the Empress of Russia from 1741 until her death in 1762. She remains one of the most popular Russian monarchs because of her decision not to execute a single person during her reign, her numerous construction projects, and her strong opposition to Prussian policies.[1] The second eldest daughter of Tsar Peter the Great, Elizabeth lived under the confused successions of her father's descendants since her half-brother Alexei's death. The throne was first passed to her nephew Peter II, who died in 1730 and was succeeded by her first cousin Anna. After the brief rule of Anna's great-nephew, Ivan VI, Elizabeth seized the throne with the military's support and declared her own nephew, the future Peter III, to be her heir. During her reign, Elizabeth continued the policies of her father and brought a remarkable Age of Enlightenment in Russia. Her domestic policies allowed the nobles to gain dominance in local government while shortening their terms of service to the state. She encouraged Mikhail Lomonosov's foundation of the University of Moscow, the highest-ranking Russian educational institution. Her court was one of the most splendid in all Europe, especially regarding architecture: she modernized Russia's roads, encouraged Ivan Shuvalov's foundation of the Imperial Academy of Arts, and financed grandiose baroque projects of her favourite architect, Bartolomeo Rastrelli, particularly in Peterhof Palace. The Winter Palace and the Smolny Cathedral in Saint Petersburg are among the chief monuments of her reign.[1] Elizabeth led the country during the two major European conflicts of her time: the War of Austrian Succession (1740-“48) and the Seven Years' War (1756'“63). She and diplomat Aleksey Bestuzhev-Ryumin solved the first event by forming an alliance with Austria and France, but indirectly caused the second. Russia enjoyed several victories against Prussia and briefly occupied Berlin, but when Frederick the Great was finally prepared to surrender in January 1761 (1762?), the message was sent only to find the Empress dead. St Tikhon the Bishop of Voronezh and Wonderworker of Zadonsk and All Russia, Commemorated August 13; Icon of the Mother of God of Kaluga, Commemorated September 2 ; Uncovering of the relics of St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated September 4 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Isaakov, Commemorated September 8 ; Venerable Paisius Velichkovsky, Commemorated on November 15; Icon of the Mother of God of Kaluga, Commemorated on October 12; Icon of the Mother of God of Tsarskoe Selo, Commemorated on November 27 ; St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated on December 10; Blessed Xenia of St Petersburg, Commemorated on January 24; Translation to Moscow of the Icon of the Mother of God œAssuage my sorrow, Commemorated on January 25; Icon of the Mother of God œthe Seeker of the Lost, Commemorated on February 5; St Kristo the Gardener of Albania, Commemorated on February 12; Venerable Theodore of Sanaxar, Commemorated on February 19; St Sophronius the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on March 30; Icon of the Mother of God of Akhtyr, Commemorated on July 2;

Russia, Moscow, 1741-1743, Russo-Swedish War, Vyborg, near St Pete, Russian def V
Moscow, 1741-1743, Russo-Swedish War (1741-“43) ; Moscow Empress, 1741-1761, Elizabeth ; Icon of the Mother of God of Domnitsa, Commemorated on September 8;

Russia, Moscow, 1744-1783, Saint, Tikhon of Zadonsk
Moscow, 1744-1783, Saint, Tikhon of Zadonsk; St Tikhon the Bishop of Voronezh and Wonderworker of Zadonsk and All Russia, Commemorated on August 13;

Russia, Moscow, 1761-1762, Emperor, Peter III, German Born, pro Prussian, removed by troups in Coup
Russia, Moscow, 1761-1762, Emperor, Peter III, German Born, pro Prussian, removed by troups in Coup;

Russia, Moscow, 1762-1796, Empress, Catherine II the Great, removed husband, Enlightened, Golden Age
Moscow, 1762-1796, Empress, Catherine II the Great ; Icon of the Mother of God of Kostroma, Commemorated July 28 ; Glorification of the Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America, Commemorated on August 9 ; HERMAN OF ALASKA, MISSIONARY TO THE ALEUT, 9 August 1837; St Tikhon the Bishop of Voronezh and Wonderworker of Zadonsk and All Russia, Commemorated August 13; Venerable Macarius of Optina, Commemorated on September 7 ; Hieromartyr Dositheus of Tbilisi, Commemorated on September 12; Icon of the Mother of God of Gerbovets, Commemorated on October 1 ; Righteous Admiral Theodore Ushakov of the Russian Naval Fleet, Commemorated on October 2; New Martyr Ignatius the Monk of Bulgaria, Commemorated on October 8; Icon of the Mother of God "Assuage My Sorrows", Commemorated on October 9; Icon of the Mother of God "œIn Giving Birth, you Preserved your Virginity", Commemorated on October 17; St Peter of Cetinje, Commemorated on October 18; Martyr Oprea of Salistie in Romania, Commemorated on October 21; St John of Galesh, Commemorated on October 21; Icon of the Mother of God "œthe Joyful", Commemorated on November 7; Venerable Paisius Velichkovsky, Commemorated on November 15; Repose of St Innocent the first Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on November 26; Icon of the Mother of God of Tsarskoe Selo, Commemorated on November 27 ; Repose of the Venerable Seraphim the Wonderworker of Sarov, Commemorated on January 2; Hieromartyr Damascene of Hilandar of Mt Athos, Commemorated on January 16; Translation of the relics of St Theoctistus the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on January 23 ; Blessed Xenia of St Petersburg, Commemorated on January 24; Translation to Moscow of the Icon of the Mother of God "œAssuage my sorrow", Commemorated on January 25; New Martyr Theodore, Commemorated on January 30; Icon of the Mother of God "œthe Seeker of the Lost", Commemorated on February 5; Uncovering of the relics of St Innocent the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on February 9; Translation of the relics of the Martyr Michael of Chernigov, Commemorated on February 14; Venerable Theodore of Sanaxar, Commemorated on February 19; Monkmartyr Euthymius of Prodromou of Mt Athos, Commemorated on March 22; St Sophronius the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on March 30; Translation of the relics of St Sophronius the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on June 30 ; Icon of the Mother of God "œOur Lady of Sitka", Commemorated on July 8;

Russia, Moscow, 1762-1796, Empress, Catherine II, Nobles, no longer having to fight or lead, Built Mansions
Moscow, 1762-1796, Empress, Catherine II the Great ; Icon of the Mother of God of Kostroma, Commemorated July 28 ; Glorification of the Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America, Commemorated on August 9 ; HERMAN OF ALASKA, MISSIONARY TO THE ALEUT, 9 August 1837; St Tikhon the Bishop of Voronezh and Wonderworker of Zadonsk and All Russia, Commemorated August 13; Venerable Macarius of Optina, Commemorated on September 7 ; Hieromartyr Dositheus of Tbilisi, Commemorated on September 12; Icon of the Mother of God of Gerbovets, Commemorated on October 1 ; Righteous Admiral Theodore Ushakov of the Russian Naval Fleet, Commemorated on October 2; New Martyr Ignatius the Monk of Bulgaria, Commemorated on October 8; Icon of the Mother of God "Assuage My Sorrows", Commemorated on October 9; Icon of the Mother of God "œIn Giving Birth, you Preserved your Virginity", Commemorated on October 17; St Peter of Cetinje, Commemorated on October 18; Martyr Oprea of Salistie in Romania, Commemorated on October 21; St John of Galesh, Commemorated on October 21; Icon of the Mother of God "œthe Joyful", Commemorated on November 7; Venerable Paisius Velichkovsky, Commemorated on November 15; Repose of St Innocent the first Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on November 26; Icon of the Mother of God of Tsarskoe Selo, Commemorated on November 27 ; Repose of the Venerable Seraphim the Wonderworker of Sarov, Commemorated on January 2; Hieromartyr Damascene of Hilandar of Mt Athos, Commemorated on January 16; Translation of the relics of St Theoctistus the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on January 23 ; Blessed Xenia of St Petersburg, Commemorated on January 24; Translation to Moscow of the Icon of the Mother of God "œAssuage my sorrow", Commemorated on January 25; New Martyr Theodore, Commemorated on January 30; Icon of the Mother of God "œthe Seeker of the Lost", Commemorated on February 5; Uncovering of the relics of St Innocent the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on February 9; Translation of the relics of the Martyr Michael of Chernigov, Commemorated on February 14; Venerable Theodore of Sanaxar, Commemorated on February 19; Monkmartyr Euthymius of Prodromou of Mt Athos, Commemorated on March 22; St Sophronius the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on March 30; Translation of the relics of St Sophronius the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on June 30 ; Icon of the Mother of God "œOur Lady of Sitka", Commemorated on July 8;

Russia, Moscow, 1765-1817, Saint Theodore Ushakov, Admiral
Moscow, 1765-1817, Saint Theodore Ushakov, Admiral; Righteous Admiral Theodore Ushakov of the Russian Naval Fleet, Commemorated on October 2 ;

Russia, Moscow, 1768-1774, Russo-Turkish War, Moldovia, Ochakov, Crimea, Black and Azov Seas
Moscow, 1768-1774, Russo-Turkish War (1768-“74) ; Venerable Paisius Velichkovsky, Commemorated on November 15; Repose of the Venerable Seraphim the Wonderworker of Sarov, Commemorated on January 2;

Russia, Moscow, 1772-1836, Priest, Herman of Alaska
Moscow, 1772-1836, Priest, Herman of Alaska; Glorification of the Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America, Commemorated on August 9 ; HERMAN OF ALASKA, MISSIONARY TO THE ALEUT, 9 August 1837; Repose of the Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America, Commemorated on December 13; Repose of the Venerable Seraphim the Wonderworker of Sarov, Commemorated on January 2; Venerable Theodore of Sanaxar, Commemorated on February 19;

Russia, Moscow, 1781-1796, Saint Juneval of Alaska
Moscow, 1781-1796, Saint Juneval of Alaska; Martyr Juvenal of Alaska, Commemorated on September 24;

Russia, Moscow, 1783-1917, Georgia in the Russian Empire
Georgia, 1783-1917, Georgia in the Russian Empire; Saint Hilarion the New of Georgia, Commemorated on February 14; the Russian annexation of Kartli-Kakheti, the imperial court of the tsar increased diplomatic correspondence with the court of King Solomon II. king was urged likewise to unite the Imeretian Kingdom to Russia. Solomon summoned a council of noblemen, and it was decided that Imereti would remain independent, while maintaining friendly relations with Russia until the king’s death. However, it was agreed that since King Solomon had no heir, after his repose the court of the imperial tsar would acquire jurisdiction over the region. the political climate in Georgia became increasingly tense, and the ability of the Imeretian court to govern was severely undermined. court was suddenly besieged with cases of envy and treason, and it became necessary for the king to flee to Turkey. Protopresbyter Ise Qanchaveli accompanied King Solomon II to his place of exile and remained with him to the end of the king’s life. the king’s death in 1815, Fr. Ise received an amnesty from Tsar Alexander I (1801-1825) on behalf of the king and his court. Ise himself planned to go into reclusion in the village where he was born, King Solomon’s widow, Queen Mariam, summoned him to Moscow where she was being held in “honorable captivity.” Fr. Ise brought to her a piece of the Life-giving Cross of our Lord, which had belonged to King Solomon, and the queen preserved her husband’s treasure in the court church. life at the imperial court was tiresome for the God-fearing Fr. Ise, so he exchanged his clothing for beggars’ rags and set off for Mt. Athos in the year 1819.

Russia, Moscow, 1786-1833, Saint, Seraphim of Sarov
Moscow, 1786-1833, Saint, Seraphim of Sarov ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Seraphim of Sarov, Commemorated on July 19; Repose of St Philaret (Drozdov) the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on November 19; Repose of the Venerable Seraphim the Wonderworker of Sarov, Commemorated on January 2;

Russia, Moscow, 1787-1792, Russo-Turkish War, Crimea, Moldovia
Moscow, 1787-1792, Russo-Turkish War (1787-“92) ; Righteous Admiral Theodore Ushakov of the Russian Naval Fleet, Commemorated on October 2; Venerable Paisius Velichkovsky, Commemorated on November 15;

Russia, Moscow, 1787-1817, Admiral, Fyodor Ushakov
Moscow, 1787-1817, Admiral, Fyodor Ushakov ; Righteous Admiral Theodore Ushakov of the Russian Naval Fleet, Commemorated on October 2; New Martyr Ignatius the Monk of Bulgaria, Commemorated on October 8; Monkmartyr Euthymius of Prodromou of Mt Athos, Commemorated on March 22;

Russia, Moscow, 1788-1790, Russo-Swedish War (1788-90) by Sweden (allied with Turks) for domestic reasons, fake defense, Baltic sea battles
Moscow, 1788-1790, Russo-Swedish War (1788-“90) ; Moscow Empress, 1762-1796, Catherine the Great; Icon of the Mother of God of Domnitsa, Commemorated on September 8; Venerable Paisius Velichkovsky, Commemorated on November 15;

Russia, Moscow, 1796-1801, Emperor, Paul I of Russia, overshadowed by mother Catherine II, hated French, assinated
Moscow, 1796-1801, Emperor, Paul I of Russia ; Righteous Admiral Theodore Ushakov of the Russian Naval Fleet, Commemorated on October 2; New Martyr Ignatius the Monk of Bulgaria, Commemorated on October 8; Venerable Leonid of Optina, Commemorated on October 11; Translation of a Particle of the Life Giving Cross from Malta to Gatchina, Commemorated on October 12 ; Translation of the relic of the Right Hand of John the Baptist, Commemorated on October 12; Icon of the Mother of God œIn Giving Birth, you Preserved your Virginity, Commemorated on October 17; St Peter of Cetinje, Commemorated on October 18; Icon of the Mother of God of Tsarskoe Selo, Commemorated on November 27 ; Repose of the Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America, Commemorated on December 13; Repose of the Venerable Seraphim the Wonderworker of Sarov, Commemorated on January 2; Synaxis of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John, Commemorated on January 7; When the Russian Tsar Paul I (1796-1801) became Grand Master of the Maltese Order in honor of the holy Prophet John, the right hand of the Baptist, part of the Life-Creating Cross and the Philermos Icon (October 12) of the Mother of God (from Mt Philermos on the island of Rhodes) were transferred in 1799 from the island of Malta to Russia [because of the Napoleonic threat], to the chapel at Gatchina (October 12). In the same year these sacred items were transferred into the church dedicated to the Icon of the Savior Not Made by Hands at the Winter Palace. A special service was composed for this Feast. ; Blessed Xenia of St Petersburg, Commemorated on January 24; St Hilarion the Georgian, the New, Commemorated on February 14; St Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 29; Monkmartyr Euthymius of Prodromou of Mt Athos, Commemorated on March 22; Repose of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow the Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to the Americas. Commemorated on March 31;

Russia, Moscow, 1799, Transfer of the Right Hand of John the Baptist
Russia, Moscow, 1799, Transfer of the Right Hand of John the Baptist Moscow, 1796-1801, Emperor, Paul I of Russia ; Translation of a Particle of the Life Giving Cross from Malta to Gatchina, Commemorated on October 12 ; Translation of the relic of the Right Hand of John the Baptist, Commemorated on October 12; Synaxis of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John, Commemorated on January 7; When the Russian Tsar Paul I (1796-1801) became Grand Master of the Maltese Order in honor of the holy Prophet John, the right hand of the Baptist, part of the Life-Creating Cross and the Philermos Icon (October 12) of the Mother of God (from Mt Philermos on the island of Rhodes) were transferred in 1799 from the island of Malta to Russia [because of the Napoleonic threat], to the chapel at Gatchina (October 12). In the same year these sacred items were transferred into the church dedicated to the Icon of the Savior Not Made by Hands at the Winter Palace. A special service was composed for this Feast. ;

Russia, Moscow, 1800-1899, 19th Century Folder, Wars with France, Turkey, and Persia

Russia, Moscow, 1801-1825, Emperor, Alexander I, began enlightened, but; against, for, against Napoleon
Moscow, 1801-1825, Emperor, Alexander I ; Repose of St Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska, Commemorated on July 26; Venerable Anthony of Optina, Commemorated on August 7 ; Glorification of the Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America, Commemorated on August 9 ; HERMAN OF ALASKA, MISSIONARY TO THE ALEUT, 9 August 1837; Icon of the Mother of God of Sven, Commemorated on August 17; Venerable Macarius of Optina, Commemorated on September 7 ; Righteous Admiral Theodore Ushakov of the Russian Naval Fleet, Commemorated on October 2; Glorification of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow and Enlightener of the Aleuts, Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated on October 6; New Martyr Ignatius the Monk of Bulgaria, Commemorated on October 8; Venerable Leonid of Optina, Commemorated on October 11; Icon of the Mother of God œIn Giving Birth, you Preserved your Virginity, Commemorated on October 17; St Peter of Cetinje, Commemorated on October 18; Repose of St Philaret (Drozdov) the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on November 19; Icon of the Mother of God of Tsarskoe Selo, Commemorated on November 27 ; Repose of the Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America, Commemorated on December 13; Repose of the Venerable Seraphim the Wonderworker of Sarov, Commemorated on January 2; Icon of the Mother of God œTinos, Commemorated on January 30; St Hilarion the Georgian, the New, Commemorated on February 14; St Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 29; Monkmartyr Euthymius of Prodromou of Mt Athos, Commemorated on March 22; Repose of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow the Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to the Americas. Commemorated on March 31; New Martyr Nicetas of Pojani and Serres, Commemorated on April 4; St Callinicus of Cernica the Bishop of Rimnicului in Romania, Commemorated on April 11; Icon of the Mother of God of Chelnsk and Pskov Caves, Commemorated on May 14; Venerable Moses of Optina, Commemorated on June 16;

Russia, Moscow, 1806-1812, Russo-Turkish War, France w Turks, Moldovia and Wallacia, Russian V.
Moscow, 1806-1812, Russo-Turkish War (1806-“12) Russia crossed the Caucasus and annexed Georgia for Orthodoxy; Repose of St Philaret (Drozdov) the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on November 19;

Russia, Moscow, 1812, French Invasion of Russia, Patriotic War of 1812
Moscow, 1812, French Invasion of Russia, Patriotic War of 1812; St Tikhon the Bishop of Voronezh and Wonderworker of Zadonsk and All Russia, Commemorated on August 13; Icon of the Mother of God of Sven, Commemorated on August 17 ; Icon of the Mother of God œJerusalem, Commemorated on October 12; Icon of the Mother of God of Kaluga, Commemorated on October 12; Repose of St Philaret (Drozdov) the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on November 19;

Russia, Moscow, 1812, Appearances of the Kaluga Icon, seen by French invaders.
Russia, Kaluga, 1812, Appearances of the Kaluga Icon, seen by French invaders.; Icon of the Mother of God of Kaluga, Commemorated on October 12; The Kaluga Icon of the Mother of God appeared in the year 1748 (September 2). In 1812 many Russian and French soldiers beheld the Kaluga icon of the Mother of God, standing in the air. Thus also it was around Kaluga and Maloyaroslavl. During such appearances the Russian armies were always victorious. This vision was also granted to the peasant Paraskeva Alekseeva.

Russia, Moscow, 1812, Battle of Borodino, French victory before Moscow fell
Russia, Moscow, 1812, Battle of Borodino; Appearance of the Smolensk œDirectress Icon of the Mother of God brought from Constantinople, Commemorated on July 28;

Russia, Moscow, 1813, Treaty of Gulistan, with Persia, R P War of 1804-13
Moscow, 1813, Treaty of Gulistan, with Persia ; Martyr Gerontius of the St David Gareji Monastery, Georgia, Commemorated on August 12;

Russia, Moscow, 1817-1879, Innocent of Alaska, Metropolitan of Moscow
Moscow, 1817-1879, Innocent of Alaska, Metropolitan of Moscow; Repose of St Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska, Commemorated on July 26; First finding of the relics of St Metrophanes the First Bishop of Voronezh, Commemorated on August 7; Valaam Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on August 7; Glorification of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow and Enlightener of the Aleuts, Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated on October 6; Glorification of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow and Enlightener of the Aleuts, Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated on October 6; Glorification of St Tikhon, the Apostle to America, Commemorated on October 9; Repose of St Philaret (Drozdov) the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on November 19; Repose of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow the Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated on March 31; Venerable Nectarius of Optina, Commemorated on April 29;

Russia, Moscow, 1821-1867, Philaret Drozdov, Metropolitan of Moscow
Moscow, 1821-1867, Patriarch, Philaret Drozdov ; Icon of the Mother of God of Cyprus, Commemorated on July 9 ; First finding of the relics of St Metrophanes the First Bishop of Voronezh, Commemorated on August 7; Venerable Anthony of Optina, Commemorated on August 7 ; Glorification of the Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America, Commemorated on August 9 ; HERMAN OF ALASKA, MISSIONARY TO THE ALEUT, 9 August 1837; Icon of the Mother of God Ã¢Â€ÂœChernigov-GethsemaneÃ¢Â€ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on September 1; Glorification of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow and Enlightener of the Aleuts, Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated on October 6; Repose of St Philaret (Drozdov) the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on November 19; Icon of the Mother of God of Cyprus, Commemorated on February 19; ISABEL FLORENCE HAPGOOD, ECUMENIST and JOURNALIST, 1929, Commemorated June 26;

Russia, Moscow, 1822-1864, Saint, Jacob Netsvetov
Russia, Moscow, 1822-1864, Saint, Jacob Netsvetov; Repose of St Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska, Commemorated on July 26;

Russia, Moscow, 1825-1855, Emperor, Nicolas 1, reactionary, geo expansion, industry, I Greece , but centralization
Moscow, 1825-1855, Emperor, Nicolas 1 ; I ( 6 July [O.S. 25 June] 1796 – 2 March [O.S. 18 February] 1855) as Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 1825 until 1855. was the third son of Paul I and younger brother of his predecessor, Alexander I. Nicholas inherited his brother's throne despite the failed Decembrist revolt against him. is mainly remembered in history as a reactionary whose controversial reign was marked by geographical expansion, economic growth and massive industrialisation on the one hand, and centralisation of administrative policies and repression of dissent on the other. had a happy marriage that produced a large family; all of their seven children survived childhood.[1] biographer Nicholas V. Riasanovsky said that he displayed determination, singleness of purpose, and an iron will, along with a powerful sense of duty and a dedication to very hard work. saw himself as a soldier—a junior officer totally consumed by spit and polish. A handsome man, he was highly nervous and aggressive. Trained as an engineer, he was a stickler for minute detail. In his public persona, stated Riasanovsky, "Nicholas I came to represent autocracy personified: infinitely majestic, determined and powerful, hard as stone, and relentless as fate."[2] I was instrumental in helping to create an independent Greek state, and resumed the Russian conquest of the Caucasus by seizing Igdır Province and the remainder of modern-day Armenia and Azerbaijan from Qajar Persia during the Russo-Persian War of 1826–1828. He ended the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–1829 successfully as well. on, however, he led Russia into the Crimean War (1853–1856), with disastrous results. emphasize that his micromanagement of the armies hindered his generals, as did his misguided strategy. William C. Fuller notes that historians have frequently concluded that "the reign of Nicholas I was a catastrophic failure in both domestic and foreign policy."[3] the eve of his death, the Russian Empire reached its geographical zenith, spanning over 20 million square kilometers (7.7 million square miles), but had a desperate need for reform. Icon of the Mother of God of Cyprus, Commemorated on July 9 ; Repose of St Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska, Commemorated on July 26 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Tenderness from Seraphim-Diveyevo, Commemorated July 28 ; First finding of the relics of St Metrophanes the First Bishop of Voronezh, Commemorated on August 7 ; Venerable Anthony of Optina, Commemorated on August 7 ; Glorification of the Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America, Commemorated on August 9 ; Martyr Gerontius of the St David Gareji Monastery, Georgia, Commemorated on August 12; Martyr Otar of the St David Gareji Monastery, Georgia, Commemorated on August 12; Icon of the Mother of God "œof the Seven Arrows", Commemorated on August 13; Icon of the Mother of God "œChernigov-Gethsemane", Commemorated on September 1; Venerable Hilarion of Optina, Commemorated September 18 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Kasperov, Commemorated October 1 ; Glorification of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow and Enlightener of the Aleuts, Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated on October 6; Venerable Ambrose of Optina, Commemorated on October 10; Venerable Leonid of Optina, Commemorated on October 11; Icon of the Mother of God the "œMultiplier of Wheat", Commemorated on October 15; Icon of the Mother of God "œIn Giving Birth, you Preserved your Virginity", Commemorated on October 17; Icon of the Mother of God of Andronicus, Commemorated on October 22; Hierarch Alexander, Bishop of Guria and Samegrelo, Commemorated on October 27; Repose of St Philaret (Drozdov) the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on November 19; Icon of the Mother of God of Tsarskoe Selo, Commemorated on November 27 ; Repose of the Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America, Commemorated on December 13; Repose of the Venerable Seraphim the Wonderworker of Sarov, Commemorated on January 2; St Theophan the Recluse the Bishop of Tambov, Commemorated on January 10; Venerable Antipas of Valaam Monastery, Commemorated on January 10; Venerable Anatole I of Optina, Commemorated on January 25; Icon of the Mother of God "œTinos", Commemorated on January 30; St Demetrius, the New Martyr of Sliven, Commemorated on January 30; Icon of the Mother of God "œSokolsky", Commemorated on February 1; Icon of the Mother of God "œthe Rescuer of the Drowning", Commemorated on February 5; Icon of the Mother of God "œthe Seeker of the Lost", Commemorated on February 5; St Hilarion the Georgian, the New, Commemorated on February 14; St Nicholas, Equal of the Apostles and Archbishop of Japan, Commemorated on February 16; Icon of the Mother of God of Cyprus, Commemorated on February 19; St Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 29; Icon of the Mother of God "œthe Surety of sinners" in Moscow, Commemorated on March 7; Icon of the Mother of God "œthe Surety of sinners" of Odrino, Orlov, Commemorated on March 7 ; Repose of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow the Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to the Americas. Commemorated on March 31; Translation of the relics of the Blessed Vsevolod, in Holy Baptism Gabriel, the Prince of Pskov, Commemorated on April 22; Icon of the Mother of God of Zhirovits, Commemorated on May 7 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Chelnsk and Pskov Caves, Commemorated on May 14; Icon of the Mother of God "œthe Surety of sinners", Commemorated on May 29 ; Venerable Moses of Optina, Commemorated on June 16;

Moscow, 1827-1867, Saint, Ignatius Bryanchaninov
Moscow, 1827-1867, Saint, Ignatius Bryanchaninov ; Venerable Anatole I of Optina, Commemorated on January 25;

Russia, Moscow, 1828-1829, Russo-Turkish War, Turks closed Dardanelles, Russian Victory
Moscow, 1828-1829, Russo-Turkish War (1828-“29); Russo-Turkish War of 1828–1829 was sparked by the Greek War of Independence of 1821–1829. War broke out after the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II closed the Dardanelles to Russian ships and revoked the 1826 Akkerman Convention in retaliation for Russian participation in October 1827 in the Battle of Navarino.[2] Repose of St Philaret (Drozdov) the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on November 19;

Russia, Moscow, 1832-1891, Saint, Ambrose of Optina, starets and hiroschemamonk
Russia, Kaluga, 1832-1891, Saint, Ambrose of Optina, starets and hiroschemamonk; Optina Monestary ; Venerable Anatole II of Optina, Commemorated on July 30; Venerable Anthony of Optina, Commemorated on August 7 ; Venerable Macarius of Optina, Commemorated September 7 ; Venerable Hilarion of Optina, Commemorated on September 18; Venerable Ambrose of Optina, Commemorated October 10 ; Synaxis of the Venerable Fathers of Optina, Commemorated on October 11 ; Venerable Leonid of Optina, Commemorated on October 11; Icon of the Mother of God the "Multiplier of Wheat", Commemorated October 15 ; Repose of St Philaret (Drozdov) the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated November 19 ; Venerable Anatole I of Optina, Commemorated on January 25 ; Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina, Commemorated on April 1; Venerable Nectarius of Optina, Commemorated on April 29; St Gerasimus of Boldino, Commemorated on May 1; Venerable Joseph of Optina, Commemorated on May 9; Venerable Moses of Optina, Commemorated on June 16; Venerable Nikon of Optina, Commemorated on June 25;

Russia, Moscow, 1834-1860, Theologian, Aleksey Stepanovich Khomyakov
Moscow, 1834-1860, Theologian, Aleksey Stepanovich Khomyakov ; Icon of the Mother of God of Cyprus, Commemorated on July 9 ; ISABEL FLORENCE HAPGOOD, ECUMENIST and JOURNALIST, 1929, Commemorated June 26;

Russia, Moscow, 1835 - 1894, Saint Theophan the Recluse, Tambov, Mordovia
Russia, Moscow, 1835 - 1894, Saint Theophan the Recluse, Tambov, Mordovia; Kazan Church of the Vysha Monastery, Tambov, Mordovia, assumed to be in or near Tambov based on Saint Theophan's story.; St. Theophan the Recluse the Bishop of Tambov, Commemorated on January 10; Theophan the Recluse, 1835 - 1894;

Russia, Moscow, 1841, Stromyn village, now Church of the Domition
Moscow, 1841, Stromyn village, now Church of the Domition; “Stromyn” Cyprus Icon became famous in 1841. An eighteen-year-old girl from Stromyn, a village not far from Moscow, was close to death from an illness. In a dream she saw the Cyprus Icon standing over the entrance to the church, and a voice came from the icon: “Take me into your home and have the priest serve a Molieben with the Blessing of Water, and you will be cured.” sick girl was brought to the church and finally located the icon after a long search. The girl obeyed the command of the Most Holy Theotokos, and after the Molieben she felt strong enough to carry the icon back to the church herself. Shortly thereafter, she was completely healed. The “Stromyn” Cyprus Icon continued to work miracles of healing, which the rector of the church reported to the holy Metropolitan Philaret of Moscow (November 19). Icon of the Mother of God of Cyprus, Commemorated on July 9 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Cyprus, Commemorated on February 19;

Russia, Moscow, 1848-1910, Writer Leo Tolstoy
Russia, Moscow, 1848-1910, Writer Leo Tolstoy; ISABEL FLORENCE HAPGOOD, ECUMENIST and JOURNALIST, 1929, Commemorated June 26;

Russia, Moscow, 1849-1908, Saint, John of Kronstadt Island, St Petersburg
Russia, Moscow, 1849-1908, Saint, John of Kronstadt Island, St Petersburg; Kronstadt Island (Kotlin Island, St Petersburg); Kronshtadtsky District; Repose of St John of Kronstadt, Commemorated December 20 ; Glorification of St John of Kronstadt, Commemorated on June 8 ; ISABEL FLORENCE HAPGOOD, ECUMENIST and JOURNALIST, 1929, Commemorated June 26;

Russia, Moscow, 1853-1856, Crimean War, Orthodox East v Ottomans and West
Crimean War (1853-1856); FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE, NURSE, RENEWER OF SOCIETY (12 AUGUST 1910); Icon of the Mother of God of Gerbovets, Commemorated on October 1 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Kasperov, Commemorated on June 29;

Russia, Moscow, 1853-1856, Russo-Turkish War, Crimean War, R defeat by Eng, Ger, Fr and Turks
Moscow, 1853-1856, Russo-Turkish War of 1853-56, Crimean War; Repose of St Philaret (Drozdov) the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on November 19;

Russia, Moscow, 1855-1881, Alexander II, Emperor, Serf Lib in 1861, reformer, but killed by serfs, Alaska
Moscow, 1855-1881, Alexander II, Emperor of Russia ; II (29 April 1818 - 13 March 1881)[a] was the Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 2 March 1855 until his assassination.[1] most significant reform as emperor was emancipation of Russia's serfs in 1861, for which he is known as Alexander the Liberator. tsar was responsible for other reforms, including reorganizing the judicial system, setting up elected local judges, abolishing corporal punishment,[2] promoting local self-government through the zemstvo system, imposing universal military service, ending some privileges of the nobility, and promoting university education. After an assassination attempt in 1866, Alexander adopted a somewhat more reactionary stance until his death.[3] pivoted towards foreign policy and sold Alaska to the United States in 1867, fearing the remote colony would fall into British hands if there was another war.[4] He sought peace, moved away from bellicose France when Napoleon III fell in 1871, and in 1872 joined with Germany and Austria in the League of the Three Emperors that stabilized the European situation. Despite his otherwise pacifist foreign policy, he fought a brief war with the Ottoman Empire in 1877–78, pursued further expansion into Siberia and the Caucasus, and conquered Turkestan. Although disappointed by the results of the Congress of Berlin in 1878, Alexander abided by that agreement. his greatest domestic challenges was an uprising in Poland in 1863, to which he responded by stripping that land of its separate constitution and incorporating it directly into Russia. was proposing additional parliamentary reforms to counter the rise of nascent revolutionary and anarchistic movements when he was assassinated in 1881.[5] Martyr Ilia Chavchavadze of Georgia, Commemorated on July 20; Repose of St Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska, Commemorated on July 26; First finding of the relics of St Metrophanes the First Bishop of Voronezh, Commemorated on August 7; Venerable Anthony of Optina, Commemorated on August 7 ; Tikon of Zadonsk, Commemorated August 13 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Lesna, Commemorated on September 14; Venerable Hilarion of Optina, Commemorated September 18 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Gerbovets, Commemorated on October 1 ; Glorification of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow and Enlightener of the Aleuts, Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated on October 6; Glorification of St Tikhon, the Apostle to America, Commemorated on October 9; Venerable Ambrose of Optina, Commemorated on October 10; Icon of the Mother of God the "œMultiplier of Wheat", Commemorated on October 15; Icon of the Mother of God of Andronicus, Commemorated on October 22; Hierarch Alexander, Bishop of Guria and Samegrelo, Commemorated on October 27; St Nectarius Kephalas the Metropolitan of Pentapolis, Commemorated on November 9; Repose of St Philaret (Drozdov) the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on November 19; Icon of the Mother of God "œSeraphim-Ponetaevka", Commemorated on November 27; Repose of St John of Kronstadt, Commemorated on December 20; St Theophan the Recluse the Bishop of Tambov, Commemorated on January 10; Venerable Antipas of Valaam Monastery, Commemorated on January 10; St Euthymius the Confessor, Commemorated on January 20 ; St George (John) of Georgia, Commemorated on January 21 ; St Gabriel, Bishop of Imereti, Commemorated on January 25; St Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev and Gallich, Commemorated on January 25; Venerable Anatole I of Optina, Commemorated on January 25; Icon of the Mother of God "œSokolsky", Commemorated on February 1; St Hilarion the Georgian, the New, Commemorated on February 14; St Nicholas, Equal of the Apostles and Archbishop of Japan, Commemorated on February 16; Repose of St Raphael the Bishop of Brooklyn, Commemorated on February 27; Icon of the Mother of God of "the Uncut Mount", Commemorated on March 24; Repose of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow the Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to the Americas. Commemorated on March 31; Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina, Commemorated on April 1; St Tikhon the Patriarch of Moscow, and Enlightener of North America, Commemorated on April 7 ; TIKHON, PATRIARCH OF RUSSIA AND CONFESSOR, (7 April 1925); St Callinicus of Cernica the Bishop of Rimnicului in Romania, Commemorated on April 11; Venerable Nectarius of Optina, Commemorated on April 29; Venerable Nectarius of Optina, Commemorated on April 29; Glorification of St John of Kronstadt, Commemorated on June 8 ; Venerable Moses of Optina, Commemorated on June 16;

Russia, Moscow, 1857-1911, St Joseph (Litovkin) of Optina
Kaluga's St Joseph (Litovkin) of Optina, 1857-1911; Venerable Joseph of Optina, Commemorated on May 9;

Russia, Moscow, 1861-1912, Saint, Nicholas of Japan
Japan Saint, 1861-1912, Nicholas of Japan; St Nicholas, Equal of the Apostles and Archbishop of Japan, Commemorated on February 16;

Russia, Moscow, 1877-1878, Russo-Turkish War (1877-“78) in Bulgaria
Moscow, 1877-1878, Russo-Turkish War (1877-“78); Icon of the Mother of God “Socola”, Commemorated on February 1; St Callinicus of Cernica the Bishop of Rimnicului in Romania, Commemorated on April 11;

Russia, Moscow, 1879-1892, Patriarch Macarius Bulgakov, Metropolitan of Moscow
Moscow Patriarch, 1879-1892, Macarius Bulgakov, Metropolitan of Moscow ; Valaam Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on August 7; St Tikhon the Patriarch of Moscow, and Enlightener of North America, Commemorated on April 7 ; TIKHON, PATRIARCH OF RUSSIA AND CONFESSOR, (7 April 1925); Venerable Nectarius of Optina, Commemorated on April 29;

Russia, Moscow, 1881-1894, Emperor Alexander III, counter-reformer, peacemaker, orthodox
Moscow Emperor, 1881-1894, Alexander III, Emperor of Russia ; Passion-bearer Tsar Nicholas, Commemorated on July 17; Martyr Ilia Chavchavadze of Georgia, Commemorated on July 20; Icon of the Mother of God "œthe Joy of All who sorrow" (with coins) in St Petersburg, Commemorated on July 23; Translation of the Icon of the Mother of God in Triumph to Russia, Commemorated on September 18 ; Glorification of St Tikhon, the Apostle to America, Commemorated on October 9; Hieromartyr and Metropolitan of Moscow and Krutitsy, Peter Polyansky, Commemorated on October 10; Venerable Ambrose of Optina, Commemorated on October 10; Icon of the Mother of God the "Multiplier of Wheat", Commemorated on October 15; Icon of the Mother of God "œthe Joy of All Who Sorrow", Commemorated on October 24; Hierarch Alexander, Bishop of Guria and Samegrelo, Commemorated on October 27; St Nectarius Kephalas the Metropolitan of Pentapolis, Commemorated on November 9; Founding of the Church of St George, Commemorated on November 10; Icon of the Mother of God "œSeraphim-Ponetaevka", Commemorated on November 27; Glorification of the Priestmartyr Alexander Hotovitzky, Commemorated on December 4; Hieromartyr Hilarion, Archbishop of Vereiya, Commemorated on December 15 ; Repose of St John of Kronstadt, Commemorated on December 20; St Euthymius (Takaishvili), Commemorated on January 3; Venerable Hieromonk Alexei of Teklati, Commemorated on January 18; St Euthymius the Confessor, Commemorated on January 20 ; St George (John) of Georgia, Commemorated on January 21 ; St John, Commemorated on January 23; St Gabriel, Bishop of Imereti, Commemorated on January 25; St Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev and Gallich, Commemorated on January 25; Venerable Anatole I of Optina, Commemorated on January 25; St Nicholas, Equal of the Apostles and Archbishop of Japan, Commemorated on February 16; Repose of St Raphael the Bishop of Brooklyn, Commemorated on February 27; Venerable Seraphim of Vyritsa, Commemorated on March 21; Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina, Commemorated on April 1; St Tikhon the Patriarch of Moscow, and Enlightener of North America, Commemorated on April 7 ; TIKHON, PATRIARCH OF RUSSIA AND CONFESSOR, (7 April 1925); Venerable Nectarius of Optina, Commemorated on April 29;

Russia, Moscow, 1885-1925, Tikhon, Apostle to America, Patriarch and Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia
Moscow, 1885-1925, Tikhon, Apostle to America, Patriarch of Moscow; Glorification of St Tikhon, the Apostle to America, Commemorated on October 9;

Russia, Moscow, 1889-1916, Russian Mystic, Rasputin
Russia, Moscow, 1889-1916, Russian Mystic, Rasputin; St. Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev and Gallich, Commemorated on January 25;

Russia, Moscow, 1891-1917, Priest John Kochurov, first priest martyred by Bolsheviks
Russia, Moscow, 1891-1917, Priest John Kochurov, first priest martyred by Bolsheviks Tsarskoye Selo; Priestmartyr John Kochurov, Commemorated October 31 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Tsarskoe Selo, Commemorated November 27 ;

Russia, Moscow, 1894-1917, Emperor, Nicholas II, Reformer, overthrown by Revolution, Executed
Moscow Emperor, 1894-1917, Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia ; Passion-bearer Tsar Nicholas, Commemorated on July 17; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Seraphim of Sarov, Commemorated on July 19 ; Martyr Ilia Chavchavadze of Georgia, Commemorated on July 20; Icon of the Mother of God œthe Joy of All who sorrow (with coins) in St Petersburg, Commemorated on July 23; Venerable Anatole II of Optina, Commemorated on July 30 ; New Martyr Nazarius, Metropolitan of Kutaisi-Gaenati, and his companions of Georgia, Commemorated August 14 ; Glorification of St Tikhon, the Apostle to America, Commemorated on October 9; Hieromartyr and Metropolitan of Moscow and Krutitsy, Peter Polyansky, Commemorated on October 10; Venerable Ambrose of Optina, Commemorated on October 10; Icon of the Mother of God the œMultiplier of Wheat, Commemorated on October 15; Hierarch Alexander, Bishop of Guria and Samegrelo, Commemorated on October 27; Priestmartyr John Kochurov, Commemorated on October 31; St Nectarius Kephalas the Metropolitan of Pentapolis, Commemorated on November 9; Hieromartyr Gregory (Peradze) of Georgia, Commemorated on November 23 ; Glorification of the Priestmartyr Alexander Hotovitzky, Commemorated on December 4; Hieromartyr Hilarion, Archbishop of Vereiya, Commemorated on December 15 ; Repose of St John of Kronstadt, Commemorated on December 20; St Euthymius (Takaishvili), Commemorated on January 3; Venerable Hieromonk Alexei of Teklati, Commemorated on January 18; St Euthymius the Confessor, Commemorated on January 20 ; St George (John) of Georgia, Commemorated on January 21 ; St John, Commemorated on January 23; St Gabriel, Bishop of Imereti, Commemorated on January 25; St Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev and Gallich, Commemorated on January 25; St Nicholas, Equal of the Apostles and Archbishop of Japan, Commemorated on February 16; Repose of St Raphael the Bishop of Brooklyn, Commemorated on February 27; Repose of St Nicholas of Zhicha, Commemorated on March 18; Venerable Seraphim of Vyritsa, Commemorated on March 21; The Meeting of the Mother of God and Saint Elizabeth, Commemorated on March 30; Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina, Commemorated on April 1; St Tikhon the Patriarch of Moscow, and Enlightener of North America, Commemorated on April 7 ; TIKHON, PATRIARCH OF RUSSIA AND CONFESSOR, (7 April 1925); Venerable Nectarius of Optina, Commemorated on April 29; Venerable Nikon of Optina, Commemorated on June 25;

Russia, Moscow, 1894-1917, Emperess Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse), Nic and Alix
Moscow Emperess, 1894-1917, Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse); Passion-bearer Tsar Nicholas, Commemorated on July 17; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Seraphim of Sarov, Commemorated on July 19 ; Martyr Ilia Chavchavadze of Georgia, Commemorated on July 20; Venerable Anatole II of Optina, Commemorated on July 30; Righteous Admiral Theodore Ushakov of the Russian Naval Fleet, Commemorated on October 2; Glorification of St Tikhon, the Apostle to America, Commemorated on October 9; Hieromartyr and Metropolitan of Moscow and Krutitsy, Peter Polyansky, Commemorated on October 10; Venerable Ambrose of Optina, Commemorated on October 10; Icon of the Mother of God the œMultiplier of Wheat, Commemorated on October 15; Hierarch Alexander, Bishop of Guria and Samegrelo, Commemorated on October 27; Priestmartyr John Kochurov, Commemorated on October 31; St Nectarius Kephalas the Metropolitan of Pentapolis, Commemorated on November 9; Glorification of the Priestmartyr Alexander Hotovitzky, Commemorated on December 4; Hieromartyr Hilarion, Archbishop of Vereiya, Commemorated on December 15 ; Repose of St John of Kronstadt, Commemorated on December 20; St Euthymius (Takaishvili), Commemorated on January 3; St Euthymius the Confessor, Commemorated on January 20 ; St George (John) of Georgia, Commemorated on January 21 ; St John, Commemorated on January 23; St Gabriel, Bishop of Imereti, Commemorated on January 25; St Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev and Gallich, Commemorated on January 25; St Nicholas, Equal of the Apostles and Archbishop of Japan, Commemorated on February 16; Repose of St Raphael the Bishop of Brooklyn, Commemorated on February 27; The Meeting of the Mother of God and Saint Elizabeth, Commemorated on March 30; St Tikhon the Patriarch of Moscow, and Enlightener of North America, Commemorated on April 7 ; TIKHON, PATRIARCH OF RUSSIA AND CONFESSOR, (7 April 1925); New Martyr Nazarius, Metropolitan of Kutaisi-Gaenati, and his companions of Georgia, Commemorated August 14 ; Hieromartyr Gregory (Peradze) of Georgia, Commemorated on November 23 ; Venerable Hieromonk Alexei of Teklati, Commemorated on January 18; Repose of St Nicholas of Zhicha, Commemorated on March 18; Venerable Seraphim of Vyritsa, Commemorated on March 21; Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina, Commemorated on April 1; St Tikhon the Patriarch of Moscow, and Enlightener of North America, Commemorated on April 7 ; Venerable Nectarius of Optina, Commemorated on April 29; Venerable Nikon of Optina, Commemorated on June 25;

Russia, Moscow, 1894-1905, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich
Moscow Grand Duke, 1894-1905, Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia; Grand Duchess Elizabeth, Commemorated on July 18;

Russia, Moscow, 1900-1999, 20th Century Folder, Bolsheviks, Revolution, Living Progressive Church

Russia, Moscow, 1903-1912, Bolsheviks, (Majority, Reds, Workers, Communist Party of the Social Democrats)
Bolsheviks, 1903-1912, (Majority, Reds, Workers, Communist Party of the Social Democrats); St. George (John) of Georgia, Commemorated on January 21;

Russia, Moscow, 1904-1905, Russo-Japanese War of 1904, 1905
Moscow, Russo-Japanese war in 1904, 1905; Liaodong Peninsula; St Nicholas, Equal of the Apostles and Archbishop of Japan, Commemorated on February 16; Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina, Commemorated on April 1;

Russia, Moscow, 1914-1918, Russo-Turkish War (1914-18), Caucasus Campeign of WWI
Moscow, 1914-1918, Russo-Turkish War (1914-18), Caucasus Campeign of WWI;

Russia, Moscow, 1917, Russian Revolution, Russian Civil War
Russia, Moscow, 1917, Russian Revolution Chariman, 1917-1924, Vladimir Lennin, Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ; Venerable Anatole II of Optina, Commemorated on July 30; Hieromartyr Benjamin the Metropolitan of Petrograd and Gdovsk, Commemorated July 31 ; Martyr Sergius the Archimandrite of Petrograd, Commemorated July 31 ; Glorification of St Tikhon, the Apostle to America, Commemorated on October 9; Hieromartyr and Metropolitan of Moscow and Krutitsy, Peter Polyansky, Commemorated on October 10; St Nectarius Kephalas the Metropolitan of Pentapolis, Commemorated on November 9; Hieromartyr Gregory (Peradze) of Georgia, Commemorated on November 23 ; Glorification of the Priestmartyr Alexander Hotovitzky, Commemorated on December 4; St Euthymius (Takaishvili), Commemorated on January 3; Venerable Hieromonk Alexei of Teklati, Commemorated on January 18; St Euthymius the Confessor, Commemorated on January 20 ; St George (John) of Georgia, Commemorated on January 21 ; St John, Commemorated on January 23; St Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev and Gallich, Commemorated on January 25; Venerable Seraphim of Vyritsa, Commemorated on March 21; St Tikhon the Patriarch of Moscow, and Enlightener of North America, Commemorated on April 7 ; TIKHON, PATRIARCH OF RUSSIA AND CONFESSOR, (7 April 1925); New Martyr Nazarius, Metropolitan of Kutaisi-Gaenati, and his companions of Georgia, Commemorated August 14 ; Priestmartyr John Kochurov, Commemorated on October 31; Repose of St Innocent the first Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on November 26; Hieromartyr Hilarion, Archbishop of Vereiya, Commemorated on December 15 ; Icon of the Mother of God Ã¢Â€ÂœEnthronedÃ¢Â€ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on March 2; St Ambrose the Confessor, Commemorated on March 16; Repose of St Nicholas of Zhicha, Commemorated on March 18; St Tikhon the Patriarch of Moscow, and Enlightener of North America, Commemorated on April 7 ; TIKHON, PATRIARCH OF RUSSIA AND CONFESSOR, (7 April 1925); Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Svir, Commemorated on April 17; Venerable Nectarius of Optina, Commemorated on April 29; New Martyr Archpriest Vasily Martysz, Commemorated on May 4; Venerable Nikon of Optina, Commemorated on June 25; Hieromartyr Kirion II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Commemorated on June 27;

Russia, Moscow, 1917, Chekists, Cheka, first Soviet State Police
Chekists, Cheka, first Soviet State Police; St. George (John) of Georgia, Commemorated on January 21;

Russia, Moscow, 1917-1925, Tikhon, Metropolitan of all Russia, Bishop in US
Moscow, 1917-1925, Patriarch, Tikhon, Metropolitan of all Russia ; Tikhon of Moscow (Russian: ÃÂÂ¢ÃÂÂ¸Ñ…ÃÂÂ¾ÃÂÂ½ ÃÂÂœÃÂÂ¾ÑÂÂÃÂÂºÃÂÂ¾ÃÂÂ²ÑÂÂÃÂÂºÃÂÂ¸ÃÂÂ¹, 31 January [O.S. 19 January] 1865 – 7 April [O.S. 25 March] 1925), born Vasily Ivanovich Bellavin (Russian: ÃÂÂ’ÃÂÂ°ÑÂÂÃÂÂ¸ÃÂÂ»ÃÂÂ¸ÃÂÂ¹ ÃÂÂ˜ÃÂÂ²ÃÂÂ°ÃÂÂ½ÃÂÂ¾ÃÂÂ²ÃÂÂ¸Ñ‡ ÃÂÂ‘ÃÂÂµÃÂÂ»ÃÂÂ»ÃÂÂ°ÃÂÂ²ÃÂÂ¸ÃÂÂ½), was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC). On 5 November 1917 (OS) he was selected the 11th Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia,[Note 1] after a period of about 200 years of the Synodal rule in the ROC. He was canonised as a confessor by the ROC in 1989. Early life[edit] From 1878 to 1884, Bellavin studied at the Pskov Theological Seminary. In 1888, at the age of 23, he graduated from the Saint Petersburg Theological Academy as a layman. He then returned to the Pskov Seminary and became an instructor of Moral and Dogmatic Theology. In 1891, at the age of 26, he took monastic vows and was given the name Tikhon in honor of St. Tikhon of Zadonsk. Tikhon was consecrated Bishop of Lublin on 19 October 1897. Bishop in the United States[edit] On 14 September 1898, he was appointed Bishop of the Aleutian Islands and Alaska. He went to the United States, and eventually became a naturalized American citizen. The peripatetic bishop visited emerging Orthodox emigrant communities in various American cities, including New York City, Chicago and the coal and steel-making cities in Pennsylvania and Ohio. The consecration of Reginald Heber Weller as an Anglican bishop at St. Paul's Cathedral in the Episcopal Diocese of Fond du Lac, with Anthony Kozlowski of the Polish National Catholic Church and Tikhon of Moscow (along with his chaplains John Kochurov and Sebastian Dabovich) of the Russian Orthodox Church present As head of the ROC diocese in North America, in 1900 he reorganized the diocese and changed its name from the "Of the Aleutian Islands and Alaska" to "Diocese of the Aleutian Islands and North America". He had two auxiliary bishops in the United States: Bishop Innocent (Pustynsky) in Alaska, and St. Raphael (Hawaweeny) in Brooklyn. On 22 May 1901, he blessed the cornerstone for St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York City (fundraising for which had begun in 1894 and to which Tsar Nicholas II contributed 5,000 in 1900) in a great ceremony attended by New York Mayor Seth Low, Russian diplomats and sailors, and enthusiastic worshippers.[1] He celebrated the first liturgy in the new building's basement on July 20, 1902, and in the main hall on November 10, 1902.[2] Tikhon was also involved in building other churches in North America, and establishing a dialog with Greek Orthodox churches in America. On 9 November 1902, he consecrated the church of St. Nicholas in Brooklyn for Syrian Antiochian Orthodox immigrants. While in the United States, Tikhon became aware of the country's tradition of religious diversity, as well as the growing ecumenical and Pan-Slav movements, and the needs of a wide variety of eastern and southern European immigrants. Before his arrival, in 1890, a delegation of Carpatho-Rusyns also had approached the Russian consul in San Francisco and requested a bishop, since the Latin Catholic archbishop of Minnesota, John Ireland was attempting to force their assimilation, although Byzantine Rite Catholics had previously been accorded certain dispensations from the Roman Rite practices of the Latin Church. Their Byzantine (Ruthenian) Catholic priest, Alexis Toth, was formally accepted into the Russian Orthodox Church in 1892. In 1900, Tikhon attended the consecration of Reginald Heber Weller as coadjutor bishop for the Episcopal Diocese of Fond du Lac, though he was not one of the consecrating bishops (all Episcopalians).[3] More Byzantine Catholics joined the Eastern Orthodox fold, especially priests after 1907, when Pope Pius X published Ea Semper, restricting their previously recognized right to ordain married men. In 1905, the title of Archbishop was bestowed on him, and he moved his formal residence and diocesan office from San Francisco to New York.[4] In June 1905, the new archbishop gave his blessing for the establishment of a monastery in Pennsylvania, which in the 1930s became Saint Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary. On September 17, [O.S. September 4, ] 1905 The Holy Trinity Russian (Greek) Orthodox church was consecrated in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, on the corner of McKenzie Street and Manitoba Avenue by the new Archbishop Tikhon, Head of the Russian Orthodox Mission in North America and soon to become Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. Ukrainian teachers studying at the Ruthenian Training School sang at the consecration ceremony.[5] Return to Russia and restoration of Patriarchy[edit] In 1907, Tikhon returned to Russia, having been appointed to the See of Yaroslavl. On 22 December 1913, he was transferred to the diocese of Vilno in Lithuania. However, the First World War and the Russian Revolution created turmoil in his native land. On 21 June 1917, the Diocesan Congress of clergy and laity elected Tikhon the ruling bishop of Moscow. On 14 August 1917 (OS),[6] Tikhon was raised to the dignity of Metropolitan of Moscow. On the next day, the Local Council of the ROC, the first such convention since the late 17th century, opened in Moscow. The council's major decision that passed on 28 October 1917, days after the Bolsheviks seized power in Petrograd, was to restore the Patriarchy in the ROC. On 5 November 1917, after his election by vote as one of the three candidates for the reinstated Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev announced that Metropolitan Tikhon had been selected for the position after a drawing of lots as the new Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. Patriarchate[edit] During the Russian Civil War the patriarch, like the entire Russian Church, was widely considered anti-Bolshevik and many bishops were exiled, imprisoned or even executed by the new regime. Tikhon openly condemned the killings of the tsar's family in 1918, and protested against violent attacks by the Bolsheviks on the church. In 1920, he granted autonomy to what became the Orthodox Church in America and other dioceses of the Church of Russia that were cut off from the governance of the highest church authority (i.e. the patriarch), until such time as normal relations with the highest church authority could be resumed. In November 1921, many of the Russian bishops, who had fled Russia in 1919–1920, had gathered in Sremski Karlovci, Serbia, and adopted a number of anti-Bolshevik statements; in May the following year Tikhon and his Synod formally dissolved the exile group, which nevertheless continued to exist as a separate Russian ecclesiastical entity, viewed as schismatic by the Moscow Patriarchate.[citation needed] Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow near Donskoy Monastery Jul 1923 In 1922 Russia was afflicted with mass famine. The Communist government used the situation to confiscate ecclesiastical property and to accuse the patriarch of being a saboteur. From April 1922 until June 1923 he resided under house arrest in Donskoy Monastery.[7] His public protest against nationalization of Church property was reframed as a criminal act. This caused international resonance and several countries sent formal protest notes to the Soviet government. Under pressure from the authorities, Tikhon issued several messages to the believers in which he stated in part that he was "no longer an enemy to the Soviet power". Textual analysis of these messages shows considerable similarity with a number of documents exchanged in the Politburo on the "Tikhon's Affair". Despite his declaration of loyalty, he continued to enjoy the trust of the Orthodox community in Russia. In 1923 Tikhon was "deposed" by a Soviet-sponsored[8] council of the so-called Living Church, which decreed that he was "henceforth a simple citizen—Vasily Bellavin." This deposition has never been recognized as an act of the Russian Orthodox Church, and is therefore considered invalid by both the Russian Orthodox Church, and the Russian Federation. Death[edit] In 1924 the patriarch fell ill and was hospitalized. On 5 April 1925, he served his last Divine Liturgy, and died two days later, 25 March (OS)/7 April, the Feast of the Annunciation. He was buried on 12 April in the winter church of Donskoy Monastery in Moscow. From the time of his death, he was widely considered a martyr or confessor for the faith. Canonization Hieromartyr Benjamin the Metropolitan of Petrograd and Gdovsk, Commemorated July 31 ; Glorification of St Tikhon, the Apostle to America, Commemorated on October 9; Hieromartyr and Metropolitan of Moscow and Krutitsy, Peter Polyansky, Commemorated on October 10; Glorification of the Priestmartyr Alexander Hotovitzky, Commemorated on December 4; St Tikhon the Patriarch of Moscow, and Enlightener of North America, Commemorated on April 7 ; TIKHON, PATRIARCH OF RUSSIA AND CONFESSOR, (7 April 1925); New Martyr Archpriest Vasily Martysz, Commemorated on May 4; New Martyr Archbishop Andronicus of Perm, Commemorated on June 4; Venerable Nikon of Optina, Commemorated on June 25; ISABEL FLORENCE HAPGOOD, ECUMENIST and JOURNALIST, 1929, Commemorated June 26;

Russia, Moscow, 1917-1924, Chariman, Vladimir Lennin, Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Chariman, 1917-1924, Vladimir Lennin, Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ; Venerable Anatole II of Optina, Commemorated on July 30; Hieromartyr Benjamin the Metropolitan of Petrograd and Gdovsk, Commemorated July 31 ; Martyr Sergius the Archimandrite of Petrograd, Commemorated July 31 ; Glorification of St Tikhon, the Apostle to America, Commemorated on October 9; Hieromartyr and Metropolitan of Moscow and Krutitsy, Peter Polyansky, Commemorated on October 10; St Nectarius Kephalas the Metropolitan of Pentapolis, Commemorated on November 9; Hieromartyr Gregory (Peradze) of Georgia, Commemorated on November 23 ; Glorification of the Priestmartyr Alexander Hotovitzky, Commemorated on December 4; St Euthymius (Takaishvili), Commemorated on January 3; Venerable Hieromonk Alexei of Teklati, Commemorated on January 18; St Euthymius the Confessor, Commemorated on January 20 ; St George (John) of Georgia, Commemorated on January 21 ; St John, Commemorated on January 23; St Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev and Gallich, Commemorated on January 25; Venerable Seraphim of Vyritsa, Commemorated on March 21; St Tikhon the Patriarch of Moscow, and Enlightener of North America, Commemorated on April 7 ; TIKHON, PATRIARCH OF RUSSIA AND CONFESSOR, (7 April 1925); New Martyr Nazarius, Metropolitan of Kutaisi-Gaenati, and his companions of Georgia, Commemorated August 14 ; Priestmartyr John Kochurov, Commemorated on October 31; Repose of St Innocent the first Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on November 26; Hieromartyr Hilarion, Archbishop of Vereiya, Commemorated on December 15 ; Icon of the Mother of God Ã¢Â€ÂœEnthronedÃ¢Â€ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on March 2; St Ambrose the Confessor, Commemorated on March 16; Repose of St Nicholas of Zhicha, Commemorated on March 18; St Tikhon the Patriarch of Moscow, and Enlightener of North America, Commemorated on April 7 ; TIKHON, PATRIARCH OF RUSSIA AND CONFESSOR, (7 April 1925); Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Svir, Commemorated on April 17; Venerable Nectarius of Optina, Commemorated on April 29; New Martyr Archpriest Vasily Martysz, Commemorated on May 4; Venerable Nikon of Optina, Commemorated on June 25; Hieromartyr Kirion II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Commemorated on June 27;

Russia, Moscow, 1917-1957, Living Church and Cheka, Alexander Tuchkov
Russia, Moscow, 1917-1957, Living Church and Cheka, Alexander Tuchkov ; Moscow, 1917-1925, Patriarch, Tikhon, Metropolitan of all Russia ; Hieromartyr Benjamin the Metropolitan of Petrograd and Gdovsk, Commemorated July 31 ; Glorification of St Tikhon, the Apostle to America, Commemorated on October 9; Hieromartyr and Metropolitan of Moscow and Krutitsy, Peter Polyansky, Commemorated on October 10; Glorification of the Priestmartyr Alexander Hotovitzky, Commemorated on December 4; St Tikhon the Patriarch of Moscow, and Enlightener of North America, Commemorated on April 7 ; TIKHON, PATRIARCH OF RUSSIA AND CONFESSOR, (7 April 1925); New Martyr Archpriest Vasily Martysz, Commemorated on May 4; New Martyr Archbishop Andronicus of Perm, Commemorated on June 4; Venerable Nikon of Optina, Commemorated on June 25; ISABEL FLORENCE HAPGOOD, ECUMENIST and JOURNALIST, 1929, Commemorated June 26;

Russia, Moscow, 1918, Saint, Andronicus of Perm
Moscow Saint, 1918, Andronicus of Perm; New Martyr Archbishop Andronicus of Perm, Commemorated on June 4;

Russia, Moscow, 1922-1952, Joseph Stalin, Soviet General Secreatary
Secretary, 1922-1952, Joseph Stalin, Soviet General Secreatary ; Venerable Anatole II of Optina, Commemorated on July 30; New Martyr Nazarius, Metropolitan of Kutaisi-Gaenati, and his companions of Georgia, Commemorated August 14 ; Glorification of St Tikhon, the Apostle to America, Commemorated on October 9; Hieromartyr and Metropolitan of Moscow and Krutitsy, Peter Polyansky, Commemorated on October 10; Repose of St Innocent the first Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on November 26; Hieromartyr Hilarion, Archbishop of Vereiya, Commemorated on December 15 ; New Hieromartyr Archbishop Thaddeus of Tver, Commemorated on December 18; St Euthymius (Takaishvili), Commemorated on January 3; St Euthymius the Confessor, Commemorated on January 20 ; St George (John) of Georgia, Commemorated on January 21 ; St John, Commemorated on January 23; St Ambrose the Confessor, Commemorated on March 16; Repose of St Nicholas of Zhicha, Commemorated on March 18; Venerable Seraphim of Vyritsa, Commemorated on March 21; St Tikhon the Patriarch of Moscow, and Enlightener of North America, Commemorated on April 7 ; TIKHON, PATRIARCH OF RUSSIA AND CONFESSOR, (7 April 1925); Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Svir, Commemorated on April 17; New Martyr Archpriest Vasily Martysz, Commemorated on May 4; Venerable Nikon of Optina, Commemorated on June 25;

Russia, Moscow, 1945-1970, Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow
Russia, Moscow, 1945-1970, Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow; Venerable Seraphim of Vyritsa, Commemorated on March 21;

Russia, Moscow, 1953-1964, Secretary, Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow Secretary, 1953-1964, Nikita Khrushchev; St John, Commemorated on January 23; Repose of St Nicholas of Zhicha, Commemorated on March 18; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Svir, Commemorated on April 17;

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Moscow; Icon of the Mother of God of Cyprus, Commemorated July 9 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Koloch, Commemorated July 9 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Rzhevsk, Commemorated on July 11; Grand Duchess Elizabeth, Commemorated on July 18; Procession of the Honorable Wood of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord (First of the three ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœFeasts of the SaviorÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ in August), Commemorated on August 1 ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Maximus of Moscow the Fool-for-Christ, Commemorated on August 13; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Maximus of Moscow the Fool-for-Christ, Commemorated on August 13; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Âœof the PassionÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on August 13 ; St Leucius of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on August 17 ; Intercession of the "Don" Icon of the Mother of God against the Tatars Attack, Commemorated August 19 ; Child Schemamonk Bogolep; Blessed Basil of Moscow the Fool-For-Christ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Maximus of Moscow the Fool-for-Christ; Translation of the relics of St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on August 24; Icon of the Mother of God of St Peter of Moscow, Commemorated on August 24; Uncovering of the relics of St Daniel the Prince of Moscow, Commemorated on August 30; Icon of the Mother of God of Pisidia, Commemorated September 3 ; Venerable Macarius of Optina, Commemorated September 7 ; Repose of St Cyprian the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on September 16 ; Hieromartyr and Metropolitan of Moscow and Krutitsy, Peter Polyansky, Commemorated September 27 ; Glorification of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow and Enlightener of the Aleuts, Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated October 6 ; Glorification of St Tikhon, the Apostle to America, Commemorated on October 9; Icon of the Mother of God of Korsun, Commemorated on October 9; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœJerusalemÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on October 12; Translation of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God to Moscow, Commemorated on October 13; Commemoration of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God and the deliverance from the Poles, Commemorated on October 22 ; Apostle James, the Brother of the Lord, Commemorated on October 23 ; St Theophilus of the Kiev Caves and Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on October 26; Repose of St Jonah the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on November 5 ; St Herman the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on November 6 ; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Âœthe JoyfulÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on November 7 ; St Theodore the Archbishop of Rostov, Commemorated on November 28 ; St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated October 5 ; Glorification of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow and Enlightener of the Aleuts, Apostle to the Americas; Icon of the Mother of God "In Giving Birth, you Preserved your Virginity", Commemorated October 17 ; Repose of St Philaret (Drozdov) the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on November 19 ; St Gurias the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated December 5 ; St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated on December 10 ; Memorial Saturday of St Demetrius; Apostle James, the Brother of the Lord, Commemorated January 4; Icon of the Mother of God "the Joy of All Who Sorrow", Commemorated October 24 ; Repose of the Blessed Maximus of Moscow, Commemorated on November 11 ; Repose of St Philaret (Drozdov) the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on November 19 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Tsarskoe Selo, Commemorated on November 27 ; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Zvenigorod the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on December 3 ; St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod; Venerable Therapon the Abbot of Monza, Commemorated December 12 ; Repose of the Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America, Commemorated December 13 ; Repose of St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on December 21 ; St Juliana the Princess of Vyazma, Commemorated on December 21 ; Apostle James, of the Seventy, the Brother of the Lord, Commemorated on January 4 ; Hieromartyr Philip the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated January 9 ; Venerable Paul the Abbot of Obnora, Vologda, Commemorated on January 10 ; Venerable Irenarchus the Recluse of Rostov, Commemorated January 13 ; Venerable Euthymius of Syanzhemsk, Vologda, Commemorated January 20 ; Venerable Maximus the Greek, Commemorated January 21 ; Venerable Gennadius of Kostroma, Commemorated January 23 ; Blessed Xenia of St Petersburg, Commemorated January 24 ; St Moses the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on January 25 ; St Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev and Gallich, Commemorated January 25 ; Translation to Moscow of the Icon of the Mother of God "Assuage my sorrow", Commemorated January 25 ; Venerable Theodosius the Abbot of Totma, Vologda, Commemorated on January 28 ; ANDREI RUBLEV, MONK AND ICONOGRAPHER, 1430, Commemorated January 29 ; Martyr Tryphon of Campsada Near Apamea in Syria, Commemorated on February 1 ; St Tryphon, Bishop of Rostov, Commemorated February 1 ; Venerable Cyril the Abbot and Wonderworker of Novoezersk, Novgorod, Commemorated on February 4 ; Icon of the Mother of God "Elets-Chernigov", Commemorated February 5 ; St Alexis the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 17 ; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4; Martyr Tryphon of Campsada Near Apamea in Syria, Commemorated on February 1 ; St Tryphon, Bishop of Rostov, Commemorated on February 1; Icon of the Mother of God "the Seeker of the Lost", Commemorated February 5 ; Repose of St Theodosius of Chernigov, Commemorated February 5 ; Uncovering of the relics of St Innocent the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on February 9 ; St Alexis the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated February 12; St Hilarion the Georgian, the New, Commemorated February 14 ; Translation of the relics of the Martyr Michael of Chernigov, Commemorated February 14 ; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 17; Venerable Cosmas of Yakhrom, Commemorated February 18 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Cyprus, Commemorated February 19; Repose of St Raphael the Bishop of Brooklyn, Commemorated on February 27 ; Blessed Nicholas (Salos) of Pskov the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on February 28 Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœEnthronedÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on March 2; St Arsenius the Bishop of Tver, Commemorated on March 2 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on March 3; Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, Commemorated on March 4; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4; Finding of the relics of St Theodore the Prince of Smolensk, and Yaroslav, and His Children, Commemorated on March 5 ; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Âœthe Blessed HeavenÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on March 6; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Âœthe Surety of sinnersÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ in Moscow, Commemorated on March 7; St Euthymius the Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on March 11; St Theognostus the Metropolitan of Kiev and All Russia, Commemorated on March 14; Icon of the Mother of God of Lubyatov, Commemorated on March 19 ; St Innocent of Komel the Disciple of St Nilus of Sora, Vologda, Commemorated on March 19 ; Martyr Stephen of Kazan, Commemorated on March 24; The Annunciation of our Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, Commemorated on March 25; Venerable John, Bishop of Manglisi, Commemorated on March 28; St Sophronius the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on March 30; Repose of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow the Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated on March 31; Repose of St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on March 31; Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina, Commemorated on April 1; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Âœthe Unfading BloomÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on April 3; Translation of the relics of St Job the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on April 5 ; St Tikhon the Patriarch of Moscow, and Enlightener of North America, Commemorated on April 7 ; TIKHON, PATRIARCH OF RUSSIA AND CONFESSOR, (7 April 1925); St Barsanuphius the Bishop of Tver, Commemorated on April 11; Venerable James the Abbot of Zheleznoborov, Commemorated on April 11; Icon of the Mother of God of Vilnius, Commemorated on April 14; Icon of the Mother of God of St Maximus, Commemorated on April 18; St Stephen the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on April 26; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Âœof the PassionÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on April 30; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on May 12 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Murom, Commemorated on April 12; Greatmartyr, Victory-bearer and Wonderworker George, Commemorated on April 23; Venerable Sylvester the Abbot of Obnora, Commemorated on April 25; Icon of the Mother of God of Constantinople, Commemorated on April 25; Icon of the Mother of God of ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Âœthe Unexpected JoyÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ from Andronikov, Commemorated on May 1; St Gerasimus of Boldino, Commemorated on May 1; Translation of the relics of St Nicholas the Wonderworker from Myra to Bari, Commemorated on May 9; St Joseph the Metropolitan of Astrakhan, Commemorated on May 11; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on May 12; Venerable Dionysius the Archimandrite of St SergiusÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Â™ Monastery, Commemorated on May 12; Virginmartyr Glyceria of Novgorod, Commemorated on May 13; Venerable Isidore the Fool-For-Christ and Wonderworker of Rostov, Commemorated on May 14 ; St Euphrosyne the Princess, (Eudoxia) of Moscow, Commemorated on May 17 ; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19; Uncovering of the relics of St Alexis the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on May 20 ; Meeting of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on May 21 ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Macarius the Abbot of Kalyazin, Commemorated on May 26 ; Translation of the relics of St Cyprian the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on May 27 ; Venerable Therapon the Abbot of White Lake, Commemorated on May 27; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Âœthe Surety of sinnersÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on May 29; Translation of the relics of slain Crown Prince Demetrius of Moscow, Commemorated on June 3; New Martyr Archbishop Andronicus of Perm, Commemorated on June 4; Finding of the relics of the Venerable Bassian the Monk of Pertomsk, Solovki, Commemorated on June 5; Icon of the Mother of God of Pimen, Commemorated on June 6; Venerable Cyril the Abbot of White Lake, Commemorated on June 9; Finding of the relics of St Basil the Bishop of Ryazan, Commemorated on June 10; Venerable Andronicus the Abbot of Moscow and Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on June 13; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Moscow, Commemorated on June 13; St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on June 15; St Tikhon the Bishop of Amathus in Cyprus, Commemorated on June 16 ; Venerable Moses of Optina, Commemorated on June 16; Venerable Tikhon of Kaluga Or Medin, Commemorated on June 16 ; Repose of St Job the Patriarch of Moscow, and All Russia, Commemorated on June 19; Meeting of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God in memory of Saving of Moscow from the Invasion of Khan Achmed, Commemorated on June 23; Appearance of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on June 26; Holy Queen Dinar, Commemorated on June 30; St Photius the Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on July 2 ; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Most Holy Mother of God at Blachernae, Commemorated on July 2; Blessed John of Moscow the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on July 3; Venerable Nicodemus the Abbot of Kozhe Lake, Commemorated on July 3; Icon of the Mother of God of Galatea, Commemorated on July 4 ; Venerable Andrew Rublev the Iconographer, Commemorated on July 4; St Eudokia, in Monasticism Euphrosyne, the Grand Duchess of Moscow, Commemorated on July 7; Miracle of the Annunciation Icon of the Mother of God at Ustiug, Commemorated on July 8 ;

Nikolaev Peshkov monastery of Moscow, 1623 (Moscow River 4.8)
Nikolaev Peshkov monastery of Moscow ; In Giving Birth, You Preserved Your Virginity Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on October 17;

Moscova River 5 (Moscow)

Ugreshsky Monastery of Saint Nicholas, 1521 (Moscow River 5.1)
Ugreshsky Monastery; Translation of the relics of St Nicholas the Wonderworker from Myra to Bari, Commemorated on May 9;

Moscova River 6

Moscova River 7

Moscova River Mouth (Kolomna, Oka River 7)

Kolomna, Moscow area (Moscova River Mouth at Oka River 7)
Kolomna; Commemoration of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God and the deliverance of Moscow from the Invasion of Tamerlane, Commemorated August 26 ; Repose of St Philaret (Drozdov) the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on November 19 ; St Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev and Gallich, Commemorated January 25 ; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4; Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, Commemorated on March 4; Repose of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow the Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated on March 31; St Stephen the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on April 26;

Golutvinsky Monastery, near Kolomna (Moscova River Mouth)
Golutvinsky Monastery is in or near Kolomna. Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina, Commemorated on April 1;

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Yauza River

Yauza River Source

Yauza River 1

Yauza River 2 (Starava Basmanna and Andronikov Monastery)

Staraya Basmanna, Moscow (Yauza River 2)
Staraya Basmanna; Icon of the Mother of God of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on March 3;

Lefortovo Palace (Catherine Palace)
Lefortovo Palace (Catherine Palace); Appearance of the Smolensk "œDirectress" Icon of the Mother of God brought from Constantinople, Commemorated on July 28;

Yauza (Andronikov) Monastery, Moscow (Yauza River 2) 1357
Andronikov Monastery; Khitrovo Gospels; ANDREI RUBLEV MONK AND ICONOGRAPHER, 1430, Commemorated January 29 ; St Barsanuphius the Bishop of Tver, Commemorated on April 11; Icon of the Mother of God of œthe Unexpected from Andronikov, Commemorated on May 1; New Martyr Archpriest Vasily Martysz, Commemorated on May 4;

Andronikov Monastery, Moscow (Yauza River 2) 1357
Andronikov Monastery; Khitrovo Gospels; ANDREI RUBLEV MONK AND ICONOGRAPHER, 1430, Commemorated January 29 ; St Barsanuphius the Bishop of Tver, Commemorated on April 11; Icon of the Mother of God of œthe Unexpected from Andronikov, Commemorated on May 1; New Martyr Archpriest Vasily Martysz, Commemorated on May 4;

Spaso-Andronikov Monastery, Moscow (Yauza River 2) 1357
Andronikov Monastery; Khitrovo Gospels; ANDREI RUBLEV MONK AND ICONOGRAPHER, 1430, Commemorated January 29 ; St Barsanuphius the Bishop of Tver, Commemorated on April 11; Icon of the Mother of God of ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Âœthe Unexpected JoyÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ from Andronikov, Commemorated on May 1; New Martyr Archpriest Vasily Martysz, Commemorated on May 4;

Yauza River Mouth (Moscova River 5)

Krutitsy ( near Yauza River Mouth, Moscova River 5)
Krutitsy; Hieromartyr and Metropolitan of Moscow and Krutitsy, Peter Polyansky, Commemorated September 27 ; Hieromartyr and Metropolitan of Moscow and Krutitsy, Peter Polyansky, Commemorated on October 10 ; Venerable Dionysius the Archimandrite of St SergiusÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Â™ Monastery, Commemorated on May 12;

Novospassky Monastery, Yauza River Area, Moscow, early 1300's
Novospassky Monastery ; Icon of the Mother of God of Pisidia, Commemorated September 3 ; Translation of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God to Moscow, Commemorated on October 13; Venerable Anatole I of Optina, Commemorated on January 25 ; St Tryphon, Bishop of Rostov, Commemorated February 1 ; Venerable Dionysius the Archimandrite of St Sergius Monastery, Commemorated on May 12; Venerable Moses of Optina, Commemorated on June 16;

Simonov Monestary (Yauza River Area, Moscova River 5) 1370
Simonov Monestary; SERGIUS, ABBOT OF HOLY TRINITY (25 SEPT 1392); St Theodore the Archbishop of Rostov, Commemorated November 28 ; Repose of St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on March 31; Venerable Therapon the Abbot of White Lake, Commemorated on May 27; Icon of the Mother of God of White Lake, Commemorated on June 8; Venerable Cyril the Abbot of White Lake, Commemorated on June 9; St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on June 15; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5;

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Moscow Kremlin, 1331
Moscow Kremlin; Icon of the Mother of God of Cyprus, Commemorated July 9 ; Translation of the relics of St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on August 24; Holy, Glorious Demetrius the Myrrhgusher of Thessalonica; Martyr Michael the Prince of Tver, Commemorated November 22 ; St Theodore the Archbishop of Rostov, Commemorated on November 28 ; Venerable Irenarchus the Recluse of Rostov, Commemorated January 13 ; ANDREI RUBLEV, MONK AND ICONOGRAPHER, 1430, Commemorated January 29 ; St Alexis the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 12 ; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 17; Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, Commemorated on March 4; Translation of the relics of St Job the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on April 5 ; The Annunciation of our Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, Commemorated on March 25; Translation of the relics of St Job the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on April 5 ; St Barsanuphius the Bishop of Tver, Commemorated on April 11; St Stephen the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on April 26; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on May 12; St Euphrosyne the Princess, (Eudoxia) of Moscow, Commemorated on May 17 ; Uncovering of the relics of St Alexis the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on May 20; Meeting of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on May 21 ; Repose of St Job the Patriarch of Moscow, and All Russia, Commemorated on June 19; Holy Queen Dinar, Commemorated on June 30, Today, on the north wall of the Throne Hall in the Moscow Kremlin, there hangs an image of Holy Queen Dinar mounted on a white horse, victorious over the enemy ; Venerable Nicodemus the Abbot of Kozhe Lake, Commemorated on July 3;

Kremlin, Moscow Kremlin, 1331, White Stoned Walls
Moscow Kremlin; Icon of the Mother of God of Cyprus, Commemorated July 9 ; Translation of the relics of St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on August 24; Holy, Glorious Demetrius the Myrrhgusher of Thessalonica; Martyr Michael the Prince of Tver, Commemorated November 22 ; St Theodore the Archbishop of Rostov, Commemorated on November 28 ; Venerable Irenarchus the Recluse of Rostov, Commemorated January 13 ; ANDREI RUBLEV, MONK AND ICONOGRAPHER, 1430, Commemorated January 29 ; St Alexis the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 12 ; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 17; Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, Commemorated on March 4; Translation of the relics of St Job the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on April 5 ; The Annunciation of our Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, Commemorated on March 25; Translation of the relics of St Job the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on April 5 ; St Barsanuphius the Bishop of Tver, Commemorated on April 11; St Stephen the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on April 26; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on May 12; St Euphrosyne the Princess, (Eudoxia) of Moscow, Commemorated on May 17 ; Uncovering of the relics of St Alexis the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on May 20; Meeting of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on May 21 ; Repose of St Job the Patriarch of Moscow, and All Russia, Commemorated on June 19; Holy Queen Dinar, Commemorated on June 30, Today, on the north wall of the Throne Hall in the Moscow Kremlin, there hangs an image of Holy Queen Dinar mounted on a white horse, victorious over the enemy ; Venerable Nicodemus the Abbot of Kozhe Lake, Commemorated on July 3;

Christ the Savior Cathedral (Kremlin Savior Gates, Moscow, 1883)
Christ the Savior Cathedral; Glorification of the Priestmartyr Alexander Hotovitzky, Commemorated December 4 ; Meeting of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on May 21 ;

Kremlin Savior Gates (Christ the Savior Cathedral, Moscow, 1883)
Christ the Savior Cathedral; Glorification of the Priestmartyr Alexander Hotovitzky, Commemorated December 4 ; Meeting of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on May 21 ;

Archangel cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin, 1333, 1505
Archangel cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin ; Martyr and Confessor Michael the Wonderworker of Chernigov; Translation of the relics of the Martyr Michael of Chernigov, Commemorated February 14 ; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Âœthe Blessed HeavenÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on March 6; St Euphrosyne the Princess, (Eudoxia) of Moscow, Commemorated on May 17 ; Translation of the relics of slain Crown Prince Demetrius of Moscow, Commemorated on June 3;

Cathedral of the Annunciation, Moscow Kremlin, 1405 & 1489
Cathedral of the Annunciation; ANDREI RUBLEV, MONK AND ICONOGRAPHER, 1430, Commemorated January 29 ; The Annunciation of our Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, Commemorated on March 25; St Barsanuphius the Bishop of Tver, Commemorated on April 11;

Annunciation Cathedral, Moscow Kremlin, 1405 & 1489
Cathedral of the Annunciation; ANDREI RUBLEV, MONK AND ICONOGRAPHER, 1430, Commemorated January 29 ; The Annunciation of our Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, Commemorated on March 25; St Barsanuphius the Bishop of Tver, Commemorated on April 11;

Demetrius' Temple, 1280
Demetrius' Temple, 1280; Dormition Cathedral, Moscow, 1479; Holy, Glorious Demetrius the Myrrh-gusher of Thessalonica, Commemorated on October 26;

Dormition Cathedral, Kremlin, Moscow, 1479
Dormition Cathedral, Moscow; Icon of the Mother of God of Cyprus, Commemorated on July 9 ; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Lord at Moscow, Commemorated on July 10; Icon of the Mother of God of Rzhevsk, Commemorated on July 11; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Seraphim of Sarov, Commemorated on July 19 ; Procession of the Honorable Wood of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord (First of the three œFeasts of the Savior in August), Commemorated on August 1; Translation of the relics of St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on August 24; Icon of the Mother of God of St Peter of Moscow, Commemorated on August 24; Icon of the Mother of God of Korsun, Commemorated on October 9 ; St Demetrius (Dimitri), Metropolitan of Rostov, Commemorated on October 28; Icon of the Mother of God œJerusalemÂ, Commemorated on October 12 ; St Gennadius the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on December 4 ; Repose of St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on December 21 ; Hieromartyr Philip the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on January 9 ; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 17; Icon of the Mother of God of Cyprus, Commemorated February 19 ; The Annunciation of our Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, Commemorated on March 25; Translation of the relics of St Job the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on April 5 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Constantinople, Commemorated on April 25; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on May 12; Translation of the relics of St Cyprian the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on May 27 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Pimen, Commemorated on June 6; St John Maximovitch the Metropolitan of Tobolsk, Commemorated on June 10; St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on June 15; Repose of St Job the Patriarch of Moscow, and All Russia, Commemorated on June 19; Appearance of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on June 26; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Lord at Moscow, Commemorated on July 10;

Stromyn Village, now Church of the Domition
Moscow, 1841, Stromyn village, now Church of the Domition; Icon of the Mother of God of Cyprus, Commemorated on July 9 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Cyprus, Commemorated on February 19; “Stromyn” Cyprus Icon became famous in 1841. An eighteen-year-old girl from Stromyn, a village not far from Moscow, was close to death from an illness. In a dream she saw the Cyprus Icon standing over the entrance to the church, and a voice came from the icon: “Take me into your home and have the priest serve a Molieben with the Blessing of Water, and you will be cured.” sick girl was brought to the church and finally located the icon after a long search. The girl obeyed the command of the Most Holy Theotokos, and after the Molieben she felt strong enough to carry the icon back to the church herself. Shortly thereafter, she was completely healed. The “Stromyn” Cyprus Icon continued to work miracles of healing, which the rector of the church reported to the holy Metropolitan Philaret of Moscow (November 19).

Chudov (Archangel Michael) Monastery, Moscow Kremlin, 1365
Chudov Monastery ; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on August 19; Commemoration of the Miracle of the Archangel Michael at Colossae, Commemorated September 6 ; St Theophilus of the Kiev Caves and Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated October 26 ; St Gennadius the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on December 4 ; St Alexis the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated February 12; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 17; St Arsenius the Bishop of Tver, Commemorated on March 2 ; Repose of St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on March 31; Uncovering of the relics of St Alexis the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on May 20; St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on June 15; Venerable Tikhon of Kaluga Or Medin, Commemorated on June 16; Venerable Nicodemus the Abbot of Kozhe Lake, Commemorated on July 3;

Ascension monastery's Tikhvin church, Moscow, 1389
Ascension monastery's Tikhvin church; Uncovering of the relics of St Innocent the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated February 9 ; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœEnthronedÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on March 2;

Ascension Convent, Moscow, 1389
Ascension monastery's Tikhvin church; Uncovering of the relics of St Innocent the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated February 9 ; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœEnthronedÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on March 2;

Ascension women's monastery at Moscow Kremlin, founded 1387
Ascension monastery; Venerable Euthymius of Syanzhemsk, Vologda, Commemorated January 20 ; Icon of the Mother of God œEnthroned, Commemorated on March 2; St Euphrosyne the Princess, (Eudoxia) of Moscow, Commemorated on May 17 ; St Eudokia, in Monasticism Euphrosyne, the Grand Duchess of Moscow, Commemorated July 7 ;

Antiochian Representation Church in Moscow, 1848
Antiochian Representation Church in Moscow, 1848 Repose of St Raphael the Bishop of Brooklyn, Commemorated on February 27;

Church of St Basil the Great, Moscow Kremlin, 1561
Saint Basil's Cathedral; Blessed Basil of Moscow the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on August 2; Passion-Bearer Gleb, in Holy Baptism David, Commemorated September 5 ;

St Basil' Cathedral, Moscow Kremlin, 1561
Saint Basil's Cathedral; Blessed Basil of Moscow the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on August 2; Passion-Bearer Gleb, in Holy Baptism David, Commemorated September 5 ; The Protection of our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary, Commemorated on October 1;

Church of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos, St Basil's, 1561
Church of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos, Saint Basil's Cathedral; Blessed Basil of Moscow the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on August 2; Glorification of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow and Enlightener of the Aleuts, Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated on October 6 ;

Moscow Spiritual Academy
Glorification of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow and Enlightener of the Aleuts, Apostle to the Americas; Church of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos, Saint Basil's Cathedral; Blessed Basil of Moscow the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on August 2; Glorification of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow and Enlightener of the Aleuts, Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated on October 6 ;

Patriarchal Theophany (Epiphany) monastery, Moscow Kremlin, 1296
Theophany (Epiphany) monastery; St Alexis the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated February 12 ; Uncovering of the relics of St Alexis the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on May 20;

Theophany (Epiphany) monastery, Moscow Kremlin, 1296
Theophany (Epiphany) monastery; St Alexis the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated February 12 ; Uncovering of the relics of St Alexis the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on May 20;

Moscow Theological Seminary, Slavic Greek Latin Academy, 1682
Moscow Theological Seminary, Slavic Greek Latin Academy; St. George (John) of Georgia, Commemorated on January 21;

Arbat Gate (Arbatskaya Square, Moscow)
Arbat Gate (Arbatskaya Square, Moscow) ; Icon of the Mother of God of Galatea, Commemorated on July 4 ;

Strastna monastery in Strastna Square (Passion Monastery) 1654
Strastna monastery in Strastna Square; Icon of the Mother of God , Commemorated on August 13 ; Icon of the Mother of God œof the Passion, Commemorated on April 30;

Passions Monastery (Pushkinskaya Square, Moscow, 1654)
Passions Monastery (Pushkinskaya Square); Icon of the Mother of God "œof the Passion's", Commemorated on August 13 ; Translation of the relics of St Job the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on April 5 ; Repose of St Job the Patriarch of Moscow, and All Russia, Commemorated on June 19;

St Tryphon's Church at Naprudnoe, 38, Moskva, 129272
St Tryphon's Church at Naprudnoe, 38, Moskva, 129272; Martyr Tryphon of Lampsacus Near Apamea in Syria, Commemorated on February 1;

Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos at Putinki on Malaya Dmitrovka street, 1649
Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos at Putinki on Malaya Dmitrovka street Malaya Dmitrovka street; Icon of the Mother of God of Constantinople, Commemorated on April 25;

Moscow'™s Dormition churchi on Malaya Dmitrovka street, 1649
Moscow'™s Dormition churchi on Malaya Dmitrovka street, 1649, The only church on the short street. Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos at Putinki on Malaya Dmitrovka street Malaya Dmitrovka street; Icon of the Mother of God of Constantinople, Commemorated on April 25;

Lubianka prison, 1897 (just outside Kremlin Area)
Lubianka prison ; "œTHE RIGHTEOUS GENTILES", Commemorated July 16 ; Hieromartyr and Metropolitan of Moscow and Krutitsy, Peter Polyansky, Commemorated September 27 ;

Russia, Moscow, South of Moscova River Folder

Russia, Moscow, South of Moscova River, Khamovniki Bend Area Folder

Khamovniki District, Moscow
Khamovniki District, Moscow ; Icon of the Mother of God œthe Surety of sinners in Moscow, Commemorated on March 7; Icon of the Mother of God Surety of Sinners is known by this name because of the inscription on the icon: I am the Surety of sinners for My Son Who has entrusted Me to hear them, and those who bring Me the joy of hearing them will receive eternal joy through Me. The Mother of God embraces Her Child, Who holds Her right hand with both His hands so that Her thumb is in His right hand, and Her small finger in His left hand. This is the gesture of one who gives surety for another. we do not know when or by whom the icon was originally painted, it is believed that the basis of the icon is to be found in the Akathist to the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos: Rejoice, You Who offer Your hands in surety for us to God. 1848, through the zeal of Lt. Col. Demetrius Boncheskul, a copy of the wonderworking Surety of Sinners Icon was made and placed in his home. Soon it began to exude a healing myrrh, which was given to many so they might recover their health after grievous illnesses. Boncheskul donated this wonderworking copy to the church of Saint Nicholas at Khamovniki in Moscow, where a chapel was built in honor of the icon. Surety of Sinners Icon is also commemorated on May 29 and on Thursday of the week of All Saints. Icon of the Mother of God he Surety of sinners, Commemorated on May 29;

Novodevichy Convent and Monestary, Khamovniki Bend Area, Moscow, 1524
Novodevichy Monastery in Moscow; Hieromartyr and Metropolitan of Moscow and Krutitsy, Peter Polyansky, Commemorated September 27 ; Hieromartyr and Metropolitan of Moscow and Krutitsy, Peter Polyansky, Commemorated on October 10 ; Icon of the Mother of God the Joyful Icon of the Mother of God œEnthroned, Commemorated on March 2; Icon of the Mother of God œthe Surety of sinners in Moscow, Commemorated on March 7; Icon of the Mother of God Surety of Sinners is known by this name because of the inscription on the icon: I am the Surety of sinners for My Son Who has entrusted Me to hear them, and those who bring Me the joy of hearing them will receive eternal joy through Me. The Mother of God embraces Her Child, Who holds Her right hand with both His hands so that Her thumb is in His right hand, and Her small finger in His left hand. This is the gesture of one who gives surety for another. we do not know when or by whom the icon was originally painted, it is believed that the basis of the icon is to be found in the Akathist to the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos: Rejoice, You Who offer Your hands in surety for us to God. 1848, through the zeal of Lt. Col. Demetrius Boncheskul, a copy of the wonderworking Surety of Sinners Icon was made and placed in his home. Soon it began to exude a healing myrrh, which was given to many so they might recover their health after grievous illnesses. Boncheskul donated this wonderworking copy to the church of Saint Nicholas at Khamovniki in Moscow, where a chapel was built in honor of the icon. Surety of Sinners Icon is also commemorated on May 29 and on Thursday of the week of All Saints. Icon of the Mother of God œthe Surety of sinners, Commemorated on May 29;

Church of St. Nicholas, Khamovniki, Moscow, 1682
Church of St. Nicholas in Khamovniki; Translation to Moscow of the Icon of the Mother of God "Assuage my sorrow", Commemorated January 25 ; Icon of the Mother of God œthe Surety of sinners in Moscow, Commemorated on March 7; Icon of the Mother of God Surety of Sinners is known by this name because of the inscription on the icon: I am the Surety of sinners for My Son Who has entrusted Me to hear them, and those who bring Me the joy of hearing them will receive eternal joy through Me. The Mother of God embraces Her Child, Who holds Her right hand with both His hands so that Her thumb is in His right hand, and Her small finger in His left hand. This is the gesture of one who gives surety for another. we do not know when or by whom the icon was originally painted, it is believed that the basis of the icon is to be found in the Akathist to the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos: Rejoice, You Who offer Your hands in surety for us to God. 1848, through the zeal of Lt. Col. Demetrius Boncheskul, a copy of the wonderworking Surety of Sinners Icon was made and placed in his home. Soon it began to exude a healing myrrh, which was given to many so they might recover their health after grievous illnesses. Boncheskul donated this wonderworking copy to the church of Saint Nicholas at Khamovniki in Moscow, where a chapel was built in honor of the icon. Surety of Sinners Icon is also commemorated on May 29 and on Thursday of the week of All Saints. Icon of the Mother of God the Surety of sinners, Commemorated on May 29;

Sparrow Hills
Sparrow Hills; SERGIUS, ABBOT OF HOLY TRINITY (25 SEPT 1392);

Donskoi monastery, under the Sparrow Hills
SERGIUS;

Vorobiev hills (Sparrow Hills)
Vorobiev hills (Sparrow Hills) ; SERGIUS, ABBOT OF HOLY TRINITY (25 SEPT 1392) ; Intercession of the "Don" Icon of the Mother of God against the Tatars Attack;

Tver gates - Triumphal Arch of Moscow, 1829, for 1812 Victory over Napoleon of France
Tver gates - Triumphal Arch of Moscow; Icon of the Mother of God œof the Passion, Commemorated on August 13; Repose of St Philaret (Drozdov) the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on November 19; Icon of the Mother of God œof the Passion, Commemorated on April 30;

Petersburg Academy of Sciences, South Moscow
Petersburg Academy of Sciences; St Theophan the Recluse the Bishop of Tambov;

Podolsk, south of Moscow 25 miles
Podolsk, south of Moscow 25 miles; Repose of St Theodosius of Chernigov, Commemorated February 5 ;

Podolia, south of Moscow 25 miles
Podolsk, south of Moscow 25 miles; Repose of St Theodosius of Chernigov, Commemorated February 5 ;

Peremyshl, Moscovy
Peremyshl, Moscovy; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir (in Baptism Basil), Enlightener of the Russian Lands, Commemorated on July 15;

Klovo, Moscow Oblast, Russia, 143354 (South of Moscow River, Southwest of Moscow)
Klovo, Moscow Oblast, Russia, 143354; Venerable Stephen, Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, and Bishop of Vladimir, in Volhynia, Commemorated on April 27 and October 10;

Podolsk governance (industrial area south of Moscow)
Podolsk governance; Repose of St Theodosius of Chernigov, Commemorated February 5 ;

Moscow Theological Academy, 1687
Moscow Theological Academy; Repose of St Philaret (Drozdov) the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated November 19 ; Repose of St Innocent the first Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on November 26 ;

Holy Trinity Lavra, Moscow Theological Academy, 1687
Moscow Theological Academy; Repose of St Philaret (Drozdov) the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated November 19 ; Repose of St Innocent the first Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on November 26 ;

Slavic Greek Latin Academy, Moscow, 1687
Slavic Greek Latin Academy; Repose of St Innocent the first Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated November 26 ;

Tretiakov gallery, South Moscow
Tretiakov gallery; Holy, Glorious Demetrius the Myrrhgusher of Thessalonica, Commemorated October 26 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Lubyatov, Commemorated on March 19; Burial of St Andrew the Prince, Commemorated on July 4;

Ordinka Street, Moscow (across the river)
Grand Duchess Elizabeth, Commemorated on July 18;

Donskoy Monastery, South Moscow, 1591
Donskoi monastery; Intercession of the œDon Icon of the Mother of God against the Tatars Attack, Commemorated on August 19; SERGIUS, ABBOT OF HOLY TRINITY (25 SEPT 1392) ; Glorification of St Tikhon, the Apostle to America, Commemorated October 9; St Tikhon the Patriarch of Moscow, and Enlightener of North America, Commemorated on April 7; TIKHON, PATRIARCH OF RUSSIA AND CONFESSOR, (7 April 1925);

Moscow Patriarchate
Moscow Patriarchate or the Russian Orthodox Church; Hieromartyr Hilarion, Archbishop of Vereiya, Commemorated December 15 ;

Danilov monastery, approx. 1272
Danilov monastery, became the Moscow Kremlin; Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, Commemorated on March 4;

Kolomenskoye, Southeast Moscow
Kolomenskoye; Icon of the Mother of God œEnthroned, Commemorated on March 2;

Russia, Moscow, Moscow Roads Folder

Russia, Moscow, Moscow Roads, Moscow Road to Poland Folder, 1200

Moscow Road to Poland 1 (Moscow)
Moscow Road to Poland;

Russia, Moscow, Moscow Roads, Moscow Road to St Petersburg Folder

Moscow to St. Petersburg Trade Route 1 (Moscow towards Tver)
Saint Petersburg Trade Route

Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast (St Petersburg Trade Route)
Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast; St Sophronius the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on March 30;

Russia, Moscow, Moscow Roads Folder, Moscow Volga Canal, 1937

Russia, Moscow, Moscow Roads, Muravsky Trail Folder, 1200

Muravsky Trail 6 (Livny, Elets, Oka River1)

Ryazan frontier (Oka River 1-9, along Muravsky Trail)
Ryazan frontier; Repose of the Venerable Cornelius of Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on July 22 ; Commemoration of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God and the deliverance of Moscow from the Invasion of Tamerlane, Commemorated August 26 ; Priestmartyr John Kochurov, Commemorated on October 31 ; St Juliana the Princess of Vyazma, Commemorated on December 21 ; Righteous Juliana of Lazarevo, Murom, Commemorated on January 2 ; Venerable Macarius of Zhabyn the Wonderworker, Commemorated January 22 ; Icon of the Mother of God "the Seeker of the Lost", Commemorated February 5 ; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4; Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, Commemorated on March 4; Venerable Lazarus of Murom, Commemorated on March 8; St Ambrose the Confessor, Commemorated on March 16 ; Repose of St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on March 31; Venerable James the Abbot of Zheleznoborov, Commemorated on April 11; Icon of the Mother of God of Murom, Commemorated on April 12; Venerable Joseph of Optina, Commemorated on May 9; Venerable Constantine, (In baptism Yaroslav), with his children Michael and Theodore, Wonderworkers of Murom, Commemorated on May 21; Finding of the relics of St Basil the Bishop of Ryazan, Commemorated on June 10; St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on June 15; St Peter, Tonsured David, the Wonderworker of Murom, Commemorated on June 25; St Basil the Bishop of Ryazan, Commemorated on July 3 ;

Russia, Moscow, Moscow Roads, Trans Siberian Road and Railway, 1868 Railway

Russia, Moscow, Moscow Roads, The Merchants Road to Nizhny Novgorod, 1395

The Merchant's Road 1 - Moscow
The Merchant's Road Moscow, Vladimir, Nizhny Novgorod

Russia, Moscow, Great Abatis Line Folder, 1525-1736

Russia, Pereyaslavl Lake Folder, Pereslavl-Zalessky

Pereyaslavl (Lake Pereyaslavl, Pereslavl-Zalessky)
Pereslavl-Zalessky; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15; Repose of the Venerable Cornelius of Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on July 22; St Leucius of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on August 17 ; Translation of the relics of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated on August 30; SERGIUS, ABBOT OF HOLY TRINITY (25 SEPT 1392) ; Translation of the relics of St Alexander Nevsky; Uncovering of the relics of St Andrew the Prince of Smolensk, Commemorated on October 27 ; Martyr Michael the Prince of Tver, Commemorated November 22 ; Repose of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated on November 23; Repose of St Innocent the first Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated November 26 ; St Maximus, Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on December 6 ; Repose of St Theodosius of Chernigov, Commemorated February 5 ; Venerable Demetrius the Wonderworker of Priluki, Vologda, Commemorated February 11 ; Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, Commemorated on March 4; Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on March 14; Venerable Macarius the Abbot and Wonderworker of Kalyazin, Commemorated on March 17 ; Icon of the Mother of God of œthe Uncut Mount, Commemorated on March 24 ; Venerable Daniel the Abbot of Pereyaslavl-Zalesski, Commemorated on April 7; St Gerasimus of Boldino, Commemorated on May 1; Venerable Macarius the Archimandrite of Obruch (Kanev), Commemorated on May 13; Venerable Nikita the Stylite, Wonderworker of Pereyaslavl, Zalesski, Commemorated on May 24; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Macarius the Abbot of Kalyazin, Commemorated on May 26 ; Repose of St Theodore Yaroslavich the older brother of St Alexander Nevsky in Novgorod, Commemorated on June 5; Venerable Paisius the Abbot of Uglich, Commemorated on June 6; Second glorification of the Holy Right-Believing Princess Anna of Kashin, Commemorated on June 12;

Church of John Chrysostom, Godenovo, Pereslavl-Zalessky
Church of John Chrysostom, Godenovo; Saint Euthymius, Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on March 11;

Russia, Pereyaslavl Zalesk History Folder

Russia, Pereyaslavl Zalesk, 1302, Prince John, bequeathed P to uncle Daniel of Moscow
Russia, Pereyaslavl Zalesk, 1302, Prince John, bequeathed P to uncle Daniel of Moscow; John of Pereslavl-Zalessk, Daniel’s nephew, was gentle and pious and benevolent towards the poor, and he esteemed and loved his uncle. Dying childless in 1302, he bequeathed his principality to Saint Daniel. The Pereslavl lands together with Dmitrov, had the most inhabitants after Rostov, with the corresponding fortification befitting a major city. Pereslavl-Zalessk was well protected on all sides. But the holy prince remained faithful to Moscow and did not transfer the capital of his princedom to the stronger and more significant seat of Pereslavl. This annexation allowed Moscow to be considered as the most significant principality. Here the principle of the unification of the Russian Land into a single powerful realm was set in place. the ages God’s providence concerning Russia and its destiny was clearly manifest! for the constant blessings of the Hodēgḗtria (She who leads the Way) both in his personal life, and also in the life of the Russian realm, Saint Daniel’s father, Saint Alexander Nevsky said, 'God is not in might, but in right!'

Russia, Pereyaslavl, Trubezha River Folder, Into Lake Pereyaslavl

Trubezha River

Trubezha River Source (along the border)

Trubezh River Mouth (Lake Pereyaslavl)
Trubezha River, City set up on Trubezha River - One of a line of defensive points against nomadic peoples, the ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Âœnotched boundaryÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ. ; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15;

Pereslav-Zalessk, Pereyaslavl (Trubezha River Mouth into Lake Pereyaslavl)
Pereslavl-Zalessky; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15; Repose of the Venerable Cornelius of Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on July 22; St Leucius of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on August 17 ; Translation of the relics of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated on August 30; SERGIUS, ABBOT OF HOLY TRINITY (25 SEPT 1392) ; Translation of the relics of St Alexander Nevsky; Uncovering of the relics of St Andrew the Prince of Smolensk, Commemorated on October 27 ; Martyr Michael the Prince of Tver, Commemorated November 22 ; Repose of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated on November 23; Repose of St Innocent the first Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated November 26 ; St Maximus, Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on December 6 ; Repose of St Theodosius of Chernigov, Commemorated February 5 ; Venerable Demetrius the Wonderworker of Priluki, Vologda, Commemorated February 11 ; Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, Commemorated on March 4; Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on March 14; Venerable Macarius the Abbot and Wonderworker of Kalyazin, Commemorated on March 17 ; Icon of the Mother of God of œthe Uncut Mount, Commemorated on March 24 ; Venerable Daniel the Abbot of Pereyaslavl-Zalesski, Commemorated on April 7; St Gerasimus of Boldino, Commemorated on May 1; Venerable Macarius the Archimandrite of Obruch (Kanev), Commemorated on May 13; Venerable Nikita the Stylite, Wonderworker of Pereyaslavl, Zalesski, Commemorated on May 24; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Macarius the Abbot of Kalyazin, Commemorated on May 26 ; Repose of St Theodore Yaroslavich the older brother of St Alexander Nevsky in Novgorod, Commemorated on June 5; Venerable Paisius the Abbot of Uglich, Commemorated on June 6; Second glorification of the Holy Right-Believing Princess Anna of Kashin, Commemorated on June 12;

Zalesye Region - The Golden Ring
Zalesye Region - The Golden Ring; Golden Ring - Zalesye Region ; Pereslavl-Zalessky; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15; Repose of the Venerable Cornelius of Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on July 22; St Leucius of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on August 17 ; Translation of the relics of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated on August 30; SERGIUS, ABBOT OF HOLY TRINITY (25 SEPT 1392) ; Translation of the relics of St Alexander Nevsky; Uncovering of the relics of St Andrew the Prince of Smolensk, Commemorated on October 27 ; Martyr Michael the Prince of Tver, Commemorated November 22 ; Repose of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated on November 23; Repose of St Innocent the first Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated November 26 ; St Maximus, Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on December 6 ; Repose of St Theodosius of Chernigov, Commemorated February 5 ; Venerable Demetrius the Wonderworker of Priluki, Vologda, Commemorated February 11 ; Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, Commemorated on March 4; Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on March 14; Venerable Macarius the Abbot and Wonderworker of Kalyazin, Commemorated on March 17 ; Icon of the Mother of God of ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Âœthe Uncut MountÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on March 24 ; Venerable Daniel the Abbot of Pereyaslavl-Zalesski, Commemorated on April 7; St Gerasimus of Boldino, Commemorated on May 1; Venerable Macarius the Archimandrite of Obruch (Kanev), Commemorated on May 13; Venerable Nikita the Stylite, Wonderworker of Pereyaslavl, Zalesski, Commemorated on May 24; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Macarius the Abbot of Kalyazin, Commemorated on May 26 ; Repose of St Theodore Yaroslavich the older brother of St Alexander Nevsky in Novgorod, Commemorated on June 5; Venerable Paisius the Abbot of Uglich, Commemorated on June 6; Second glorification of the Holy Right-Believing Princess Anna of Kashin, Commemorated on June 12;

Goritsky Monastery (Pereslavl-Zalessky) 1335
Goritsky Monastery (Pereslavl-Zalessky); Repose of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated on November 23;

Russia, Pereyaslavl, Nerl River (Volga) Folder, out of Lake Pereyaslavl

Nerl River (Volga)

Nerl River Source (Lake Pereyaslavl)

Nerl River Mouth (Kalyazim, Volga River 6)

Russia, Pereyaslavl, Kashinka River Folder, across the Volga from Pereyaslavl

Kashinka River

Kashin, Pereyaslavl (Kashinka River Mouth, Volga River 6)
Kashin; Venerable Dorothy of Kashin, Commemorated September 24; Venerable Ephraim the Abbot of Perekop the Wonderworker of Novgorod; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Vishera, Novgorod, Commemorated October 1 ; Repose of the Holy Right-believing Princess Anna of Kashin, Commemorated October 2 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Korsun, Commemorated on October 9; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Macarius the Abbot of Kalyazin, Commemorated on May 26 ; Martyr Michael the Prince of Tver, Commemorated November 22 ; St Paisius of Uglich, Commemorated on January 8 ; Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on March 14; Venerable Macarius the Abbot and Wonderworker of Kalyazin, Commemorated on March 17 ; Venerable Macarius the Abbot and Wonderworker of Kalyazin, Commemorated on March 17; Venerable Paisius the Abbot of Uglich. Commemorated on June 6; Transfer of the relics of the Right-Believing Anna of Kashin, Commemorated on June 12; Second glorification of the Holy Right-Believing Princess Anna of Kashin, Commemorated on June 12;

Kalyazin monastery (18 versts from Kashn, across the Volga) 1450
Kalyazin monastery or Nikolaev Klobukov monastery at Kalyazin. Saint Macarius of Kalyazin found a suitable place between two lakes, eighteen versts from Kashin. Venerable Ephraim the Abbot of Perekop the Wonderworker of Novgorod, Commemorated September 26; Venerable Macarius the Abbot and Wonderworker of Kalyazin, Commemorated on March 17; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Macarius the Abbot of Kalyazin, Commemorated on May 26 ;

Saint Macarius of Kalyazin Solitary Wilderness Monestary, 1450
Saint Macarius of Kalyazin found a suitable place between two lakes, eighteen versts from Kashin. Venerable Macarius the Abbot and Wonderworker of Kalyazin, Commemorated on March 17;

Kalyazin, Pereyaslavl (Kashinka River Mouth, Volga River 6)
Kalyazin; Venerable Macarius the Abbot and Wonderworker of Kalyazin, Commemorated on March 17; Icon of the Mother of God of "œthe Uncut Mount", Commemorated on March 24 ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Macarius the Abbot of Kalyazin, Commemorated on May 26; Venerable Paisius the Abbot of Uglich, Commemorated on June 6;

Kalyazin monastery, Pereyaslavl, 1450
Kalyazin monastery; Venerable Ephraim the Abbot of Perekop the Wonderworker of Novgorod, Commemorated on September 26; St Paisius of Uglich, Commemorated on January 8 ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Macarius the Abbot of Kalyazin, Commemorated on May 26 ;

Kashinka River Source (Valdai Hills)

Kashinka River Mouth (Kashin, Volga River 6)

Russia, Radonezh Folder, and vicinity

Makovets, 12 Versts or Kilometers from Radonezh

Russia, Radonezh History Folder

Russia, Radonezh, 1293, Dmitrov joined to Moscow by Daniel
Dmitrov; Russia, Radonezh, Dmitrov, 1293, Dmitrov joined to Moscow by Daniel this period, the Moscow principality was small and unobtrusive. While growing up, Prince Daniel strengthened and expanded it, not in unjust or coercive ways, but peacefully and with benevolence. It was a time of unrest. Fratricidal strife among the appanage princes was rife. Often bloodshed was averted, thanks to Prince Daniel and his incessant striving for unity and peace in the Russian Land. 1293 his brother, the Great Prince Alexander, with Tatars summoned from the Horde and headed by Diuden (“the Diudenev Host”), laid waste to Russian cities: Murom, Suzdal, Kolomna, Dmitrov, Mozhaisk, and Tver. Prince Daniel decided to join them to Moscow to save their people from perishing, for they were not strong enough to resist. Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, Commemorated on March 4;

Russia, Radonezh, 1334-1392, St Sergius of Radonezh, spiritual leadr, monastic reformr, mst venerated
Radonezh Saint, 1334-1392, St Sergius of Radonezh; Appearance of the Mother of God to St Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on August 24; St Theodore the Archbishop of Rostov, Commemorated on November 28; St Stephen the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on April 26 ; Meeting of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on May 21; Venerable Andrew Rublev the Iconographer, Commemorated on July 4; St Eudokia, in Monasticism Euphrosyne, the Grand Duchess of Moscow, Commemorated on July 7;

Russia, Radonezh, 1337-1407, Sabbas of Storozhi and Radonezh, Saint Sava
Russia, Tver, 1337-1407, Sabbas of Storozhi and Radonezh, Saint Sava ; Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery, Tver; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Vishera, Novgorod, Commemorated on October 1 ; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of Radonezh the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius, Commemorated November 17 ; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Zvenigorod the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated December 3 ; Opening of the Relics of the Venerable Sava of Storozhev, or Zvenigorod, Commemorated on January 19 ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5;

Russia, Radonezh, 1375-1426, Saint, Nikon of Radonezh
Radonezh Saint, 1375-1426, Nikon of Radonezh; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5;

Russia, Radonezh, 1380-1430, Saint, Andrei Rublev
Radonezh Saint, 1380-1430, Andrei Rublev; Venerable Andrew Rublev the Iconographer, Commemorated on July 4;

Russia, Radonezh, 1385, Appearance of the Mother of God to St Sergius
Radonezh, 1385, Appearance of the Mother of God to St Sergius; Venerable Andrew Rublev the Iconographer, Commemorated on July 4;

Radonezh, Muscovite Civil War Seige of 1446
Muscovite Civil War Seige of 1446 ; Appearance of the Mother of God to St Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on August 24 ;

Radonezh, Truce of Deulino (1618)
Truce of Deulino; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5;

Russia, Radonezh, Moscow Volga Canal Folder, Yakhroma River

Moscow Volga Canal, 1932

Tushino, Radonezh, near Moscow Volga Canal, False Dimitri II
Tushino; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 17;

Russia, Radonezh, Moscow Volga Canal 3, Yakhroma River Folder

Yakhroma River

Yakhroma River Source (along the border)

Yakhroma River 1 (Alexandrov)

Yakhroma River 2 (Sergiyev, Radonezh)

Radonezh (Yakhroma River 3)
Radonezh; Venerable Andrew Rublev the Iconographer; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh; Icon of the Mother of God of the Trinity-St Sergius Lavra, Commemorated July 28 ; Translation of the relics of the Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen from Jerusalem to Constantinople, Commemorated on August 2; Appearance of the Mother of God to St Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on August 24; Icon of the Mother of God "Chernigov-Gethsemane", Commemorated September 1 ; Uncovering of the relics of St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated September 4 ; Venerable Joseph the Abbot of Volokolamsk, Volotsk, Commemorated on September 9 ; St Athanasius of Serpukhov, Commemorated on September 12 ; Repose of the Venerable Sergius, Abbot and Wonderworker of Radonezh, Commemorated September 25; Venerable Schemamonk Cyril the Father of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated September 28 ; SERGIUS, ABBOT OF HOLY TRINITY (25 SEPT 1392); Venerable Sergius the Abbot of Nurma and Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Vologda, Commemorated on October 7 ; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of Radonezh the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius, Commemorated on November 17 ; St Athanasius, ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Âœthe Iron StaffÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ and disciple of St Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on November 26 ; St Theodore the Archbishop of Rostov; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Zvenigorod the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on December 3 ; St Gurias the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated December 5 ; St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated on December 10 ; Venerable Paul the Abbot of Obnora, Vologda, Commemorated on January 10 ; Venerable Schemamonk Cyril, the Father of St Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated January 18 ; Venerable Maximus the Greek, Commemorated January 21 ; St Moses the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on January 25 ; ANDREI RUBLEV, MONK AND ICONOGRAPHER, 1430, Commemorated January 29 ; Venerable Demetrius the Wonderworker of Priluki, Vologda, Commemorated February 11 ; St Alexis the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 12 ; Venerable Cosmas of Yakhrom, Commemorated February 18 ; Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, Commemorated on March 4 ; Venerable John Climacus of Sinai, Author of ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Âœthe LadderÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on March 30; Venerable Euthymius of Suzdal, Commemorated on April 1; Venerable James the Abbot of Zheleznoborov, Commemorated on April 11; Martyr Anthony of Vilnius, Lithuania, Commemorated on April 14; Icon of the Mother of God Weeping ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœIlyin ChernigovÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on April 16 ; Venerable Sylvester the Abbot of Obnora, Commemorated on April 25; St Stephen the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on April 26; Venerable Paphnutius the Abbot of Borov, Commemorated on May 1; Venerable Micah the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on May 6; Repose of the Venerable Nilus the Abbot of Sora, Commemorated on May 7; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on May 12; Venerable Dionysius the Archimandrite of St SergiusÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Â™ Monastery, Commemorated on May 12; St Euphrosyne the Princess, (Eudoxia) of Moscow, Commemorated on May 17 ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Macarius the Abbot of Kalyazin, Commemorated on May 26 ; Venerable Therapon the Abbot of White Lake, Commemorated on May 27; Venerable Dionysius the Abbot of Glushetsk, Vologda, Commemorated on June 1 ; Venerable Methodius the Abbot of Peshnosha the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on June 4; Finding of the relics of the Venerable Bassian the Monk of Pertomsk, Solovki, Commemorated on June 5; Venerable Andronicus the Abbot of Moscow and Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on June 13; St Methodius the Abbot of Peshnosha, Commemorated on June 14; Burial of St Andrew the Prince, Commemorated on July 4 ; Venerable Andrew Rublev the Iconographer, Commemorated on July 4; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5 ;

Trinity Lavra of St Sergius (Radonezh) 1337
Trinity Lavra (Monestary) of St Sergius; Icon of the Mother of God of the Trinity-St Sergius Lavra, Commemorated July 28 ; Translation of the relics of the Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen from Jerusalem to Constantinople, Commemorated on August 2; Appearance of the Mother of God to St Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on August 24; Venerable Arsenius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on August 24; Icon of the Mother of God "Chernigov-Gethsemane", Commemorated September 1 ; Uncovering of the relics of St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated September 4 ; Venerable Joseph the Abbot of Volokolamsk, Volotsk, Commemorated on September 9 ; St Athanasius of Serpukhov, Commemorated on September 12 ; Glorification of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow and Enlightener of the Aleuts, Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated October 6 ; Holy, Glorious Demetrius the Myrrhgusher of Thessalonica, Commemorated October 26 ; Appearance of the Mother of God to St Sergius of Radonezh; Uncovering of the relics of St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod; St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated on December 10; SERGIUS, ABBOT OF HOLY TRINITY (25 SEPT 1392) ; Repose of the Venerable Sergius, Abbot and Wonderworker of Radonezh, Commemorated on September 25; Venerable Sergius the Obedient of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 7; Icon of the Mother of God of Yaroslav-Smolensk, Commemorated October 12 ; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of Radonezh the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius, November 17 ; Repose of St Philaret (Drozdov) the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on November 19 ; St Theodore the Archbishop of Rostov, Commemorated on November 28 ; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Zvenigorod the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated December 3 ; St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated on December 10 ; Venerable Paul the Abbot of Obnora, Vologda, Commemorated on January 10 ; Venerable Maximus the Greek, Commemorated January 21 ; St Moses the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated Janaury 25 ; ANDREI RUBLEV, MONK AND ICONOGRAPHER, 1430, Commemorated January 29 ; St Alexis the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated February 12 ; Venerable John Climacus of Sinai, Author of œthe Ladder, Commemorated on March 30; Venerable Euthymius of Suzdal, Commemorated on April 1; Venerable James the Abbot of Zheleznoborov, Commemorated on April 11; Venerable James the Abbot of Zheleznoborov, Commemorated on April 11; Icon of the Mother of God Weeping œIlyin Chernigov, Commemorated on April 16 ; Venerable Sylvester the Abbot of Obnora, Commemorated on April 25; St Stephen the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on April 26; Venerable Micah the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on May 6 ; Repose of the Venerable Nilus the Abbot of Sora, Commemorated on May 7; Venerable Dionysius the Archimandrite of St Sergius ™ Monastery, Commemorated on May 12; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on May 12; Venerable Dionysius the Archimandrite of St Sergius™ Monastery, Commemorated on May 12; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19 ; Venerable Therapon the Abbot of White Lake, Commemorated on May 27; Venerable Dionysius the Abbot of Glushetsk, Vologda, Commemorated on June 1 ; Finding of the relics of the Venerable Bassian the Monk of Pertomsk, Solovki, Commemorated on June 5; Venerable Andronicus the Abbot of Moscow and Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on June 13; Venerable Andrew Rublev the Iconographer, Commemorated on July 4; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5; Synaxis of the Saints of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 6 ;

Church of the Holy Spirit (Radonezh) 1476
Trinity Lavra (Monestary) of St Sergius; Icon of the Mother of God of the Trinity-St Sergius Lavra, Commemorated July 28 ; Translation of the relics of the Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen from Jerusalem to Constantinople, Commemorated on August 2; Appearance of the Mother of God to St Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on August 24; Venerable Arsenius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on August 24; Icon of the Mother of God "Chernigov-Gethsemane", Commemorated September 1 ; Uncovering of the relics of St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated September 4 ; Venerable Joseph the Abbot of Volokolamsk, Volotsk, Commemorated on September 9 ; St Athanasius of Serpukhov, Commemorated on September 12 ; Glorification of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow and Enlightener of the Aleuts, Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated October 6 ; Holy, Glorious Demetrius the Myrrhgusher of Thessalonica, Commemorated October 26 ; Appearance of the Mother of God to St Sergius of Radonezh; Uncovering of the relics of St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod; St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated on December 10; SERGIUS, ABBOT OF HOLY TRINITY (25 SEPT 1392) ; Repose of the Venerable Sergius, Abbot and Wonderworker of Radonezh, Commemorated on September 25; Venerable Sergius the Obedient of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 7; Icon of the Mother of God of Yaroslav-Smolensk, Commemorated October 12 ; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of Radonezh the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius, November 17 ; Repose of St Philaret (Drozdov) the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on November 19 ; St Theodore the Archbishop of Rostov, Commemorated on November 28 ; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Zvenigorod the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated December 3 ; St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated on December 10 ; Venerable Paul the Abbot of Obnora, Vologda, Commemorated on January 10 ; Venerable Maximus the Greek, Commemorated January 21 ; St Moses the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated Janaury 25 ; ANDREI RUBLEV, MONK AND ICONOGRAPHER, 1430, Commemorated January 29 ; St Alexis the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated February 12 ; Venerable John Climacus of Sinai, Author of ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Âœthe LadderÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on March 30; Venerable Euthymius of Suzdal, Commemorated on April 1; Venerable James the Abbot of Zheleznoborov, Commemorated on April 11; Venerable James the Abbot of Zheleznoborov, Commemorated on April 11; Icon of the Mother of God Weeping ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœIlyin ChernigovÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on April 16 ; Venerable Sylvester the Abbot of Obnora, Commemorated on April 25; St Stephen the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on April 26; Venerable Micah the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on May 6 ; Repose of the Venerable Nilus the Abbot of Sora, Commemorated on May 7; Venerable Dionysius the Archimandrite of St SergiusÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Â™ Monastery, Commemorated on May 12; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on May 12; Venerable Dionysius the Archimandrite of St SergiusÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Â™ Monastery, Commemorated on May 12; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19 ; Venerable Therapon the Abbot of White Lake, Commemorated on May 27; Venerable Dionysius the Abbot of Glushetsk, Vologda, Commemorated on June 1 ; Finding of the relics of the Venerable Bassian the Monk of Pertomsk, Solovki, Commemorated on June 5; Venerable Andronicus the Abbot of Moscow and Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on June 13; Venerable Andrew Rublev the Iconographer, Commemorated on July 4; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5; Synaxis of the Saints of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 6 ;

Moscow Theological Academy, 1687, Radonezh, 1814, Trinity Lavra of St Sergius
Moscow Theological Academy, Radonezh, Trinity Lavra of St Sergius, 1687, moved to Radonezh in 1814; Hieromartyr and Metropolitan of Moscow and Krutitsy, Peter Polyansky, Commemorated on October 10;

Makovets, Radonezh (deep forest at Makovets hill)
Makovets (deep forest at Makovets hill); Venerable Euthymius of Suzdal, Commemorated on April 1; Venerable James the Abbot of Zheleznoborov, Commemorated on April 11; Venerable Sylvester the Abbot of Obnora, Commemorated on April 25; Venerable Micah the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on May 6 ; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on May 12; Venerable Dionysius the Archimandrite of St SergiusÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Â™ Monastery, Commemorated on May 12; St Euphrosyne the Princess, (Eudoxia) of Moscow, Commemorated on May 17 ;

Troitzka (Trinity) Abbey, Radonezh, 1337
Troitzka (Trinity) Abbey, Radonezh, Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius; SERGIUS, ABBOT OF HOLY TRINITY (25 SEPT 1392) ; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of Radonezh the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius, November 17 ; Venerable Micah the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on May 6; Venerable Dionysius the Abbot of Glushetsk, Vologda, Commemorated on June 1 ; St Methodius the Abbot of Peshnosha, Commemorated on June 14; Synaxis of the Saints of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 6 ;

Sergiev monastery of St Sergius of Radonezh, 1337
monastery of St Sergius of Radonezh; Icon of the Mother of God "Chukhloma" from Galich, Commemorated July 20 ; Translation of the relics of the Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen from Jerusalem to Constantinople, Commemorated on August 2; Uncovering of the relics of St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated September 4 ; Venerable Joseph the Abbot of Volokolamsk, Volotsk, Commemorated on September 9 ; SERGIUS, ABBOT OF HOLY TRINITY (25 SEPT 1392) ; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of Radonezh the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius, Commemorated on November 17 ; Venerable Simon the Abbot of Soiga Monastery, Vologda, Commemorated on November 24 ; St Theodore the Archbishop of Rostov, Commemorated on November 28 ; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Zvenigorod the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on December 3; St Gurias the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated December 5 ; St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated on December 10 ; Venerable Martinian the Abbot of Byeloezersk, Commemorated January 12 ; Venerable Euthymius of Suzdal, Commemorated on April 1; Venerable Sylvester the Abbot of Obnora, Commemorated on April 25; Venerable Dionysius the Archimandrite of St Sergius'™ Monastery, Commemorated on May 12; St Euphrosyne the Princess, (Eudoxia) of Moscow, Commemorated on May 17 ; Finding of the relics of the Venerable Bassian the Monk of Pertomsk, Solovki, Commemorated on June 5; St Methodius the Abbot of Peshnosha, Commemorated on June 14; Synaxis of the Saints of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 6 ; St Eudokia, in Monasticism Euphrosyne, the Grand Duchess of Moscow, Commemorated on July 7 ;

Gethsemane skete (Chernigovsky skete, Radonezh)
Gethsemane skete; Icon of the Mother of God "Chernigov-Gethsemane", Commemorated September 1 ;

Peshnosha monastery, Radonezh
Dmitrov; Peshnosha monastery; Venerable Methodius the Abbot of Peshnosha the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on June 4; St Methodius the Abbot of Peshnosha, Commemorated on June 14;

Peshnosha
Peshnosha is in a marshy place beyond the Yakhroma River from St Sergius Trintiy Monestary near Radonezh.

Yakhroma River 3 (Dmitrov on Moscow Canal)

Dmitrov, Radonezh (Yakhroma River, Moscow Canal) 1154
Dmitrov; Burial of St Andrew the Prince ; Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, Commemorated on March 4 ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Macarius the Abbot of Kalyazin, Commemorated on May 26 ; Burial of St Andrew the Prince, Commemorated on July 4 ;

Yakhroma River 4 (Yakhroma on Moscow Canal)

Yakhroma, Radonezh (Yakhroma River Mouth, Volga Canal 3)
Yakhroma (Yakhroma River); Icon of the Mother of God of Yakhrom, Commemorated on October 14 ; Venerable Cosmas of Yakhrom, Commemorated February 18 ; St Methodius the Abbot of Peshnosha, Commemorated on June 14;

Russia, Rostov Folder, Yaroslav, and its vicinity

Rostov-Yaroslavl
Rostov-Yaroslavl; Venerable Alypius the Iconographer of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 17; Blessed John "œthe Hairy" and Fool-For-Christ at Rostov, Commemorated on September 3 ; Venerable Prince Andrew, in Monasticism Joasaph, of Kubensk, Vologda, Commemorated on September 10 ; Uncovering of the relics of St Demetrius (Dmitri) the Metropolitan of Rostov, Commemorated on September 21; St Demetrius (Dimitri), Metropolitan of Rostov, Commemorated on October 28 ; Venerable Abramius the Archimandrite of Rostov, Commemorated on October 29; Blessed John "œthe Hairy" and Fool-For-Christ at Rostov, Commemorated on November 12 ; Finding of the relics of Monkmartyr Adrian of Poshekhonsk, Yaroslavl, Commemorated on November 19 ; Icon of the Mother of God "œthe Unexpected joy", Commemorated on December 9 ; Monkmartyr Adrian of Poshekhonye, Yaroslavl, Commemorated on March 5; Venerable Seraphim of Virits, Commemorated on March 21; Righteous Basil of Mangazea in Siberia, Commemorated on March 23 ; Venerable Isidore the Fool-For-Christ and Wonderworker of Rostov, Commemorated on May 14 ; Venerable Pachomius the Abbot of Nerekhta, Commemorated on May 15; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19; Synaxis of the Saints of Rostov, Commemorated on May 23;

Rostov the Great
Rostov the Great; St Demetrius (Dimitri), Metropolitan of Rostov, Commemorated on October 28; Monkmartyr Adrian of Poshekhonye, Yaroslavl, Commemorated on March 5;

Russia, Rostov History Folder

Russia, Rostov, 1000-1077, Abraham or Abramius of Rostov, destroyed Idol Velas
Russia, Rostov, 1000-1077, Abraham or Abramius of Rostov; Abraham of Rostov, Archimandrite of Rostov, in the world Abercius, was born in tenth century in Chuhloma, which is in Kostroma region near Galich, Russia.[1] Contents 1 Life of the Saint 2 His death and veneration 3 Years of life and activity 4 References 5 Sources 6 External links Life of the Saint[edit] Born Abercius, he was very ill as a child. He converted to Christianity in his youth after being cured from illness through prayer.[2] He decided to become a monk at Valaam and with the new name Abramius (Abraham) settled at Rostov on the shore of Lake Nero.[3] Not far from his hut was a temple where the local tribes worshiped the stone idol of Veles, a source of superstitious fright in the whole neighborhood. His legend recounts a miraculous vision of Saint John the Evangelist, who gave him a staff, crowned with a cross, to destroy the idol. In commemoration of this, at the site of the temple, Abraham erected a monastery in honor of the Theophany. He also built a church dedicated to Saint John the Theologian, and preached the Gospel in his area. Convinced by his preaching, many pagans were baptized.[3] At the petition of the Rostov princes Avraham was ordained to the rank of archimandrite of the monastery of the Theophany.[4] His death and veneration[edit] Abraham Reposed in old age and was buried in the church of the Theophany by his disciples.[5] His relics were found during the time of Grand Prince Vsevolod Georgievich (1176-1212).[6] According to Golubinsky the general church canonization of the Monk Abraham was held already by the time of the Makaryev Sobors of 1547-1549.[7] The divine service devoted to Abraham of Rostov, compiled in the imitation of the like to the Monk Sergius of Radonezh, was first mentioned in the manuscript collection of the 15th century.[8] In 1551 Ivan the Terrible, during his military campaign against Khanate of Kazan, made a pilgrimage to the Abraham Monastery before the battles. He took the staff of the saint and upon successful defeat of Kazan khans he returned it back and ordered construction of the stone Cathedral of the Theophany in 1553- 1555.[9][6] His feast days are: October 29 (November 11) (new style) - finding relics - in the Synaxis of the Kostroma saints, May 23 - in the Synaxis of Rostov-Yaroslavski Saints and in the Synaxis of the Karelian Saints - May 21 (dates are given according to the Julian calendar).[8] Years of life and activity[edit] The legend of the saint indicates 1010 as the date of his death, but most historians recognize this date to be wrong.[1] Nikolay Karamzin indicated, that Abraham was acting in Rostov during or after Andrey Bogolyubsky (c. 1111-“ 1174). The activity of Abraham in Rostov dates from 1073-“1077 years according to Vasily Klyuchevsky; Macarius Bulgakov refers it to (?)-1045 years, Andrei Titov - the end of the XI - the beginning of the XII century, Filaret (Gumilevsky) - the beginning of the XII century.[10] Evgeny Golubinsky was skeptical about the very fact of the existence of Abraham, apparently considering him a single person with Abraham Galitzki and referring his activity to the last quarter of the fourteenth century (according to the legend, the latter lived the same years as Yury Dmitrievich, born in 1374). Arseny Kadlubovsky does not consider Abraham to be the founder of the Theophany Monastery, and also relates his life to the fourteenth century. [10][1] Venerable Abramius, Archimandrite of Rostov, Commemorated on October 29 Venerable Irenarchus the Recluse of Rostov, Commemorated January 13 ; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19;

Russia, Rostov, 1208-1218, Konstantin of Rostov, Grand Prince of Vladimir
Russia, Rostov, 1208-1218, Konstantin of Rostov, Grand Prince of Vladimir; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4; Prince Basil of Rostov belonged in lineage to the Suzdal Monomashichi, famed in Russian history. The saint’s great-grandfather was Yuri Dolgoruky, and his grandfather was Great Prince Vsevolod III “Big-Nest” (+ 1212), brother to Saint Andrew Bogoliubsky (July 4), who had been heir to and continuer of Saint Andrew Bogoliubsky’s work. From Vladimir-on-Klyazma, which became the capital of the old Rostovo-Suzdal principality, Vsevolod Big-Nest single-handedly set the course of affairs of the whole of Great Rus. The Lay of Igor’s Campaign says that he could splash the Volga with oars, and bail out the Don with helmets. oldest grandson of Vsevolod from his oldest son Constantine, Saint Basil was born on December 7, 1208 in Rostov, where his father ruled as prince. He spent his childhood there, and in 1216, when Constantine Vsevolodovich became Great Prince of Vladimir, Rostov was apportioned to Basil (he was then eight years old) as his princely appanage to rule himself. valor, sacred duty of service to country, the sense of justice and the heeding of one’s elders, all these are traditional features of a Russian princely defender of the land, and all were present in Basil. The saint’s father, Great-prince Constantine, died on February 2, 1218, when Basil was not yet ten years of age. The guide of the young Rostov prince then became his uncle, the Great Prince Saint Yuri of Vladimir (February 4). twenty years Prince Yuri ruled Vladimir, and for all these years Basil was his closest friend and confidant. The chronicles take note of the vibrantly handsome figure of Basil, his bright and majestic glance, his daring in trapping wild game, his beneficence, his mind and deep studiousness, together with his mildness and good-nature in relations with the nobles: Whoever served him, whoever ate his bread and drank the cup with him, could never be the servant of another prince. the year 1219 Basil participated in a campaign of the Vladimir-Suzdal forces against the Volga Bulgars, and in 1221 in a campaign to the mouth of the River Oka. Saint Yuri was then held hostage at Nizhni Novgorod. 1223 the first Tatars (Mongols) appeared on the southern steppes, “an unknown people”, coming out of Asia. Their first victims were the Polovetsians allied with Rus. The Russian princes, with the Polovetsian khans (many of whom had accepted Holy Baptism), decided to resist the plunderers of the steppes before they reached the Russian Land. Saint Basil headed an auxiliary detachment, sent by Great Prince Yuri to participate in the Russian steppe campaign. enemy showed up sooner than they expected. And the centuries-old division of appenage principalities proved incapable of effective action in a large scale war. The detachment of Basil was not in time for the decisive battle, and from Chernigov came the sad news of the destruction of the Russian forces at the River Kalka on June 16, 1223. This was a bad omen, and the storm loomed on the east. Basil and his company returned to Rostov. 1227 (or 1228) Basil married, taking Maria, daughter of Saint Michael of Chernigov (September 20) as his wife. Basil’s uncle, Saint Yuri, had previously married Saint Michael’s sister [i.e. Basil’s uncle Yuri had married Maria’s aunt]. In 1231 Basil’s oldest son Boris was born. storm clouds thickened over Russia. On May 3, 1230, “the earth shook during Liturgy”, and famine and pestilence came upon Rus that year. In 1232 the Tatars made winter camp, having barely reached the capital of the Volga Bulgars. Life took its course, and Prince Yuri in 1236 married off his sons Vladimir and Mstislav, and Basil rejoiced at their weddings. All of them, however, had little more than a year to live, for the Tatars had already taken the Volga-Bulgarian land. 1237 the Tatar whirlwind broke upon Rus. In December Ryazan fell under Batu. Prince Yuri had decided not to send his forces over to provide assistance, since he was faced with the difficult defense of Vladimir. The Tatars offered him peace, and he was prepared to negotiate. But the conditions of the peace, tribute and vassal servitude under the Khan, were unacceptable. “A glorious fight,” said the prince, “is better than a shameful peace.” The first battle with the Tatars was at Kolomna, and Vsevolod Yurievich commanded the troops, but they were cut to pieces. The enemy turned then towards Moscow, which they captured and burned. Yuri’s other son, Vladimir, was captured while leading the defense of Moscow. Yuri and his faithful companion Saint Basil were determined to fight “for the Orthodox Christian Faith” against the “godlessly vile Tatars.” Having organized his defenses and leaving his sons Vsevolod and Mstislav at Vladimir, Prince Yuri went beyond the Volga to gather new troops to replace those annihilated by Batu. him were his nephews, Saint Basil of Rostov and his company, and his brothers, Vsevolod and Vladimir. The Great Prince awaited the arrival of his brothers Yaroslav and Svyatoslav and their forces. Meatfare Saturday, February 3, 1238, quickly and without hindrance upon the wintry roads, the Tatar army approached Vladimir. Despite heroic defense, the fate of the city was sealed. Bishop Metrophanes for spiritual strength tonsured all the princes and princesses remaining in the city into the angelic schema. The city fell on February 7. final outpost of the Vladimirites was the Dormition cathedral, repository of the most holy object in Russia: the wonderworking Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God. The Tatars piled wood and kindling around the cathedral and made a tremendous fire. Bishop Metrophanes died in the fire and smoke, together with a thousand defenseless women and children, and Prince Yuri’s entire family: his wife Agathia, daughter Theodora, daughters-in-law Maria and Christina, and the infant grandson Demetrius. His sons Vsevolod and Mstislav, together with the previously captured Vladimir, were subjected to tortures and then slaughtered “before the eyes of the Khan”. (In several of the old collections of Saints’ Lives, all of them are listed as saints). Yuri had been with his forces near Yaroslavl. Learning of the destruction of the capital and the death of those near and dear to him, “he lamented in a loud voice with tears.” He said it would be better for him to die rather than continue to live in this world, since he alone survived. Saint Basil, arriving with the Rostov company, encouraged him to continue with the military effort. March 4, 1238 the decisive battle took place at the River Sita. The Tatars unexpectedly managed to encircle the Russian army, and a slaughter ensued. Few Russian warriors remained alive after this terrible battle, but the enemy paid an expensive price for its victory. Saint Yuri was cut down in distinguished combat, and the wounded Basil was brought to Batu’s headquarters. Tatars demanded that he “follow their vile customs, be subject to their will and fight for them.” The holy prince angrily refused to betray his homeland or Holy Orthodoxy. You cannot take the Christian Faith from me said the holy prince, like one of the ancient Christian confessors. They tortured him a great deal, and then killed him in the Shernsk woods. Thus did holy Prince Basil commit his soul to God, resembling in death the holy Passion-Bearer Boris (July 24), the first of the Rostov princes, whom he had imitated in life. Like Saint Boris, Saint Basil was not even thirty years of age. Cyril of Rostov, going out on the field of carnage, buried the fallen Orthodox warriors, and he sought the body of holy Prince Yuri (they did not find his cut-off head in the mass of broken bodies). He brought his holy relics to Rostov, to the Dormition cathedral. The body of Saint Basil was found in the Shernsk woods by a priest’s son and was taken to Rostov. There the prince’s wife, his children, Bishop Cyril and all the inhabitants of Rostov met the body of their beloved prince with bitter wailing, and they buried him beneath the arches of the cathedral church. the burial of Prince Basil, the chronicler said: The multitude of Orthodox people wept bitterly, when they saw the departed father and nourisher of orphans, the great comforter of the sorrowful, and... the setting of a luminous star.... By his martyr’s blood his transgressions and those of his brethren were washed away.” people regarded it as a sign of God’s mercy that the two princely comrades-in-arms were buried side by side in the Rostov cathedral church: Behold the wonder, in death God has placed their bodies together. (Later on, the relics of holy Prince Yuri were transferred to the restored Vladimir Dormition cathedral). Church venerates Saints Basil and Yuri as Passion-Bearers, and heroic defenders of the Russian Land. Their holy example has inspired Russian soldiers in the fight against hostile invaders. The most detailed account of the life and deeds of holy Princes Basil and Yuri is preserved in the Lavrentiev Chronicle, written by the monk Laurence with the blessing of Saint Dionysius, Archbishop of Suzdal, in the year 1377, three years before the Battle of Kulikovo Pole. Finding of the relics of St Basil the Prince of Yaroslavl, Commemorated on June 8;

Russia, Rostov, 1216-1238, Prince Basil, Vasilko Konstantinovich, Suzdal Monomashich, heded elders, killed by Batu after Sita
Russia, Rostov, 1216-1238, Prince Basil, Vasilko Konstantinovich; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4; Prince Basil of Rostov belonged in lineage to the Suzdal Monomashichi, famed in Russian history. The saint’s great-grandfather was Yuri Dolgoruky, and his grandfather was Great Prince Vsevolod III “Big-Nest” (+ 1212), brother to Saint Andrew Bogoliubsky (July 4), who had been heir to and continuer of Saint Andrew Bogoliubsky’s work. From Vladimir-on-Klyazma, which became the capital of the old Rostovo-Suzdal principality, Vsevolod Big-Nest single-handedly set the course of affairs of the whole of Great Rus. The Lay of Igor’s Campaign says that he could splash the Volga with oars, and bail out the Don with helmets. oldest grandson of Vsevolod from his oldest son Constantine, Saint Basil was born on December 7, 1208 in Rostov, where his father ruled as prince. He spent his childhood there, and in 1216, when Constantine Vsevolodovich became Great Prince of Vladimir, Rostov was apportioned to Basil (he was then eight years old) as his princely appanage to rule himself. valor, sacred duty of service to country, the sense of justice and the heeding of one’s elders, all these are traditional features of a Russian princely defender of the land, and all were present in Basil. The saint’s father, Great-prince Constantine, died on February 2, 1218, when Basil was not yet ten years of age. The guide of the young Rostov prince then became his uncle, the Great Prince Saint Yuri of Vladimir (February 4). twenty years Prince Yuri ruled Vladimir, and for all these years Basil was his closest friend and confidant. The chronicles take note of the vibrantly handsome figure of Basil, his bright and majestic glance, his daring in trapping wild game, his beneficence, his mind and deep studiousness, together with his mildness and good-nature in relations with the nobles: Whoever served him, whoever ate his bread and drank the cup with him, could never be the servant of another prince. the year 1219 Basil participated in a campaign of the Vladimir-Suzdal forces against the Volga Bulgars, and in 1221 in a campaign to the mouth of the River Oka. Saint Yuri was then held hostage at Nizhni Novgorod. 1223 the first Tatars (Mongols) appeared on the southern steppes, “an unknown people”, coming out of Asia. Their first victims were the Polovetsians allied with Rus. The Russian princes, with the Polovetsian khans (many of whom had accepted Holy Baptism), decided to resist the plunderers of the steppes before they reached the Russian Land. Saint Basil headed an auxiliary detachment, sent by Great Prince Yuri to participate in the Russian steppe campaign. enemy showed up sooner than they expected. And the centuries-old division of appenage principalities proved incapable of effective action in a large scale war. The detachment of Basil was not in time for the decisive battle, and from Chernigov came the sad news of the destruction of the Russian forces at the River Kalka on June 16, 1223. This was a bad omen, and the storm loomed on the east. Basil and his company returned to Rostov. 1227 (or 1228) Basil married, taking Maria, daughter of Saint Michael of Chernigov (September 20) as his wife. Basil’s uncle, Saint Yuri, had previously married Saint Michael’s sister [i.e. Basil’s uncle Yuri had married Maria’s aunt]. In 1231 Basil’s oldest son Boris was born. storm clouds thickened over Russia. On May 3, 1230, “the earth shook during Liturgy”, and famine and pestilence came upon Rus that year. In 1232 the Tatars made winter camp, having barely reached the capital of the Volga Bulgars. Life took its course, and Prince Yuri in 1236 married off his sons Vladimir and Mstislav, and Basil rejoiced at their weddings. All of them, however, had little more than a year to live, for the Tatars had already taken the Volga-Bulgarian land. 1237 the Tatar whirlwind broke upon Rus. In December Ryazan fell under Batu. Prince Yuri had decided not to send his forces over to provide assistance, since he was faced with the difficult defense of Vladimir. The Tatars offered him peace, and he was prepared to negotiate. But the conditions of the peace, tribute and vassal servitude under the Khan, were unacceptable. “A glorious fight,” said the prince, “is better than a shameful peace.” The first battle with the Tatars was at Kolomna, and Vsevolod Yurievich commanded the troops, but they were cut to pieces. The enemy turned then towards Moscow, which they captured and burned. Yuri’s other son, Vladimir, was captured while leading the defense of Moscow. Yuri and his faithful companion Saint Basil were determined to fight “for the Orthodox Christian Faith” against the “godlessly vile Tatars.” Having organized his defenses and leaving his sons Vsevolod and Mstislav at Vladimir, Prince Yuri went beyond the Volga to gather new troops to replace those annihilated by Batu. him were his nephews, Saint Basil of Rostov and his company, and his brothers, Vsevolod and Vladimir. The Great Prince awaited the arrival of his brothers Yaroslav and Svyatoslav and their forces. Meatfare Saturday, February 3, 1238, quickly and without hindrance upon the wintry roads, the Tatar army approached Vladimir. Despite heroic defense, the fate of the city was sealed. Bishop Metrophanes for spiritual strength tonsured all the princes and princesses remaining in the city into the angelic schema. The city fell on February 7. final outpost of the Vladimirites was the Dormition cathedral, repository of the most holy object in Russia: the wonderworking Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God. The Tatars piled wood and kindling around the cathedral and made a tremendous fire. Bishop Metrophanes died in the fire and smoke, together with a thousand defenseless women and children, and Prince Yuri’s entire family: his wife Agathia, daughter Theodora, daughters-in-law Maria and Christina, and the infant grandson Demetrius. His sons Vsevolod and Mstislav, together with the previously captured Vladimir, were subjected to tortures and then slaughtered “before the eyes of the Khan”. (In several of the old collections of Saints’ Lives, all of them are listed as saints). Yuri had been with his forces near Yaroslavl. Learning of the destruction of the capital and the death of those near and dear to him, “he lamented in a loud voice with tears.” He said it would be better for him to die rather than continue to live in this world, since he alone survived. Saint Basil, arriving with the Rostov company, encouraged him to continue with the military effort. March 4, 1238 the decisive battle took place at the River Sita. The Tatars unexpectedly managed to encircle the Russian army, and a slaughter ensued. Few Russian warriors remained alive after this terrible battle, but the enemy paid an expensive price for its victory. Saint Yuri was cut down in distinguished combat, and the wounded Basil was brought to Batu’s headquarters. Tatars demanded that he “follow their vile customs, be subject to their will and fight for them.” The holy prince angrily refused to betray his homeland or Holy Orthodoxy. You cannot take the Christian Faith from me said the holy prince, like one of the ancient Christian confessors. They tortured him a great deal, and then killed him in the Shernsk woods. Thus did holy Prince Basil commit his soul to God, resembling in death the holy Passion-Bearer Boris (July 24), the first of the Rostov princes, whom he had imitated in life. Like Saint Boris, Saint Basil was not even thirty years of age. Cyril of Rostov, going out on the field of carnage, buried the fallen Orthodox warriors, and he sought the body of holy Prince Yuri (they did not find his cut-off head in the mass of broken bodies). He brought his holy relics to Rostov, to the Dormition cathedral. The body of Saint Basil was found in the Shernsk woods by a priest’s son and was taken to Rostov. There the prince’s wife, his children, Bishop Cyril and all the inhabitants of Rostov met the body of their beloved prince with bitter wailing, and they buried him beneath the arches of the cathedral church. the burial of Prince Basil, the chronicler said: The multitude of Orthodox people wept bitterly, when they saw the departed father and nourisher of orphans, the great comforter of the sorrowful, and... the setting of a luminous star.... By his martyr’s blood his transgressions and those of his brethren were washed away.” people regarded it as a sign of God’s mercy that the two princely comrades-in-arms were buried side by side in the Rostov cathedral church: Behold the wonder, in death God has placed their bodies together. (Later on, the relics of holy Prince Yuri were transferred to the restored Vladimir Dormition cathedral). Church venerates Saints Basil and Yuri as Passion-Bearers, and heroic defenders of the Russian Land. Their holy example has inspired Russian soldiers in the fight against hostile invaders. The most detailed account of the life and deeds of holy Princes Basil and Yuri is preserved in the Lavrentiev Chronicle, written by the monk Laurence with the blessing of Saint Dionysius, Archbishop of Suzdal, in the year 1377, three years before the Battle of Kulikovo Pole.

Russia, Rostov, 1257, Fall of Yaroslavl, to Mongke Khan, Golden Horde
Fall of Yaroslavl, 1257, to Mongke Khan, Golden Horde; Right-believing Prince Basil of Yaroslavl, Commemorated on July 3;

Russia, Rostov, 1334-1392, Saint Sergius of Radonezh
Moscow, 1334-1392, Saint Sergius of Radonezh; Repose of St Philaret (Drozdov) the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on November 19 ; Venerable Schemamonk Cyril, the Father of St Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on January 18; St Stephen the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on April 26 ; Venerable Micah the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on May 6 ; St Eudokia, in Monasticism Euphrosyne, the Grand Duchess of Moscow, Commemorated on July 7;

Rostov, 1408, Khan Edigei invasion of Russia
Khan Edigei invasion of Russia 1408, Destroying Rostov, New Novgorod, and Gorodets ; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of Radonezh the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius, Commemorated on November 17 ;

Russia, Rostov, 1671-1709, Cossack Hierarch, Dimitry, Demetrius of Rostov
Rostov Hierarch, 1671-1709, Dimitry ; Saint Dimitry of Rostov (sometimes Latinized as Demetrius, sometimes referred to simply as Dmitri Rostovsky, (11 December 1651 -“ 28 October 1709) a leading opponent of the Caesaropapist reform of the Russian Orthodox church promoted by Feofan Prokopovich. is representative of the strong Cossack Baroque influence upon the Russian Orthodox Church at the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries. is sometimes credited as composer or compiler of the first Russian opera, the lengthy Rostov Mysteries of 1705, though the exact nature of this work, as well as its place in history, is open to debate.[2] is the author of several written works, out of which the most famous is The Lives of Saints.[3] Prophet Ezekiel, Commemorated on July 21 ; Martyr Theognes at Cyzicus, Commemorated on April 29; Icon of the Mother of God of ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Âœthe Unexpected JoyÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ from Andronikov, Commemorated on May 1 ;

Russia, Rostov, Lake Nero Folder, Rostov

Lake Nera (Nero)
Lake Nera; Blessed John œthe Hairy and Fool-For-Christ at Rostov, Commemorated on September 3; St James the Bishop and Wonderworker of Rostov, Commemorated on November 27; St Peter the Prince of Ordinsk, Rostov, Commemorated on June 30;

Rostov (Lake Nero), Rostov the Great
Rustov; Rostov the Great; Rustov Cathedral; Venerable Nicodemus the Abbot of Kozhe Lake, Commemorated July 3 ; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15; Venerable Leonid of Ustnedumsk, Commemorated on July 17 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Tolga, Commemorated July 18 ; Prophet Ezekiel, Commemorated on July 21 ; Repose of the Venerable Cornelius of Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on July 22 ; Martyrs and Passion-Bearers Boris and Gleb, Commemorated on July 24; Appearance of the Smolensk "œDirectress" Icon of the Mother of God brought from Constantinople, Commemorated on July 28 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Yuga, Commemorated on July 28; St Pitirim the Bishop of Tambov, Commemorated on July 28 ; Venerable Anthony of Optina, Commemorated on August 7 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Tolga, Commemorated on August 8; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Maximus of Moscow the Fool-for-Christ, Commemorated on August 13; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Theodosius of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on August 14 ; Venerable Alypius the Iconographer of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 17; Icon of the Mother of God of Georgia, Commemorated August 22 ; St Bogolep, disciple of St Paisius of Uglich, Commemorated on August 22; St Adrian of Uglich, Commemorated August 26 ; Blessed John "œthe Hairy" and Fool-For-Christ at Rostov, Commemorated on September 3 ; Venerable Macarius of Optina, Commemorated September 7 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Isaakov, Commemorated September 8 ; Venerable Prince Andrew, in Monasticism Joasaph, of Kubensk, Vologda, Commemorated on September 10 ; Uncovering of the relics of St Demetrius (Dmitri) the Metropolitan of Rostov, Commemorated on September 21 ; SERGIUS, ABBOT OF HOLY TRINITY (25 SEPT 1392); Repose of the Venerable Sergius, Abbot and Wonderworker of Radonezh, Commemorated September 25 ; St Michael the first Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated September 30 ; St Paul of Rostov, Commemorated on October 22 ; St Demetrius (Dimitri), Metropolitan of Rostov, Commemorated on October 28; Venerable Abramius the Archimandrite of Rostov, Commemorated on October 29 ; Martyr Orestes of Cappadocia, Commemorated on November 10 ; Blessed John "œthe Hairy" and Fool-For-Christ at Rostov, Commemorated on November 12 ; Finding of the relics of Monkmartyr Adrian of Poshekhonsk, Yaroslavl, Commemorated on November 19 ; Repose of St Philaret (Drozdov) the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on November 19 ; St James the Bishop and Wonderworker of Rostov, Commemorated on November 27 ; St Theodore the Archbishop of Rostov, Commemorated on November 28 ; St Gennadius the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated December 4 ; Icon of the Mother of God "œthe Unexpected joy", Commemorated on December 9 ; Venerable Irenarchus the Recluse of Rostov, Commemorated January 13 ; Venerable Schemamonk Cyril, the Father of St Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated January 18 ; Blessed Xenia of St Petersburg, Commemorated on January 24 ; Icon of the Mother of God "the Unexpected Joy", Commemorated January 25 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Sumorin-Totem, Commemorated on January 28 ; Venerable Ephraim, Abbot and Wonderworker of Novy Torg, Commemorated January 28 ; St Tryphon, Bishop of Rostov, Commemorated February 1 ; St Tryphon, Bishop of Rostov, Commemorated on February 1; Right-believing George the Great Prince of Vladimir, Commemorated on February 4; Repose of St Theodosius of Chernigov, Commemorated on February 5 ; Venerable Demetrius the Wonderworker of Priluki, Vologda, Commemorated on February 11 ; St Bassian of Uglich, Commemorated on February 12 ; Venerable Theodore of Sanaxar, Commemorated on February 19 ; Venerable Sebastian of Poshekhonye, Commemorated on February 26; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4; Finding of the relics of St Theodore the Prince of Smolensk, and Yaroslav, and His Children, Commemorated on March 5 ; Monkmartyr Adrian of Poshekhonye, Yaroslavl, Commemorated on March 5; Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on March 14; Venerable Macarius the Abbot and Wonderworker of Kalyazin, Commemorated on March 17 ; Venerable Seraphim of Virits, Commemorated on March 21; Righteous Basil of Mangazea in Siberia, Commemorated on March 23 ; St Tikhon the Patriarch of Moscow, and Enlightener of North America, Commemorated on April 7; TIKHON, PATRIARCH OF RUSSIA AND CONFESSOR, (7 April 1925); St Stephen the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on April 26; Translation of the relics of the Holy Passionbearer Boris, in Holy Baptism Roman, Commemorated on May 2 ; Venerable Isidore the Fool-For-Christ and Wonderworker of Rostov, Commemorated on May 14; Uncovering of the relics of St Leontius the Bishop and Wonderworker of Rostov, Commemorated on May 23; Synaxis of the Saints of Rostov, Commemorated on May 23; Icon of the Mother of God of Chelnsk and Pskov Caves, Commemorated on May 14; St Ignatius the Bishop and Wonderworker of Rostov, Commemorated on May 28; St Sophronius the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on March 30; Translation of the relics of St Job the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on April 5 ; Icon of the Mother of God Weeping "œIlyin Chernigov", Commemorated on April 16 ; St Stephen the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on April 26; St Cyril the Bishop of Turov, Commemorated on April 28 ; Icon of the Mother of God of "œthe Unexpected Joy" from Andronikov, Commemorated on May 1; Icon of the Mother of God of Lubech, Commemorated on May 7 ; Venerable Isidore the Fool-For-Christ and Wonderworker of Rostov, Commemorated on May 14; Venerable Pachomius the Abbot of Nerekhta, Commemorated on May 15; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19; Right-believing John the Prince of Uglich, Tonsured As Ignatius, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19; Synaxis of the Saints of Rostov, Commemorated on May 23; St Ignatius the Bishop and Wonderworker of Rostov, Commemorated on May 28; Venerable Paisius the Abbot of Uglich. Commemorated on June 6; Finding of the relics of St Basil the Prince of Yaroslavl, Commemorated on June 8; Icon of the Mother of God of Yaroslavl, Commemorated on June 8; Venerable Cyril the Abbot of White Lake, Commemorated on June 9; Venerable Andronicus the Abbot of Moscow and Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on June 13; St Michael the first Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on June 15; Venerable Moses of Optina, Commemorated on June 16; Repose of St Job the Patriarch of Moscow, and All Russia, Commemorated on June 19; St Peter the Prince of Ordinsk, Rostov, Commemorated on June 30; Blessed John of Moscow the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on July 3; Venerable Nicodemus the Abbot of Kozhe Lake, Commemorated on July 3; Right-believing Prince Basil of Yaroslavl, Commemorated on July 3; Burial of St Andrew the Prince, Commemorated on July 4 ;

Sarsk, Rostov (Sarskoye Gorodishche)
Sarsk, Rostov (Sarskoye Gorodishche); Venerable Nicodemus the Abbot of Kozhe Lake, Commemorated on July 3;

Theophany-Abramiev, Abraham's monastery of the Theophany, Rostov, 1030 or so
monastery of the Theophany; Venerable Abramius, Archimandrite of Rostov, Commemorated on October 29 Venerable Irenarchus the Recluse of Rostov, Commemorated January 13 ; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19;

Conception-Saint James, Spaso-Yakovlevsky Monastery of Dimitri, 1389
Conception-Saint James monastery, Spaso-Yakovlevsky Monastery of St. Dimitri, 1389 ; Saint James the Wonderworker, Bishop of Rostov, Commemorated on November 27;

Russia, Rostov, Ust and Kotorosi River Folder, In and Out of Nero

Ust River Source (along the border, close to Volga River)

Ust River

Trinity Monastery of St Bassian (Kotorosl River Source) 1492
Trinity Monastery of St Bassian, 30 Versts South of Uglich ; St Bassian of Uglich, Commemorated on February 12 ;

Trinity Monastery of St Bassian, 30 Versts South of Uglich, 1492
Trinity Monastery of St Bassian, 30 Versts South of Uglich ; St Bassian of Uglich, Commemorated on February 12 ;

Ust River 1 (Novy Torg, Boris and Gleb, and Rostov)

Novy Torg, Rostov (Ust River 1)
Boris and Gleb monastery, Novy Torg. Saint Ephraim of Novy Torg, founder of the Sts Boris and Gleb monastery in the city of Novy Torg, was a native of Hungary. ; Venerable Arcadius of Novotorsk, Commemorated July 11 ; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15 ; St Pitirim the Bishop of Tambov, Commemorated on July 28; Venerable Arcadius of Novotorsk, Commemorated August 14 ; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Theodosius of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on August 14; Boris and Gleb monastery; Venerable Ephraim, Abbot and Wonderworker of Novy Torg, Commemorated January 28 ;

Novtorsk, Novy Torg, Rostov (Ust River 1)
Boris and Gleb monastery, Novy Torg. Saint Ephraim of Novy Torg, founder of the Sts Boris and Gleb monastery in the city of Novy Torg, was a native of Hungary. ; Venerable Arcadius of Novotorsk, Commemorated July 11 ; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15 ; St Pitirim the Bishop of Tambov, Commemorated on July 28; Venerable Arcadius of Novotorsk, Commemorated August 14 ; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Theodosius of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on August 14; Boris and Gleb monastery; Venerable Ephraim, Abbot and Wonderworker of Novy Torg, Commemorated January 28 ;

Boris and Gleb monastery, Novy Torg, Rostov, 1363 or so
Boris and Gleb monastery; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15 ; Repose of the Venerable Cornelius of Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on July 22 ; Martyrs and Passion-Bearers Boris and Gleb, Commemorated on July 24; St Pitirim the Bishop of Tambov, Commemorated on July 28; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Maximus of Moscow the Fool-for-Christ, Commemorated on August 13; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Theodosius of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on August 14; St Paul of Rostov, Commemorated on October 22 ; Venerable Irenarchus the Recluse of Rostov, Commemorated on January 13 ; Venerable Ephraim, Abbot and Wonderworker of Novy Torg, Commemorated January 28 ; Venerable Demetrius the Wonderworker of Priluki, Vologda, Commemorated February 11; Venerable Demetrius the Wonderworker of Priluki, Vologda, Commemorated on February 11 ; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4; St Cyril the Bishop of Turov, Commemorated on April 28 ; Translation of the relics of the Holy Passionbearer Boris, in Holy Baptism Roman, Commemorated on May 2 ;

Borisoglebsk monastery (Ust River 1) 1363 or so
Borisoglebsk monastery; Repose of the Venerable Cornelius of Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on July 22 ; St Paul of Rostov, Commemorated on October 22 ; Venerable Irenarchus the Recluse of Rostov, Commemorated on January 13 ; Venerable Ephraim, Abbot and Wonderworker of Novy Torg, Commemorated January 28 ; Venerable Demetrius the Wonderworker of Priluki, Vologda, Commemorated February 11; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4; St Cyril the Bishop of Turov, Commemorated on April 28 ;

Ust (Ustye) River Mouth (Kotorosi River 1)
Ustye River; St. Paul of Rostov, Commemorated on October 22;

Kotorosi River

Kotorosi River Source (Lake Nero)

Kotorosi River 2 (Karabikha)

Kotorosl River Mouth (Volga River 8, Yaroslav)

Russia, Rostov, Yaroslavl Folder, Kotorosi Mouth at Volga River

Yaroslavl, Rostov (Kotorosl River Mouth at Volga River 8)
Yaroslav; Icon of the Mother of God of Tolga, Commemorated July 18 ; Appearance of the Smolensk "œDirectress" Icon of the Mother of God brought from Constantinople, Commemorated on July 28 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Yuga, Commemorated on July 28; Venerable Anthony of Optina, Commemorated on August 7 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Tolga, Commemorated on August 8 ; Venerable Alypius the Iconographer of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 17; Right-believing Prince Basil of Yaroslavl; Icon of the Mother of God of Georgia, Commemorated August 22 ; Blessed John "œthe Hairy" and Fool-For-Christ at Rostov, Commemorated on September 3 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Isaakov, Commemorated September 8 ; Venerable Prince Andrew, in Monasticism Joasaph, of Kubensk, Vologda, Commemorated on September 10 ; St Theodore the Prince of Smolensk and Yaroslav, Commemorated on September 19 ; Glorification of St Tikhon, the Apostle to America, Commemorated on October 9 ; Blessed John "œthe Hairy" and Fool-For-Christ at Rostov, Commemorated on November 12 ; Finding of the relics of Monkmartyr Adrian of Poshekhonsk, Yaroslavl, Commemorated on November 19 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Yaroslav-Smolensk ; Finding of the relics of Monkmartyr Adrian of Poshekhonsk, Yaroslavl, Commemorated on November 19; Repose of St Philaret (Drozdov) the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated November 19 ; Icon of the Mother of God "œthe Unexpected joy", Commemorated on December 9 ; Venerable Sebastian the Abbot of Pshekhonye Monastery, Vologda. Commemorated on December 18 ; Repose of St Innocent the first Bishop of Irkutsk; Hieromartyr Hilarion, Archbishop of Vereiya, Commemorated December 15 ; Venerable Ignatius of Loma and Yaroslav, Commemorated December 28 ; Venerable Paul the Abbot of Obnora, Vologda, Commemorated on January 10 ; Blessed Xenia of St Petersburg, Commemorated on January 24 ; St Tryphon, Bishop of Rostov, Commemorated February 1 ; Venerable Theodore of Sanaxar, Commemorated on February 19 ; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4; Finding of the relics of St Theodore the Prince of Smolensk, and Yaroslav, and His Children, Commemorated on March 5; Monkmartyr Adrian of Poshekhonye, Yaroslavl, Commemorated on March 5; Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on March 14; Venerable Seraphim of Virits, Commemorated on March 21; Righteous Basil of Mangazea in Siberia, Commemorated on March 23; St Tikhon the Patriarch of Moscow, and Enlightener of North America, Commemorated on April 7; TIKHON, PATRIARCH OF RUSSIA AND CONFESSOR, (7 April 1925); Icon of the Mother of God of Chelnsk and Pskov Caves, Commemorated on May 14; Venerable Isidore the Fool-For-Christ and Wonderworker of Rostov, Commemorated on May 14 ; Venerable Pachomius the Abbot of Nerekhta, Commemorated on May 15; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19; Uncovering of the relics of St Leontius the Bishop and Wonderworker of Rostov, Commemorated on May 23; Synaxis of the Saints of Rostov, Commemorated on May 23; Finding of the relics of St Basil the Prince of Yaroslavl, Commemorated on June 8; Icon of the Mother of God of Yaroslavl, Commemorated on June 8; Venerable Moses of Optina, Commemorated on June 16; Right-believing Prince Basil of Yaroslavl, Commemorated on July 3; Venerable Nicodemus the Abbot of Kozhe Lake, Commemorated on July 3;

Makov Nobility (Yaroslavl, Rostov)
Makov Nobility (Yaroslavl, Rostov): Repose of the Venerable Nilus the Abbot of Sora, Commemorated on May 7;

Fyodorovskaya Church, Fyodorovskaya Icon, Theodore's Icon, 1682
Fyodorovskaya Church; Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on March 14;

Ascension Church, Yaroslavl, 1584-1682
Ascension Church, Yaroslav l; Icon of the Mother of God of Yaroslav-Smolensk, Commemorated on October 12; Venerable Isidore the Fool-For-Christ and Wonderworker of Rostov, Commemorated on May 14;

Cherepovets Ascension monastery, Yaroslav, Rostov, 1584-1682
Cherepovets Ascension monastery is probably at the Ascension Church; Icon of the Mother of God of Yaroslav-Smolensk, Commemorated on October 12; Venerable Sebastian the Abbot of Pshekhonye Monastery, Vologda. Commemorated on December 18 ;

Votkha River ?

Adrian's Poshekhonye Monalstery?, River Votkha?
Adrian's Poshekhonye Monalstery?, River Votkha?, This is the only other river in the area. Monkmartyr Adrian of Poshekhonye, Yaroslavl,Commemorated on March 5;

Russia, Rostov, Gridenka River Folder, Downriver Right Side

River Gridenka

Nerekhta, Yaroslav, Rostov, Kostroma (River Gridenka, near Volga River 8.4)
Nerekhta; Venerable Pachomius the Abbot of Nerekhta, Commemorated on May 15;

Russia, Rostov, Tolga River Folder, Upriver Left Side

Tolga River

Tolga River Source

Tolga River 1

Tolga River Mouth (Volga River 8)
Tolga: The Tolga Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos appeared on August 8, 1314 to the Rostov hierarch Prochorus (Tryphon in schema). Going about his diocese, the saint visited the environs of White Lake and from there traveled along the banks of the Rivers Sheksna and Volga, to Yaroslavl. Having stopped with the approach of night 7 versts distant from Yaroslavl, at the right bank of the Volga River there flows opposite into it the River Tolga.

Romanov, Rostov (now Tutaev, Tolga River, Volga River 8)
Romanov (now Tutaev), Rostov (Volga River 8) ; Venerable Anthony of Optina, Commemorated on August 7 ; Venerable Sebastian the Abbot of Pshekhonye Monastery, Vologda. Commemorated on December 18 ; Right-Believing Prince Roman of Uglich, Commemorated February 3 ; Venerable Theodore of Sanaxar, Commemorated on February 19 ; Venerable Sebastian of Poshekhonye, Commemorated on February 26;

Tolga monastery, 1314
Tolga monastery; Icon of the Mother of God of Tolga, Commemorated on July 18; The Tolga Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos appeared on August 8, 1314 to the Rostov hierarch Prochorus (Tryphon in schema). Going about his diocese, the saint visited the environs of White Lake and from there traveled along the banks of the Rivers Sheksna and Volga, to Yaroslavl. Having stopped with the approach of night 7 versts distant from Yaroslavl, at the right bank of the Volga River there flows opposite into it the River Tolga. At midnight, when everyone was asleep, the saint awoke and saw a bright light illuminating the area. The light proceeded from a fiery column on the other bank of the river, to which there stretched a bridge. Taking up his staff, the saint went across to the other bank, and having approached the fiery column, he beheld on it the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos, suspended in the air. Astonished at the miracle, the saint prayed for a long time, and when he went back, he forgot to take his staff. The next day, after serving Matins, when St Prochorus was preparing to continue his journey by boat, they began to search for his staff, but they were not able to find it anywhere. The saint then remembered that he had forgotten his staff on the other side of the river, where he had gone across on the miraculous bridge. He then revealed what had occurred, and sent servants across on a boat to the other shore. They came back and reported that in the forest they had seen an icon of the Mother of God suspended in the branches of a tree, next to his bishop™s staff. The saint quickly crossed over with all his retinue to the opposite shore, and he recognized the icon that had appeared to him. Then after fervent prayer before the icon, they cleared the forest at that place, and put down the foundations of a church. When the people of Yaroslavl learned of this, they came out to the indicated spot. By midday the church was already built, and in the evening the saint consecrated it in honor of the Entrance into the Temple of the Most Holy Theotokos, and having installed the icon there he established a Feast on the day of its appearance. St Prochorus later built the Tolga monastery near this church. St Prochorus died on September 7, 1328. The Tolga Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos is also commemorated on August 8; Icon of the Mother of God of Tolga, Commemorated on August 8;

Tolga, Rostov (Tolga River Mouth, Volga River 8)
Tolga: The Tolga Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos appeared on August 8, 1314 to the Rostov hierarch Prochorus (Tryphon in schema). Going about his diocese, the saint visited the environs of White Lake and from there traveled along the banks of the Rivers Sheksna and Volga, to Yaroslavl. Having stopped with the approach of night 7 versts distant from Yaroslavl, at the right bank of the Volga River there flows opposite into it the River Tolga. Icon of the Mother of God of Tolga, Commemorated July 18 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Tolga, Commemorated on August 8;

Russia, Rostov, Uchma River Folder, Way Upriver Left Side

Uchma River

Uchma River Source

Uchma River Mouth (Uglich, Volga River 7)

Uglich, Rostov (Uchma River, Volga River 7)
Uglich; Alexeyevsky Monestary and Convent in Ugich ; St Bogolep, disciple of St Paisius of Uglich, Commemorated August 22 ; St Adrian of Uglich, Commemorated August 26 ; They were singing an Akathist to the Most Holy Theotokos. Suddenly, throughout all the monastery there shone an extraordinary light, and the monks heard a voice calling them to come out of the cell. The ascetics came out in fear and in confusion, and an angel showed them the Mother of God, sitting on an airy throne and holding the Divine Infant in Her arms. The ascetics fell frightened to the ground, but the angel raised them up and related to Saint Paisius the command of the Mother of God to build on this place a church in honor of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos. The vision ended, and the monks spent the whole night in vigil and praise. Venerable Cassian of Uglich, Commemorated October 2 ; St Paisius of Uglich, Commemorated on January 8 ; Right-Believing Prince Roman of Uglich, Commemorated February 3 ; St Bassian of Uglich, Commemorated on February 12 ; Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on March 14; Venerable Macarius the Abbot and Wonderworker of Kalyazin, Commemorated on March 17 ; Right-believing John the Prince of Uglich, Tonsured As Ignatius, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19; Venerable Paisius the Abbot of Uglich. Commemorated on June 6;

Dormition of the Mother of God Monestary (Uglich) 1464
Dormition of the Mother of God Monestary; Venerable Cassian of Uglich, Commemorated October 2 ;

Protection monastery, Ugich, Rostov, 1464
Protection monastery, Ugich, Rostov; Uglich; St Bogolep, disciple of St Paisius of Uglich, Commemorated on August 22; Venerable Cassian of Uglich, Commemorated October 2 ; Blessed Xenia of St Petersburg, Commemorated on January 24 ; St. Bassian of Uglich, Commemorated on February 12; Venerable Theodore of Sanaxar, Commemorated on February 19 ;

Alexeyevsky Monestary, Ugich, Rostov, 1464
Alexeyevsky Monestary and Convent in Ugich; Uglich; St Bogolep, disciple of St Paisius of Uglich, Commemorated on August 22; Venerable Cassian of Uglich, Commemorated October 2 ; Blessed Xenia of St Petersburg, Commemorated on January 24 ; Venerable Theodore of Sanaxar, Commemorated on February 19 ;

Russia, Pskov Folder, its rivers and Pskov lakes

Pskov region (Pskov Lakes)
Pskov region; Venerable Constantine the Abbot of Kosinsk, Pskov, Commemorated on July 29; Commemoration of the Weeping Icon of the Mother of God œof the Sign at Novgorod, Commemorated on November 27 ; Venerable Nilus of Stolbensk Lake, Commemorated on December 7 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Lubyatov, Commemorated on March 19; Venerable Euphrosynus the Abbot and Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated on May 15 ; Icon of the Mother of God œTenderness of the Pskov Caves, Commemorated on June 23 ;

Russia, Pskov History Folder

Russia, Pskov, 9th Century, Pskov principality
Pskov principality, the native region of St Olga. St Vsevolod (in holy baptism Gabriel) the Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated February 11 ;

Russia, Pskov, 945-963, Kiev Rus King, Olga of Kiev
Kiev Rus King, 945-963, Olga of Kiev ; Martyr Theodore and his son of Kiev, Commemorated on July 12; St Olga the Princess of Russia, in Holy Baptism Called Helen, Commemorated on July 11; Martyr Theodore and his son of Kiev, Commemorated on July 12; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15;

Russia, Pskov, 1117-1138, K Rus King, Vsevolod of Pskov, Vsevolod-Gabriel, Mstislav's son, Monomahk' gson
Kiev Rus King, 1117-1138, Vsevolod of Pskov, Vsevolod-Gabriel ; Mstislavich, the patron saint of the city of Pskov, ruled as Prince of Novgorod in 1117–32, Prince of Pereslavl (1132) and Prince of Pskov in 1137–38. 1 Early life 2 Expulsion from Novgorod 3 Church-building and veneration 4 Marriage and children 5 Succession 6 References 7 External links life[edit] eldest son of Mstislav the Great and Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden, Vsevolod was born in Novgorod during his father's reign as prince there (1088–1093, 1095–1117) and given the baptismal name Gabriel, or Gavriil. His maternal grandfather was King Inge the Elder of Sweden. The date of his birth is unknown, although the idea has been advanced that the event was commemorated by the Annunciation Church in the Marketplace, founded by Mstislav in 1103.[1] was enthroned as Prince of Novgorod after his father Mstislav Vladimirovich became Grand Prince of Kiev in 1117 and ruled Novgorod, with some interruption, until he was ousted by the Novgorodians in 1136. He was married to a Chernigovian princess in Novgorod in 1123 and his son, Ivan, was born there (he died in 1128).[2] In 1123, Vsevolod led the Novgorodians against the Chud. These campaigns continued in 1130 and over the next several years.[3] Aside from Vladimir Yaroslavich, Vsevolod was the first Novgorodian prince known to have been in conflict with Finns (in 1123).[4] from Novgorod[edit] his father's death in 1132, support for him began to erode in Novgorod. That same year, he was sent by his uncle, Grand Prince Yaropolk, to Pereslavl, to reign there. When he tried to return to Novgorod later that year, the Novgorodians refused to accept him back because they considered his move to Pereslavl as a betrayal (He had sworn an oath to die in Novgorod). That being said, the chronicles indicate that he was back leading a Novgorodian army in 1133. It was during that campaign that Vsevolod captured the city of Yuryev (modern Tartu, Estonia).[5] 1134, Vsevolod led an unsuccessful campaign in Vladimir-Suzdal during which, according to the Novgorodians, he showed indecisiveness, one of the reasons for his dismissal a little over a year later. On 28 May 1136, he was confined in the Archbishop's courtyard (compound) in the Detinets along with his wife and family, guarded by thirty men so as not to escape. In mid-July he was allowed to leave, going to his uncle in Kiev.[6] The following year, he tried to come back to Novgorod at the head of an army but withdrew instead to Pskov, where he died in February 1138.[7] According to his own wishes, he was buried in the Church of St. Demetrius in Pskov. dismissal from Novgorod has traditionally been seen as the end of Kievan power in the north and the beginning of the Republic of Novgorod. After him a number of princes were invited in or dismissed over the next two centuries, although only a few, like Aleksandr Nevsky, could assert themselves in the city for a prolonged period. Church-building and veneration[edit] of Saint Nicholas, constructed by Vsevolod in Novgorod. addition to leading Novgorodian armies on several campaigns, Vsevolod built a number of churches in and around the city: the Church of St. John on Opoki (1127–1130),[8] the Church of St. George in the Market (1133), the Church of The Assumption in the Market (1133; built with Archbishop Nifont),[9] and the Church of St. George in the Yuriev Monastery.[10] It was Vsevolod who granted the charter to Ivan's Hundred, the first Russian merchant guild. In addition, the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Yaroslav's Court, while often attributed to his father Mstislav, was mostly built during Vsevolod's tenure in Novgorod. comparatively early death prevented him from claiming the Kievan throne. He was survived by a daughter, Wierzchosława, the wife of Bolesław IV the Curly. The prince was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church as Vsevolod-Gavriil. In the Stepennaya Kniga (the "Book of Degrees of Royal Genealogy"), he is listed as a Pskov Wonderworker.[11] His relics were moved from the Church of St. Demetrius to the Trinity Cathedral in the Pskov Kremlin in 1193. The Pskovians attached his name to a German sword with the inscription honorem meum nemini dabo, formerly preserved in the cathedral sacristy, but modern historians date the sword to the 15th century at the earliest. St Vsevolod (in holy baptism Gabriel) the Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated on February 11; Right-believing Great Prince Rostislav-Michael the Prince of Kiev, Commemorated on March 14 ;

Russia, Pskov, 1198, Appearance of the Mirozh Icon of the Mother of God
Russia, Pskov, 1198, Appearance of the Mirozh Icon of the Mother of God; Mirozh Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on September 24;

Russia, Pskov, 1231, Lavonian Prince Yaroslav seized Izborsk in 1231
Livonia; Livonian Knights; Teutonic Knights; Prince Yaroslav (ex husband of St Eupraxia) fled from Pskov to Livonia and there married a German. Together with the Teutonic knights he made incursions several times upon the Russian lands, and in 1231 he seized Izborsk. Izborsk; St Eupraxia, Princess of Pskov, Commemorated October 16;

Russia, Pskov, 1233, Izborsk, Pskov Captured by Livonian Brothers of the Sword
Izborsk; St Eupraxia, Princess of Pskov, Commemorated October 16 ; St Nicholas the Wonderworker and Archbishop of Myra in Lycia, Commemorated December 6 ; Venerable Onuphrius the Abbot of Malsk, Pskov, Commemorated on June 12;

Russia, Pskov, 1242, Saint Alexander Nevsky, battles of Neva and Ice
Novgorod Prince, 1252-1263, Alexander Nevsky; St Eupraxia, Princess of Pskov, Commemorated October 16; Venerable Xenophon of Robika, Commemorated on January 26; Repose of St Theodore Yaroslavich the older brother of St Alexander Nevsky in Novgorod, Commemorated on June 5 ; Venerable Xenophon the Abbot of Robeika, Novgorod, Commemorated on June 28;

Russia, Pskov, 1242, Great Battle of the Ice of Lake Chud, defeat of Teutonic Knights
Pskov, 1242, Great Battle of the Ice of Lake Chud, defeat of Teutonic Knights; St Eupraxia, Princess of Pskov, Commemorated October 16; Repose of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated on November 23;

Russia, Pskov, 1242, Great Battle of the Ice, Pskov Lake, defeated Teutonic Knights
Novgorod, 1242, Great Battle of the Ice of Pskov Lake, defeat of Teutonic Knights; Repose of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated on November 23;

Russia, Pskov, 1260-1299, Saint Dovmont, Pagan then Orthodox
Lithuania, 1260-1299, Dovmont, Duke of Nalsia and later Pskov (Utena); Utena, Lithuania; Blessed Dovmont (Timothy) the Prince of Pskov, Commemorated on May 20;

Russia, Pskov, 1266-1299, Prince Timothy Dovmont (Domant) of Pskov
Pskov Prince, 1266-1299, Prince Dovmont (Domant) of Pskov; Venerable Joasaph of Snetogorsk, Pskov, Commemorated on March 4; Blessed Dovmont (Timothy) the Prince of Pskov, Commemorated on May 20;

Russia, Pskov, 1266-1299, northwest boundaries of the Russian realm
Timothy the Prince of Pskov protected the northwest boundaries of the Russian realm. Blessed Dovmont (Timothy) the Prince of Pskov, Commemorated on May 20;

Russia, Pskov, 1268, Battle of Rakovor, in Estonia
Estonia, Battle of Rakovor 1268 ; Blessed Dovmont (Timothy) the Prince of Pskov, Commemorated on May 20 ;

Russia, Pskov, 1357-1427, Pskov Saint, St Cyril of White Lake monastery
Mologa Saint, 1357-1427, St Cyril of White Lake monastery, Sheksna, Vologda; St Cyril of White Lake monastery; Venerable Theodoritus the Enlightener of the Lapps, Solovki, Commemorated on August 17; Venerable Joseph the Abbot of Volokolamsk, Volotsk, Commemorated on September 9 ; Finding of the relics of the Venerable Cyril the Abbot of Novoezersk, Vologda, Commemorated on November 7 ; Hieromartyr Philip the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on January 9 ; St Innocent of Komel the Disciple of St Nilus of Sora, Vologda, Commemorated on March 19; Venerable Zosimas the Abbot of Vorbozomsk, Commemorated on April 4; Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Oshevensk, Commemorated on April 20; Repose of the Venerable Nilus the Abbot of Sora, Commemorated on May 7; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19; Icon of the Mother of God of White Lake, Commemorated on June 8;

Russia, Pskov, 1567, Miraculous Sign of the Mirozh Icon of the Mother of God
Russia, Pskov, 1567, Miraculous Sign of the Mirozh Icon of the Mother of God; Mirozh Icon appeared at the Mirozh monastery in the year 1198. But later, during the reign of Ivan the Terrible, at a time when a plague raged at Pskov, an ancient report tells how tears flowed from both eyes of the icon. Many benefits and healings for man occured from the icon of the Mother of God. Mirozh Icon is an “Orans” (“Praying”) type. On either side of the Most Holy Theotokos stand the Pskov Saints: on the right, the holy Prince Dovmont-Timothy (May 20); on the left, his wife, the holy nun Martha, in the world named Maria Dimitrievna (November 8, 1300). Tsar Ivan Vasilievich took away the wonderworking icon from Pskov, but at the monastery an exact copy remained: the so-called “Great Panagia” from the Savior-Mirozh monastery. September 24, 1567, on the Feast of Saint Abraham at the Mirozh monastery there occurred a miraculous sign from an ancient icon of the Most Holy Theotokos. The celebration of the Mirozh Icon of the Sign was established in that same year, with the blessing of Archbishop Pimen of Novgorod and Pskov. A special service to this icon was composed, and was published in the 1666 MENAION. Mirozh Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on September 24;

Russia, Pskov, 1581-1582, Siege of Pskov Caves (Livonian War 1581-1582)
Siege of Pskov; Icon of the Mother of God of Pskov œthe Protection, Commemorated on October 1; St John the Hermit of Pskov, Commemorated on October 24; Blessed Nicholas (Salos) of Pskov the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on February 28; Icon of the Mother of God of œTenderness, Commemorated on May 21 ; Icon of the Mother of God œVirgin of Tenderness from the Pskov Caves, Commemorated on May 21 ; Icon of the Mother of God œTenderness of the Pskov Caves, Commemorated on June 23 ;

Russia, Pskov, 1592, Siege of Pechory, Pskov
Pskov, 1592, Siege of Pechory, Pskov ; St John the Hermit of Pskov, Commemorated on October 24;

Russia, Pskov, Southern Pskov, Velikaya River Folder, Pskov

Velikaya River

Velikaya River Source (Bezhanitsy Hills)
Bezhanitsy Hills

Velikaya River 1 (Opochsk)

Opochsk, Pskov (Velikaya River 1)
Opochsk (Velikaya River 1) ; Venerable Euphrosynus the Abbot and Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated on May 15 ;

Velikaya River 2 (Sorot River Mouth)
Sorot River Mouth

Russia, Pskov, Southern, Velikaya 2, Sarov River Folder

Sarot River

Sarot River 2

Sarot River Source (Lake Mikhalkinskoye)

Sorot River Mouth (Velikaya River 2)
Sorot River Mouth

Mikhaylovskoye Museum

Novorzhev, Pskov (Possible home of Cyril of White Lake)
Novorzhev, Pskov; Finding of the relics of the Venerable Cyril the Abbot of Novoezersk, Vologda, Commemorated on November 7

Velikaya River 3 (Ostrov Nicholas Cathedral)

Ostrov Nicholas Cathedral, 1342
Saint Nicholas Cathedral; Ostrov, Ostrovsky District, Pskov Oblast ; St Nicholas the Wonderworker and Archbishop of Myra in Lycia, Commemorated on December 6 ;

Velikaya River 3 (Chirsk)

Chirsk (Pskov)
Chirsk is somewhere near Pskov Icon of the Mother of God of Chirsk-Pskov, Commemorated July 16

Russia, Pskov, Southern, Velikaya 3.9, Demyanka River Folder

Demyanka River (from Pskov Lakes)

Demyanka River South Source (Pskov Lakes)

Demyanka River North Branch

Demyanka River North Source (along the border)

Demyanka River North 1 (Nikander's Wilderness monastery)
River Demyanka, between Pskov and Porkhov.

Nikander's Wilderness monastery, Demyanka River 1, 1585
Nikandrov's monastery, 182648, Porkov District of Pskov; Venerable Nicander the Hermit of Pskov, Commemorated on September 24;

Omucha, Pskov (Near Demyanka River North, Omucha River Mouth, Shelon River 1) 1396
Omucha, Pskov (Omucha River Mouth, Shelon River 1); Venerable Theophilus the Abbot of Omutch, Pskov, Commemorated on October 21;

Velikaya River 4 (Pskov)
Velikaya River 4 (Pskov); Venerable Martyrius the Abbot of Zelenets, Pskov, Commemorated on November 11;

Pskov (South End Pskov Lake, Pskov River Mouth, Velikaya River 4 or Mouth)
Pskov; St Olga the Princess of Russia, in Holy Baptism Called Helen, Commemorated on July 11; Icon of the Mother of God of Chirsk-Pskov, Commemorated July 16 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Sviatogorsk, Commemorated on July 17; Icon of the Mother of God of Yuga, Commemorated on July 28; Venerable Constantine the Abbot of Kosinsk, Pskov, Commemorated on July 29; Venerable Cosmas the Abbot of Kosinsk, Pskov, Commemorated on July 29; Hieromartyr Benjamin the Metropolitan of Petrograd and Gdovsk, Commemorated on July 31; Icon of the Mother of God of Narva, Commemorated August 14 ; St Cornelius of Paleostrov and Olonets, Commemorated August 21 ; Icon of the Mother of God "Virgin of Tenderness" of the Pskov Caves, Commemorated August 26 ; St Olga St Olga the Princess of Russia, in Holy Baptism Called Helen; Synaxis of all Saints of Pskov; St Sava of Pskov, Commemorated August 28 ; Venerable Serapion of Spaso-Eleazar Monastery, Pskov, Commemorated September 7 ; Icon of the Mother of God Support of Humble, Commemorated September 16 ; Venerable Nicander the Hermit of Pskov, Commemorated September 24; Icon of the Mother of God "Mirozh", Commemorated September 24 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Pskov œthe Protection, Commemorated on October 1; Glorification of St Tikhon, the Apostle to America, Commemorated on October 9; Icon of the Mother of God of Pskov "the Protection", Commemorated October 1 ; Venerable Dositheus the Abbot of Verkneostrov, Pskov, Commemorated October 8 ; St Eupraxia, Princess of Pskov, Commemorated on October 16 ; Venerable Theophilus the Abbot of Omutch, Pskov, Commemorated on October 21; St John the Hermit of Pskov, Commemorated October 24 ; Venerable Martyrius the Abbot of Zelenets, Pskov, Commemorated on November 11 ; St Sergius of Malopinega, Commemorated on November 16 ; Great Battle of the Ice, Novogorodian defeat of Teutonic Knights 1242; Repose of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated on November 23; Venerable Hilarion the Abbot of Gdov and Pskov Lake, Commemorated October 21 ; Venerable Nilus of Stolbensk Lake, Commemorated on December 7 ; Synaxis of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John, Commemorated January 7 ; St Gabriel, Bishop of Imereti, Commemorated January 25 ; Venerable Cyril the Abbot and Wonderworker of Novoezersk, Novgorod, Commemorated on February 4 ; St John the Hermit of Pskov; Venerable Martyrius the Abbot of Zelenets, Pskov; Repose of St Alexander Nevsky; St Vsevolod (in holy baptism Gabriel) the Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated February 11 ; Venerable Isaac the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 14; Beheading of the Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of the Pskov Caves, Commemorated February 20; Blessed Nicholas (Salos) of Pskov the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on February 28 ; St Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 28; Venerable Martyrius of Zelenets, Pskov, Commemorated on March 1; Icon of the Mother of God of Lubyatov, Commemorated on March 19 ; Venerable Hilarion of Pskov, Lake Gdov, Commemorated on March 28; Venerable Mark of the Pskov Caves, Commemorated on March 29; St Tikhon the Patriarch of Moscow, and Enlightener of North America, Commemorated on April 7; TIKHON, PATRIARCH OF RUSSIA AND CONFESSOR, (7 April 1925); Translation of the relics of the Blessed Vsevolod, in Holy Baptism Gabriel, the Prince of Pskov, Commemorated on April 22; Icon of the Mother of God of Chelnsk and Pskov Caves, Commemorated on May 14; Venerable Euphrosynus the Abbot and Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated on May 15; Venerable Serapion of Pskov, Commemorated on May 15 ; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Paleostrov, Commemorated on May 19 ; Blessed Dovmont (Timothy) the Prince of Pskov, Commemorated on May 20 ; Icon of the Mother of God œVirgin of Tenderness from the Pskov Caves, Commemorated on May 21 ; Icon of the Mother of God of œTenderness, Commemorated on May 21; Venerable Onuphrius the Abbot of Malsk, Pskov, Commemorated on June 12; Icon of the Mother of God œTenderness of the Pskov Caves, Commemorated on June 23 ; Appearance of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on June 26; St Dionysius the Archbishop of Suzdal, Commemorated on June 26; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5;

Vybuty, Pskov (Velikaya River 3.5, birthplace of both Olga and Vladimir)
Vybuty, Pskov (birthplace of Olga and Vladimir); Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir (in Baptism Basil), Enlightener of the Russian Lands, Commemorated on July 15;

Mirozhsky Monastery, Pskov, Savior-Transfiguration Mirozh monastery, 1156
Mirozhsky Monastery; Venerable Abramius the Abbot of Mirozh, Pskov, Commemorated on September 24 ; Icon of the Mother of God "Mirozh", Commemorated September 24 ; St Abraham of Mirozh, Commemorated September 24 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Pskov Ã¢Â€Âœthe ProtectionÃ¢Â€ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on October 1; St. Eupraxia, Princess of Pskov, Commemorated on October 16; Venerable Joasaph of Snetogorsk, Pskov, Commemorated on March 4; Blessed Dovmont (Timothy) the Prince of Pskov, Commemorated on May 20 ;

St Eupraxia's Monastery for John the Forerunner, 1243
St Eupraxia's Monastery for John the Forerunner; Venerable Abramius the Abbot of Mirozh, Pskov, Commemorated on September 24 ; Icon of the Mother of God "Mirozh", Commemorated September 24 ; St Abraham of Mirozh, Commemorated September 24 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Pskov Ã¢Â€Âœthe ProtectionÃ¢Â€ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on October 1; St. Eupraxia, Princess of Pskov, Commemorated on October 16; Venerable Joasaph of Snetogorsk, Pskov, Commemorated on March 4; Blessed Dovmont (Timothy) the Prince of Pskov, Commemorated on May 20 ;

Snetogorsk monastery (on the Snyatni hill, now in Pskov itself) 1410 approx.
Snetogorsk monastery (on the Snyatni hill, now in Pskov itself); St Sava of Pskov, Commemorated August 28 ; Venerable Joasaph of Snetogorsk, Pskov, Commemorated on March 4 ; Venerable Euphrosynus the Abbot and Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated on May 15 ;

Velikaya River Mouth (Lake Peipus, Lake Pskov)

Russia, Pskov, Northern Pskov, Pskova River Folder

Pskova River

Pskova River Source

Pskova River 1 (Krypetsk monastery)

Krypetsk monastery (Pskova River 1) 1485
Krypetsky Monastery; St Sava of Pskov, Commemorated August 28 ; Venerable Nicander the Hermit of Pskov, Commemorated on September 24; Venerable Nilus of Stolbensk Lake, Commemorated on December 7 ; Venerable Euphrosynus the Abbot and Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated on May 15;

Krypetsk wilderness, 15 versts from the Tolva
Krypetsk wilderness, 15 versts from the Tolva ; St Sava of Pskov, Commemorated August 28 ; Venerable Euphrosynus the Abbot and Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated on May 15;

Pskova River 2

Pskova River 3

Pskova River 4

Lyubyatovo, St Nicholas Church and Monastery (Pskova River 4.5)
Lyubyatovo, St Nicholas Church and Monastery; Icon of the Mother of God of Lubyatov, Commemorated on March 19;

Pskova River Mouth (Pskov, Velikaya River 4)

Trinity Cathedral, Pskov, 1589
Trinity Cathedral in Pskov; Blessed Nicholas (Salos) of Pskov the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on February 28; Blessed Dovmont (Timothy) the Prince of Pskov, Commemorated on May 20;

Pskov Savior-Transfiguration monastery - Trinity Cathedral, 988
Pskov Savior-Transfiguration monastery ; St Abraham of Mirozh, Commemorated September 24 ;

Dovmontov town, Pskov (Pskova River Mouth, Velikaya River Mouth)
Pskov Kremlin; Blessed Dovmont (Timothy) the Prince of Pskov, Commemorated on May 20;

Pskov Kremlin
Pskov Kremlin; Blessed Dovmont (Timothy) the Prince of Pskov, Commemorated on May 20;

Verkneostrov, Pskov, aka Pskov Kremlin, 1470 (Pskov Lake, River Mouth, and Velikaya Mouth)
Verkneostrov, Pskov, aka Pskov Krom or Kremlin; Venerable Dositheus, Abbot of Verkneostrov, Pskov, Commemorated on October 8;

Russia, Pskov, Far North Pskov, Zelcha Gdov Rivers Folder

Russia, Pskov, Far North, Gdov River Folder

Gdov River

Gdov River Source

Gdov River 1

Gdov River 2 (Gdov)

Gdov, Pskov (Lake Gdov or Pskov)
Gdov Lake Gdov; Hieromartyr Benjamin the Metropolitan of Petrograd and Gdovsk, Commemorated on July 31; Venerable Hilarion the Abbot of Gdov and Pskov Lake Commemorated on October 21 ; Venerable Hilarion of Pskov, Lake Gdov, Commemorated on March 28; Venerable Euphrosynus the Abbot and Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated on May 15;

Gdovsky District, Pskov
Gdovsky District; Hieromartyr Benjamin the Metropolitan of Petrograd and ; Gdovsk; Venerable Euphrosynus the Abbot and Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated on May 15;

Loma, Pskov, Russia, N 58°50′21″ E 28°27′00"; Venerable Ignatius of Loma and Yaroslav, Commemorated on December 28;

Gdovka River Mouth (Lake Gdov, or Lake Peipus, or Chud Lake)

Russia, Pskov, Far North, Zelcha River Folder

Zhelcha River

Zhelcha River Source

Zelcha River 1

Zelcha River 2 (Ozersk)

Ozersk [Lake] Monastery of the Protection of the Mother of God, 1460
monastery of the Dormition of the Mother of God at the River Dubenka; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Zvenigorod the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on December 3 ; Venerable Hilarion of Pskov, Lake Gdov, Commemorated on March 28;

Russia, Pskov, Far North, Zhelcha River 2, Dubenka River Folder

Dubenka River

Dubenka River 1

Dubenka River Mouth (Zelcha River 2)
Venerable Sava the Abbot of Zvenigorod the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh;

Pskov Monastery Dormition of the Mother of God (Dubenka River Mouth) 1460
monastery of the Dormition of the Mother of God at the River Dubenka; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Zvenigorod the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on December 3 ; Venerable Hilarion of Pskov, Lake Gdov, Commemorated on March 28;

Zelcha River 3

Zelcha River 4

Zhelcha River Mouth (Pskov Lake)
Ozersk [Lake] Monastery of the Protection of the Mother of God. Venerable Hilarion the Abbot of Gdov and Pskov Lake;

Russia, Pskov, Western Pskov, Puisa (Tolva) River Folder, P Caves

Piusa (Tolva) River

Tolva (Piusa) River

Puisa (Tolva) River Source (Lake Plaani Kulajarv)

Piusa (Tolva) River 1 (Pskov Caves and St Euphrosyne Monasteries)

Mount Snetna
Mount Snetna St Sava of Pskov, Commemorated August 28 ;

River Tolva (Puisa), not far from Pskov

monastery of St Euphrosyne (May 15)
monastery of St Euphrosyne (May 15) St Sava of Pskov, Commemorated August 28 ;

monastery in honor of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos, 1473 and 1581
monastery of the Mother of God near Pskovy; On the eve of the decisive fighting, the pious blind Elder Dorotheus the Smith had a vision of the Most Holy Theotokos at the spot where the enemy had prepared to attack, at a corner of the fortress of the monastery in honor of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos. The Most Holy Theotokos, having promised the city Her mercy, gave orders to set up the Pechersk icon at the place of Her appearance. During the battle the Polish tried to breach the fortress wall, but through the intercession of the Mother of God and the Saints, they were not able to break through into the city. For the temple of the Protection Most Holy Theotokos, the Pskov-Pechersk icon of the Mother of God was painted, which has also been given the name, Ã¢Â€ÂœAppearance of the Mother of God to the Elder Dorotheus.Ã¢Â€ÂÂÂÂ The appearance of the Most Holy Theotokos occurred on September 7, and celebration of the Pskov-Pechersk Icon was established on October 1. A special service was compiled for the Feast of the Most Holy Theotokos. Icon of the Mother of God of Pskov Ã¢Â€Âœthe ProtectionÃ¢Â€ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on October 1;

monastery of the Mother of God near Pskov, 1473
monastery of the Mother of God near Pskovy; St Sava of Pskov, Commemorated August 28 ;

Pechersk Monastery, Pskov-Caves Monastery (Puisa (Tolva) River 1) 1473
Pskov Caves Monestary ; Icon of the Mother of God of Yuga, Commemorated July 28 ; Icon of the Mother of God "Virgin of Tenderness" of the Pskov Caves, Commemorated August 26 ; Icon of the Mother of God "Tenderness" of the Pskov Caves, Commemorated October 7 ; French invasion of Russia 1812 ; Finding of the relics of the Venerable Cyril the Abbot of Novoezersk, Vologda, Commemorated on November 7 ; Venerable Cyril the Abbot and Wonderworker of Novoezersk, Novgorod, Commemorated on February 4 ; Beheading of the Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of the Pskov Caves, February 20 ; St Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 28; Venerable Mark of the Pskov Caves, Commemorated on March 29; Icon of the Mother of God of œTenderness, Commemorated on May 21; Icon of the Mother of God œVirgin of Tenderness from the Pskov Caves, Commemorated on May 21; Icon of the Mother of God œTenderness of the Pskov Caves, Commemorated on June 23;

Pskov-Caves Monastery (Puisa (Tolva) River 1) 1473
Pskov Caves Monestary ; Icon of the Mother of God of Yuga, Commemorated July 28 ; Icon of the Mother of God "Virgin of Tenderness" of the Pskov Caves, Commemorated August 26 ; Icon of the Mother of God "Tenderness" of the Pskov Caves, Commemorated October 7 ; French invasion of Russia 1812 ; Finding of the relics of the Venerable Cyril the Abbot of Novoezersk, Vologda, Commemorated on November 7 ; Venerable Cyril the Abbot and Wonderworker of Novoezersk, Novgorod, Commemorated on February 4 ; Beheading of the Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of the Pskov Caves, February 20 ; St Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 28; Venerable Mark of the Pskov Caves, Commemorated on March 29; Icon of the Mother of God of œTenderness, Commemorated on May 21; Icon of the Mother of God œVirgin of Tenderness from the Pskov Caves, Commemorated on May 21; Icon of the Mother of God œTenderness of the Pskov Caves, Commemorated on June 23;

monastery of St Cornelius, Pskov Caves, 1473
monastery of St Cornelius: Pskov-Caves Monastery; St Sava of Pskov, Commemorated August 28 ; Venerable Cyril the Abbot and Wonderworker of Novoezersk, Novgorod, Commemorated on February 4 ;

Izborsk, Pskov
Izborsk; St Eupraxia, Princess of Pskov, Commemorated October 16 ; St Nicholas the Wonderworker and Archbishop of Myra in Lycia, Commemorated December 6 ; Venerable Onuphrius the Abbot of Malsk, Pskov, Commemorated on June 12;

Piusa (Tolva) River Mouth (Lake Peipus)

Tolvsk wilderness, Estonia (Tolva River not far from Pskov)
Tolvsk wilderness, Estonia (Tolva River not far from Pskov) ; Venerable Serapion of Spaso-Eleazar Monastery, Pskov, Commemorated September 7 ; Venerable Serapion of Pskov, Commemorated on May 15 ;

Russia, Pskov, Central Pskov, Pskov Lakes Folder

Pskov Lakes, Gdov and Peipus
Pskov Lake; Peter and Paul Verkhneostrov monastery at Lake Pskova; Venerable Dositheus the Abbot of Verkneostrov, Pskov, Commemorated on October 8 ; Venerable Hilarion the Abbot of Gdov and Pskov Lake; Venerable Euphrosynus the Abbot and Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated on May 15 ;

Pskov Lake (Peipus)
Lake Pskov (Peipus) ; Peter and Paul Verkhneostrov monastery at Lake Pskova; Venerable Dositheus the Abbot of Verkneostrov, Pskov, Commemorated on October 8 ;

Spaso-Eleazar Monastery, Pskov Lake (Peipus), 1447
Spaso-Eleazar Monastery, Pskov, 1447; Eleazar Monastery. Spaso-Eleazarovsky monastery: description, history, interesting facts and reviews. Holy spring in Elizarovo, Pskov region; Venerable Serapion of Spaso-Eleazar Monastery, Pskov, Commemorated on September 7; Venerable Nicander the Hermit of Pskov, Commemorated on September 24;

Chud Lake, Pskov
Chud Lake; St Sergius of Malopinega, Commemorated on November 16 ; Saint Sergius of Malopinega (in the world Simeon), was born in 1493. His father, Markian Stephanovich Nekliud, was descended from Novgorod nobles. Together with other fellow citizens they left their native-place setting off "to the side of the icy sea," when Great Novgorod was finally subjugated to the power of Moscow by Ivan III........With apostolic zeal he (Sergius) labored over the conversion of the pagan Chud people. Repose of St Alexander Nevsky; Venerable Euphrosynus the Abbot and Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated on May 15;

Gudov Lake, Pskov
Lake Gdov; Venerable Hilarion of Pskov, Lake Gdov, Commemorated on March 28; Venerable Euphrosynus the Abbot and Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated on May 15;

Lake Peipus

Russia, Pskov, Eastern Pskov (Tver, Novgorod) also Pskov Lakes

Toropets, Pskov, Tver or Novgorod (Toropa River mouth at Lake Solomeno, Volga Trade Route)
Toropets ; Glorification of St Tikhon, the Apostle to America, Commemorated on October 9; Icon of the Mother of God of Korsun, Commemorated on October 9 ; Venerable Isaac the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 14; St Tikhon the Patriarch of Moscow, and Enlightener of North America, Commemorated on April 7;

Toropetz district of the Pskov diocese
Toropetz district of the Pskov diocese; Glorification of St Tikhon, the Apostle to America, Commemorated on October 9; Venerable Isaac the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 14; St Tikhon the Patriarch of Moscow, and Enlightener of North America, Commemorated on April 7;

Russia, Ryazan Frontier Folder (surrounding Muravsky Trail)

Ryazan frontier (Oka River 1-13, surrounding Muravsky Trail)
Ryazan frontier; Repose of the Venerable Cornelius of Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on July 22 ; Commemoration of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God and the deliverance of Moscow from the Invasion of Tamerlane, Commemorated August 26 ; Priestmartyr John Kochurov, Commemorated on October 31 ; St Juliana the Princess of Vyazma, Commemorated on December 21 ; Righteous Juliana of Lazarevo, Murom, Commemorated on January 2 ; Venerable Macarius of Zhabyn the Wonderworker, Commemorated January 22 ; Icon of the Mother of God "the Seeker of the Lost", Commemorated February 5 ; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4; Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, Commemorated on March 4; Venerable Lazarus of Murom, Commemorated on March 8; St Ambrose the Confessor, Commemorated on March 16 ; Repose of St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on March 31; Venerable James the Abbot of Zheleznoborov, Commemorated on April 11; Icon of the Mother of God of Murom, Commemorated on April 12; Venerable Joseph of Optina, Commemorated on May 9; Venerable Constantine, (In baptism Yaroslav), with his children Michael and Theodore, Wonderworkers of Murom, Commemorated on May 21; Finding of the relics of St Basil the Bishop of Ryazan, Commemorated on June 10; St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on June 15; St Peter, Tonsured David, the Wonderworker of Murom, Commemorated on June 25; St Basil the Bishop of Ryazan, Commemorated on July 3 ;

Russia, Ryazan History Folder

Russia, Ryazan, 1105-1129, Saint, Constantine of Murom and his sons Michael and Fyodor (Theodore) Ryazan Icon story
Russia, Ryzan Frontier, 1105-1129, Saint, Constantine of Murom and his sons Michael and Fyodor (Theodore); of Murom (11th century - 1129) known as Saint Constantine the Blessed was a direct descendant of Vladimir I of Kiev and the son of Prince Svyatoslav of Chernigov. 1 Life 2 Mother of God, "The Star Most Bright" 3 Canonization 4 References 5 Sources Constantine's request, his father assigned him to rule the city of Murom, which at the time was inhabited by pagans, that he might spread Christianity in that region. According to the traditional account of his life, Constantine first sent his son Michael to Murom as his emissary, but the inhabitants threw him from the walls, so Constantine was obliged to take the city by force.[1] However, he made no headway in converting them to Christianity and at one point they became so angry that a mob made their way to his fortress intending to storm the place. to legend, when he appeared before them bearing what is now known as the Murom-Ryazan icon of the Theotokos, they quieted down and bowed reverently before the holy image.[2] son Fyodor, with his support, continued the missionary work in the surrounding countryside. the place of the murder of his son Michael, the wooden church of the Annunciation was reportedly founded by Prince Constantine in 1205.[3] A new cathedral was built on the site in 1553. It became a monastery under Ivan the Terrible and was ruined by the Poles during the Time of Troubles. In 1664 it was rebuilt by wealthy merchant and arts patron Tarasy Tsvetnov. The monastery features the relics of Constantin and his sons Mikhail and Fyodor. According to a legend recorded by local aristocrat and amateur historian Alexander Yepanchin, each midnight the monastery's gates disappear, and Constantine, Mikhail and Fyodor, clad in regal attire, ride out in a gilded carriage and head to the Cathedral of the Nativity of Mary, where they are met by Pyotr and Fevronia. After praying there, they guard and patrol the city.[4] of God, "The Star Most Bright"[edit] the Most Bright Star icon shows a full-length representation of the Mother of God with a star sending forth rays of light in the background. The origin of its name is connected with the poetic hymns in honor of the Most Holy Theotokos. Standing on Her right hand is the Infant Jesus. At Her feet are Murom saints: Sts. Constantine, Mikhail and Fyodor arrayed in princely robes and Sts. Peter, Fevronia and Uliania clad in monastic habits. In the bottom part of the icon is the following inscription: 'This Marvelous Image Is the Star Most Bright of the Most Holy Lady Mother of God Queen of Heaven."[5] 1547 Metropolitan Macarius of Moscow canonized Saint Constantine as a saint in the Cathedral of Makaryevsky, He is commemorated in the Russian Orthodox Church on May 21.[6] His wife Irene is also venerated at Murom.[1] Venerable Constantine, (In baptism Yaroslav), with his children Michael and Theodore, Wonderworkers of Murom, Commemorated on May 21;

Russia, Ryazan, 1237, Fall of Ryazan to Batu's Mongol-Tartars December 1237
In 1237 the Tatar whirlwind broke upon Rus. In December Ryazan fell under Batu. Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4;

Russia, Ryazan, 1237, - Old Ryazan, Staraya Ryazan, Seige of Ryazan
Siege of Ryazan, Old Ryazan; Translation of the relics of the Holy Passionbearer Boris, in Holy Baptism Roman, Commemorated on May 2 ;

Russia, Ryazan, 1293, Murom joined to and saved by Moscow by Daniel
Russia, Ryazan, 1293, Murom joined to and saved by Moscow by Daniel; 1272, Prince Daniel received as his allotted portion the city of Moscow and its adjacent lands. The holy prince built a church (and a monastery beside it) in honor of his patron saint, Saint Daniel the Stylite (December 11) on the banks of the River Moskva. this period, the Moscow principality was small and unobtrusive. While growing up, Prince Daniel strengthened and expanded it, not in unjust or coercive ways, but peacefully and with benevolence. It was a time of unrest. Fratricidal strife among the appanage princes was rife. Often bloodshed was averted, thanks to Prince Daniel and his incessant striving for unity and peace in the Russian Land. 1293 his brother, the Great Prince Alexander, with Tatars summoned from the Horde and headed by Diuden (“the Diudenev Host”), laid waste to Russian cities: Murom, Suzdal, Kolomna, Dmitrov, Mozhaisk, and Tver. Prince Daniel decided to join them to Moscow to save their people from perishing, for they were not strong enough to resist. Murom; Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, Commemorated on March 4;

Russia, Ryazan, 1293, Kolomna joined to and saved by Daniel of Moscow
Russia, Ryazan, 1293, Kolomna joined to and saved by Daniel of Moscow; 1272, Prince Daniel received as his allotted portion the city of Moscow and its adjacent lands. The holy prince built a church (and a monastery beside it) in honor of his patron saint, Saint Daniel the Stylite (December 11) on the banks of the River Moskva. this period, the Moscow principality was small and unobtrusive. While growing up, Prince Daniel strengthened and expanded it, not in unjust or coercive ways, but peacefully and with benevolence. It was a time of unrest. Fratricidal strife among the appanage princes was rife. Often bloodshed was averted, thanks to Prince Daniel and his incessant striving for unity and peace in the Russian Land. 1293 his brother, the Great Prince Alexander, with Tatars summoned from the Horde and headed by Diuden (“the Diudenev Host”), laid waste to Russian cities: Murom, Suzdal, Kolomna, Dmitrov, Mozhaisk, and Tver. Prince Daniel decided to join them to Moscow to save their people from perishing, for they were not strong enough to resist. prince braced himself for terrible destruction and pillaging. Standing up for his rights, Saint Daniel was compelled to come out against his brother near a place called Yurievo Tolchische (“Yurievo Threshing-Mill”), but his desire for peace prevailed, and bloodshed was averted. Kolomna; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4;

Russia, Ryazan, 1299-1301, Konstantin Romanovich of Ryazan, allied with the Tartars
Russia, Ryazan, 1299-1301, Konstantin Romanovich of Ryazan, allied with the Tartars; Romanovich of Ryazan, Prince of Pronsk, Grand Prince of Ryazan, was born 1260 to Roman Olgovich of Ryazan (1237-1270) and Anastasya NN and died 1306 in Moscow, Russia of Murder. ancestors include Charlemagne (747-814), Alfred the Great (849-899). Ancestors are from Russia, Ukraine, Sweden, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, the Byzantine Empire, Belarus. Romanovich (c1360-1306, Moscow ) - Grand Prince of Ryazan (1299 - 1301), the son of Roman Olgovich. the 1300/1301 Daniil Aleksandrovich of Moscow (1261-1303) marched against Konstantin, probably in order to take Kolomna. the Tatars also participated in the battle on the side of the Principality of Ryazan, Konstantin lost the battle being betrayed by his boyars. was taken to Moscow as a prisoner, where he was kept in "honor", and Daniil promised to set him free and to allow him to return to Ryazan. But, for some reason, the matter dragged on and in 1303 Daniil died in 1303 while Konstantin was still in captivity. In 1306, Daniil's son and successor, Yuri Danilovich, ordered him to be killed. Konstantin's murder, the town of Kolomna had been part of Ryazan was taken over by Moscow and the throne of Ryazan was ascended by one of Konstantin's sons - Vasily [1][2] or Yaroslav [3]. Family Father : Roman Olgovich - Grand Prince of Ryazan (1258-1270), an Orthodox saint. Mother : Anastasya - came from the family of the Grand Prince of Kiev and was distinguished by sincere faith and charity. Brothers : Fyodor (c1255-1294) - Grand Prince of Ryazan (1270-1294). Yaroslav (c1260-1308), Prince of Pronsk (1270-1294), Grand Prince of Ryazan (1294-1299) Wife : Feodosya (Fyodora) NN Children : Vasili - Grand Prince of Ryazan (1301-1308). Yaroslav . Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, Commemorated on March 4; 1300, when the Ryazan prince Constantine was making secret preparations for a sudden assault on the Moscow principality, Prince Daniel went to Ryazan with an army. He defeated the enemy, took Constantine captive,and destroyed a multitude of Tatars. This was a first victory over the Tatars, though not a tremendous victory, but it was noteworthy as a first push towards freedom. he had beaten the Ryazan prince and scattered his confederates the Tatars, Prince Daniel did not take advantage of his victory to seize foreign lands or take booty, as was the accepted custom during these times. Instead, he displayed an example of true non-covetousness, love and fraternity. The holy prince never resorted to arms to seize the lands of others, nor did he ever take away the property of other princes either by force or by treachery. And so the Lord saw fit to expand the boundaries of his princely realm.

Russia, Ryazan, 1378, Battle of Vozha River, Russia over Mongol Horde
Battle of Vozha River, Russia over Mongol Horde, 1378; Holy, Glorious Demetrius the Myrrh-gusher of Thessalonica, Commemorated on October 26;

Russia, Ryazan, 1615, Lisowski of Poland Destroys Zhabyn Monastery
Aleksander Jozef Lisowski; Venerable Macarius of Zhabyn the Wonderworker, Commemorated on January 22 ;

Russia, Ryazan Frontier, Oka River Folder (Oka River 1-13)

Russia, Ryazan Frontier, Muravsky Trail Folder

Muravsky Trail 6 (Livny, Elets)

Elets, Muravsky Trail 6 (Scythia, Bystraya Sosna River Mouth, Don River 4)
Elets; Commemoration of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God and the deliverance of Moscow from the Invasion of Tamerlane, Commemorated August 26 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Elets, Commemorated January 11 ; Icon of the Mother of God "œElets-Chernigov", Commemorated on February 5 ; Venerable Nectarius of Optina, Commemorated on April 29;

Orlov District, Ryazan (Oka River 1, Kaluga)
Orlov District; Hieromartyr and Venerable Kuksha of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated August 27 ; Icon of the Mother of God "the Seeker of the Lost", Commemorated February 5 ; Venerable Leonid of Optina;

Bolkhov, Orlov, Ryazan (Oka River 1)
Bolkhov; Icon of the Mother of God "the Seeker of the Lost", Commemorated February 5 ;

Belev, Ryazan (Oka River 1)
Belev (Oka River 1) ; Venerable Leonid of Optina, Commemorated October 11 ; Venerable Macarius of Zhabyn the Wonderworker, Commemorated January 22 ; Venerable Joseph of Optina, Commemorated on May 9;

Belev Convent of the Exaltation of the Cross, 1839
Belev Convent of the Exaltation of the Cross ; Venerable Leonid of Optina, Commemorated October 11 ; Venerable Joseph of Optina, Commemorated on May 9;

Zhabyn's Monastery, Belev, Ryazan, 1585
Zhabyn's Monastery was on the Oka River not far from Belev; Zhabyn's Monastery was on the Oka River not far from Belev ; Venerable Macarius of Zhabyn the Wonderworker, Commemorated January 22 ;

Russia, Ryazan Frontier, Oka River 2, Upa River Folder, Tula

Upa River

Upa River Source (near Novomoskovsk)

Upa River 1 (Tula)

Tula, Kaluga, Russia (Upa River 1, Muravsky Trail 7)
Tula, Russia (Upa River 1); Ã¢Â€ÂœChernigov-GethsemaneÃ¢Â€ÂÂÂÂ Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on September 1; Synaxis of the Saints of Tula, Commemorated on September 22 ; Venerable Leonid of Optina; Venerable Polycarp of Briansk, Commemorated February 23 ;

Yasnaya Polyana, home of Writer Leo Tolstoy
Yasnaya Polyana, home of Writer Leo Tolstoy; Russia, Moscow, 1848-1910, Writer Leo Tolstoy; ISABEL FLORENCE HAPGOOD, ECUMENIST and JOURNALIST, 1929, Commemorated June 26;

Upa River 2

Upa River Mouth (Oka River 2)

Russia, Ryazan Frontier, Oka River 6, Besputa River Folder

Besputa River

Besputa River Source

Besputa River Mouth (Oka River 6)

Russia, Ryazan Frontier, Oka River 6.9, Oayotr River Folder

Osyotr River

Osyotr River Source (along the border)

Osyotr River 1

Osyotr River 2 (Zaraysk)

Zaraysk Nicholas Cathedral, Ryazan Frontier, Osyotr River 2, Oka River 7, 1681
Zaraysk Nicholas Cathedral ; Zaraysk; St Nicholas the Wonderworker and Archbishop of Myra in Lycia; Translation of the relics of St Nicholas the Wonderworker from Myra to Bari, Commemorated on May 9; Finding of the relics of St Basil the Bishop of Ryazan, Commemorated on June 10;

Osyotr River Mouth (Oka River 6.9)

Kolomna, Ryazan Frontier (Moscova River Mouth at Oka River 7)
Kolomna; Commemoration of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God and the deliverance of Moscow from the Invasion of Tamerlane, Commemorated August 26 ; Repose of St Philaret (Drozdov) the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on November 19 ; St Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev and Gallich, Commemorated January 25 ; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4; Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, Commemorated on March 4; Repose of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow the Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated on March 31; St Stephen the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on April 26;

Russia, Ryazan Frontier, Oka River 8, Vozha River Folder

Vozha River

Vozha River Source (along the border)

River Vozha Mouth (Ryazan, Oka River 8)

Battle of Vozha River, Russia over Mongol Horde, 1378
Battle of Vozha River, Russia over Mongol Horde, 1378; Holy, Glorious Demetrius the Myrrh-gusher of Thessalonica, Commemorated on October 26;

Russia, Ryazan Frontier, Oka River 9 Folder, Ryazan (aka old name Pereslavl)

Ryazan (Oka River 9)
Ryazan; Commemoration of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God and the deliverance of Moscow from the Invasion of Tamerlane, Commemorated August 26 ; Priestmartyr John Kochurov, Commemorated on October 31 ; St Juliana the Princess of Vyazma, Commemorated on December 21 ; Venerable Macarius of Zhabyn the Wonderworker, Commemorated January 22 ; Icon of the Mother of God "the Seeker of the Lost", Commemorated February 5 ; St Basil the Bishop of Ryazan; Right-believing Prince Roman of Ryazan; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4; Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, Commemorated on March 4; Venerable Lazarus of Murom, Commemorated on March 8; St Ambrose the Confessor, Commemorated on March 16 ; Repose of St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on March 31; Venerable James the Abbot of Zheleznoborov, Commemorated on April 11; Icon of the Mother of God of Murom, Commemorated on April 12; Venerable Joseph of Optina, Commemorated on May 9; Venerable Constantine, (In baptism Yaroslav), with his children Michael and Theodore, Wonderworkers of Murom, Commemorated on May 21; Finding of the relics of St Basil the Bishop of Ryazan, Commemorated on June 10; Synaxis of the Saints of Ryzan, Commemorated on June 10; St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on June 15; St Peter, Tonsured David, the Wonderworker of Murom, Commemorated on June 25; St Peter, Tonsured David, the Wonderworker of Murom, Commemorated on June 25; St Basil the Bishop of Ryazan, Commemorated on July 3 ;

Ryazan Theological Seminary
Ryazan Theological Seminary (Oka River 9); Priestmartyr John Kochurov, Commemorated on October 31;

Ryazem (Ryazan, Oka River 9)
Ryazem (Ryazan); Repose of the Venerable Cornelius of Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on July 22 ; Commemoration of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God and the deliverance of Moscow from the Invasion of Tamerlane, Commemorated August 26 ; Priestmartyr John Kochurov, Commemorated on October 31 ; St Ambrose the Confessor, Commemorated on March 16 ; VDemetrius the Myrrhgusher of Thessalonica ; St Basil the Bishop of Ryazan, Commemorated on July 3 ;

Pereslavl (Old Name of Ryazan) Oka River 9
Pereslavl, old name of Ryazan; Repose of the Venerable Cornelius of Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on July 22 ; Finding of the relics of St Basil the Bishop of Ryazan, Commemorated on June 10;

Russia, Ryazan Frontier, Oka River 9.8, Pronya River Folder

Pronya River

Pronya River Source (along the border)

Pronya River 1

Pronya River 2

Pronya River Mouth (Oka River 9.8)

Ryazan - Old Ryazan, Staraya Ryazan
Siege of Ryazan, Old Ryazan; Translation of the relics of the Holy Passionbearer Boris, in Holy Baptism Roman, Commemorated on May 2 ;

Oka River 9.8 (Pronya and Para River Mouths)

Russia, Ryazan Frontier, Oka River 10, Para River Folder

Para River

Para River Source (along the border)

Para River Mouth (Oka River 10)

Russia, Ryazan Frontier, Oka River 11, Pra River Folder

Pra River

Pra River Source (along the Border)

Pra River Mouth (Oka River 11)

Russia, Ryazan Frontier, Oka River 11, Gus River Folder

Gus River

Gus River 1 (Gus-Khrustalny)

Gus River 2

Gus River 3 (Gus-Zhelezny)

Gus River Mouth (Oka River 11)

Zheleznoborov, Ryazan (Gus-Zhelezny River, Oka River 11)
Zheleznoborov (Gus-Zhelezny); Venerable James the Abbot of Zheleznoborov, Commemorated on April 11 ;

Russia, Ryazan Frontier, Oka River 13, Tyosha River Folder, Murom

Tyosha River

Toysha River Source (Boldino Heights)

Murom, Ryazan (Tyosha River Mouth, Oka River 13)
Murom; Venerable Elias of Murom the Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated December 19 ; Righteous Juliana of Lazarevo, Murom, Commemorated on January 2 ; Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, Commemorated on March 4; Venerable Lazarus of Murom, Commemorated on March 8; Repose of St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on March 31; Icon of the Mother of God of Murom, Commemorated on April 12; Venerable Constantine, (In baptism Yaroslav), with his children Michael and Theodore, Wonderworkers of Murom, Commemorated on May 21; St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on June 15; St Peter, Tonsured David, the Wonderworker of Murom, Commemorated on June 25; St Basil the Bishop of Ryazan, Commemorated on July 3 ;

Vydropussk village near Murom, Ryazan (Oka River 13)
Murom; Icon of the Mother of God of Vydropussk, Commemorated on July 28;

Russia, Belarus Folder, White Rus, Southwestern Russia

Belarus (Belorussia, White Russia) Orthodox
Belarus (Belorussia); Belarus lies between latitudes 51ÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â° and 57ÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â° N, and longitudes 23ÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â° and 33ÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â° E. It is landlocked, relatively flat, and contains large tracts of marshy land.[63] According to a 2005 estimate by the United Nations, 40% of Belarus is covered by forests. Many streams and 11,000 lakes are found in Belarus. Three major rivers run through the country: the Neman, the Pripyat, and the Dnieper. The Neman flows westward towards the Baltic sea and the Pripyat flows eastward to the Dnieper; the Dnieper flows southward towards the Black Sea. Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Athanasius the Abbot of Brest-Litovsk, Commemorated July 20 ; Commemoration of the Miraculous Appearance of the Mother of God at Pochaev, which saved the Monastery from the assault of the Tatars and Turks, Commemorated on July 23; Icon of the Mother of God of Minsk, Commemorated on August 13; Appearance of the Mother of God to St Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on August 24; Icon of the Mother of God "Chernigov-Gethsemane", Commemorated September 1 ; Martyr Athanasius the Abbot of Brest, Commemorated September 5 ; Venerable Elisha of Lavreshev, Commemorated October 23 ; St Demetrius (Dimitri), Metropolitan of Rostov, Commemorated on October 28 ; Venerable Gennadius of Kostroma, Commemorated January 23 ; St Laurence the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, and Bishop of Turov, Near Caves, Commemorated January 29 ; St Simeon the Bishop of Polotsk and Tver, Commemorated February 3 ; Repose of St Theodosius of Chernigov, Commemorated February 5 ; St Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 28; Right-believing Great Prince Rostislav-Michael the Prince of Kiev, Commemorated on March 14 ; Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina, Commemorated on April 1; Icon of the Mother of God of Belynich, Commemorated on April 12; ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœMyrrh-BearingÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on May 1; Hieromartyr Macarius the Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on May 1; Icon of the Mother of God of Zhirovits, Commemorated on May 7; Venerable Euphrosyne the Abbess of Polotsk, Commemorated on May 23; St Menas, Bishop of Polotsk, Commemorated on June 20; ISABEL FLORENCE HAPGOOD, ECUMENIST and JOURNALIST, 1929, Commemorated June 26 ; Uncovering of the relics of Holy Princess Juliana Olshanskaya, Commemorated on July 6;

Kutein Orshansk monastery (somewhere in Belarus)
Kutein Orshansk monastery (somewhere in Belarus); Belarus (Belorussia); Belarus lies between latitudes 51ÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â° and 57ÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â° N, and longitudes 23ÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â° and 33ÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â° E. It is landlocked, relatively flat, and contains large tracts of marshy land.[63] According to a 2005 estimate by the United Nations, 40% of Belarus is covered by forests. Many streams and 11,000 lakes are found in Belarus. Three major rivers run through the country: the Neman, the Pripyat, and the Dnieper. The Neman flows westward towards the Baltic sea and the Pripyat flows eastward to the Dnieper; the Dnieper flows southward towards the Black Sea. St Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 29;

Russia, Belarus History Folder

Russia, Belarus, 1044-1101, Prince, Vseslav of Polotsk (also Grand Prince of Kiev 1068-9)
Russia, Belarus, 1044-1101, Prince, Vseslav of Polotsk (also Grand Prince of Kiev 1068-9); Venerable Euphrosyne the Abbess of Polotsk, Commemorated on May 23;

Russia, Belarus, 987-1397, Principality of Polotsk, Sviatoslav Vseslavich
Belarus, 987-1397, Principality of Polotsk; Venerable Abramius the Abbot of Mirozh, Pskov, Commemorated on September 24;

Russia, Belarus, 1101-1508, Principality of Vitebsk, Sviatoslav Vseslavich
Belarus, 1101-1508, Principality of Vitebsk, Sviatoslav Vseslavich;

Russia, Belarus, 1130-1173, Saint, Euphrosyne of Polotsk
Russia, Belarus, 1130-1173, Saint, Euphrosyne of Polotsk; Venerable Euphrosyne the Abbess of Polotsk, Commemorated on May 23;

Russia, Belarus, 1596, Union of Brest, Rome and Kiev, Roman Catholic
Poland, 1596, Union of Brest, Rome and Kiev; Repose of the Venerable Job, Abbot and Wonderworker of Pochaev, Commemorated on October 28;

Russia, Belarus, 1657, Polish Campaign in 1657
Russo-Polish War (1654-Ã‚Â€Ã‚Â“1667); Appearance of the Mother of God to St Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on August 24 ;

Russia, Belarus, 1812 Fatherland War Polotsk (French Invasion of Russia)
1812 Fatherland War Polotsk (French Invasion of Russia); Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Âœof the SignÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, the ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœKursk-RootÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on September 8;

Russia, Belarus, 1812, Battle of Polotsk 1812
Battle of Polotsk 1812; Saint Tikhon prophesied much about the future including the result of this battle and the victory of Russia over the French in 1812: St Tikhon the Bishop of Voronezh and Wonderworker of Zadonsk and All Russia, Commemorated on August 13 ;

Russia, Belarus, 1903-1912, Bolsheviks (Majority, Reds, Workers, Communist Party of the Social Democrats)
Bolsheviks, 1903-1912, (Majority, Reds, Workers, Communist Party of the Social Democrats); St. George (John) of Georgia, Commemorated on January 21;

Russia, Belarus, Western Dvina River Folder

Western Dvina River

Western Dvina River Source (Valdai Hills)

Western Dvina River 1 (Andreapol, Russia)

Western Dvina River 2 (Zapadnaya Dvina)

Western Dvina River 3 (Velizh, Russia)

Western Dvina River 4 (Ruba, Belarus)

Western Dvina River 4 (Vitebsk, Belarus)

Vitebsk, Belarus (Western Dvina River 4)
Vitebsk; Hieromartyr Kirion II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Commemorated on June 27;

Western Dvina River 5 (Beshankovichy, Belarus)

Western Dvina River 6 (Polotsk, Belarus)

Polotsk, Belarus (Western Dvina River 6)
Polotsk (Dvina River) ; Livonian campaign of Stephen Bathory; Icon of the Mother of God of Korsun, Commemorated October 9; Venerable Arethus the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 24 ; Repose of St Alexander Nevsky; St Simeon the Bishop of Polotsk and Tver, Commemorated February 3 ; Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina, Commemorated on April 1; ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœMyrrh-BearingÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on May 1; Hieromartyr Macarius the Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on May 1; Venerable Euphrosyne the Abbess of Polotsk, Commemorated on May 23; St Menas, Bishop of Polotsk, Commemorated on June 20; Hieromartyr Kirion II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Commemorated on June 27;

Polotsk Cathedral, Saint Sophia Cathedral, 1044 and 1161
Polotsk Cathedral, Saint Sophia Cathedral, 1044; Venerable Euphrosyne the Abbess of Polotsk, Commemorated on May 23;

Polotsk Cadet Corps
Polotsk Cadet Corps: The Polotsk Cadet Corps In 1835, the Polotsk Cadet Corps was opened in the buildings of the former Jesuit collegiums. The children of officers, military officials and hereditary noblemen have the right to study in the university. Education in the corps lasted 7 years. After the end of the main course, the Polotsk cadets got the right to enter military schools. The Cadets studied the Law of God, Russian, German and French, History, Geography, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Natural Science, Drawing, Music, Singing. Considerable attention was paid to drill exercises, swimming, gymnastic exercises, and fencing. Amount the military science there were tactics, artillery, military history and fortification.The Polotsk Cadet Corps worked until September 1914. ; Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina, Commemorated on April 1;

Western Dvina River 7 (Navapolatsk and Polotsk, Belarus)

Western Dvina River 8 (Dzisna, Belarus, Dysna River Mouth)

Western Dvina River 9 (Verkhnyadzvinsk, Belarus)

Western Dvina River 10 (Kraslava, Latvia)

Western Dvina River 11 (Daugavpils, Latvia)

Western Dvina River 12 (Livani, Latvia)

Western Dvina River 13 (Jekabpils, Latvia)

Western Dvina River 14 (Plavinas, Latvia)

Western Dvina River 15 (Aizkraukle, Latvia)

Western Dvina River 16 (Lielvarde, Latvia)

Western Dvina River 17 (Ogre, Latvia)

Western Dvina River 18 (Salaspils, Latvia)

Western Dvina River 19 (Riga, Latvia)

Western Dvina River Mouth (Gulf of Riga, Balti Sea)

Russia, Belarus, Yash and Stenno Lakes Folder

Yash Lake, Belarus
Yash Lake, near Lake Senno; Venerable Jonah the Abbot of Yashezersk, Commemorated September 22 ;

Lake Senno, Belarus
Lake Senno; Venerable Jonah the Abbot of Yashezersk, Commemorated September 22;

Annunciation Monestary of Yashezersk, Belarus, 1580
Yashezersk or Yash Lake, Yash Lake, near Lake Senno; Venerable Jonah the Abbot of Yashezersk, Commemorated September 22;

Russia, Belarus, Sozh River Folder

Sozh River

Sozh River Source (Valdai Hills)

Mstislav, Belarus (high point, Sozh River Source)
Mstislav, Belarus; Mstislav, Belarus; Repose of St Theodosius of Chernigov, Commemorated February 5 ; Right-believing Great Prince Rostislav-Michael the Prince of Kiev, Commemorated on March 14;

Sozh River 1 (Krichev)

Krichev, Belarus (Sozh River 1)
Krichev; Right-believing Great Prince Rostislav-Michael the Prince of Kiev, Commemorated on March 14;

Sozh River 2

Propoisk, Belarus (Slawharad, Sozh river 3)
Slawharad; Right-believing Great Prince Rostislav-Michael the Prince of Kiev, Commemorated on March 14;

Sozh River 4

Sozh River Mouth (Dnieper River 4)

Russia, Belarus, Dnieper River Folder

Mogilev, Belarus (Dnieper River 3)
Mogilev, Mogilev Seminary, Kutein Orshansk monastery ; Venerable Gennadius of Kostroma, Commemorated January 23 ; St Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 28; Icon of the Mother of God of Belynich, Commemorated on April 12;

Belynich, Belarus (Dnieper River 3)
Belynich; Icon of the Mother of God of Belynich, Commemorated on April 12;

Russia, Belarus, Berezina and Svislocha Rivers Folder, Minsk

Berezina River

Berezina River Source (along the border)

Berezina River 1 (Barysaw)
Barysaw;

Borisov wilderness monastery and convent, Belarus
Borisov wilderness monastery ; Icon of the Mother of God "Chernigov-Gethsemane", Commemorated September 1 ;

Borisov, Belarus (Moscow Road to Poland)
Borisov, Belarus ; Venerable Leonid of Optina;

Berezina River 2 (Babruysk)
Babruysk, Belarus;

Berezina River 3 (Svietlaharsk, Belarus, Svislocha River Mouth)
SvietlahÃƒÂÂÂÂÃ‚Â¾rsk, Belarus;

Berezina River Mouth (Dnieper River 5)

Svislocha River

Svislocha River Source (along the border)

Olshanski (Halshany) Castle, Belarus (Svislocha River Source)
Olshanski (Halshany) Castle, Belarus; Olshanski Family; Uncovering of the relics of Holy Princess Juliana Olshanskaya, Commemorated on July 6;

Svislocha River 1 (Minsk)

Minsk, Belarus (Svislocha River 1)
Minsk, Belarus (White Rus) ; Icon of the Mother of God of Minsk, Commemorated on August 13; St Laurence the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, and Bishop of Turov, Near Caves, Commemorated January 29 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Zhirovits, Commemorated on May 7;

Cherven, Belarus (Svislocha River 2 near Minsk)
Cherven, Belarus; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir (in Baptism Basil), Enlightener of the Russian Lands, Commemorated on July 15;

Trinity Hill, Boris and Gleb Church, Ascension Monastery, Minsk, Belarus
Trinity Hill, Boris and Gleb Church, Ascension Monastery;

Minsk Region, Belarus
Minsk Region; Icon of the Mother of God "Chernigov-Gethsemane", Commemorated September 1 ; St Laurence the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, and Bishop of Turov, Near Caves, Commemorated January 29 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Zhirovits, Commemorated on May 7;

Svislocha River 2 (Rudens)

Rudens, Belarus (Svislocha River 2)
Rudens (Rudzensk), Belarus ; Icon of the Mother of God of Rudens

Zhirovits, Belarus (Moscow Road to Poland 7, Svislocha River 2)
Zhyrovichy Monastery; Icon of the Mother of God of Zhirovits, Commemorated on May 7;

Zhyrovichy Monastery, Russia, Belarus, 1470
Zhyrovichy Monastery; Icon of the Mother of God of Zhirovits, Commemorated on May 7;

Molcha, Belarus (Moscow Road to Poland 7, Svislocha River 2)
Molcha, Belarus; Icon of the Mother of God of Molcha, Commemorated on April 24;

Svislocha River Mouth (Svislocha, Belarus, Berezina River 3)

Vasiliev, Belarus (Svislocha River Mouth, Berezina River 3)
Vasiliev; Right-believing Great Prince Rostislav-Michael the Prince of Kiev, Commemorated on March 14;

Russia, Belarus, Dnieper Bug Canal Folder (Portages and Canals; Russia, Poland and Lithuania)

Brest, Belarus (Bug and Mukhavets Rivers)
Brest, Belarus (Bug and Mukhavets Rivers) ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Athanasius the Abbot of Brest-Litovsk, Commemorated July 20 ; Commemoration of the Miraculous Appearance of the Mother of God at Pochaev, which saved the Monastery from the assault of the Tatars and Turks, Commemorated on July 23; Uniates ; Martyr Athanasius the Abbot of Brest, Commemorated September 5 ; Union of Brest (1596);

Brest-Litovsk (Belarus, Bug and Mukhavets Rivers)
Brest, Belarus (Bug and Mukhavets Rivers) ; Uniates; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Athanasius the Abbot of Brest-Litovsk; Martyr Athanasius the Abbot of Brest, Commemorated September 5 ;

Russia, Kirzhach Peksha District Folder, Kirzhach and Peksha Rivers

Kirzhachsky District
Kirzhach River (Kirzhachsky District); St Roman of Kirzhachsk, Commemorated on July 29 ; St Roman of Kirzhachsk, Commemorated on July 29 ; Greatmartyr, Victory-bearer and Wonderworker George, Commemorated on April 23; Burial of St Andrew the Prince, Commemorated on July 4 ;

Kirzhach River
Kirzhach River;

Kirzhach River Source (along the border)

Kirzhach River 1 (Kirzhach)

Kirzhach (Kirzach River 1)
Kirzhach; St Roman of Kirzhachsk, Commemorated on July 29 ; Repose of the Venerable Sergius, Abbot and Wonderworker of Radonezh, Commemorated on September 25;

Kirzhach River 2

Kirzhach River Mouth (Klyazama River 3)

Gorodishchi (Kirzhach Mouth, Klyazama River 3)
Gorodishchi (Kirzhach Mouth, Klyazama River 3); St Roman of Kirzhachsk, Commemorated on July 29 ;

Peksha River

Peksha River Source (along the border)

Peksha River 1 (near Iuriev-Polsk)

Iuriev-Polsk or Yuriev-Polsk, Kirzhachsky, 1152
Iuriev-Polsk or Yuriev-Polsk; Burial of St Andrew the Prince; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of Radonezh the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius, Comemorated November 17 ; Greatmartyr, Victory-bearer and Wonderworker George, Commemorated on April 23; Burial of St Andrew the Prince, Commemorated on July 4 ;

Yuriev-Polsk or Iuriev-Polsk , Kirzhachsky, 1152
Iuriev-Polsk or Yuriev-Polsk; Burial of St Andrew the Prince; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of Radonezh the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius, Comemorated November 17 ; Greatmartyr, Victory-bearer and Wonderworker George, Commemorated on April 23; Burial of St Andrew the Prince, Commemorated on July 4 ;

Peksha River Mouth (Klyazma River 4)

Russia, Siberia Folder and its rivers

Siberia
Siberia; Siberia Federal District; Translation of the relics of Righteous Simeon of Verkhoturye; Siberia; Passion-bearer Tsar Nicholas, Commemorated on July 17; Grand Duchess Elizabeth, Commemorated on July 18; Venerable Zosimas of Tuman, Commemorated August 8 ; St Theodore the Prince of Smolensk and Yaroslav, Commemorated September 19 ; Repose of St Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska, Commemorated on July 26 ; Hieromartyr and Metropolitan of Moscow and Krutitsy, Peter Polyansky, Commemorated on October 10 ; St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated on December 10 ; Repose of the Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America, Commemorated December 13 ; Righteous Simeon the Wonderworker of Verkhoturye, Commemorated on December 18 ; St Gerasimus the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on January 29 ; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated January 29 ; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Âœthe Rescuer of the DrowningÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on February 5; Repose of St Innocent the first Bishop of Irkutsk; Uncovering of the relics of St Innocent the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on February 9 ; Venerable Polycarp of Briansk, Commemorated February 23 ; St Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 28; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœThe Word was made FleshÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on March 9; Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on March 14; Righteous Basil of Mangazea in Siberia, Commemorated on March 23; Martyr Peter of Kazan, Commemorated on March 24; Martyr Stephen of Kazan, Commemorated on March 24; St Sophronius the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on March 30; Repose of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow the Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated on March 31; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Nilus of Stolbensk, Commemorated on May 27 ; St John Maximovitch the Metropolitan of Tobolsk, Commemorated on June 10; Translation of the relics of St Sophronius the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on June 30;

Ural Mountains, Siberia, Russia
Ural Mountains; Translation of the relics of Righteous Simeon of Verkhoturye, Commemorated September 12 ; St Theodore the Prince of Smolensk and Yaroslav, Commemorated September 19; Righteous Simeon the Wonderworker of Verkhoturye, Commemorated on December 18 ;

Central Siberian Plateau
Central Siberian Plateau;

Russia, Siberia History Folder

Timurid Empire, 1370-1507, Tamurlane's Dynasty
Timurid Empire, 1370-1507, Tamurlane's Dynasty, founded by Tamur the Lame or Tamurlane; St Euphrosyne the Princess, (Eudoxia) of Moscow, Commemorated on May 17;

Timurid Empire, 1370-1507, Sunni, Persia, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Afganistan
Timurid Empire, 1370-1507, Sunni, Persia, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Afganistan ; St Euphrosyne the Princess, (Eudoxia) of Moscow, Commemorated on May 17;

Hierotheus Khabarov, Frontier Leader 1603-1671
Hierotheus Khabarov 1603-1671; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœThe Word was made FleshÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on March 9;

Russia, Siberia, 1652-1695, Russia China War of the Amur Region
Siberia, Russia China War of the Amur Region (1652-1695) ; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœThe Word was made FleshÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on March 9;

Russia, Siberia, 1684-1686, Chinese Invasions of Albazin and Amur River
Siberia, Chinese Invasions of Albazin (1684-1686) ; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœThe Word was made FleshÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on March 9; Blessed Dovmont (Timothy) the Prince of Pskov, Commemorated on May 20;

Russia, Siberia, 1685-1686, Defense of Albazin
Defense of Albazin (1685-1686); Blessed Dovmont (Timothy) the Prince of Pskov, Commemorated on May 20;

Russia, Siberia, 1700-1731, Priest, Innocent of Irkutsk
Moscow, 1700-1731, Priest, Innocent of Irkutsk; Repose of St Innocent the first Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on November 26; Uncovering of the relics of St Innocent the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on February 9;

Russia, Siberia, 1889-1916, Grigori Rasputin
Russia, Moscow, 1889-1916, Grigori Rasputin; St. Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev and Gallich, Commemorated on January 25;

Russia, Siberia, 1904, 1905, Russo-Japanese War of 1904, 1905
Siberia, Russo-Japanese war in 1904, 1905; Liaodong Peninsula; St Nicholas, Equal of the Apostles and Archbishop of Japan, Commemorated on February 16; Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina, Commemorated on April 1;

Russia, Siberia, 1904-1905, Russo-Japanese War over Port Arthur 1904-1905
Siberia, Russo-Japanese War over Port Arthur 1904-1905; Port Arthur (Lushunkou District) ; Liaodong Peninsula; St Nicholas, Equal of the Apostles and Archbishop of Japan, Commemorated on February 16; Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina, Commemorated on April 1;

Russia, Siberia, Western Siberia, Kazakhastan Folder

Kazakhastan (Polovetsia)
Kazakhastan; Kazakh Steppe; Polovets, first encounter with the Mongol-Tartan Horde; Grand Duchess Elizabeth, Commemorated on July 18; Venerable Zosimas of Tuman, Commemorated August 8 ; Translation of the relics of Righteous Simeon of Verkhoturye, Commemorated on September 12; Blessed David IV the King of Georgia, Commemorated January 26 ; Right-believing George the Great Prince of Vladimir, Commemorated on February 4; Venerable Polycarp of Briansk, Commemorated February 23 ; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4; In 1223 the first Tatars (Mongols) appeared on the southern steppes, ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Âœan unknown peopleÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, coming out of Asia. Their first victims were the Polovetsians allied with Rus. The Russian princes, with the Polovetsian khans (many of whom had accepted Holy Baptism), decided to resist the plunderers of the steppes before they reached the Russian Land. St Basil headed an auxiliary detachment, sent by Great Prince Yuri to participate in the Russian steppe campaign. The enemy showed up sooner than they expected. And the centuries-old division of appenage principalities proved incapable of effective action in a large scale war. The detachment of Basil was not in time for the decisive battle, and from Chernigov came the sad news of the destruction of the Russian forces at the River Kalka on June 16, 1223. This was a bad omen, and the storm loomed on the east. Basil and his company returned to Rostov.; Martyr Peter of Kazan, Commemorated on March 24; Martyr Stephen of Kazan, Commemorated on March 24; Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina, Commemorated on April 1; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Nilus of Stolbensk, Commemorated on May 27 ; St Jonah the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on June 6;

Kazak Steppe
Kazak Steppe; Translation of the relics of Righteous Simeon of Verkhoturye, Commemorated on September 12; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4;

Kazakhastan, Land of the Seljuk Turks (Kazakhstan)
Land of the Seljuk Turks ; Translation of the relics of Righteous Simeon of Verkhoturye, Commemorated on September 12;

Russia, Siberia, Kazakhastan History

Mongol Horde, 1225-1241 (Mongol Origins of the Golden Horde)
Mongol Horde, 1225-1241 (Mongol Origins of the Golden Horde); Right-believing Prince Basil of Yaroslavl, Commemorated on July 3;

Tokhtamysh Invasions of Russia 1382
Invasions of Russia 1382 by Tokhtamysh , ally and foe of Tammerlane (Timur) ; St Eudokia, in Monasticism Euphrosyne, the Grand Duchess of Moscow, Commemorated on July 7 ;

Russia, Siberia, Western Siberia, Kazakhastan, Irtysh River Folder

Irtysh River

Irtysh River Source (Altay mountains in Xinjiang, China)
From its origins as the Kara-Irtysh (Black Irtysh) in the Mongolian Altay mountains in Xinjiang, China; Irtysh River;

Irtysh River 1 (Lake Zaysan)

Russia, Siberia, Western Siberia, Kazakhastan, Zyryan Folder (Upper Eastside Irtysh River)

Zyryan, Kazakhastan (Upper Irtysh River)
Zyryan; Grand Duchess Elizabeth, Commemorated on July 18; Venerable Zosimas of Tuman, Commemorated August 8 ; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on August 19; St Tarasius of Glushetsa, Commemorated October 12 ; St Gerasimus the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated January 24 ; St Gerasimus the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on January 29 ; St Stephen the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on April 26 ; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Nilus of Stolbensk, Commemorated on May 27 ; St Jonah the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on June 6;

Zyryan District (East Kazakhastan)
Zyryan District; Komi-Zyrani People from the rivers: Vychegda, Pechora, and Kama; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on August 19; St Gerasimus the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated January 24 ; St Jonah the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on June 6;

Zyryani people, Komi-Zyrians, Komi People (Upper Eastside Irtysh River, Kazakhastan)
Zyryani people, Komi-Zyrians, Komi People; St. Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on August 19; St. Gerasimus the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on January 24;

Irtysh River 2

Irtysh River 3

Maiuma District Kazakhstan, Westside of Irtysh River
Maiuma is May May District, Kazakhstan; St Cosmas the Hymnographer the Bishop of Maiuma

Irtysh River 4

Irtysh River 6 (Omsk, Trans-Siberian Road)

Omsk (Irtysh River 6)
Omsk;

Liubimsk District, Kazakhstan
Liubimsk District; Venerable Simon the Abbot of Soiga Monastery, Vologda, Commemorated November 24 ;

Irtysh River 11 (Tobolsk, Tobol River Mouth)

Abalak, Siberia (Irtysh River 11, Tobol River Mouth)
Abalak, Siberia (Irtysh River 11, Tobol River Mouth); Hieromartyr and Metropolitan of Moscow and Krutitsy, Peter Polyansky, Commemorated on October 10;

Raphael (Tobolsk)
Raphael (Tobolsk);

Ostyak Khanty People, Irtysh River 11, Tobolsk, Kazakhastan, Siberia
Ostyak Khanty People, Irtysh River 11, Tobolsk, Kazakhastan, Siberia ; Venerable Tryphon the Abbot of Vyatka, Commemorated on October 8;

Russia, Siberia, Western Siberia, Kazakhastan, Irtysh River 11, Tobol River Folder

Tobol (Iset) River

Tobol (Iset) River Source (along the border)

Tobol River 1 (Lisakovsk)

Tobol River 2 (Rudniy)

Tobol River 3 (Kostanay)

Tobol River 4

Uy River Mouth (Tobol River 4)

Ubagan River Mouth (Tobol River 4)

Tobal River 5 (Kurgan)

Tobol River 6 (Yalutorovsk)

Russia, Siberia, Western Siberia, Kazakhastan, Irtysh River 11, Tobol River 6, Iset River Folder

Iset River

Iset River Source (Ekaterinburg, Western Siberia)

Ekaterinburg, Western Siberia (Iset River Source)
Ekaterinburg; Passion-bearer Tsar Nicholas, Commemorated on July 17; Grand Duchess Elizabeth, Commemorated on July 18;

Iset River 1 (Dalmatovo)

Dalmation Monastery, Dalmatovo, Western Siberia (Iset River 1)
Dalmation Monastery, Dalmatovo, Western Siberia (Iset River 1); Icon of the Mother of God of Dalmatia, Commemorated on February 15;

Iset River Mouth (Tobol River 6)

Tobol River 7 (Tura and Tavada Rivers)

Russia, Siberia, Western Siberia, Kazakhastan, Irtysh River 11, Tobol River 7, Tavada River Folder

Tavda River

Tavda River Source (Ural Mountains)

Tavada River 1

Tavada River Mouth (Tobol River 7)

Russia, Siberia, Western Siberia, Kazakhastan, Irtysh River 11, Tobol River 7, Tura River Folder

Tura River

Tura River Source (Ural Mountains)

Tura River 1 (Verkhoturye)

Verkhoturye, Kazakhstan, Siberia (Tura River 1)
Verkhoturye (Tura River) ; Translation of the relics of Righteous Simeon of Verkhoturye, Commemorated September 12 ; Righteous Simeon the Wonderworker of Verkhoturye, Commemorated on December 18 ;

Tura River 2

Tura River 3

Russia, Siberia, Western Siberia, Kazakhastan, Irtysh River 11, Tobol River 7, Tura River 3, Nevya River Folder

Nevya River

Neyva River Source (Ural Mountains)

Berezovsk, Belsk district, Smolensk diocese (Neyva River Source)
St Nicholas, Equal of the Apostles and Archbishop of Japan;

Nevya River 1 (Abalaka)

Abalaka, Kazakhstan, Siberia (Alopaevsk River Mouth, Neyva River 1)
Abalaka, Kazakhstan, Siberia (Alopaevsk River Mouth, Neyva River) ; Grand Duchess Elizabeth, Commemorated on July 18; Icon of the Mother of God of Abalaka, Commemorated on November 27 ;

Alapaikha River Mouth (Alopaevsk, Neyva River 1)

Tura River 4 (Tuman)

Tuman, Kazakhstan, Siberia (Tiumen.Tura River 4)
Tuman, Kazakhstan, Siberia (Tiumen.Tura River 4) ; Venerable Zosimas of Tuman, Commemorated August 8 ; Venerable Polycarp of Briansk, Commemorated February 23 ;

Tura River 5

Tura River Mouth (Tobol River 7)

Tobol River Mouth (Tobolsk, Irtysh River 11)

Tobolsk, K., Capital of Siberia (Tobol Mouth at Irtysh River 11)
Tobolsk; Grand Duchess Elizabeth, Commemorated on July 18; Repose of St Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska, Commemorated on July 26; Hieromartyr and Metropolitan of Moscow and Krutitsy, Peter Polyansky, Commemorated on October 10 ; St Demetrius (Dimitri), Metropolitan of Rostov, Commemorated on October 28 ; Righteous Simeon the Wonderworker of Verkhoturye, Commemorated on December 18 ; Repose of St Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska; Icon of the Mother of God of Abalaka, Commemorated on November 27 ; Venerable Polycarp of Briansk, Commemorated February 23 ; St Sophronius the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on March 30; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Nilus of Stolbensk, Commemorated on May 27 ; St John Maximovitch the Metropolitan of Tobolsk, Commemorated on June 10;

Irtysh River 14 (Overview)

Irtysh River Mouth (Ob River 13)
Irtysh River, land of the Polovetsians first to be attacked by the Asians (Mongols or Tartars); The Irtysh is actually longer than the Ob at their confluence, so seeing the two rivers together is a better view of the Irtysh: Ob River; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4;

Russia, Siberia, Western Siberia, Kazakhastan, Ural River Folder

Ural River

Orenburg, Kazakhstan (Ural River 4)
Orenburg ; Orenburg Cossacks; Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina, Commemorated on April 1;

Kholmogor, Kzakhstan, Siberia, 52Ã‚Â° 43' 0" North, 55Ã‚Â° 46' 0" East (Ural River 3, near Orenburg)
Kholmogor, Kzakhstan, Siberia 52Ã‚Â° 43' 0" North, 55Ã‚Â° 46' 0" East; Saint Metrophanes (in schema Macarius), Bishop of Voronezh, Commemorated on November 23;

Ural River Source (Southern Ural Mountains)

Ural River Mouth (Caspian Sea)

Russia, Siberia, Western Siberia, Kazakhastan, Lake Balkhash Folder

Kazakhastan, Capital of the White Horde - Lake Balkhash
Capital of the White Horde - Lake Balkhash; St Eudokia, in Monasticism Euphrosyne, the Grand Duchess of Moscow, Commemorated on July 7 ;

Ili River

Ili Rive Source

Alma-Atu, Silk Road North 7, Turkestan, Kazakistan
Alma-Atu, Silk Road North 7, Turkestan, Kazakistan; Hieromartyr Hilarion, Archbishop of Vereiya, Commemorated on December 15;

Ili River Mouth (Lake Balkhash)

Karatal River

Karatal River Mouth (Lake Balkhash)

Asku River

Aksu River Mouth (Lake Balkhash)

Qapal River

Lepsi River

Lepsi River Mouth (Lake Balkhash)

Alakol River

Dzungarian Gate (a pass for invasion)
Dzungarian Gate (a pass for invasion);

Dzungarian Basin
Dzungarian Basin;

Dzungarian Alatau Mountains
Dzungarian Alatau Mountains;

Alakol River Mouth (Lake Balkhash)

Russia, Siberia, Western Siberia, Kazakhastan, Turkestan Folder

Turkestan, Kazakhstan
Turkestan literally means land of the Turks; Turks; Icon of the Mother of God of Damascus, Commemorated on December 4 ; Blessed John the King of Serbia and his parents, Commemorated December 10 ; New-martyr John of Thasos, Commemorated December 20 ; Right-believing George the Great Prince of Vladimir, Commemorated on February 4; Martyr Avakum the Deacon of Serbia; Holy Queen Tamara, Commemorated on May 8;

Polovets, Kazakhstan (Polotsians)
Polovetsian ; Repose of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated on November 23; Venerable Nestor the Chronicler of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated October 27 ;

Syr Darya River

Syr Darya Source ( confluence of Naryn and Kara Darya Rivers)

Syr Darya River Mouth (Aral Sea)

Russia, Siberia, Southwestern Siberia, Uzbekistan Folder

Uzbekistan (from Syr Darya River to Oxus River)
Uzbekistan ; Commemoration of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God and the deliverance of Moscow from the Invasion of Tamerlane, Commemorated on August 26; Holy Queen Tamara, Commemorated on May 8; St Euphrosyne the Princess, (Eudoxia) of Moscow, Commemorated on May 17;

Uzbekistan History Folder

Russia, Siberia, Uzbekistan, Timurid Empire, 1370-1507, Sunni, Persia, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Afganistan
Timurid Empire, 1370-1507, Sunni, Persia, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Afganistan ; Commemoration of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God and the deliverance of Moscow from the Invasion of Tamerlane, Commemorated on August 26; St Euphrosyne the Princess, (Eudoxia) of Moscow, Commemorated on May 17;

Timurid Emperor, 1370-1405, Tammerlane aka Timur
Timurid Emperor, 1370-1405, Tammerlane aka Timur ; Timurid Empire, 1370-1507, Sunni, Persia, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Afganistan ; Commemoration of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God and the deliverance of Moscow from the Invasion of Tamerlane, Commemorated on August 26; St Euphrosyne the Princess, (Eudoxia) of Moscow, Commemorated on May 17;

Russia, Siberia, Uzbekistan, 1395, Tammerlane retreats after Dream, Vladimir Icon Mother of God (Don River 1, Kulikovo Pole)
Kulikovo Pole (Kulikovo Field); Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God and the deliverance of Moscow from the Invasion of Tamerlane, Commemorated on August 26 ; Tamerlane was sleeping in his tent. Suddenly, he saw in a dream a great mountain, at the summit of which were the holy hierarchs with golden staffs coming towards him. Above them, in a brilliant radiance, was a Majestic Woman. She commanded him to leave the domains of Russia. Awakening in fright, Tamerlane asked the meaning of the vision. The experts answered that the Radiant Lady was the Mother of God, the great Protectress of Christians. Tamerlane then gave the order for his troops to retreat.

Oxus River from Second Source

Oxus River Mouth (South Aral Sea)

Khwarazm Oasis Region
100,000 Martyrs of Tbilisi by the Mongols;

Syr Darya Mouth (Aral Sea)

Naryn River

Naryn River Source (Tian Shan Mountains)

Naryn River Mouth (Syr Darya River Source)

Kara Darya River

Kara Darya River Source (a confluence)

Kara Darya River Mouth (Syr Darya River Source)

Fergana Valley
Fergana Valley; Fergana Range; Tar River (Kyrgystan); Kara Darya River; Naryn River; Syr Darya River;

Tar River

Tar River (Kyrgyzstan) Source (Kegart River)

Tar River (Kyrgyzstan) Mouth (Kara Darya River Source)

Russia, Siberia, Westcentral Siberia, Ob River Folder

Ob River

Ob River Source (Biya and Katun River Confluence)

Russia, Siberia, Westcentral Siberia, Orb River Source, Katun and Biya Rivers Folder

Katun River

Biya River

Katun River Source (Mt. Belukha Glacier)
Katun River Source (Mt. Belukha Glacier);

Biya River Source (Lake Teletskoye )

Katun River Mouth (Ob River Source)

Biya River Mouth (Ob River Source)

Ob River 1 (Altai Krai)

Altai Krai (near Ob River 1)
Altai Krai;

Ob River 2

Ob River 3

Ob River 4 (Novosibirsk and Sibirsk Crossing of the RWY)

Sibirsk (Siberian Federal District, Ob River 4)
Sibirsk (Siberian Federal District); Translation of the relics of the Venerable Nilus of Stolbensk, Commemorated on May 27 ;

Novosibirsk (Ob River 4), Siberia
Novosibirsk; Translation of the relics of St Sophronius the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on June 30;

Ob River 5 (near Tomsk on Tomsk River)

Russia, Siberia, Westcentral Siberia, Ob River 5, Tom River Folder

Tom River

Abakan Range

Tom River Source (Abakan Range)

Tom River 1

Tom River 2

Tom River 3

Tom River Mouth (Ob River 5)

Tomsk (Tom River Mouth, Ob River 5)
Tomsk;

Ob River 6 (Chulym River)

Russia, Siberia, Westentral Siberia, Ob River 6, Chulym River Folder

Chulym River

Chulym River Source (Abakan Range)

Chulym River 1 (Nazarovo, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Trans-Siberian Road)

Achinsk (Chulym River 1, Ob River)
Achinsk;

Chulym River 2

Chulym River 3 (Asino)

Chulym River 4

Chulym River Mouth (Ob River 6)

Ob River 7

Ob River 12 (Vogul District, near Asyka)

Ob River 13 (Irtysh River Mouth)

Ob River 14 (Vogul District)

Asyka, Vogul District (Ob River 14)
Asyka, Vogul District (Ob River 14); Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Yugra or Iuhra (Old Russian ÃÂÂÂÂ®ÃÂÂÂÂ³Ã‘Â€ÃÂÂÂÂ°, c.f. Byzantine Greek ÃŽÂŸÃ¡Â½Â”ÃŽÂ³ÃŽÂ³ÃÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÃŽÂ¿ÃŽÂ¹[clarification needed]) was the name of the lands between the Pechora River and Northern Urals in the Russian annals of the 12thÃ¢Â€Â“17th centuries, as well as the name of the Khanty and partly Mansi tribes inhabiting these territories, later known as Voguls. The KhantyÃ¢Â€Â“Mansi Autonomous Okrug of Russia is also called Yugra. The name Yugra also gave rise to the modern adjective Ugric.; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on August 19 ;

Vogul District, Ob River, Siberia (Land of the Vogulians)
Mansi people; Voguls; Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on August 19; Venerable Tryphon the Abbot of Vyatka, Commemorated on October 8; St Gerasimus the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on January 29 ; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated January 29 ;

Ob River 16 (Vogul District)

Ob River Mouth (Gulf of Ob, Artic Ocean)
Ob River ;

Khe on the mouth of the Ob
Khe on the mouth of the Ob; Hieromartyr and Metropolitan of Moscow and Krutitsy, Peter Polyansky, Commemorated on October 10 ;

Russia, Siberia, Southern Siberia, Kyrgyzstan Folder, Tarim Basin

Tarim Basin
Tarim Basin;

Kalmyks People in Kyrgyzstan, Tarim Basin
Kalmyks People in Kyrgyzstan; Icon of the Mother of God of Dalmatia, Commemorated on February 15;

Toshkan River Mouth (Asku River)

Toshkan River

Yarkand River Mouth (Tarim River Source)

Yarkund River

Hotan River (Summer Only)

Hotan River Mouth (Terin River, Summer Only)

Torugart Pass

Chatyrkol Lake
Chatyrkol Lake;

a River to Kashgar Oasis, China

Kegart River Source (southwest slope of Fergana Range)

Kegart River 1

Fergana Range
Fergana Range;

Tian Shan Mountains
Tian Shan Mountains;

Aksu River Source (Tian Shan Mountains)

Asku River 1

Aksu River (Xinjiang) Mouth (Tarim River Source)

Aksu River

Tarim River Source ( a confluence)

Tarim River Mouth (Tarim Lake)

Tarim River

Russia, Siberia, Northcentral Siberia, Taz River Folder

Taz River

Taz River Source (along the border)

Taz River 1

Taz River 2

Taz River 3 (Mangazeya)

Mangazeya, Siberia (Taz River 3)
Mangazea; Icon of the Mother of God of Abalaka, Commemorated November 26 ; Righteous Basil of Mangazea in Siberia, Commemorated on March 23 ;

Taz River 4

Taz River Mouth (Taz Estuary)

Caselka River

Russia, Siberia, Central Siberia, Yenisei River Folder

Yenisei River

Ostyak Ket People (Yenisei River, Siberia)
Ostyak Ket People (Yenisei River, Siberia) ; Venerable Tryphon the Abbot of Vyatka, Commemorated on October 8;

Yenisei (Tungsa) River Source (Mungaragyin-Gol Ridge, Mongolia)

Yenisei River 1

Kyzyl (Yenisei River 1)
Kyzyl

Shagonar (Yenisei River 2)
Shagonar;

Yenisei River 2

Sayanogorsk (Yenisei River 3)
Sayanogorsk;

Yenisei River 3 (Chernogorsk and Abakan)

Chernogorsk, Siberia (Yenisei River 3)
Chernogorsk (Yenisei River 3) ; Icon of the Mother of God of Georgia, Commemorated on August 22 ;

Chernogorsk monastery in the Arkhangelsk diocese
Chernogorsk monastery in the Arkhangelsk diocese Icon of the Mother of God of Georgia, Commemorated August 22 ; Near the dvina (a common word for river) When Stephen returned home in 1629 and showed the icon to George Lytkin, he remembered his vision and he set off to the Dvina outskirts to the Chernogorsk monastery (so called because it was built on a hilly and somber place. From of old it had been named "Black Hill", but afterwards the monastery changed the name to "Pretty Hill".

Black Hill or Pretty Hill, Siberia (Yenisei River 3)
Chernogorsk monastery in the Arkhangelsk diocese Icon of the Mother of God of Georgia, Commemorated August 22 ;

Abakan (Yenisei River 3)
Abakan;

Yenisei River 4 (Trans-Siberian Road, Krasnoyarsk)

Divnogorsk, Siberia (Yenisei River 4)
Divnogorsk, Siberia (Yenisei River 4) ; Icon of the Mother of God œthe Rescuer of the Drowning, Commemorated on February 5;

Krasnoyarsk (Yenisei River 4)
Krasnoyarsk;

Yenisei River 5 (Angora River Mouth)

Russia, Siberia, Central Siberia South, Yenisei River 5, Angara River Folder

Angara River

Baikal Region, Lake Baikal, Siberia
Lake Baikal; Repose of St Innocent the first Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated November 2;

Angara River Source (Lake Baikal)

Russia, Siberia, Central Siberia South, Yenisei River 5, Angara River Source, Selenga River Folder

Selenga River

Selenga River Delgermoron or Ider headwaters 2

Selenga River Delgermoron or Ider headwaters 1

Selenga River headwaters Khovsgol River

Selenga River Source (Confluence Delgermoron and Ider Rivers)

Selenga River 1

Selenga River 2

Selenga River 3

Selenga River 10 (Orkhon River Mouth)

Selenga River 30 (Buryatia, Trans-Siberian Road)

Buryatia, Siberia (Selenga River 30)
Buryatia; Buryats; Lake Baikal Region; (Upper and Lower) Angara River St Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 28;

Buryats, Land of the Buryats
Buryats; St Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 28;

Selenga River Mouth (Lake Baikal, Angara River Source)

Russia, Siberia, Central Siberia South, Yenisei River 5, Angara River Source, Barguzin River Folder, Buryatia

Barguzin River

Buryatia, Siberia (Land of the Buryats)
Buryatia; Repose of St Innocent the first Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated November 26 ; St. Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 29;

Daurian peoples, Buryatia, Siberia (Land of the Buryats)
Buryatia; Repose of St Innocent the first Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated November 26 ; St. Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 29;

Barguzin Nature Reserve, Siberia
Barguzin Nature Reserve;

Barguzin River Mouth (Lake Baikal, Angara River Source

Upper Angara River

Upper Angara River 1

Upper Angara River 2 (Novy Uoyan)

Upper Angara River Source (Barguzin, Buryatia)

Upper Angara River Mouth (Lake Baikal)

Angara River 1 (Irkutsk)

Irkutsk, Siberia (Angara River 1, Lake Baikal, Trans-Siberian Road 14)
Irkutsk; Repose of St Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska, Commemorated on July 26 ; Glorification of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow and Enlightener of the Aleuts, Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated July 26 ; Glorification of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow and Enlightener of the Aleuts, Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated on October 6 ; Repose of St Innocent the first Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated November 26 ; Uncovering of the relics of St Innocent the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on February 9; St Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 28; Icon of the Mother of God œThe Word was made Flesh, Commemorated on March 9 ; St Sophronius the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on March 30; Repose of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow the Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated on March 31; Translation of the relics of St Sophronius the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on June 30;

Siberian Ukrainian Baroque Churches, St. Sophronius, 1790's
Siberian Ukrainian Baroque Churches, St. Sophronius, 1790's; St. Sophronius the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on March 30;

Tungusk, Land of the Tunguska People - Angara River 1, Siberia
The Tunguska Rivers including the Angara are the Eastern tributaries of the north flowing Yenisei River. The people of the Tunguska Language are the people of the land of these Tunguska rivers. The Tunguska settlers were moved down to Zeya River that flows south into the Amur River. Blessed Dovmont (Timothy) the Prince of Pskov, Commemorated on May 20;

Angara River 2

Angara River 3

Angara River 4 (Bratsk)

Bratsk, Siberia (Angara River 4)
Bratsk; Icon of the Mother of God of Kiev-Bratsk, not Bratsk, Siberia, Commemorated September 6 ; St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated December 10 ;

Angara River 5

Russia, Siberia, Central Siberia South, Yenisei River 5, Angara River 5, Ilim River Folder

Ilim River

Ilim River Source (Irkutskaya)

Ilimsk, Siberia (flooded 1970 by Ilim River Reservoir)
Ilimsk; Repose of St Innocent the first Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on November 26 ;

Ilim River Mouth (Angara River 5)

Angara River Mouth (Yenisei River 5)

Lesosibirsk (Yenisei River 6)
Lesosibirsk;

Yeniseysk (Yenisei River 6)
Yeniseysk;

Yenisei River 6

Stony Tunguska River Mouth (Yenisei River 8)

Tungus People, Siberia (3 Tunguska Rivers: Angara, Stony and Lower Tanguska)
Tungus People (3 Tunguska Rivers: Angara, Stony and Lower Tanguska rivers: Tributaries of the Yeniesei in Eastern Siberia) ; Repose of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow the Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated on March 31;

Turuhan region, Siberia (Yenisei River 10)
Turuhan region; Glorification of the Priestmartyr Alexander Hotovitzky, Commemorated December 4 ;

Tunguska People - From Right Tributaries of the Yenisei River to Pacific Ocean
Tunguska People - From Right Tributaries of the Yenisei River to Pacific Ocean; St. Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 29;

Lower Tunguska River Mouth (Yenisei River 11)

Igarka (Yenisei River 13)
Igarka;

Dudinka (Yenisei River 14)
Dudinka;

Yenisei (Tungsa) River Mouth (Artic Ocean)

Russia, Siberia, Far Nortcentral Siberia, Mikhailov Folder

River Sii

Mikhailov Island, Siberia
Mikhailov Island, Siberia ; Venerable Anthony the Abbot of Siya, Novgorod, Commemorated December 7 ;

Mikhailov Penninsula, Siberia
Mikhailov Penninsula ; Venerable Anthony the Abbot of Siya, Novgorod, Commemorated December 7 ;

Russia, Siberia, Eastcentral Siberia, Lena River Folder

Lena River

Verkhoyansk Range
Verkhoyansk Range;

Lena River Source (above Lake Baikal)

Lena River 1

Lena River 2 (Kirensk)

Kirensk, Siberia (Lena River 2)
Kirensk Holy Trinity monastery; Kirensk ; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœThe Word was made FleshÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on March 9;

Lena River 3

Lena River 4

Lena River 9 (Yakutsk, Aldan River Mouth)

Yakutsk, Siberia (Lena River 9, Tract from Y to Okhotsk)
Yakutsk; Glorification of the Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America, Commemorated on August 9 ; Glorification of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow and Enlightener of the Aleuts, Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated October 6 ; Repose of St Innocent the first Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated November 26 ; St Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 28; Repose of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow the Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated on March 31; Blessed Dovmont (Timothy) the Prince of Pskov, Commemorated on May 20 ;

Yakut People
Yakut People; Yakutsk; Glorification of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow and Enlightener of the Aleuts, Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated October 6 ; Repose of St Innocent the first Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated November 26 ;

Tract from Yakutsk to Okhotsk
St Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 28;

Lena River 11 (Aldan River Mouth)

Russia, Siberia, Eastcentral Siberia, Lena River 11, Aldan River Folder

Aldan River

Aldan River Source (Stanovoy Range)

Stanovoy Range (seperates Artic from Pacific drainage)
Stanovoy Range;

Aldan River 1 (Aldan, Russia)

Aldan River 2 (Tommot, Russia)

Aldan River 3 (Ust-Maya, Russia)

Aldan River 4 (Eldikan, Russia)

Aldan River 5 (Khandyga, Russia)

Aldan River Mouth (Lena River 11)
Aldan River; St Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 28;

Lena River 12 (Overview)

Vilyuy River Mouth (Lena River 12)

Lena River Mouth (Lena Delta Artic Ocean)

Artic Sea (Artic Ocean)
Artic Sea (Artic Ocean); St. Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 29;

Russia, Siberia, Eastern Siberia, Okhotsk Sea Region Folder

Okhotsk (Okhotska River, Sea of Okhotsk)
Okhotsk, on the Okhotsa River; Repose of St Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska, Commemorated on July 26 ; Glorification of the Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America, Commemorated on August 9; Repose of the Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America, Commemorated December 13 ; St Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 28; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœThe Word was made FleshÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on March 9; Repose of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow the Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated on March 31; Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina, Commemorated on April 1; JOHN MUIR and HUDSON STUCK, NATURALIST & WRITER, 1914; PRIEST & ENVIRONMENTALIST, 1920, Commemorated April 21 ; Blessed Dovmont (Timothy) the Prince of Pskov, Commemorated on May 20;

Tungusian peoples, Okhotsk Region
Tungusian peoples, Okhotsk Region; Okhotsk, on the Okhotsa River; Repose of St Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska, Commemorated on July 26 ; Glorification of the Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America, Commemorated on August 9; Repose of the Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America, Commemorated December 13 ; St Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 28; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœThe Word was made FleshÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on March 9; Repose of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow the Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated on March 31; Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina, Commemorated on April 1; JOHN MUIR and HUDSON STUCK, NATURALIST & WRITER, 1914; PRIEST & ENVIRONMENTALIST, 1920, Commemorated April 21 ; Blessed Dovmont (Timothy) the Prince of Pskov, Commemorated on May 20;

Russia, Siberia, Eastern Siberia, Okhotsk History Folder

Russia, Siberia, Eastern Siberia,Okhotsk, 1603-1671, Hierotheus Khabarov
Hierotheus Khabarov 1603-1671; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœThe Word was made FleshÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on March 9;

Russia, Siberia, Eastern Siberia, Okhotsk, 1652-1695, China War of the Amur Region
Russia China War of the Amur Region (1652-1695) ; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœThe Word was made FleshÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on March 9;

Russia, Siberia, Eastern Siberia, Okhotsk, 1684-1686, Chinese Invasions of Albazin
Chinese Invasions of Albazin (1684-1686) ; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœThe Word was made FleshÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on March 9; Blessed Dovmont (Timothy) the Prince of Pskov, Commemorated on May 20;

Russia, Siberia, Eastern Siberia, Okhotsk, 1685-1686, Defense of Albazin
Defense of Albazin (1685-1686); Blessed Dovmont (Timothy) the Prince of Pskov, Commemorated on May 20;

Russia, Siberia, Eastern Siberia, Okhotsk, Russo-Japanese War of 1904, 1905
Siberia, Okhotsk, Russo-Japanese war in 1904, 1905; Liaodong Peninsula; Appearance of the Mother of God to St Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on August 24; St Nicholas, Equal of the Apostles and Archbishop of Japan, Commemorated on February 16; Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina, Commemorated on April 1;

Russia, Siberia, Eastern Siberia, Okhotsk, Russo-Japanese War over Port Arthur 1904-1905
Okhotsk, Russo-Japanese War over Port Arthur 1904-1905; Port Arthur (Lushunkou District) ; Liaodong Peninsula; St Nicholas, Equal of the Apostles and Archbishop of Japan, Commemorated on February 16; Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina, Commemorated on April 1;

Russia, Siberia, Eastern Siberia, Okhotsk River Folder, with Ulya River

Left Okhota River

Left Okhota River Source

Right Okhota River

Right Okhota River Source

Okhaota River

Okhota River Source

Okhota River Mouth (Sea of Okhotsk)

Ulya River

Ulya River Mouth (Sea of Okhotsk)

Russia, Siberia, Eastern Siberia, Okhotsk Sea Region, Amur River Folder

Okhotsk Sea
Sea of Okhotsk; St Nicholas, Equal of the Apostles and Archbishop of Japan, Commemorated on February 16; St. Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 29;

Chukchei People (Chukchei Penninsula)
Chukchei People (Chukchei Penninsula) ; Repose of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow the Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated on March 31;

Koryak People (Kamchatka Penninsula)
Koryak People (Kamchatka Penninsula, Southeast Siberia); Repose of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow the Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated on March 31;

Amur (Argun) River

Amur River

Amur River Primary Source (Khan Khentii Strictly Protected Area)
Khan Khentii Strictly Protected Area;

Amur River Second Source (Hentiyn Mountains)
Hentiyn Mountains

Armur River A

Armur River B

Armur River C

Armur River D

Armur River E

Armur River F (Selingin)

Selingin, Okhotsk, Siberia (Armur River F) China border
The saint was compelled to spend three years at Selingin on the Chinese border. Repose of St Innocent the first Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated November 26 ;

Armur River G

Armur River H

Argun River (Asia) Mouth (Amur River Source)
Russia China Border;

Amur River 1

Albazin, Okhotsk, Siberia (Amur River 1) 1651, Cossacks, 1655 Chernigovsky the Pole, Jaxa
Albazin; is a village (selo) in Skovorodinsky District of Amur Oblast, Russia, noted as the site of Albazin, the first Russian settlement on the Amur River. the arrival of Russians, Albazino belonged to the Daur people, the Mongolic peoples indigenous to this area. The town was originated by prince Albaz as the capital of Solon Khanate. in the 17th century, the town was center of a petty kingdom known as Yagsi. the late 1640s, a team of Russian Cossacks under Yerofey Khabarov arrived to explore Dauria. They were keen to gain a foothold in the proximity of the Amur River and, after several clashes with the Daurs under Prince Albaza or Albaasi, established a Russian fort of Albazin in 1651. The Russians were defeated here by Qing China in 1686 (see below). By the Treaty of Nerchinsk the area was assigned to China. the Treaty of Aigun in 1858 a new Amur Cossack stanitsa appeared on the site. A municipal museum is sited among the remains of the 17th-century Russian fort. 1 The History of Albazin 1.1 Foundation of Jaxa 1.2 The Russian–Chinese conflict over Albazin 2 See also 3 References 4 External links History of Albazin[edit] also: Sino-Russian border conflicts late 1650 Albazin was built as winter quarters by Yerofei Khabarov on the northernmost part of the Amur River, 125 miles downstream from the junction of the Argun and Shilka. Thereafter it was little used as the Russians concentrated on the richer grain-growing lands downriver. In 1652 the Manchus drove the Russians out of the Amur country and the land was left to outlaws and adventurers. of Jaxa[edit] 1655 Nikifor Chernigovsky, a Pole who had been exiled to Siberia after an unsuccessful attempt to run away from the Russian's custody, murdered the voyevoda of Ilimsk in retaliation for the rape of his daughter, and fled to the Amur where he reoccupied the ruins of Albazin and gathered a band of supporters. Chernigovsky soon gained the support of the local Tungusic population, whom he treated with respect, in contrast to several assaults they had suffered under Russian (Cossack) sovereignty. He made a great stronghold on the ruins of Albazin, giving it the name of Jaxa. the coming years, Siberian governors made several failed attempts to regain control over Albazin; however, Chernigovsky was able to keep his position by playing the Russians against the Chinese, and vice versa. From 1669, the Russian tsar received a tribute from the Jaxa country (Albazin and surrounding villages), which impacted the tsar's decision to formally acknowledge Chernigovsky as the lord of Jaxa in 1674. The Chinese government, for its part, communicated with Chernigovsky using Polish as the main language. In 1675, he raided Chinese lands with the help of the local population. This remains the last recorded reference to Chernigovsky in history.[1][2] Russian–Chinese conflict over Albazin[edit] is on the northern loop of the Amur. Nerchinsk is on the lower Shilka' Qing did little about Albazin because their forces were tied up in southern China and because they were concerned about possible Russian backing for their enemies in Mongolia. With the southern problem nearly solved (Taiwan was conquered in 1683), in the spring of 1682 the Kangxi Emperor made a tour through Manchuria and began preparations to deal with the Amur problem. His plan was to build up such a large force that the Russians would withdraw without fighting, for, as he said "The use of force is not a good thing. We use it only under compulsion." Troops were moved up to Aigun and crops were planted to feed them. An attack was delayed due to disagreements among the planners and the difficulty of moving supplies northward. 1681 there were Qing threats against Albazin, talks were held on the Nun River and minor Russian forts were destroyed along the Zeya. By the end of 1683 all Russian bases except Albazin had been eliminated. Moscow responded by making Ivan Vlasov voyevoda of Nerchinsk and appointing Akeksey Tolbuzin to a new voyevodstvo at Albazin (July 1684). An attempt to move men and supplies east failed due to shortages and inefficiency. The siege began on June 23, 1685. On the 26th there was an indecisive day-long battle. The Qing army thereupon piled dry wood along the fort's wooden walls and when they began to light it, Tolbuzin surrendered (exact date uncertain). The 600 or so defenders were allowed to withdraw to Nerchinsk. About 45 opted to go with the Qing army where they joined the Russian colony in Peking. The Qing army burned the fort and withdrew, but did not destroy the crops. When news of the defeat reached Moscow in November it was decided to abandon the Amur and send an ambassador to Peking. The Qing troops constituted of former Southern Ming marines from Taiwan, renowned for their knowledge of nautical warfare.[3][4][5][6][7][8] One day after leaving Albazin, the retreating Russians met a group of reinforcements who brought word that an even larger group under Baiton had reached Nerchinsk. Since the fort was lost they continued their withdrawal. Some time after July 10, 1685, scouts reported that the Qing were gone and the crops still standing. Vlasov sent 669 well-armed men under Tolbuzin to gather the harvest. The crops were gathered, Albazin was refortified with earthen walls and efforts were made to bring the natives back into subjection. The Qing arrived on July 18, 1686, and began a tight siege and a steady cannonade. On the fifth day of the siege Tolbuzin was killed by a cannon ball and replaced by Afanasii Baiton.[9] The Russians had enough food to last until Easter, but were short of water. The siege continued until early winter. In late October messengers arrived in Peking announcing Moscow's desire to negotiate. An order was issued to relax the siege. At this time less than 66 men, out of an original 826, were left alive (most had died of disease, especially scurvy). On December 25 Baiton sent one of his men to request provisions. A few more than twenty men remained in the fort, all ill and undernourished. When, in August 1687, Kangxi heard (incorrectly) that the Russian ambassador had reached Mongolia, he ordered the Qing troops withdrawn. the treaty of Nerchinsk (1689), Albazin was abandoned and destroyed. Icon of the Mother of God œThe Word was made Flesh, Commemorated on March 9; Albazin Icon of the Mother of God “the Word made Flesh” is of great religious significance in the Amur River region. It received its name from the Russian fortress of Albazin (now the village of Albazino) along the Amur river, founded in the year 1650 by the famous Russian frontier ataman Hierotheus Khabarov on the site of a settlement of the Daurian prince Albaza. hue and cry over the Amur Albazinsk fortress became an object of enmity for the Chinese emperor and his generals, who then already dreamed of expanding their influence over all of Russian Siberia. the eve of the Feast of the Annunciation, on March 24, 1652, the first military clash of the Russians with the Chinese occurred at the Amur. Through the prayers of the Most Holy Theotokos the pagans were scattered and fled to their own territory. This victory seemed like a portent for the Russians. But the struggle had only just begun. Many sons of Holy Russia died in the struggle for the Amur, and for the triumph of Orthodoxy in the Far East. June of 1658 an Albazin military detachment, 270 Cossacks under the leadership of Onuphrius Stepanov, fell into an ambush and in a heroic fight they were completely annihilated by the Chinese. enemy burned Albazin, overran Russian lands, and carried off the local population into China. They wanted to turn the fertile cultivated area back into wilderness. these difficult years the Most Holy Theotokos showed signs of Her mercy to the land of Amur. In 1665, when Russians returned and rebuilt Albazin, together with a priest there came to the Amur the Elder Hermogenes from the Kirensk Holy Trinity monastery. He carried with him a wonderworking icon of the Mother of God “the Word made Flesh”, called the Albazinsk Icon since that time. In 1671 the holy Elder built a small monastery on the boundary mark of the Brusyan Stone (one and a half kilometers from Albazin near the Amur), where the holy icon was later kept. was built up. At two churches in the city, the Ascension of the Lord and Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, Albazin priests offered the Bloodless Sacrifice. Not far from the city (along the Amur) another monastery was built, the Spassky. The fertile soil produced bread for Eastern Siberia. The local populace adapted itself to Russian Orthodox culture, peacefully entering into the multi-national Russian state, and found Russian protection from the plundering raids of Chinese feudal war-lords. Moscow they did not forget the needs of the far-away Amur frontier. They strengthened military defenses and improved regional government. In 1682 the Albazin Military-Provincial Government was formed. They concerned themselves about the spiritual nourishment of the Amur region peoples. A local Council of the Russian Church in 1681 adopted a resolution to send “archimandrites, igumens, or priests, both learned and good, to enlighten unbelievers with the law of Christ.” The Daurian and Tungusian peoples as a whole accepted Holy Baptism. Of great significance was the conversion of the Daurian prince Hantimur (renamed Peter) and his eldest son Katana (renamed Paul) to Orthodoxy. servants of the Chinese emperor planned for a new attack. After several unsuccessful forays, on July 10, 1685, they marched against Albazin with an army of 15,000 and encircled the fortress. In it were 450 Russian soldiers and three cannon. The first assault was repulsed. The Chinese then from all sides piled up firewood and kindling against the wooden walls of the fortress and set it on fire. Further resistance proved impossible. With its military standards and holy things, among which was the wonderworking Albazin Icon, the soldiers abandoned the fortress. Mother of God did not withhold Her intercession from Her chosen city. Scouts soon reported that the Chinese suddenly began to withdraw from Albazin, ignoring the Chinese emperor’s command to destroy the crops in the Russian fields. The miraculous intervention of the Heavenly Protectress not only drove the enemy from Russian territories, but also preserved the grain which sustained the city for the winter months. On August 20, 1685 Russians were in Albazin again. year went by, and the fortress was again besieged by Chinese. There began a five-month defense of Albazin, which occupies a most honored place in Russian military history. Three times, in July, in September, and in October, the forces of the Chinese emperor made an assault on the wooden fortifications. A hail of fiery arrows and red-hot cannon balls fell on the town. Neither the city nor its defenders could be seen in the smoke and fire. And all three times, the Mother of God defended the inhabitants of Albazin from their fierce enemy. December 1686, when the Chinese lifted the siege of Albazin, of the city’s 826 defenders only 150 men remained alive. forces were inadequate to continue the war against the Chinese emperor. In August 1690 the last of the Cossacks departed from Albazin under the leadership of Basil Smirenikov. Neither the fortress, nor its holy things, fell into the hands of the enemy. The fortifications were razed and leveled by the Cossacks, and the Albazin Icon of the Mother of God was taken to Sretensk, a city on the river Shilka, which flows into the Amur. even after the destruction of Albazin, God destined its inhabitants to do another service for the good of the Church. By divine Providence the end of the military campaign contributed to the increase of the influence of the grace of Orthodoxy among the peoples of the Far East. During the years of war, a company of about a hundred Russian cossacks and peasants from Albazin and its environs were taken captive and sent to Peking. Chinese emperor even gave orders to give one of the Buddhist temples in the Chinese capital for an Orthodox church dedicated to Sophia, the Wisdom of God. In 1695 Metropolitan Ignatius of Tobolsk sent an antimension, chrism, service books, and church vessels to the Sophia church. In a letter to the captive priest Maximus, 'the Preacher of the Holy Gospel to the Chinese Empire,' Metropolitan Ignatius wrote: 'Be not troubled, nor troubled in soul for yourself and the captives with you, for who is able to oppose the will of God? Your captivity is not without purpose for the Chinese people, so that you may reveal to them the light of Christ’s Orthodox Faith.' preaching of the Gospel in the Chinese Empire soon bore fruit and resulted in the first baptisms of Chinese. The Russian Church zealously looked after the new flock. In 1715 the Metropolitan of Tobolsk, Saint Philotheus “the Apostle to Siberia” (+ May 31, 1727), wrote a letter to the Peking clergy and the faithful living under the Peking Spiritual Mission, who continued with the Christian work of enlightening pagans. years went by, and the new epoch brought the Russian deliverance of the Amur. On August 1, 1850, the Procession of the Precious Wood of the Life-Giving Cross, Captain G. I. Nevelsky raised up the Russian Andreev flag at the mouth of the Amur River and founded the city of Nikolaevsk-on-Amur. Through the efforts of the Governor-General of Eastern Siberia, N. N. Muraviev-Amursky (+ 1881), and Saint Innocent, Archbishop of Kamchatka (March 31), and through the spiritual nourishment which obtained in the Amur and coastal regions, in several years the left bank of the Amur was built up with Russian cities, villages and Cossack settlements. year brought important advances in the development of the liberated territory, its Christian enlightenment and welfare. In the year 1857 on the bank of the Amur fifteen way-stations and settlements were established (the Albazin on the site of the old fortress and the Innokentiev, named in honor of Saint Innocent). In a single year, 1858, there were more than thirty settlements, among which were three cities: Khabarovsk, Blagoveschensk and Sophiisk. May 9, 1858, on the Feast of Saint Nicholas, N. N. Muraviev-Amursky and Archbishop Innocent of Kamchatka arrived in the Cossack post at Ust’-Zeisk. Saint Innocent was there to dedicate a temple in honor of the Annunciation of the Mother of God (Blagoveschenie, in Slavonic), the first building in the new city. Because of the name of the temple, the city was also called Blagoveschensk, in memory of the first victory over the Chinese on the Feast of the Annunciation in 1652, and in memory of the Annunciation church at Irkutsk, in which Saint Innocent began his own priestly service. It was also a sign that “from that place proceeded the blessed news of the reintegration of the Amur region territory under Russian sovereignty.” New settlers on the way to the Amur, journeying through Sretensk, fervently offered up their prayers to the Holy Protectress of the Amur region before her Wonderworking Albazin Icon. Their prayers were heard: the Aigunsk (1858) and Peking (1860) treaties decisively secured the left bank of the Amur and coastal regions for Russia. 1868 the Bishop of Kamchatka, Benjamin Blagonravov, the successor to Saint Innocent, transferred the holy icon from Sretensk to Blagoveschensk, thereby returning the famous holy icon to the Amur territory. In 1885, a new period began in the veneration of the Albazin Icon of the Mother of God and is associated with the name of the Kamchatka bishop Gurias, who established an annual commemoration on March 9 and a weekly Akathist. the summer of 1900, during the “Boxer Rebellion” in China, the waves of insurrection reached all the way to the Russian border. Chinese troops suddenly appeared on the banks of the Amur before Blagoveschensk. For nineteen days the enemy stood before the undefended city, raining artillery fire down upon it, and menacing the Russian bank with invasion. shallows of the Amur afforded passage to the adversary. In the Annunciation church services were celebrated continuously, and Akathists were read before the Wonderworking Albazin Icon. The Protection of the Mother of God was again extended over the city, just as it had been in earlier times. Not daring to cross the Amur, the enemy departed from Blagoveschensk. According to the accounts of the Chinese themselves, they often saw a Radiant Woman over the bank of the Amur, inspiring them with fear and rendering their missiles ineffective. more than 300 years the Wonderworking Albazin Icon of the Mother of God watched over the Amur frontier of Russia. Orthodox people venerate it not only as Protectress of Russian soldiers, but also as a Patroness of mothers. Believers pray for mothers before the icon during their pregnancy and during childbirth, 'so that the Mother of God might bestow the gift of abundant health from the Albazin Icon’s inexhaustible well-spring of holiness.' icon depicts Christ as a child standing in a mandorla before His Mother’s breast. Blessed Dovmont (Timothy) the Prince of Pskov, Commemorated on May 20;

Russia, Siberia, Eastern Siberia, Okhotsk, Amur River 1, Shilka River Folder

Shilka River

Shilka River Source (Chita)

Shilka River 1 (Sretensk and Nerchinsk)

Russia, Siberia, Eastern Siberia, Okhotsk, Amur River 1, Shilka River 1, Nercha River Folder

Nercha River

Nercha River Source (Barguzin, Buryatia)

Nercha River Mouth (Nerchinsk, Shilka River 1)

Nerchinsk, Okhotsk, Siberia (Nercha Mouth at Shilka River 1)
Nerchinsk, Siberia (Nercha River Mouth at Shilka River1); Martyr Juvenal of Alaska, Commemorated on September 24 ; Russia China Border; Repose of St Innocent the first Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated November 26 ;

Sretensk, Okhotsk, Siberia (Shila River 1)
Sretensk; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœThe Word was made FleshÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on March 9;

Shilka River 2

Shilka River 3

Shilka River Mouth (Amur River 1)
Russia China Border;

Amur River 2

Amur Oblast (Amur River Region)
Amur Oblast (Amur River Region); Icon of the Mother of God œThe Word was made Flesh, Commemorated on March 9; Repose of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow the Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated on March 31;

Amur River 3

Russia, Siberia, Eastern Siberia, Okhotsk, Amur River 3, Zeya River Folder

Zeya River

Zeya River Source (Tokiysky Stanovik Range)

Zeya River 1

Zeya River 2

Zeya River 3

Zeya River 6 (Zeya)

Russia, Siberia, Eastern Siberia, Okhotsk, Amur River 3, Zeya River 6, Gilyuy River Folder

Gilyuy River

Gilyuy River Upper Gilyuy

Gilyuy River (Tynda)

Gilyuy River Mouth (Zeya River 6)

Zeya River 7 (Svobodny)

Zeya, Zea River Valley
Zea River Valley Blessed Dovmont (Timothy) the Prince of Pskov, Commemorated on May 20;

Zeya River 8 (Blagoveshchensk)

Zeya River Mouth (Amur River 3)

Blagoveschensk (Ust-Zeisk), Okhotsk (Zeya River Mouth, Amur River 3)
Blagoveschensk (Ust-Zeisk), Okhotsk, Siberia (Zeya River, Aur River 3); Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœThe Word was made FleshÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on March 9;

Innokentiev (Amur River 3.9)
Innokentiev (Amur River 3.9); Icon of the Mother of God, œAlbazin or œThe Word was made Flesh, Commemorated on March 9;

Amur River 5 (Manchuria, Black Dragon River)

Russia, Siberia, Eastern Siberia, Okhotsk, Amur River 5, Black Dragon River Folder, Manchuria

Port Arthur, Russo-Japanese War over Port Arthur 1904-1905
Siberia, Russo-Japanese War over Port Arthur 1904-1905; Port Arthur (Lushunkou District) ; Liaodong Peninsula; St Nicholas, Equal of the Apostles and Archbishop of Japan, Commemorated on February 16; Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina, Commemorated on April 1;

Black Dragon River (Heilongjiang or Amur)

Black Dragon River Source (along the border)

Manchuria, Eastern Siberia (Black Dragon River, Amur Region)
Manchuria or Northeast China; Harbin on the railway to Vladivostok. Glorification of the Priestmartyr Alexander Hotovitzky; Appearance of the Mother of God to St Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on August 24;

Black Diamond River Mouth (Amur River 5)

Amur River 6 (Amur Crossing at Khabarovsk)

Khabarov frontier, Okhotsk Sea (Amur River 6, Trans-Siberian Road 17)
Khabarovsky District; Glorification of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow and Enlightener of the Aleuts, Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated October 6 ;

Russia, Siberia, Eastern Siberia, Okhotsk, Amur River 6, Ussuri River Folder

Ussuri River

Ussuri River Source (near the coast)

Ussuriysk, Siberia (near Vladivostok, Trans-Siberian RWY)
Ussuriysk; Repose of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow the Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated on March 31;

Ussuri River 1

Ussuri River 2

Ussuri River 3

Ussuri River Mouth (Khabarovsk, Amur river 6)

Khabarovsk (Ussuri River Mouth, Amur River 6)
Khabarovsk (Amur River 6) ; Icon of the Mother of God œThe Word was made Flesh, Commemorated on March 9;

Amur River 8 (Komsomolsk-on-Amur)

Amur River Mouth (Tartary Strait, Sea of Oskosh)

Nikolayevsk-on-Amur, Okhotsk, Siberia
Nikolayevsk-on-Amur; Icon of the Mother of God œThe Word was made Flesh, Commemorated on March 9;

Lake Orel
Venerable Macarius of Optina;

Strait of Tartary
Strait of Tartary;

Russia, Siberia, Eastern Siberia, Okhotsk Sea Region, Kamchatka Penninsula and Kurile Islands Folder

Kurile Islands, Okhotsk Region, Siberia
Kurile Islands; Repose of St Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska, Commemorated on July 26 ; Glorification of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow and Enlightener of the Aleuts, Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated October 6 ; St Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 28;

Kamchatka Penninsula, Okhotsk Sea, Siberia
Kamchatka Penninsula; Repose of St Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska, Commemorated on July 26 ; Glorification of the Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America, Commemorated on August 9 ; Glorification of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow and Enlightener of the Aleuts, Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated October 6 ; Repose of the Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America, Commemorated December 13 ; St Nicholas, Equal of the Apostles and Archbishop of Japan, Commemorated on February 16; St Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 28; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœThe Word was made FleshÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on March 9; Repose of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow the Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated on March 31; Hudson Stuck of JOHN MUIR and HUDSON STUCK, NATURALIST & WRITER, 1914; PRIEST & ENVIRONMENTALIST, 1920, Commemorated April 21 ;

Russia, Vologda Folder, Large area North of the Volga and West of the Urals

Russia, Vologda, History Folder

Russia, Vologda, 1147, Gerasimus of the Vologda Trinity Monastery, First Northern
Gerasimus Vologda Trinity Monastery; Vologda; Blessed John of Moscow the Fool-For-Christ; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Lord at Moscow, Commemorated on July 10; Venerable Stephen the Abbot of Makhrishche, Vologda, Commemorated on July 14; Blessed Basil of Kubensk, August 2nd ; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Âœof the Seven ArrowsÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on August 13 "; St Philip of Sukhona, Commemorated on August 17; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on August 19; Venerable Arsenius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on August 24; Venerable Prince Andrew, in Monasticism Joasaph, of Kubensk, Vologda, Commemorated on September 10 ; Venerable Bassian of Tikhsnen, Vologda, Commemorated September 12 ; St Demetrius of Tsilibinsk, Commemorated on October 26 ; Finding of the relics of the Venerable Cyril the Abbot of Novoezersk, Vologda, Commemorated on November 7 ; Venerable Joseph of Zaonikiev Monastery, Vologda; Martyr Galacteon of Vologda, Commemorated September 24 ; Venerable Gregory the Abbot of Pelsheme and Wonderworker of Vologda, Commemorated September 30 ; St Sergius of Malopinega, Commemorated November 16; Malopinega is somewhere in Vologda or on the Vologda River. Saint Sergius of Malopinega (in the world Simeon), was born in 1493. His father, Markian Stephanovich Nekliud, was descended from Novgorod nobles. Together with other fellow citizens they left their native-place setting off "to the side of the icy sea," when Great Novgorod was finally subjugated to the power of Moscow by Ivan III........With apostolic zeal he (Sergius) labored over the conversion of the pagan Chud people; Venerable Simon the Abbot of Soiga Monastery, Vologda, Commemorated on November 24 ; Venerable Sebastian the Abbot of Pshekhonye Monastery, Vologda, Commemorated December 18 ; Venerable Ignatius of Loma and Yaroslav, Commemorated December 27 ; Blessed Maximus the Fool-for-Christ of Totma, Vologda, Commemorated January 16 ; Venerable Athanasius the Abbot of Syandemsk, Vologda, Commemorated on January 18 ; Venerable Euthymius of Syanzhemsk, Vologda, Commemorated January 20 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Sumorin-Totem, Commemorated on January 28 ; Venerable Theodosius the Abbot of Totma, Vologda, Commemorated January 28 ; St Jonah the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on January 29 ; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated January 29 ; Venerable Abraham of Pechenga, Vologda, Commemorated February 4 ; Venerable Coprius of Pechenga, Vologda, Commemorated February 4 ; Venerable Cyril the Abbot and Wonderworker of Novoezersk, Novgorod, Commemorated on February 4 ; Venerable Demetrius the Wonderworker of Priluki, Vologda, Commemorated February 11 ; Venerable Gerasimus of Vologda, Commemorated on March 4; St Innocent of Komel the Disciple of St Nilus of Sora, Vologda, Commemorated on March 19; Monkmartyr Euphrosynus of Blue Jay Lake, Novgorod, Commemorated on March 20; Venerable Sylvester the Abbot of Obnora, Commemorated on April 25; St Stephen the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on April 26; St Gerasimus of Boldino, Commemorated on May 1; Repose of the Venerable Nilus the Abbot of Sora, Commemorated on May 7; Venerable Cassian the Abbot of Komel (Vologda), Commemorated on May 16; Venerable Laurence the Abbot of Komel (Vologda), Commemorated on May 16; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19; Right-believing John the Prince of Uglich, Tonsured As Ignatius, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19; Venerable Dionysius the Abbot of Glushetsk, Vologda, Commemorated on June 1; Venerable Gregory the Abbot of Avnezh, Vologda, Commemorated on June 15; Blessed John of Moscow the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on July 3;

Russia, Vologda, 1263-1303, Procopius of Ustyug, Fool for Christ
Russia, Vologda, 1263-1303, Procopius of Ustyug; Miracle of the Annunciation Icon of the Mother of God at Ustiug, Commemorated on July 8; Righteous Procopius the Fool-For-Christ and Wonderworker of Ustya, Vologda, Commemorated on July 8;

Russia, Vologda, 1351-1456, Therapon of Belozersk, Therapon's Ferapontov Monastery
Russia, Vologda, 1351-1456, Therapon of Belozersk, Therapon's Ferapontov Monastery ; Therapon's Ferapontov Monastery; Theraponov monastery was 50 versts from St Cyril's White Lake Monastery betwee two lakes: St Therapon moved to another place fifteen versts away from Cyril, between two lakes, Borodava and Pava. Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Martinian the Abbot of Byeloezersk, Commemorated on October 7 ; Venerable Martinian the Abbot of Byeloezersk, Commemorated on January 12 ; Venerable Therapon the Abbot of White Lake, Commemorated on May 27; Icon of the Mother of God of White Lake, Commemorated on June 8;

Russia, Vologda, 1357-1427, St Cyril of White Lake monastery
Mologa Saint, 1357-1427, St Cyril of White Lake monastery, Sheksna, Vologda; St Cyril of White Lake monastery; Venerable Theodoritus the Enlightener of the Lapps, Solovki, Commemorated on August 17; Venerable Joseph the Abbot of Volokolamsk, Volotsk, Commemorated on September 9 ; Finding of the relics of the Venerable Cyril the Abbot of Novoezersk, Vologda, Commemorated on November 7 ; Hieromartyr Philip the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on January 9 ; St Innocent of Komel the Disciple of St Nilus of Sora, Vologda, Commemorated on March 19; Venerable Zosimas the Abbot of Vorbozomsk, Commemorated on April 4; Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Oshevensk, Commemorated on April 20; Repose of the Venerable Nilus the Abbot of Sora, Commemorated on May 7; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19; Icon of the Mother of God of White Lake, Commemorated on June 8;

Russia, Vologda, 1436-1478, Saint, Zosima of Solovki
Russia, Vologda, 1436-1478, Saint, Zosima of Solovki; Venerable Zosimas the Abbot of Solovki, Commemorated on April 17;

Russia, Vologda, Vologda River Folder (Sukhona River 1) Komel or Vologda

Vologda River

Vologda River Source (Western Vologda District)

Vologda River 1

Vologda River 2

Vologda River 3 (Komel aka Vologda)

Komel, Vologda (AKA Vologda, Vologda River 3)
Komel (Vologda) is what you find when you look up Komel in Wikipedia; Icon of the Mother of God "œof the Seven Arrows", Commemorated on August 13 "; Venerable Simon the Abbot of Soiga Monastery, Vologda, Commemorated on November 24 ; Venerable Theodosius the Abbot of Totma, Vologda, Commemorated January 28 ; Monkmartyr Adrian of Poshekhonye, Yaroslavl, Commemorated on March 5 ; St Innocent of Komel the Disciple of St Nilus of Sora, Vologda, Commemorated on March 19 ; Venerable Sylvester the Abbot of Obnora, Commemorated on April 25; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19; Blessed John of Moscow the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on July 3;

Vologda (aka Komel, Vologda River 3)
Vologda; Blessed John of Moscow the Fool-For-Christ; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Lord at Moscow, Commemorated on July 10; Venerable Stephen the Abbot of Makhrishche, Vologda, Commemorated on July 14; Blessed Basil of Kubensk, August 2nd ; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Âœof the Seven ArrowsÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on August 13 "; St Philip of Sukhona, Commemorated on August 17; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on August 19; Venerable Arsenius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on August 24; Venerable Prince Andrew, in Monasticism Joasaph, of Kubensk, Vologda, Commemorated on September 10 ; Venerable Bassian of Tikhsnen, Vologda, Commemorated September 12 ; St Demetrius of Tsilibinsk, Commemorated on October 26 ; Finding of the relics of the Venerable Cyril the Abbot of Novoezersk, Vologda, Commemorated on November 7 ; Venerable Joseph of Zaonikiev Monastery, Vologda; Martyr Galacteon of Vologda, Commemorated September 24 ; Venerable Gregory the Abbot of Pelsheme and Wonderworker of Vologda, Commemorated September 30 ; St Sergius of Malopinega, Commemorated November 16; Malopinega is somewhere in Vologda or on the Vologda River. Saint Sergius of Malopinega (in the world Simeon), was born in 1493. His father, Markian Stephanovich Nekliud, was descended from Novgorod nobles. Together with other fellow citizens they left their native-place setting off "to the side of the icy sea," when Great Novgorod was finally subjugated to the power of Moscow by Ivan III........With apostolic zeal he (Sergius) labored over the conversion of the pagan Chud people; Venerable Simon the Abbot of Soiga Monastery, Vologda, Commemorated on November 24 ; Venerable Sebastian the Abbot of Pshekhonye Monastery, Vologda, Commemorated December 18 ; Venerable Ignatius of Loma and Yaroslav, Commemorated December 27 ; Blessed Maximus the Fool-for-Christ of Totma, Vologda, Commemorated January 16 ; Venerable Athanasius the Abbot of Syandemsk, Vologda, Commemorated on January 18 ; Venerable Euthymius of Syanzhemsk, Vologda, Commemorated January 20 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Sumorin-Totem, Commemorated on January 28 ; Venerable Theodosius the Abbot of Totma, Vologda, Commemorated January 28 ; St Jonah the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on January 29 ; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated January 29 ; Venerable Abraham of Pechenga, Vologda, Commemorated February 4 ; Venerable Coprius of Pechenga, Vologda, Commemorated February 4 ; Venerable Cyril the Abbot and Wonderworker of Novoezersk, Novgorod, Commemorated on February 4 ; Venerable Demetrius the Wonderworker of Priluki, Vologda, Commemorated February 11 ; Venerable Gerasimus of Vologda, Commemorated on March 4; St Innocent of Komel the Disciple of St Nilus of Sora, Vologda, Commemorated on March 19; Monkmartyr Euphrosynus of Blue Jay Lake, Novgorod, Commemorated on March 20; Venerable Sylvester the Abbot of Obnora, Commemorated on April 25; St Stephen the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on April 26; St Gerasimus of Boldino, Commemorated on May 1; Repose of the Venerable Nilus the Abbot of Sora, Commemorated on May 7; Venerable Cassian the Abbot of Komel (Vologda), Commemorated on May 16; Venerable Laurence the Abbot of Komel (Vologda), Commemorated on May 16; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19; Right-believing John the Prince of Uglich, Tonsured As Ignatius, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19; Venerable Dionysius the Abbot of Glushetsk, Vologda, Commemorated on June 1; Venerable Gregory the Abbot of Avnezh, Vologda, Commemorated on June 15; Blessed John of Moscow the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on July 3;

Makhrishche, Vologda (Komel, Vologda River 3)
Makhrishche, Vologda Venerable Stephen the Abbot of Makhrishche, Vologda, Commemorated on July 14;

Priluki (Spaso-Prilutsky) Monastery, Komel, Vologda, 1371
Spaso-Prilutsky Monastery; Venerable Demetrius the Wonderworker of Priluki, Vologda, Commemorated on February 11; Icon of the Mother of God of Sumorin-Totem, Commemorated on January 28 ; Venerable Theodosius the Abbot of Totma, Vologda, Commemorated January 28 ;

Vologda River Mouth (Sukhona (Kuben) River 1)

Russia, Vologda, Kostroma Folder (water flows south into Volga)

Kostroma forest
Kostroma forest, much of Kostroma Oblast is forest; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Lord at Moscow, Commemorated on July 10; Icon of the Mother of God "Chukhloma" from Galich, Commemorated July 20 ; Repose of the Venerable Abramius of Galich or Chukhom Lake, and Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated July 20 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Igritsa, Commemorated on July 28; Icon of the Mother of God of Kostroma, Commemorated July 28 ; Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on August 16; Icon of the Mother of God of Macariev, Commemorated on September 17 ; Synaxis of the Saints of Kostroma, Commemorated on January 23 ; Venerable Gennadius of Kostroma, Commemorated January 23 ; Venerable Abraham of Pechenga, Vologda, Commemorated on February 4 ; Venerable Coprius of Pechenga, Vologda, Commemorated February 4 ; Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on March 14; St Innocent of Komel the Disciple of St Nilus of Sora, Vologda, Commemorated on March 19 ; Repose of St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on March 31; St Hypatius the Wonderworker and Bishop of Gangra, Commemorated on March 31; Venerable James the Abbot of Zheleznoborov, Commemorated on April 11; Venerable Sylvester the Abbot of Obnora, Commemorated on April 25; "œMyrrh-Bearing" Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on May 1; New Martyr Ephraim, Commemorated on May 5; Venerable Pachomius the Abbot of Nerekhta, Commemorated on May 15; St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on June 15; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5 ;

Russia, Vologda Kostroma History Folder

Russia, Vologda, Kostroma, 1330, Hypasian monestary
Hypasian monestary; Hypasians; Martyr Agathonicus of Nicomedia, and others who suffered under Maximian, Commemorated August 22 ; St Hypatius of Gangra, Commemorated November 16;

Russia, Vologda, Kostroma, 1350-1375, Saint, Abraham of Galich
Russia, Vologda, Kostroma, 1350-1375, Saint, Abraham of Galich Paisiev Monastery of St Abraham, 1350, Chukhloma Icon of Mother of God; Icon of the Mother of God Ã¢Â€ÂœChukhlomaÃ¢Â€ÂÂÂÂ from Galich, Commemorated on July 20; Repose of the Venerable Abramius of Galich or Chukhom Lake, and Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated July 20 ;

Russia, Vologda, Kostroma, Volga River 8.3, Kostroma River Folder

Kostroma (Pisma) River

Kostroma (Pisma) River Source (along the border)

Kostroma (Pisma) River 1 (Soligalich)

Soligalich, Kostroma (Kostroma (Pisma) River 1)
Soligalich; Venerable Macarius the Abbot of Zheltovod and Unzha, Commemorated on July 25 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Kostroma, Commemorated on July 28 ;

Russia, Vologda, Kostroma, Volga River 8.3, Kostroma River 1, Chukhloma River Folder, Chukhloma Lake

Chukhloma River (drains northwest, aka River Monza thru Chukhloma Lake)

Chukhloma River Source (Chukhloma Lake , Kostroma Forest)

Chukhloma River 1 (Chukhloma Lake)

Chukhloma, Kostroma (Chukhloma Lake)
Chukhloma (Chukhloma Lake) Icon of the Mother of God "Chukhloma" from Galich, Commemorated July 20 ; Martyr and Confessor Michael the Wonderworker of Chernigov, Commemorated September 20 ; Venerable Paul the Abbot of Obnora, Vologda, Commemorated on January 10 ; St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on June 15; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5;

Monza, Kostroma 25 Versts from Galich, at Chukhloma Lake
Venerable Therapon the Abbot of Monza, Commemorated on December 12;

Theraponov Monasteery, Monza, Kostroma 25 Versts from Galich, at Chukhloma Lake, 1597
Venerable Therapon the Abbot of Monza, Commemorated on December 12;

Chukhloma River Mouth (Kostroma River 1)

Kostroma (Pisma) River 2 (near Galich and Chukhom Lake)

Russia, Vologda, Kostroma, Volga River 8.3, Kostroma River 2, Vyoksa River Folder, Galich Salt Mining Center

Vyoksa River

Vyoksa River Source (Lake Galich, Kostroma Forest)

Vyoksa River 1 (Galich Lake)

Galich, Kostroma (Salt Mining Center, Vyoksa River 1, Galich Lake)
Galich (Lake Galich); Icon of the Mother of God "Chukhloma" from Galich, Commemorated July 20 ; Venerable Macarius the Abbot of Zheltovod and Unzha, Commemorated on July 25 ; Martyr and Confessor Michael the Wonderworker of Chernigov, Commemorated September 20 ; Venerable Gregory the Abbot of Pelsheme and Wonderworker of Vologda, Commemorated September 30 ; Blessed Andrew of Totma the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on October 10 ; Saint John of Galesh, Commemorated on October 21; Venerable Therapon the Abbot of Monza, Commemorated December 12 ; Repose of St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on March 31; Venerable James the Abbot of Zheleznoborov, Commemorated on April 11; St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on June 15; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5 ;

Large Mountain with a forest near Galich Lake
Icon of the Mother of God œChukhlomaÂÂÂ from Galich, Commemorated on July 20 ;

Galich Lake, Kostroma
Galich or Chukhom Lake; Repose of the Venerable Abramius of Galich or Chukhom Lake, and Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated July 20 ; Icon of the Mother of God "Chukhloma" from Galich, Commemorated July 20 ; Martyr and Confessor Michael the Wonderworker of Chernigov, Commemorated September 20 ; Venerable Therapon the Abbot of Monza, Commemorated December 12 ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5 ;

Paisiev Monastery of St Paisiev, 1350, Chukhloma Icon of Mother of God
Paisiev Monastery of St Abraham, 1350, Chukhloma Icon of Mother of God; monastery of St Abraham Galich; Icon of the Mother of God Ã¢Â€ÂœChukhlomaÃ¢Â€ÂÂÂÂ from Galich, Commemorated on July 20; Repose of the Venerable Abramius of Galich or Chukhom Lake, and Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated July 20 ;

Abraham Monastery of St Abraham, 1350, Chukhloma Icon of Mother of God
Paisiev Monastery of St Abraham, 1350, Chukhloma Icon of Mother of God; monastery of St Abraham Galich; Icon of the Mother of God Ã¢Â€ÂœChukhlomaÃ¢Â€ÂÂÂÂ from Galich, Commemorated on July 20; Repose of the Venerable Abramius of Galich or Chukhom Lake, and Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated July 20 ;

Vyoksa River Mouth (Buy, Kostroma River 2)

Kostroma (Pisma) River 3 (Obnora, Obnora River Mouth)

Russia, Vologda, Kostroma, Volga River 8.3, Kostroma River 3, Obnora River Folder

Obnora River

Obnora River Source (Komel Forest)
Komel Forest ;

Obnora River 1 (Nurma River Mouth)

Russia, Vologda, Kostroma, Volga 8.3, Kostroma 3, Obnora River 1, Nurma River Folder, Commanded Grove

Nurma River

Nurma (Gryazovetsk) River 1

Korniliyevo-Komelsky Monastery ruins (St Arsenius' Komel Monastery) 1530
Korniliyevo-Komelsky Monastery ruins, 1530 (St Arsenius' Komel Monastery); Venerable Arsenius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on August 24;

Gryazovetsk District, Kostroma
Gryazovetsk District ; Venerable Abraham of Pechenga, Vologda, Commemorated on February 4 ;

Gryazovetsky District
Gryazovetsky District;

Nurma (Gryazovetsk) River 2 (Komel Monastery)

Komel Monastery, Kostroma (Nurma River 2), Vologda, 1414
Komel Monastery; Venerable Arsenius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on August 24; Venerable Daniel the Abbot of Shuzhgorsk, Novgorod, Commemorated on September 21; St Philip the Abbot of Irap Near Novgorod, Commemorated on November 14; Venerable Simon the Abbot of Soiga Monastery, Vologda, Commemorated on November 24 ; St Innocent of Komel the Disciple of St Nilus of Sora, Vologda, Commemorated on March 19 ; Venerable Sylvester the Abbot of Obnora, Commemorated on April 25;

Pavlo-Obnorsky Monastery, Kostroma (Nurma River 2) 1414
Pavlo-Obnorsky Monastery; Venerable Arsenius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on August 24; Venerable Daniel the Abbot of Shuzhgorsk, Novgorod, Commemorated on September 21 ; Venerable Sergius the Abbot of Nurma and Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Vologda, Commemorated on October 7 ; Venerable Simon the Abbot of Soiga Monastery, Vologda, Commemorated November 24 ; Venerable Paul the Abbot of Obnora, Vologda, Commemorated on January 10 ; St Innocent of Komel the Disciple of St Nilus of Sora, Vologda, Commemorated on March 19 ; Venerable Sylvester the Abbot of Obnora, Commemorated on April 25;

Commanded Grove, Komel Forest, Kostroma
Commanded Grove is the portion of Komel Forest that Sylvester commanded that it should not be cut down. Venerable Daniel the Abbot of Shuzhgorsk, Novgorod, Commemorated on September 21 ; Venerable Sylvester the Abbot of Obnora, Commemorated on April 25;

River Eda Mouth (River Nurma 2)
St Innocent of Komel the Disciple of St Nilus of Sora, Vologda, Commemorated on March 19;

Komel Forest, Kostroma, Vologda
Komel Forest, Vologda; Pavlo-Obnorsky Monastery; Venerable Arsenius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on August 24; Venerable Daniel the Abbot of Shuzhgorsk, Novgorod, Commemorated on September 21 ; St Philip the Abbot of Irap Near Novgorod, Commemorated on November 14; Venerable Simon the Abbot of Soiga Monastery, Vologda, Commemorated on November 24 ; St Innocent of Komel the Disciple of St Nilus of Sora, Vologda, Commemorated on March 19 ; Venerable Sylvester the Abbot of Obnora, Commemorated on April 25; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19;

Nurma (Gryazovetsk) River Mouth (Obnora River 1)
Nurma River; Venerable Sergius the Obedient of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 7;

Nurma, Kostroma (Nurma River Mouth, Obnora River 1)
Nurma River; Venerable Sergius the Obedient of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 7 ; Venerable Sergius the Abbot of Nurma and Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Vologda, Commemorated on October 7 ; Venerable Paul the Abbot of Obnora, Vologda, Commemorated on January 10 ; St Innocent of Komel the Disciple of St Nilus of Sora, Vologda, Commemorated on March 19 ;

Obnora River 2 (Obnora)

Obnora, Kostroma, Vologda (Obnora River, Kostroma River 3)
Obnora, Vologda Venerable Paul the Abbot of Obnora, Vologda, Commemorated January 10 ; Venerable Macarius the Abbot of Pisma, Commemorated January 10 ; St Innocent of Komel the Disciple of St Nilus of Sora, Vologda, Commemorated on March 19 ; Venerable Sylvester the Abbot of Obnora, Commemorated on April 25; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5;

Obnora River Mouth (Kostroma River 3)

Kostroma (Pisma) River Mouth (Kostroma, Volga River 8.3)

Kostroma, Vologda (Kostroma (Pisma) River Mouth, Volga River 8.3)
Kostroma, and Kostroma Region; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Lord at Moscow, Commemorated on July 10; Icon of the Mother of God "Chukhloma" from Galich, Commemorated July 20 ; Repose of the Venerable Abramius of Galich or Chukhom Lake, and Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated July 20 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Kostroma, Commemorated July 28 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Igritsa, Commemorated July 28 ; Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on August 16; Martyr Agathonicus of Nicomedia, and others who suffered under Maximian, Commemorated on August 22; Venerable Arsenius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on August 24; Icon of the Mother of God of Macariev, Commemorated on September 17 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Slovenka, Commemorated on September 23; Blessed Simon of Yurievets, Commemorated November 4 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Slovenka; Venerable Therapon the Abbot of Monza, Commemorated December 12 ; Venerable Macarius the Abbot of Pisma, Commemorated January 10 ; Venerable Paul the Abbot of Obnora, Vologda, Commemorated on January 10 ; Venerable Macarius the Roman of Novgorod, Commemorated on January 19 ; Synaxis of the Saints of Kostroma, Commemorated on January 23 ; Venerable Gennadius of Kostroma, Commemorated January 23 ; Venerable Abraham of Pechenga, Vologda, Commemorated on February 4 ; Venerable Coprius of Pechenga, Vologda, Commemorated February 4 ; Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on March 14; Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on March 14; St Innocent of Komel the Disciple of St Nilus of Sora, Vologda, Commemorated on March 19 ; St Hypatius the Wonderworker and Bishop of Gangra, Commemorated on March 31; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable James the Abbot of Zhelezny Bor, Commemorated on May 5; Venerable Pachomius the Abbot of Nerekhta, Commemorated on May 15; Repose of St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on March 31; Venerable James the Abbot of Zheleznoborov, Commemorated on April 11; Venerable Sylvester the Abbot of Obnora, Commemorated on April 25; "œMyrrh-Bearing" Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on May 1; New Martyr Ephraim, Commemorated on May 5; Venerable Pachomius the Abbot of Nerekhta, Commemorated on May 15; St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on June 15; Venerable Tikhon of Luchov, Kostroma, Commemorated on June 16; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5 ;

Pisma, Vologda (Kostroma (Pisma) River Mouth, Volga River 8.3)
Kostroma, and Kostroma Region; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Lord at Moscow, Commemorated on July 10; Icon of the Mother of God "Chukhloma" from Galich, Commemorated July 20 ; Repose of the Venerable Abramius of Galich or Chukhom Lake, and Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated July 20 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Kostroma, Commemorated July 28 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Igritsa, Commemorated July 28 ; Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on August 16; Martyr Agathonicus of Nicomedia, and others who suffered under Maximian, Commemorated on August 22; Venerable Arsenius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on August 24; Icon of the Mother of God of Macariev, Commemorated on September 17 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Slovenka, Commemorated on September 23; Blessed Simon of Yurievets, Commemorated November 4 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Slovenka; Venerable Therapon the Abbot of Monza, Commemorated December 12 ; Venerable Macarius the Abbot of Pisma, Commemorated January 10 ; Venerable Paul the Abbot of Obnora, Vologda, Commemorated on January 10 ; Venerable Macarius the Roman of Novgorod, Commemorated on January 19 ; Synaxis of the Saints of Kostroma, Commemorated on January 23 ; Venerable Gennadius of Kostroma, Commemorated January 23 ; Venerable Abraham of Pechenga, Vologda, Commemorated on February 4 ; Venerable Coprius of Pechenga, Vologda, Commemorated February 4 ; Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on March 14; Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on March 14; St Innocent of Komel the Disciple of St Nilus of Sora, Vologda, Commemorated on March 19 ; St Hypatius the Wonderworker and Bishop of Gangra, Commemorated on March 31; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable James the Abbot of Zhelezny Bor, Commemorated on May 5; Venerable Pachomius the Abbot of Nerekhta, Commemorated on May 15; Repose of St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on March 31; Venerable James the Abbot of Zheleznoborov, Commemorated on April 11; Venerable Sylvester the Abbot of Obnora, Commemorated on April 25; ; New Martyr Ephraim, Commemorated on May 5; Venerable Pachomius the Abbot of Nerekhta, Commemorated on May 15; St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on June 15; Venerable Tikhon of Luchov, Kostroma, Commemorated on June 16; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5 ;

Igritsa (Kostroma River Mouth, Volga River 8.3)
Igritsa, not far from Kostroma, Pesochna River Mouth; Icon of the Mother of God of Igritsa, Commemorated July 28 ;

Theophany monastery, Kostroma (Volga River 8.3) 1400
Theophany Convent and monastery; Icon of the Mother of God of Kostroma, Commemorated on July 28 ; Blessed Simon of Yurievets, Commemorated November 4 ;

Kostroma, Theodore, or Fyodorovskaya Icon Location
Kostroma, St Theodore, or Fyodorovskaya Icon Location; Theophany Convent and monastery; Icon of the Mother of God of Kostroma, Commemorated on July 28 ; Blessed Simon of Yurievets, Commemorated November 4 ; Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on March 14;

Hypasian monestary, Kostroma, 1330
Hypasian monestary; Hypasians; Martyr Agathonicus of Nicomedia, and others who suffered under Maximian, Commemorated August 22 ; St Hypatius of Gangra, Commemorated November 16;

Makariev Transfiguration monastery, Kostroma, Pisma, 1330
Makariev Transfiguration monastery, near Kostroma; Venerable Macarius the Abbot of Pisma, Commemorated January 10 ; St Hypatius of Gangra; St Hypatius the Wonderworker and Bishop of Gangra, Commemorated on March 31;

Ipatiev monastery, near Kostroma, 1330
Ipatiev monastery, near Kostroma; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Lord at Moscow, Commemorated on July 10; St Hypatius of Gangra, Commemorated November 16 ; St Hypatius the Wonderworker and Bishop of Gangra, Commemorated on March 31 ;

Liubimograd and Kostroma
Liubimograd and Kostroma;

Russia, Vologda, Kostroma, Volga River 8.4, Gridenka River Folder

Nerekhta, Kostroma, Yaroslav, Rostov (River Gridenka, near Volga River 8.4)
Nerekhta; Venerable Pachomius the Abbot of Nerekhta, Commemorated on May 15;

Russia, Vologda, Kostroma, Volga River 8.6, Unzha River Folder

Unzha River

Unzha River Source (along the border)

Unzha River Published Source (a confluence)
Unzha River; Venerable Macarius the Abbot of Zheltovod and Unzha;

Unzha River 2 (Makaryev)

Makariev (Unzha River 2, Volga River 8.6)
Makariev (Volga River 9); Venerable Macarius the Abbot of Zheltovod and Unzha, Commemorated on July 25 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Macariev, Commemorated September 17 ; Venerable Barnabas the Abbot of Vetluga, Commemorated on June 11;

Yellow Lake (Unzha River 2)
This is the only lake in the area of Makaryev (Macarius) on the Unzha River. St Dionysius the Archbishop of Suzdal, Commemorated on June 26; Venerable Macarius the Abbot of Zheltovod and Unzha, Commemorated on July 25;

Macarius Monestary at Yellow Lake (Volga River 9) 1435
Macarius Monestary at Yellow Lake (Volga River); Icon of the Mother of God of Macariev, Commemorated September 17; Venerable Macarius the Abbot of Zheltovod and Unzha, Commemorated on July 25 ; Venerable Barnabas the Abbot of Vetluga, Commemorated on June 11; St Dionysius the Archbishop of Suzdal, Commemorated on June 26;

Zheltovod, Kostroma, Macarius Monestary at Yellow Lake (Volga River 9) 1435
Macarius Monestary at Yellow Lake (Volga River); Icon of the Mother of God of Macariev, Commemorated September 17; Venerable Macarius the Abbot of Zheltovod and Unzha, Commemorated on July 25 ; Venerable Barnabas the Abbot of Vetluga, Commemorated on June 11; St Dionysius the Archbishop of Suzdal, Commemorated on June 26;

Lyskov, Kostroma, Vologda (Volga River 9)
Lyskov Town; Icon of the Mother of God of Okonsk, Commemorated July 30 ;

Makaryev (Macarius), Kostroma (Unzha River 2, Volga River 8.6)
Makaryev on the Unzha River; Macarius of the Unza; Venerable Macarius the Abbot of Zheltovod and Unzha, Commemorated on July 25 ; St Metrophanes (in schema Macarius) the Bishop of Voronezh, Commemorated November 23 ; Venerable Macarius the Roman of Novgorod, Commemorated on January 19 ; Venerable Barnabas the Abbot of Vetluga, Commemorated on June 11; St Dionysius the Archbishop of Suzdal, Commemorated on June 26;

Miracle of the Moose
Miracle of the Moose ; Venerable Macarius the Abbot of Zheltovod and Unzha, Commemorated on July 25 ;

Nizhegorod District, Kostroma (Oka, Volga and Vetluga Rivers)
Nizhegorod Oblast; St John the Bishop of Suzdal, Commemorated October 15 ;

Unzha River Mouth (Yurievets, Volga River 9)

Unzha, Kostroma (Unzha River Mouth, Volga River 8.6)
Unzha (Unzha River Mouth, Volga River 9) Venerable Macarius the Abbot of Zheltovod and Unzha, Commemorated on July 25 ; Venerable Barnabas the Abbot of Vetluga, Commemorated on June 11;

Yurievets, Kostroma (Unzha River Mouth, Volga River 8.6)
Yurievets; Blessed Simon of Yurievets, Commemorated on November 4 ; Venerable Barnabas the Abbot of Vetluga, Commemorated on June 11;

Yurievets District, Kostroma (Unzha River Mouth, Volga River 8.6)
Yurievets District; Volga Region; Blessed Simon of Yurievets, Commemorated November 4; Venerable Barnabas the Abbot of Vetluga, Commemorated on June 11;

Russia, Vologda, Kostroma, Volga River 9.3, Vetluga River Folder

Vetluga River

Vetluga River Source (along the border)

Vetluga River 1

Vetluga River 2

Vetluga River 3

Vetluga River 5 (Vetluga)

Vetluga (Red Hill, Vetluga River 5)
Vetluga; Venerable Barnabas the Abbot of Vetluga, Commemorated on June 11;

Vetluga River 6 (Varnavinsk)

Varnavinsk (Vetluga River 6)
Varnavinsk; Venerable Barnabas the Abbot of Vetluga, Commemorated on June 11;

Varnavinsky District
Varnavinsky District;

Vetluga River Mouth (Volga River 9)

Russia, Vologda, Kostroma, Volga River 9.6, Mataya Kokshaga River Folder

Malaya Kokshaga River

Land of the Cheremis People - Mari El
Land of the Cheremis People - Mari El;

Bolshaya Kuznetsa, 15 Versts from Tsarevokokshiask
Bolshaya Kuznetsa, 15 Versts from Tsarevokokshiask ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœMyrrh-BearingÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on May 1;

Tsarevokokshaisk, Kostroma, Vologda (Malaya Kokshaga River 1, near Kazan)
Tsarevokokshaisk ; ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœMyrrh-BearingÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on May 1;

Malaya Kokshaga River Source (Mari El)

Malaya Kokshaga River 1 (Tsarevokokshaisk)

Malaya Kokshaga River (Volga River 9.6)

Russia, Vologda, Mologa Folder (water flows south into Volga)

Mologa (now under water)
Mologa (now under water), These rivers flow to the Volga, but are sometimes called Vologda with the rivers that flow to the White Sea and Artic Ocean. ; Icon of the Mother of God of Tolga, Commemorated July 18 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Ustiuzhena, Commemorated July 28 ; Icon of the Mother of God of White Lake, Commemorated on July 28 ; Venerable Joseph the Abbot of Volokolamsk, Volotsk, Commemorated on September 9 ; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19; Venerable Cyril the Abbot of White Lake, Commemorated on June 9;

Russia, Vologda, Mologa History

Russia, Vologda, Mologda, 1227-1255, Tatar (Mongol) Horde of Batu Conquest of Russia
Tatar (Mongol) Horde of Batu (Batu Khan 1227-1255) Battle of Sita River ; Right-believing George the Great Prince of Vladimir, Commemorated on February 4; Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on March 14; Greatmartyr, Victory-bearer and Wonderworker George, Commemorated on April 23;

Russia, Vologda, Mologda, 1238, Battle of Sit River
Mologda, Vologda, 1238, Battle of Sit River ; Right-believing George the Great Prince of Vladimir, Commemorated on February 4; Icon of the Mother of God of St Theodore, Commemorated on March 14; Greatmartyr, Victory-bearer and Wonderworker George, Commemorated on April 23;

Russia, Vologda, Mologa, 1357-1427, Saint Cyril of White Lake monastery, Sheksna, Vologda

Russia, Vologda, Mologa, 1453-1508, Saint, Nilus of Sora
Russia, Moscow, 1453-1508, Saint, Nilus of Sora; Repose of the Venerable Nilus the Abbot of Sora, Commemorated on May 7;

Russia, Vologda, Mologa, 1500-1550, Saint, Adrian of Poshekhonye
Poshekhonye; Venerable Simon the Abbot of Soiga Monastery, Vologda, Commemorated November 24 ; Venerable Sebastian the Abbot of Pshekhonye Monastery, Vologda, Commemorated on December 18 ; Venerable Sebastian of Poshekhonye, Commemorated February 26 ; Monkmartyr Adrian of Poshekhonye, Yaroslavl, Commemorated on March 5; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19;

Russia, Vologda, Mologa, 1625, Finding the Relics of Saint Adrian of Poshekhonye
Poshekhonye; Finding of the relics of Monastic Martyr Adrian of Poshekhonsk, Yaroslavl, Commemorated on November 19; Venerable Simon the Abbot of Soiga Monastery, Vologda, Commemorated November 24 ; Venerable Sebastian the Abbot of Pshekhonye Monastery, Vologda, Commemorated on December 18 ; Venerable Sebastian of Poshekhonye, Commemorated February 26 ; Monkmartyr Adrian of Poshekhonye, Yaroslavl, Commemorated on March 5; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19;

Russia, Vologda, Mologa, Sheksna River Folder, White Lake

Sheksna River

Sheksna River Source (White Lake)

Eastern Regions of White Lake
Eastern Regions of White Lake; Finding of the relics of the Venerable Cyril the Abbot of Novoezersk, Vologda, Commemorated on November 7;

White Lake, Mologa, Vologda, Sheksna River Source
White Lake; Icon of the Mother of God of Tolga, Commemorated July 18 ; Icon of the Mother of God of White Lake, Commemorated on July 28 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Tolga, Commemorated on August 8; Venerable Herodion the Abbot of Iloezersk, Commemorated on September 28 ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Martinian the Abbot of Byeloezersk, Commemorated on October 7 ; Saints Paul and Theodore of Rostov, Commemorated on October 22; Venerable Cyril the Abbot of Chelma Hill, Commemorated on December 8 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Tolga, Commemorated July 18 ; Icon of the Mother of God of White Lake, Commemorated July 28 ; Venerable Herodion the Abbot of Iloezersk; St Philip the Abbot of Irap Near Novgorod; Venerable Cyril the Abbot of Chelma Hill, Commemorated on December 8; Venerable Ignatius of Loma and Yaroslav, Commemorated December 28 ; St Anthony of Krasny Kholm, Commemorated on January 17 ; Venerable Cyril the Abbot and Wonderworker of Novoezersk, Novgorod, Commemorated on February 4 ; Venerable Therapon the Abbot of White Lake, Commemorated on May 27; Venerable Dionysius the Abbot of Glushetsk, Vologda, Commemorated on June 1 ; Venerable Martinian the Abbot of Byeloezersk; Venerable Cyril the Abbot of White Lake, Commemorated on June 9;

New Lake, Mologa, Vologda, Sheksna River Source
White Lake; Icon of the Mother of God of Tolga, Commemorated July 18 ; Icon of the Mother of God of White Lake, Commemorated on July 28 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Tolga, Commemorated on August 8; Venerable Herodion the Abbot of Iloezersk, Commemorated on September 28 ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Martinian the Abbot of Byeloezersk, Commemorated on October 7 ; Venerable Cyril the Abbot of Chelma Hill, Commemorated on December 8 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Tolga, Commemorated July 18 ; Icon of the Mother of God of White Lake, Commemorated July 28 ; Venerable Herodion the Abbot of Iloezersk; St Philip the Abbot of Irap Near Novgorod; Venerable Cyril the Abbot of Chelma Hill, Commemorated on December 8; Venerable Ignatius of Loma and Yaroslav, Commemorated December 28 ; St Anthony of Krasny Kholm, Commemorated on January 17 ; Venerable Cyril the Abbot and Wonderworker of Novoezersk, Novgorod, Commemorated on February 4 ; Venerable Therapon the Abbot of White Lake, Commemorated on May 27; Venerable Dionysius the Abbot of Glushetsk, Vologda, Commemorated on June 1 ; Venerable Martinian the Abbot of Byeloezersk; Venerable Cyril the Abbot of White Lake, Commemorated on June 9;

Byeloezersk, Mologa (South side, Lake Beloye, White Lake)
Byeloezersk (Lake Beloye, White Lake); Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Martinian the Abbot of Byeloezersk, Commemorated on October 7 ; Venerable Cyril the Abbot of Chelma Hill, Commemorated on December 8 ; Venerable Martinian the Abbot of Byeloezersk, Commemorated January 12 ; Venerable Dionysius the Abbot of Glushetsk, Vologda, Commemorated on June 1 ; Icon of the Mother of God of White Lake, Commemorated on June 8; Venerable Cyril the Abbot of White Lake, Commemorated on June 9; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5;

Iloezersk, Mologa (Lake Beloye, White Lake)
Iloezersk (Lake Beloye, White Lake); Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Martinian the Abbot of Byeloezersk, Commemorated on October 7 ; Venerable Cyril the Abbot of Chelma Hill, Commemorated on December 8 ; Venerable Martinian the Abbot of Byeloezersk, Commemorated January 12 ; Venerable Dionysius the Abbot of Glushetsk, Vologda, Commemorated on June 1 ; Icon of the Mother of God of White Lake, Commemorated on June 8; Venerable Cyril the Abbot of White Lake, Commemorated on June 9; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5;

Elias Lake
White Lake, Saint Herodion settled at Elias Lake, 20 kilometers from White Lake ;

Elias Lake Ozadsk monastery, White Lake, Mologda, Vologda, 1537
White Lake, Saint Herodion settled at Elias Lake, 20 kilometers from White Lake, and there on a peninsula he built himself a cell and established a church in honor of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos, marking the beginning of the Elias Lake Ozadsk monastery; Venerable Herodion the Abbot of Iloezersk, Commemorated on September 28 ;

Shug Hill? Shuzhgorsk? (the only hill in the White Lake area)
Shug Hill? Shuzhgorsk? (the only hill in the White Lake area). Turn up the gain by exaggerating Elevation to 3 in Tools Options to see it; Venerable Daniel the Abbot of Shuzhgorsk, Novgorod, Commemorated on September 21;

Vorbozomsk monastery, Mologa, Vologda, 1470 approx.
Vorbozomsk monastery, Mologa, Vologda Venerable Zosimas the Abbot of Vorbozomsk, Commemorated on April 4; Saint Zosimas of Vorbozomsk was the founder of a monastery dedicated to the Annuniciation of the Most Holy Theotokos on an island in Lake Vorbozoma, twenty-three versts south of White Lake.

Lake Vorbozoma
Lake Vorbozoma Venerable Zosimas the Abbot of Vorbozomsk, Commemorated on April 4; Saint Zosimas of Vorbozomsk was the founder of a monastery dedicated to the Annuniciation of the Most Holy Theotokos on an island in Lake Vorbozoma, twenty-three versts south of White Lake.

White Lake monastery, Mologa (Lake Siverskoye, Sheksna River) 1390
White Lake Monestary; Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery; St Theodore the Prince of Smolensk and Yaroslav, Commemorated September 19 ; Venerable Daniel the Abbot of Shuzhgorsk, Novgorod, Commemorated on September 21 ; Saints Paul and Theodore of Rostov, Commemorated on October 22; Finding of the relics of the Venerable Cyril the Abbot of Novoezersk, Vologda, Commemorated on November 7 ; St Theodore the Archbishop of Rostov, Commemorated on November 28 ; Venerable Sabbatius the Wonderworker of Solovki; Venerable Ignatius of Loma and Yaroslav, Commemorated December 28 ; Hieromartyr Philip the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated January 9 ; Venerable Martinian the Abbot of Byeloezersk, Commemorated January 12 ; Venerable Cyril the Abbot and Wonderworker of Novoezersk, Novgorod, Commemorated on February 4 ; Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Oshevensk, Commemorated on April 20; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19; Venerable Therapon the Abbot of White Lake, Commemorated on May 27; Venerable Dionysius the Abbot of Glushetsk, Vologda, Commemorated on June 1 ; Venerable Cyril the Abbot of White Lake, Commemorated on June 9;

St Cyril Belozersky (White Lake) Monestary, Mologda, 1390
St Cyril Belozersky Monestary; Icon of the Mother of God of White Lake, Commemorated on July 28 ; Finding of the relics of the Venerable Cyril the Abbot of Novoezersk, Vologda, Commemorated on November 7 ; Hieromartyr Philip the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on January 9 ; Venerable Martinian the Abbot of Byeloezersk, Commemorated January 12 ; Venerable Cyril the Abbot and Wonderworker of Novoezersk, Novgorod, Commemorated on February 4 ; Venerable Nicephorus of Vazheozersk, Commemorated on February 9; St Innocent of Komel the Disciple of St Nilus of Sora, Vologda, Commemorated on March 19; Venerable Zosimas the Abbot of Vorbozomsk, Commemorated on April 4; Venerable Cyril the Abbot of White Lake, Commemorated on June 9;

Cyrillov (Kirillov) monastery, Mologa Vologda (Sheksna River, White Lake monastery)1390
Kirillov monastery ; Venerable Daniel the Abbot of Shuzhgorsk, Novgorod, Commemorated on September 21 ; St Theodore the Archbishop of Rostov, Commemorated on November 28 ; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19; Venerable Dionysius the Abbot of Glushetsk, Vologda, Commemorated on June 1 ; Venerable Cyril the Abbot of White Lake, Commemorated on June 9;

Kirillov (Cyrillov) monastery, Mologa Vologda (Sheksna River, White Lake monastery)1390
Kirillov monastery ; Venerable Daniel the Abbot of Shuzhgorsk, Novgorod, Commemorated on September 21 ; St Theodore the Archbishop of Rostov, Commemorated on November 28 ; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19; Venerable Dionysius the Abbot of Glushetsk, Vologda, Commemorated on June 1 ; Venerable Cyril the Abbot of White Lake, Commemorated on June 9;

Therapon's Ferapontov Monastery, Mologda, Vologda, 1398
Therapon's Ferapontov Monastery; Theraponov monastery was 50 versts from St Cyril's White Lake Monastery betwee two lakes: St Therapon moved to another place fifteen versts away from Cyril, between two lakes, Borodava and Pava. Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Martinian the Abbot of Byeloezersk, Commemorated on October 7 ; Venerable Cassian of Uglich, Commemorated on October 2 ; Venerable Martinian the Abbot of Byeloezersk, Commemorated on January 12 ; Venerable Therapon the Abbot of White Lake, Commemorated on May 27; Icon of the Mother of God of White Lake, Commemorated on June 8;

Lake Siverskoye, Mologa (Siversk)

Sheksna River 1 (Cherepovets and White Lake Monastery)

Russia, Vologda, Mologa, Sheksna River 1, Yagorba River Folder

Yagorba River

Yagorba River Source (Valdai Hills)

Yagorba River Mouth (Cherepovets, Sheksna River 1)

Cherepovetsk district of Novgorod governance
Cherepovetsk district of Novgorod governance; Icon of the Mother of God of Voroninsk, Commemorated July 28 ; St Athanasius, "the Iron Staff" and disciple of St Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated November 26 ;

Cherepovets Resurrection monastery, Yagorba Mouth, Mologa, 1362
Cherepovets Resurrection monastery, Yagorba Mouth, Mologa, 1362; Icon of the Mother of God of Voroninsk, Commemorated on July 28; St Athanasius, "the Iron Staff" and disciple of St Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated November 26 ; Venerable Sebastian of Poshekhonye, Commemorated on February 26; St Theodosius of Cherepovets, Commemorated ;

Cherepovets, Yagorba Mouth, Sheksna River 1 , Mologa, Vologda
Cherepovets ; Icon of the Mother of God of Voroninsk, Commemorated on July 28; St Philip the Abbot of Irap Near Novgorod, Commemorated November 13; St Athanasius, "the Iron Staff" and disciple of St Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated November 26 ; Venerable Sebastian of Poshekhonye, Commemorated on February 26; St Theodosius of Cherepovets, Commemorated ;

Cherepovets Resurrection monastery, 1363
Cherepovets Resurrection monastery, 1363; Saint Athanasius, Ã¢Â€Âœthe Iron StaffÃ¢Â€ÂÂÂÂ and Saint Theodosius of Cherepovets, disciples of Saint Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on November 26;

Irap near Novgorod, 45 versts from Cherepovets, Yagorba Mouth, Sheksna River 1 , Mologa, Vologda
Irap near Novgorod, 45 versts from Cherepovets, Yagorba Mouth, Sheksna River 1 , Mologa, Vologda Cherepovets ; Saint Philip, Abbot of Irap Near Novgorod, Commemorated on November 14;

Sheksna River Mouth (Volga River 7)

Russia, Vologda, Mologda, Sheksna River Mouth, Sogozha (Sokhota) River Folder, Poshekhonsky District

Sogozha River

Sogozha River Source (along the border)

Sogozha River 1

Sogozha River 2 (Transfiguration Monastery)

Sogozha River 3 (Poshekhonye)

Poshekhonye, Yaroslavl, Mologa, Vologda (Sogozha River 3)
Poshekhonye; Finding of the relics of Monastic Martyr Adrian of Poshekhonsk, Yaroslavl, Commemorated on November 19; Venerable Simon the Abbot of Soiga Monastery, Vologda, Commemorated November 24 ; Venerable Sebastian the Abbot of Pshekhonye Monastery, Vologda, Commemorated on December 18 ; Venerable Sebastian of Poshekhonye, Commemorated February 26 ; Monkmartyr Adrian of Poshekhonye, Yaroslavl, Commemorated on March 5; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19;

Transfiguration of the Lord monastary, Poshekhonye District, Mologa
Transfiguration of the Lord monestary, located at the River Sokhota, 90 versts from the city of Romanov (now Tutaev) in the Yaroslav district. Venerable Sebastian of Poshekhonye Commemorated on February 26 Saint Sebastian of Sokhota, Poshekhonye, founded a monastery in honor of the Transfiguration of the Lord, located at the River Sokhota, 90 versts from the city of Romanov (now Tutaev) in the Yaroslav district. The monks of the monastery themselves cultivated the soil and ate through the work of their own hands. The founder of the monastery taught the ascetics this by his own example and guidance. Saint Sebastian reposed about the year 1500. The Transfiguration monastery on the River Sokhota was later annexed to the Cherepovets Ascension monastery, and in 1764 closed down. In the mid-nineteenth century a stone church was built over the relics of Saint Sebastian. The saint is also commemorated on December 18. . Venerable Sebastian the Abbot of Pshekhonye Monastery, Vologda, Commemorated on December 18 ;

Sogozha River Mouth (Sheksna River 7, Volga River 7)

Poshekhonsky District, Yaroslavl, Mologa, Vologda (Mouth of the Sogozha)
Poshekhonsky District; Finding of the relics of Monastic Martyr Adrian of Poshekhonsk, Yaroslavl, Commemorated on November 19; Venerable Simon the Abbot of Soiga Monastery, Vologda, Commemorated November 24 ; Venerable Sebastian of Poshekhonye, Commemorated on February 26; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19;

Russia, Vologda, Mologa, Mologa River Folder, Glushitsa, Battle of Sita River

Mologa River

Mologa River Source (Valdai Hills)

Mologa River North

Mologa River North Source (along the border)

Mologa River 2 (Bezhetsk)

Bezhetsk, Mologa, Vologda (Mologa River 2)(one of five Novgorod Districts)
Bezhetsk (Mologa River 1); St Bassian of Uglich, Commemorated on February 12 ; Monkmartyr Euphrosynus of Blue Jay Lake, Novgorod, Commemorated on March 20;

Mologa River 1 (Krasny Kholm)

Krasny Kholm, Mologa, Vologda (Mologa River 1)
Krasny Kholm; St Anthony of Krasny Kholm, Commemorated January 17 ;

Mologa River 3 (Pestovo)

Mologa River 4 (Ustiuzhena and Zhelezny Bor)

Zhelezny Bor (Mologa River 4)
Zhelezny Bor (Mologa River 4); Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable James the Abbot of Zhelezny Bor, Commemorated on May 5;

Ustiuzhena, Mologa, Vologda (Mologa 4)
Ustiuzhena; Icon of the Mother of God of Ustiuzhena, Commemorated July 28 ; Monkmartyr Euphrosynus of Blue Jay Lake, Novgorod, Commemorated on March 20 ;

Blue Jay Lake? (a lake 20 Versts from Ustiuzhena)
Blue Jay Lake? (a lake 20 Versts from Ustiuzhena) Monkmartyr Euphrosynus of Blue Jay Lake, Novgorod, Commemorated on March 20;

Mologa River Mouth (Volga River 7)

Glushitsa, Mologa, Vologda (Mologa River Mouth, Volga River 7)
Glushitsa, Mologa, Vologda; St. Philip of Rabanga, Commemorated on November 15; Venerable Dionysius the Abbot of Glushitsa, Vologda, Commemorated on June 1;

Sit River

Sit River Source

Battle of the Sit (Sita) River, 1238
Battle of the Sit (Sita) River; Right-believing George the Great Prince of Vladimir, Commemorated on February 4;

Sit River Mouth (Mologa River Mouth, Volga River 7)

Russia, Vologda, Mologa, Kouzha River Folder

Kouzha River

Lake Kovzhskoye, Kouzha Source, Mologa, Vologda
Lake Kovzhskoye; Venerable Nicephorus of Vazheozersk, Commemorated on February 9;

Kouzha River Source (Lake Kovzhskoye)

Kouzha River 1

Oshevensk, 50 miles northwest of Kargopol on the Churyuga River.
Oshevensk, 50 miles northwest of Kargopol on the Churyuga River.; Kargopol; Venerable Diodorus the Abbot of Yuregorsk, Commemorated November 20 ; Venerable Cyril the Abbot of Chelma Hill, Commemorated on December 8 ; Righteous Athanasius of Novolotsk, Commemorated January 18 ; Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Oshevensk, Commemorated on April 20;

Kouzha River Mouth (White Lake)

Russia, Vologda, White Sea Folder (Water goes to White Sea)

White Sea
White Sea; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Zosimas of Solovki, Commemorated on August 8; Venerable Theodoritus the Enlightener of the Lapps, Solovki, Commemorated on August 17; St Barlaam of Keretsk, Commemorated January 15 ; Righteous Athanasius of Novolotsk, Commemorated January 18 ; Venerable Athanasius the Abbot of Syandemsk, Vologda, Commemorated on January 18 ; St Gerasimus the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated January 29 ; Venerable Abraham of Pechenga, Vologda, Commemorated February 4 ; Venerable Coprius of Pechenga, Vologda, Commemorated February 4 ; Venerable Theodore of Sanaxar, Commemorated on February 19 ; Venerable Polycarp of Briansk, Commemorated February 23 ; Venerable Lazarus of Murom, Commemorated on March 8; Monkmartyr Euphrosynus of Blue Jay Lake, Novgorod, Commemorated on March 20; Venerable Zosimas the Abbot of Solovki, Commemorated on April 17; Venerable Euthymius the Enlightener of Karelia and Finland, Commemorated on April 18; Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Oshevensk, Commemorated on April 20; Venerable Sergius of Shukhtom, Commemorated on May 19; Finding of the relics of the Venerable Bassian the Monk of Pertomsk, Solovki, Commemorated on June 5; Glorification of St John of Kronstadt, Commemorated on June 8 ; Venerable Elisha of Suma, Solovki, Commemorated on June 14 ; Venerable Sergius the Wonderworker of Valaam, Commemorated on June 28;

Russia, Vologda, White Sea, Vyg River Folder, Karelia

Vyg River

Vyg River - Upper Vyg River
Vyg River - Upper Vyg River; St. Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on August 19;

Upper Vyg River, Karelia, White Sea Region, Vologda
Upper Vyg River, White Sea Region, Vologda; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on August 19; Hieromartyr Philip the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated January 9 ;

Karelian People
Karelian People; Karelia; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on August 19; Martyr Bassa of Edessa, and her sons, Commemorated on August 21; Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Svir, Commemorated on August 30; Venerable Athanasius the Abbot of Syandemsk, Vologda, Commemorated on January 18 ; Monkmartyr Euphrosynus of Blue Jay Lake, Novgorod, Commemorated on March 20; Venerable Polycarp of Briansk, Commemorated February 23 ; Monkmartyr Euphrosynus of Blue Jay Lake, Novgorod, Commemorated on March 20; Venerable Euthymius the Enlightener of Karelia and Finland, Commemorated on April 18; Venerable Sergius the Wonderworker of Valaam, Commemorated on June 28;

Karelia, White Sea Region, Vologda, Vyg River
Karelia; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on August 19; Martyr Bassa of Edessa, and her sons, Commemorated on August 21; Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Svir, Commemorated on August 30; Venerable Athanasius the Abbot of Syandemsk, Vologda, Commemorated on January 18 ; Monkmartyr Euphrosynus of Blue Jay Lake, Novgorod, Commemorated on March 20; Venerable Polycarp of Briansk, Commemorated February 23 ; Monkmartyr Euphrosynus of Blue Jay Lake, Novgorod, Commemorated on March 20; Venerable Euthymius the Enlightener of Karelia and Finland, Commemorated on April 18; Venerable Sergius the Wonderworker of Valaam, Commemorated on June 28;

Karelia, Republic of Karelia, White Sea Region, Vologda
Republic of Karelia ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Herman of Solovki, Commemorated on July 30; Valaam Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on August 7; Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Svir, Commemorated on August 30; Glorification of the Priestmartyr Alexander Hotovitzky, Commemorated Decimber 4 ; St Barlaam of Keretsk, Commemorated January 15 ; Venerable Athanasius the Abbot of Syandemsk, Vologda, Commemorated on January 18 ;

Vyg River Mouth (Solovki, Onega Bay, White Sea)
Venerable Sabbatius the Wonderworker of Solovki, Commemorated on September 27;

Russia, Vologda, White Sea, Solovki Folder

Solovki
Solovki prison camp and monestary: seven versts (Kilometers) from Solovki.; Venerable Irenarchus the Abbot of Solovki, Commemorated on July 17; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Herman of Solovki, Commemorated on July 30; Venerable Job of Ushchelsk, Commemorated August 5; Venerable Theodoritus the Enlightener of the Lapps, Solovki, Commemorated on August 17; Icon of the Mother of God "œO All-Hymned Mother", Commemorated on October 6; Hieromartyr Hilarion, Archbishop of Vereiya, Commemorated December 15 ; Venerable Sergius the Wonderworker of Valaam, Commemorated on June 28;

Filomonov Wharf, Solovki, White Sea Area
Filomonov Wharf: at the Solovki Prison Camp and Solovetsky monestary seven versts (kilometers) from Solovki. Hieromartyr Hilarion, Archbishop of Vereiya, Commemorated December 15 ;

Keretsk, Lake Keretsk, White Sea Region
Lake Keretsk ; St Barlaam of Keretsk, Commemorated January 15 ;

Solovetsky Monastery, White Sea, 1436
Solovetsky Monastery ; Venerable Irenarchus the Abbot of Solovki, Commemorated on July 17; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Herman of Solovki, Commemorated on July 30; Translation of the relics of Hieromartyr Philip the Metropolitan of Moscow; Venerable Job of Ushchelsk, Commemorated on August 5; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Zosimas of Solovki, Commemorated on August 8; Venerable Theodoritus the Enlightener of the Lapps, Solovki, Commemorated on August 17 ; Repose of St Jonah the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on November 5 ; Venerable Theodoritus the Enlightener of the Lapps, Solovki; Venerable Diodorus the Abbot of Yuregorsk, Commemorated on November 20 ; St Gennadius the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated December 4 ; Repose of the Venerable Seraphim the Wonderworker of Sarov, Commemorated January 2 ; Hieromartyr Philip the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated January 9 ; Venerable Eleazar of Anzersk Island, Solovki, Commemorated January 13 ; Venerable Theodore of Sanaxar, Commemorated on February 19 ; Venerable Zosimas the Abbot of Solovki, Commemorated on April 17; Venerable Sergius of Shukhtom, Commemorated on May 19; Finding of the relics of the Venerable Bassian the Monk of Pertomsk, Solovki, Commemorated on June 5; Venerable Elisha of Suma, Solovki, Commemorated on June 14; Translation of the relics of Hieromartyr Philip the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on July 3 ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5;

Solovki Preobrazhensky (Transfiguration) cathedral, Solovki, 1556
Solovki Preobrazhensky (Transfiguration) cathedral, Solovki, 1556; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Sabbatius of Solovki, Commemorated on August 8;

Solovki prison camp, White Sea
Solovki prison camp: seven versts (Kilometers) from Solovki. Hieromartyr Hilarion, Archbishop of Vereiya, Commemorated December 15 ; Venerable Theodore of Sanaxar, Commemorated on February 19 ;

Kemperpunkt camp, Solovki prison camp, White Sea
Solovki prison camp: seven versts (Kilometers) from Solovki. Hieromartyr Hilarion, Archbishop of Vereiya, Commemorated December 15 ; Venerable Theodore of Sanaxar, Commemorated on February 19 ; Venerable Nikon of Optina, Commemorated on June 25;

Solovki Islands, White Sea
Solovki Islands; Venerable Irenarchus the Abbot of Solovki, Commemorated on July 17; Venerable Theodoritus the Enlightener of the Lapps, Solovki, Commemorated on August 17 ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Herman of Solovki ; Second Translation of the relics of the Venerable Zosimas of Solovki; Venerable Sabbatius the Wonderworker of Solovki, September 27 ; Icon of the Mother of God Ã¢Â€ÂœO All-Hymned MotherÃ¢Â€ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on October 6; Hieromartyr Hilarion, Archbishop of Vereiya, Commemorated December 15 ; Finding of the relics of the Venerable Bassian the Monk of Pertomsk, Solovki, Commemorated on June 5 ; Venerable Elisha of Suma, Solovki, Commemorated on June 14 ;

Anzersk Island, Solovki
Anzersk Island, Solovki; Venerable Eleazar of Anzersk Island, Solovki, Commemorated January 13 ;

Russia, Vologda, White Sea, Onega River Folder (Onega Bay)

Onega Lake and River, Land of the Chud People (east of St Petersburg)
Chud People; St Sergius of Malopinega, Commemorated on November 16 ; St Vsevolod (in holy baptism Gabriel) the Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated February 11 ; Venerable Lazarus of Murom, Commemorated on March 8;

Onega River

Onega River Source (Lake Lacha)
Lake Lacha ;

Russia, Vologda, White Sea, Onega River Source, Lake Vozha and Sora River Folder

Sovza River (Sora River?)

Sora, Vologda (Sora River Mouth, Vozhe Lake)
Sora? Since the Sora river of Vologda and Lake Kuben is described as this river, the Sora would probably be this location. Repose of the Venerable Nilus the Abbot of Sora, Commemorated on May 7; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19;

Lake Vozha, Onega Source, White Sea
Lake Vozha; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Martinian the Abbot of Byeloezersk, Commemorated on October 7; Venerable Martinian the Abbot of Byeloezersk; Venerable Nicephorus of Vazheozersk;

Vazheozersk, Vologda
Vazheozersk; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Martinian the Abbot of Byeloezersk, Commemorated on October 7; Venerable Nicephorus of Vazheozersk, Commemorated on February 9;

Svid River

Svid River from Vozhe to Lacha

Oshevensk is 50 miles NW of Kargopol on Kouzha River

Kargopol, White Sea, Vologda (Onega River Source, Lake Lacha)
Kargopol; Venerable Diodorus the Abbot of Yuregorsk, Commemorated November 20 ; Venerable Cyril the Abbot of Chelma Hill, Commemorated on December 8 ; Righteous Athanasius of Novolotsk, Commemorated January 18 ; Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Oshevensk, Commemorated on April 20;

Kargopolsky District, White Sea Region, Vologda
Kargopolsky District; Venerable Cyril the Abbot of Chelma Hill, Commemorated December 8 ; Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Oshevensk, Commemorated on April 20;

Lake Lacha
Lake Lacha ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Martinian the Abbot of Byeloezersk, Commemorated on October 7; Venerable Cyril the Abbot of Chelma Hill, Commemorated on December 8 ; Venerable Martinian the Abbot of Byeloezersk; Venerable Nicephorus of Vazheozersk, Commemorated on February 9;

Onega River 1

Onega River 2 (Pachomiev Monastery, Kena River)

Russia, Vologda, White Sea, Onega River 2, Kena River Folder

Kena River

Kena River Source (Lake Kenozero)

Keno Lake, Onega River, White Sea, Vologda (Lake Kenozero, Kena River)
Keno Lake (Lake Kenozero, Kena River); St Brannock of Braunton, Commemorated January 7 ;

Kena River 1

Pachomiev wilderness monastery, White Sea Region, Vologda, 1493
Pachomiev wilderness monastery somewhere on the short River Kena. Venerable Anthony the Abbot of Siya, Novgorod, Commemorated December 7; St. Pachomius of Keno Lake, Commemorated on January 7;

Ancient church of st. paraskeva. village izmailovskaya .arkhangelsk region, russia
Ancient church of st. paraskeva. village izmailovskaya .arkhangelsk region, russia; St. Paraskeva-Pyatnitsa monastery; Multiplier of Wheat Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on October 15;

Kena River Mouth (Onega River 2)

Onega River 3

Onega River 4 (near Kozhe Lake)

Onega River 5 (Koza River Mouth)

Russia, Vologda, White Sea, Onega River 5, Koza River Folder

Koza River

Koza River 1 (Kozhe Lake)

Kozheozersky Monastery (Onega Basin)
Kozheozersky Monestary; Venerable Serapion of Kozhe Lake, Commemorated on June 27 ; Venerable Nicodemus the Abbot of Kozhe Lake, Commemorated on July 3;

Kozhe Lake (Lake Kozhozero)
Lake Kozhozero; Venerable Serapion of Kozhe Lake, Commemorated on June 27 ; Venerable Nicodemus the Abbot of Kozhe Lake, Commemorated on July 3;

Koza River Mouth (Onega River 5)

Koza River Source

Onega River Mouth (Onega Bay, White Sea)
Venerable Sabbatius the Wonderworker of Solovki, Commemorated on September 27; Venerable Diodorus the Abbot of Yuregorsk, Commemorated on November 20;

Russia, Vologda, White Sea, Northern Dvina River Folder

Northern Dvina River

Northern Dvina River Source (Yug and Sukhona (Kuben) Rivers

Russia, Vologda, White Sea, Northern Dvina Source, Sukhona River Folder, Lake Kuben, Ustiug

Sukhona (Kuben) River

Russia, Vologda, White Sea, Northern Dvina, Sukhona River Source, Lake Kuben Folder, Kubena,Sora Rivers

Lake Kuben Folder

Lake Kuben
Lake Kuben or Lake Kubenskoye; Blessed Basil of Kubensk, Commemorated on August 2; Venerable Euthymius of Syanzhemsk, Vologda; Venerable Joseph of Zaonikiev Monastery, Vologda, Commemorated on September 21;

Savior-Kamen monastery, Lake Kuben, Vologda, 1260
Savior-Kamen monastery; Blessed Basil of Kubensk, August 2nd ; Venerable Euthymius of Syanzhemsk, Vologda, Commemorated January 20 ; +- Venerable Joseph of Zaonikiev Monastery, Vologda, Commemorated on September 21 ;

Kamenny monastery, Lake Kuben, Vologda, 1260
Kamenny monastery, Lake Kuben, Vologda, 1260; Blessed Basil of Kubensk, August 2nd ; Venerable Euthymius of Syanzhemsk, Vologda, Commemorated January 20 ; +- Venerable Joseph of Zaonikiev Monastery, Vologda, Commemorated on September 21 ;

Zaonikev Monastery (Lake Kuben, Kubensk, Vologda, Kamenny Monastery) 1260
Kamenny Monastery; Venerable Prince Andrew, in Monasticism Joasaph, of Kubensk, Vologda, Commemorated on September 10 ; Venerable Joseph of Zaonikiev Monastery, Vologda, Commemorated on September 21 ;

Kubena River Folder

Kubena River

Kubena River Source (along the border, to the Volga)

Vologda forest (Vologda Region)
Vologda forest; Vologda Oblast is mostly forest, the saints referred to Vologda Region as the whole drainage to the north and east, and sometimes everything north of the Volga. Venerable Sergius the Obedient of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 7; Venerable Coprius of Pechenga, Vologda, Commemorated February 4 ; Venerable Gennadius of Kostroma; Venerable Gerasimus of Vologda, Commemorated on March 4 ;

Kubena River Mouth (Lake Kuben)

Kubensk, Vologda (Lake Kuben)
Kubensk, Vologda (Lake Kuben) is not defined in wikipedia, but it is probably right here next to the Kubena River at the mouth of Lake Kuben. If not then Kubensk may be another name for Kamenny Monastery. ; Venerable Prince Andrew, in Monasticism Joasaph, of Kubensk, Vologda, Commemorated on September 10 ; Venerable Joseph of Zaonikiev Monastery, Vologda, Commemorated on September 21 ;

Syanzhema River Folder

Syanzhema River

Syanzhemsk River Source (along the border, to the Volga)

Syanzhema River Mouth (Kubena River, Vologda)
Syamzhena River; Venerable Chariton of Syanzhemsk, Vologda;

Syanzhemsk (Sukhona (Kuben) River Source, Syanzhema River Mouth)
Syanzhemsk (Sukhona (Kuben) River Source, Syanzhema River Mouth) Venerable Euthymius of Syanzhemsk, Vologda, Commemorated on January 20;

Sukhona (Kuben) River Source (Lake Kuben)

Sukhona (Kuben) River 1 (Vologda River Mouth)

Russia, Vologda, White Sea, Northern Dvina, Sukhona River 1, Lezha River Folder

Lezha River

Lezha River Source (along the border)

Lezha River Mouth (Sukhona River 1)

Sukhona (Kuben) River 2 (Sodima River Mouth)

Russia, Vologda, White Sea, Northern Dvina, Sukhona River 2, Sodima River Folder

Sodima River

Kadnikova (Sodima and Rabanga Rivers, Vologda)
Kadnikova (Sodima River); Martyr Galacteon of Vologda, Commemorated on September 24 ; St Philip of Rabanga, Commemorated on November 15 ;

Rabanga River

Rabanga (Sodima and Rabanga Rivers, Vologda)
Kadnikova (Sodima River); Martyr Galacteon of Vologda, Commemorated on September 24 ; St Philip of Rabanga, Commemorated on November 15 ;

Sodima River Mouth (Sukhona (Kuben) River 2)

Sukhona river 3 (Dvinista River Mouth)

Russia, Vologda, White Sea, Northern Dvina, Sukhona River 3, Dvinista River Folder

Dvinista River

Dvinista River Source (southeast of the town of Kharovsk, to the Volga)

Dvinista River 1

Dvinista River 2

Dvinista River 3

Dvinitsa River Mouth (Sukhona River 3)

Sukhona River 4

Sukhona River 5 (Totma)

Totma Ephraimov (Spaso-Sumorin) monastery, Vologda, 1554 & 1685
Spaso-Sumorin monastery; Icon of the Mother of God of Sumorin-Totem, Commemorated on January 28 ; Venerable Theodosius the Abbot of Totma, Vologda, Commemorated on January 28 ;

Totma, Vologda (Sukhona River 5)
Totma (Sukhona River 5); Venerable Bassian of Tikhsnen, Vologda, Commemorated September 12 ; Blessed Andrew of Totma the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated on October 10 ; Blessed Maximus the Fool-for-Christ of Totma, Vologda, Commemorated January 16 ; Venerable Theodosius the Abbot of Totma, Vologda, Commemorated January 28 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Sumorin-Totem, Commemorated January 28 ;

Spaso-Sumorin (Totma Ephraimov) monastery, Vologda, 1554 & 1685
Spaso-Sumorin monastery; Icon of the Mother of God of Sumorin-Totem, Commemorated on January 28 ; Venerable Theodosius the Abbot of Totma, Vologda, Commemorated on January 28 ;

Tiksnensk [Totemsk] District (Sukhona River 5)
Totemsk District; Venerable Bassian of Tikhsnen, Vologda, Commemorated September 12 ; Blessed Maximus the Fool-for-Christ of Totma, Vologda, Commemorated January 16 ;

Sukhona River 6

Sukhona River 7

Sukhona (Kuben) River Mouth (Ustiug, Yug River Mouth, Northern Dvina River Source)
St Philip of Sukhona, Commemorated August 17 ;

Ustiug, Vologda (Skukhona and Yug Rivers, Northern Dvina Source)
Ustiug, Vologda; Icon of the Mother of God of Seven Lakes, Commemorated on July 28; St Philip of Sukhona, Commemorated on August 17 ; Miracle of the Annunciation Icon of the Mother of God at Ustiug ; St Cyprian of Ustiug, Commemorated September 29 ; Venerable Amphilochius the Abbot of Glushetsa, Commemorated October 12 ; Icon of the Mother of God of the Seven Lakes, Commemorated on October 13 ; Icon of the Mother of God of the Seven Lakes, Commemorated July 28 ; Righteous Procopius the Fool-For-Christ and Wonderworker of Ustiug, Vologda; St Metrophanes (in schema Macarius) the Bishop of Voronezh; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated January 29 ; The Annunciation of our Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, Commemorated on March 25; St Stephen the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on April 26; Repose of the Blessed John of Ustiug the Fool-for-Christ, Commemorated on May 29; Venerable Barnabas the Abbot of Vetluga, Commemorated on June 11; Miracle of the Annunciation Icon of the Mother of God at Ustiug, Commemorated on July 8 ; Righteous Procopius the Fool-For-Christ and Wonderworker of Ustiug, Vologda, Commemorated on July 8;

Russia, Vologda, White Sea, Northern Dvina Source, Yug River Folder, Ustiug

Yug River

Yug River Source (along the border)

Yug River 1 (Sharzhenga River)

Sharzhenga River Mouth (Yug River 1)

Yug River 2 (Volomsk Forest)

Volomsk forest (Yug River 2)
Volomsk forest is 80 versts southwest of Ustiug at Kichmenga River; Venerable Simon the Abbot of Volomsk, Commemorated on July 12 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Yuga, Commemorated on July 28;

Yuga Monastery, Volomsk forest (Yug River 2) 1605
Volomsk forest is 80 versts southwest of Ustiug at Kichmenga River; Venerable Simon the Abbot of Volomsk, Commemorated on July 12 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Yuga, Commemorated on July 28;

Kichmenga River Mouth (at Yug River 2)

Russia, Vologda, White Sea, Northern Dvina Source, Yug River 3, Luza River Folder

Luza River

Lalsk (Lala River Mouth at Luza River 7)
Lalsk (Lala River Mouth at Luza River 7); Venerable Leonid of Ustnedumsk, Commemorated July 17 ;

Luza (Luza River 8)
Luza (Luza River 8) ; Venerable Leonid of Ustnedumsk, Commemorated July 17 ;

Luza River Source (along the border)

Luza River 1

Luza River 2

Luza River 3

Luza River 7 (Lalsk, Lala River Mouth)

Luza River 8 (Luza)

Luza River Mouth (Yug River 3)

Yug River Mouth (Ustiug, Skukhona (Kuben) River Mouth, Northern Dvina River Source)

Ustiug, Vologda (Yug and Skukhona Rivers, Northern Dvina Source)
Ustiug, Vologda; Icon of the Mother of God of Seven Lakes, Commemorated on July 28; St Philip of Sukhona, Commemorated on August 17 ; Miracle of the Annunciation Icon of the Mother of God at Ustiug ; St Cyprian of Ustiug, Commemorated September 29 ; Venerable Amphilochius the Abbot of Glushetsa, Commemorated October 12 ; Icon of the Mother of God of the Seven Lakes, Commemorated on October 13 ; Icon of the Mother of God of the Seven Lakes, Commemorated July 28 ; Righteous Procopius the Fool-For-Christ and Wonderworker of Ustiug, Vologda; St Metrophanes (in schema Macarius) the Bishop of Voronezh; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated January 29 ; The Annunciation of our Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, Commemorated on March 25; St Stephen the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on April 26; Repose of the Blessed John of Ustiug the Fool-for-Christ, Commemorated on May 29; Venerable Barnabas the Abbot of Vetluga, Commemorated on June 11; Miracle of the Annunciation Icon of the Mother of God at Ustiug, Commemorated on July 8 ; Righteous Procopius the Fool-For-Christ and Wonderworker of Ustiug, Vologda, Commemorated on July 8;

Gledeno, Troitse-Gledensky Monastery, 1492
Troitse-Gledensky Monastery, 1492; St. Cyprian of Ustiug, Commemorated on September 29;

Holy Trinity Monastery at Gledeno, 1212
Holy Trinity Monastery at Gledeno, 1212; St. Cyprian of Ustiug, Commemorated on September 29;

Great Ustiug, Vologda (Veliky Ustiug, Northern Dvina Source)
Veliky Ustiug, Vologda (Great Ustiug), the confluence of the Sukhona and Yug Rivers. and the source of the Northern Dvina River; Miracle of the Annunciation Icon of the Mother of God at Ustiug ; St Cyprian of Ustiug; Icon of the Mother of God of Seven Lakes, Commemorated on July 28; St Philip of Sukhona, Commemorated on August 17; Venerable Amphilochius the Abbot of Glushetsa, Commemorated October 12 ; Icon of the Mother of God of the Seven Lakes, Commemorated on October 13 ; Righteous Procopius the Fool-For-Christ and Wonderworker of Ustiug, Vologda; St Metrophanes (in schema Macarius) the Bishop of Voronezh, Commemorated November 23 ; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm; The Annunciation of our Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, Commemorated on March 25; St Stephen the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on April 26; Repose of the Blessed John of Ustiug the Fool-for-Christ, Commemorated on May 29; Venerable Barnabas the Abbot of Vetluga, Commemorated on June 11;

Northern Dvina River 1 (Solvychegodsk, Vychegda River Mouth)

Russia, Vologda, White Sea, Northern Dvina River 1, Vychegda River Folder

Vychegda River

Vychegda River Source (Central Timan Ridge, Komi Republic)
Komi Republic;

Timan Ridge, Central
Timan Ridge;

Vychegda River 1

Vychegda River 2

Vychegda River 3 (Sysola, Sysola River)

Sysola (Sysola River Mouth, Vychegda River 3)
Syktyvkar or Sysola;

Sysola River Mouth (Vychegda River 3)

Ust-Sysolsk (Sysola)

Zelenets Transmitter (Komi Republic)
Zelenets, Volkhovsky District, Zelenets Trinity Monastery; Venerable Martyrius of Zelenets, Pskov, Commemorated on March 1;

Ust-Vym District, Vologda (Centered in Aykino)
Ust-Vym District; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on August 19; St. Gerasimus the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on January 24; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated January 29 ; St Jonah the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on June 6;

Ust-Vym, Vologda (Vym River Mouth, Vychegda River 3)
Ust-Vym; St. Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on August 19; St Jonah the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on January 29 ;

Vym River

Vym River Source (Timan Ridge, South)

Timan Ridge, South
Timan Ridge;

Aykino, Ust-Vym, Vologda (Vychegda River 4)
Aykino, Ust-Vym (Vychegda River 4); St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on August 19; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated January 29 ; St Jonah the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on June 6;

Vychegda River 4 (Soyga, Yarenga River Mouth, Ust-Vym)

Soyga, Vologda (Vychegda River 4.5) 1541
Soyga (located approximately half-way between Solvychegodsk and Yarensk Soyga is 60k or Versts from Solvychegodsk; Venerable Simon the Abbot of Soiga Monastery, Vologda, Commemorated on November 24 ;

Soyga Monastery, Vologda (Vychegda River 4.5) 1541
Soyga (located approximately half-way between Solvychegodsk and Yarensk Soyga is 60k or Versts from Solvychegodsk; Venerable Simon the Abbot of Soiga Monastery, Vologda, Commemorated on November 24 ;

Russia, Vologda, White Sea, Northern Dvina River 1, Vychegda River 4, Yarenga River Folder, Vologda

Yarenga River

Yarenga River Source (Komi Republic)

Yarenga River 1

Yarenga, Vologda, Zyryan (Yarenga River 1)
Yarenga; Venerable Longinus of Yarenga; St Stephen the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on April 26 ;

Yarenga River 2

Yarenga River 3

Yarenga River Mouth (Vychegda River 4)

Yarenga, Vologda, Zyryan (Yarensk, Yarenga River Mouth)
Yarenga (Yarensk) ; St Gerasimus the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated January 24 ; St Gerasimus the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on January 29 ; St Stephen the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on April 26 ;

Vychegda River Mouth (Northern Dvina River 1)

Zyrian Church No. 1 (Vychegda River Mouth, Northern Dvina 1)
Zyrian Church No. 1 (Vychegda River Mouth, Northern Dvina 1) ; St. Stephen the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on April 26 ;

Vychegda, Vologda (Vychegda River Mouth, Northern Dvina 1)
Koryazhemsk monastery, Vychegda, Vologda (Vychegda River Mouth, Northern Dvina 1); Solvychegodsk (Vychegda River 5) ; Icon of the Mother of God of "St Christopher", Commemorated July 28 ; Venerable Simon the Abbot of Soiga Monastery, Vologda, Commemorated November 24 ; Venerable Longinus of Koryazhemsk, Vologda, Commemorated February 10 ;

Solvychegodsk, Vologda (Vychegda River Mouth, Northern Dvina 1)
Solvychegodsk (Vychegda River 5) ; Icon of the Mother of God of "St Christopher", Commemorated July 28 ; Venerable Simon the Abbot of Soiga Monastery, Vologda, Commemorated November 24 ; Venerable Longinus of Koryazhemsk, Vologda, Commemorated February 10 ;

Russia, Vologda, White Sea, Northern Dvina River 1, Vychegda River Mouth, Koryazhma River Folder

Koryazhma River

Koryazhma River Source (along the border)

Koryazhma River Mouth

Koryazhma, Vologda (Koryazhma River Mouth, near Vychegda River Mouth)
Koryazhma (near Vychegda River Mouth), ; Koryazhemsk monastery; Venerable Simon the Abbot of Soiga Monastery, Vologda, Commemorated November 24 ; Venerable Longinus of Koryazhemsk, Vologda, Commemorated February 10 ;

Koryazhemsk monastery, Vologda, 1535
Koryazhemsk monastery; Koryazhma (near Vychegda River Mouth), ; Venerable Simon the Abbot of Soiga Monastery, Vologda, Commemorated November 24 ; Venerable Longinus of Koryazhemsk, Vologda, Commemorated February 10;

Northern Dvina River 2

Northern Dvina River 3 (Vaga River Mouth)

Russia, Vologda, White Sea, Northern Dvina River 3, Vaga River Folder

Vaga River

Vaga River Source (along the border west of Pakhtusovo)
Vaga River;

Verkhovazhye (Vega River 1)
Verkhovazhye (Vega River 1); Righteous Athanasius of Novolotsk, Commemorated on January 18;

Vaga River 1 (Pezhma River)

Pezhma River Mouth (Vaga River 1)

Vaga River 2 (Kuloy River)

Kuloy River Mouth (Vaga River 2)

Vaga River 3 (Vel River and Arkhangelsk Oblast)

Vel River (Arkhangelsk Oblast) Mouth (Vaga River 3)

Vaga River 4 (Ustya River)

Ustya River Mouth (Vaga River 4)

Vaga River 5 (Shenkursk, Puya River Mouth)

Puya River Mouth (Vaga River 5)

Vaga River 6 (Led River)

Shenkursk, White Sea, Vologda (Vaga River 6)
Shenkursk (Vaga River) ; Righteous Athanasius of Novolotsk, Commemorated January 18 ;

Led River Mouth (Vaga River 6)

Vaga River Mouth (Northern Dvina River 3)

Northern Dvina River 4

Northern Dvina River 5 (Pinega River Mouth)

Kholmogor, White Sea, Vologda (Piinyega River, Northern Dvina 5)
Kholmogor ; Because it has a church, Kholmogor is a selo. St Metrophanes (in schema Macarius) the Bishop of Voronezh, Commemorated November 23 ;

Russia, Vologda, White Sea, Northern Dvina River 5, Pinega River Folder

Pinega River

Pinyega, Archangelesk (Pinega River 5)
Pinyega, Archangelesk ; Righteous Artemius of Verkola, Commemorated on June 23 ; Venerable Nikon of Optina, Commemorated on June 25;

Pinezhsky District, White Sea, Vologda (Pinega River)
Pinezhsky District; Righteous Child Artemius of Verkhol, Commemorated October 20 ; Righteous Artemius of Verkola, Commemorated on June 23 ; Venerable Nikon of Optina, Commemorated on June 25;

Pinega River Source (Belaya and Chyornaya Rivers confluence)

Pinega River 1

Pinega River 2

Pinega River 3

Pinega River 4 (Verkola)

Verkola, village in Pinezhsky Uyezd (Pinega River 4)
village of Verkola in Pinezhsky; Uyezd in Arkhangelsk Governorate; Righteous Child Artemius of Verkhol, Commemorated October 20; Righteous Artemius of Verkola, Commemorated on June 23;

Pinega River 5 (Pinyega)

Pinega River Mouth (Kholmogor, Northern Dvina River 5)

Malopinyega district (Pinyega River and Northern Dvina 5) Malopinyega d probably somewhere near here
Malopinyega (Pinyega River and Northern Dvina 5) Malopinyega probably somewhere near here Saint Sergius of Malopinega, Commemorated on November 16

Northern Dvina River Mouth (Archangelsk, Dvina Bay of White Sea)
Dvina River;

Archangelsk (Dvina Bay White Sea, Northern Dvina Mouth)
Archangelsk; St Spyridon the Patriarch, Commemorated on August 30; Venerable Tryphon the Abbot of Vyatka, Commemorated on October 8; Hieromartyr Hilarion, Archbishop of Vereiya, Commemorated December 15 ; Repose of St John of Kronstadt, Commemorated December 20 ; Glorification of St John of Kronstadt, Commemorated on June 8 ; Venerable Elisha of Suma, Solovki, Commemorated on June 14; Venerable Nikon of Optina, Commemorated on June 25 ;

Archangelsk monastery, White Sea area, 1520
Archangelsk monastery; St Spyridon the Patriarch, Commemorated on August 30; Hieromartyr Hilarion, Archbishop of Vereiya, Commemorated December 15 ;

Antonievo-Siysky Monastery, White Sea Region, Vologda (Northern Dvina Mouth) 1520
Antonievo-Siysky Monastery; St Spyridon the Patriarch, Commemorated on August 30; Venerable Anthony the Abbot of Siya, Novgorod, Commemorated December 7 ; Venerable Elisha of Suma, Solovki, Commemorated on June 14 ;

Mikhailov Island (Northern Dvina River Mouth)
Mikhailov Island; Antonievo-Siysky Monastery; Venerable Anthony the Abbot of Siya, Novgorod, Commemorated December 7 ;

Karelian Nikolaev monastery, White Sea Region (Northern Dvina Mouth) 1410
Karelian Nikolaev monastery; St Spyridon the Patriarch, Commemorated on August 30; Venerable Euthymius the Enlightener of Karelia and Finland, Commemorated on April 18;

Keurola, Resurrection monastery in the city of Keurola, Probable Location, (Northern Dvina Mouth) 1410
Karelian Nikolaev monastery; St Spyridon the Patriarch, Commemorated on August 30; Venerable Euthymius the Enlightener of Karelia and Finland, Commemorated on April 18;

The side of the Icy Sea
Karelian Nikolaev monastery; St Spyridon the Patriarch, Commemorated on August 30; Venerable Euthymius the Enlightener of Karelia and Finland, Commemorated on April 18;

Siya (Sura), White Sea Region, Vologda (Archangelsk, Northern Dvina Mouth)
Siya; Venerable Anthony the Abbot of Siya, Novgorod, Commemorated December 7 ; Venerable Elisha of Suma, Solovki, Commemorated on June 14;

Russia, Vologda, White Sea, Kola Peninsula Folder

Kola Peninsula, White Sea Region, Vologda
Kola Peninsula; Venerable Tryphon the Abbot of Pechenga (Kolsk), Commemorated December 15 ; Martyr Jonah the Disciple of Tryphon of Pechenga, Commemorated December 15 ; St Barlaam of Keretsk, Commemorated January 15 ;

Kola Peninsula - Lapland
Lapland: land of the Sapmi People (Laplanders). Lapland has no capital but Murmansk is its largest city. Above the Artic Circle, it is the northern part of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. Venerable Tryphon the Abbot of Pechenga (Kolsk), Commemorated December 15 ; Martyr Jonah the Disciple of Tryphon of Pechenga, Commemorated December 15 ;

Lapland - Kola Peninsula
Lapland: land of the Sapmi People (Laplanders). Lapland has no capital but Murmansk is its largest city. Above the Artic Circle, it is the northern part of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. Venerable Tryphon the Abbot of Pechenga (Kolsk), Commemorated December 15 ; Martyr Jonah the Disciple of Tryphon of Pechenga, Commemorated December 15 ;

Sura Lake, White Sea Region, Vologda
Lake Sura

Kola River

Kola River Source

Kola River Mouth
Venerable Theodoritus the Enlightener of the Lapps, Solovki, Commemorated on August 17 ; 9 Martyred brothers of Kola;

Murmansk (Kola River, Lapland)
Murmansk (Kola River) is the largest city in Murmansk Oblast and all of Lapland; Venerable Tryphon the Abbot of Pechenga (Kolsk), Commemorated December 15 ; Martyr Jonah the Disciple of Tryphon of Pechenga, Commemorated December 15 ;

Kola (Murmansk, Kola River, Lapland)
Murmansk (Kola River) is the largest city in Murmansk Oblast and all of Lapland; Venerable Tryphon the Abbot of Pechenga (Kolsk), Commemorated December 15 ; Martyr Jonah the Disciple of Tryphon of Pechenga, Commemorated December 15 ;

Novoezersk, Novgorod (nearMurmansk and Kola River in Lapland)
Novoezersk, Novgorod; Venerable Cyril the Abbot and Wonderworker of Novoezersk, Novgorod, Commemorated on February 4;

New Lake, Novoezersk (nearMurmansk and Kola River in Lapland)
Novoezersk, Novgorod; Venerable Cyril the Abbot and Wonderworker of Novoezersk, Novgorod, Commemorated on February 4;

Pechenga River

Pechenga Bay (Barrents Sea)

Pechenga River Source

Pechenga River 1

Pechenga River 2

Pechenga River 3 (Pechenga)

Pechenga, White Sea Region, Vologda (Pechenga River Mouth)
Venerable Tryphon the Abbot of Pechenga (Kolsk); Venerable Tryphon the Abbot of Pechenga (Kolsk), Commemorated on December 15 ; Martyr Jonah the Disciple of Tryphon of Pechenga, Commemorated on December 15 ; Venerable Abraham of Pechenga, Vologda, Commemorated February 4 ; Venerable Coprius of Pechenga, Vologda, Commemorated February 4 ;

Pechenga Monastery, White Sea Region, Vologda, Kola, 1492 or 1533
Pechenga Monastery; Venerable Tryphon the Abbot of Pechenga (Kolsk); Martyr Jonah the Disciple of Tryphon of Pechenga, Commemorated December 15 ; Venerable Abraham of Pechenga, Vologda, Commemorated February 4 ; Venerable Coprius of Pechenga, Vologda, Commemorated February 4 ;

Pechenga River Mouth (Kola Penninsula)

Russia, Vologda, Pechora River Folder (Artic Ocean)

Pechora River

Pechora River Source (Pechora, Komi Republic)
Komi Republic;

Pechora River 1 (Yugra Land)

Pechora River 2

Pechora River Mouth (Artic Ocean)

Pechora, Komi Republic ( Pechora River Source)
Pechora, Komi Republic; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on August 19;

Zyryani, Lands of the Zyryani people 1 (Komi Republic, Vologda)
Lands of the Zyryani (Komi) people 1 (Komi Republic, Vologda); St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on August 19; St Gerasimus the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated January 29 ; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated January 29 ; St Stephen the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on April 26;

Yugra Land (Land of the Voguls, Pechora River, Vologda)
Yugra Land; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on August 19;

Russia, Vologda, Mezen River Folder (Mezen Bay, White Sea)

Mezen River

Mezen Bay (Mezen Frontier)
Mezen Bay (Mezen Frontier); Venerable Job of Ushchelsk, Commemorated August 5;

Mezen River Source (North Timan Ridge, Komi Republic)
Komi Republic;

Timan Ridge, North
Timan Ridge;

Mezen River Mouth (Mezen Bay, White Sea)

Ushchelsk, Mezen (Confluence of Ezeg abd Vazhka Rivers)
Ushchelsk (Confluence of Ezeg abd Vazhka Rivers); Venerable Job of Ushchelsk, Commemorated August 5;

Ezeg River

Ezeg River Source (Komi Republic)

Vazhka River

Vazhka River Source (Komi Republic)

Vazhka River Mouth (Ushchelsk, Mezen River)

Russia, Volhynia Folder, Up the Rivers, in Southwestern Russia

Volhynia Region (western trade route, up rivers, Horyn, Styr, Prypiat, Southern Bug and Western Bug Rivers)
Volhynia (Rivers Horyn, Styr, Prypiat, and Western Bug) ; Commemoration of the Miraculous Appearance of the Mother of God at Pochaev, which saved the Monastery from the assault of the Tatars and Turks, Commemorated on July 23; Icon of the Mother of God of Pochaev, Commemorated on July 23; St Theodosius (Prince Theodore of Ostrog) of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on August 11; Martyr Basil of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 11; Icon of the Mother of God of St Peter of Moscow, Commemorated on August 24; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Job, Abbot and Wonderworker of Pochaev, Commemorated August 28 ; Martyr Macarius the Archimandrite of Kanev and Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on September 7 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Pochaev, Commemorated September 8 ; St Yaropolk the Prince of Vladimir-Volhynia, Commemorated October 10 ; Synaxis of the Saints of Volhynia, Commemorated on October 10 ; Glorification of the Priestmartyr Alexander Hotovitzky, Commemorated on December 4 ; The Conception by Righteous Anna of the Most Holy Mother of God, Commemorated on December 9 ; Repose of St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on December 21 ; St Alexis the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated February 12; Venerable Stephen the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, and Bishop of Vladimir, in Volhynia, Commemorated on April 27; New Martyr Archpriest Vasily Martysz, Commemorated on May 4; Venerable Alphan with his brother of Novgorod, founder of the Sokolnitzky Monastery, Commemorated on May 4; Burial of St Andrew the Prince, Commemorated on July 4; Uncovering of the relics of Holy Princess Juliana Olshanskaya, Commemorated on July 6; Uncovering of the relics of Holy Princess Juliana Olshanskaya, Commemorated on July 6;

Russia, Volhynia History Folder

Russia, Volhynia, 980-1015, Volhynia Ruler, Vladimir the Great of Kiev
Kiev Rus King, 980-1015, Vladimir the Great ; Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Founder of Monasticism in Russia, Commemorated on July 10 ; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15; St Theodosius (Prince Theodore of Ostrog) of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on August 11; Icon of the Mother of God of Minsk, Commemorated on August 13; Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on September 2; Passion-Bearer Gleb, in Holy Baptism David, Commemorated September 5 ; St Procopius, Commemorated on September 16; St Michael the first Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated September 30 ; Right-believing Prince Vladimir Yaroslavich the Prince of Novgorod, Commemorated on October 4 ; Venerable Damian the Healer and Clairvoyant of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 5; Icon of the Mother of God of Korsun, Commemorated on October 9; Icon of the Mother of God Ã¢Â€ÂœJerusalemÃ¢Â€ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on October 12; Hieromartyr Clement the Pope of Rome, Commemorated on November 25; Venerable Elias of Murom the Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on December 19; Venerable Ephraim, Abbot and Wonderworker of Novy Torg, Commemorated on January 28 ; St Joachim, First Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on February 10; Hieromartyr Basil of Cherson, Commemorated on March 7; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on March 23; Venerable Constantine, (In baptism Yaroslav), with his children Michael and Theodore, Wonderworkers of Murom, Commemorated on May 21; St Michael the first Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on June 15; St Menas, Bishop of Polotsk, Commemorated on June 20;

Russia, Volhynia, 988, Baptism of Rus, August 1st, 988, Vladimir the Great of Kiev
Baptism of Rus, Kiev, August 1st, 988; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15; Procession of the Honorable Wood of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord (First of the three ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœFeasts of the SaviorÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ in August), Commemorated on August 1; Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on September 2; Venerable Damian the Healer and Clairvoyant of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 5; St Amphilochius the Bishop of Vladimir, in Volhynia, Commemorated on October 10; Venerable Nestor the Chronicler of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 27; Venerable Elias of Murom the Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on December 19; St Joachim, First Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on February 10; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on March 23;

Russia, Volhynia, 1019-1054, Rus King, Yaroslav the Wise, trade, Poland to Cherginov, allied w Sweden
Russia, Volhynia, 1019-1054, Rus King, Yaroslav the Wise; Russia, Volhynia, 1054-1078, Rus King, Iziaslav I of Kiev;

Russia, Volhynia, 1040-1054, Prince of Lutsk, Sviatoslav II of Kiev, St Nicholas, Yaroslavich, Y's son
Kiev Rus King, 1040-1077, Sviatoslav II of Kiev, St Nicholas Sviatoslav ; Venerable Nicholas Sviatosha Prince of Chernigov, and Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 14; Blessed Yaropolk the Prince of Vladimir-Volhynia, in Holy Baptism Peter, Commemorated on November 22; Venerable Arcadius of Novy Torg, Commemorated on December 13; Venerable Gregory the Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on January 8; Princess Anna of Novgorod, Commemorated on February 10 ; Venerable Isaac the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 14; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on March 23; Venerable Stephen the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, and Bishop of Vladimir, in Volhynia, Commemorated on April 27; Translation of the relics of the Holy Passionbearer Boris, in Holy Baptism Roman, Commemorated on May 2;

Russia, Volhynia, 1054-1078, Rus King, Iziaslav I of Kiev, Y's oldest son, law code, K Caves
Russia, Volhynia, 1054-1078, Rus King, Iziaslav I of Kiev;

Russia, Volhynia, 1078-1087, Rus King, Yaropolk Izyaslavich, I's son
Kiev Rus King, 1078-1087, Yaropolk Izyaslavich; Blessed Yaropolk the Prince of Vladimir-Volhynia, in Holy Baptism Peter, Commemorated on November 22; Venerable Gregory the Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on January 8; St Ephraim the Bishop of Pereyaslavl, Kiev Caves, Far Caves, Commemorated on January 28; Venerable Isaac the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 14; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on March 23; Venerable Stephen the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, and Bishop of Vladimir, in Volhynia, Commemorated on April 27;

Russia, Volhynia, 1087-“1099, Volhynia Ruler, David Igorevich
Volhynia Ruler, 1087-“1099, David Igorevich ; Martyr Basil of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 11;

Russia, Volhynia, 1099, Volhynia Ruler, Mstislav I Sviatopolkovich
Volhynia Ruler, 1099, Mstislav I Sviatopolkovich ; Martyr Basil of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 11;

Russia, Volhynia, 1199-1349, Galicia-“Volhynia, Lithuania-Volhynia, Kingdom of Rus
Galicia-“Volhynia, Lithuania-Volhynia, Kingdom of Rus; Lithuania-Volhynia or Galicia-Volhynia Wars (1340-1392) ; St Alexis the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated February 12;

Russia, Volhynia, 1301-1308, Yuri I Galicia, Kng Ruthenia, G P Kiev, Volydymyr-Volhynia, Halych, Lutsk, Dorohochyn
Russia, Volhynia, 1301-1308, Yuri I of Galicia ; I of Galicia (Ukrainian: Ð®Ñ€Ñ–Ð¹ I Ð›ÑŒÐ²Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡, 24 April 1252 (1257?) – 18 March 1308) was a King of Rus', Prince of Volhynia (Latin: Regis Rusie, Princeps Ladimerie). His full title was Yuri I, King of Ruthenia, Grand Prince of Kiev, Volydymyr-Volhynia, Halych, Lutsk, Dorohochyn. Overview Modern interpretation of the King seal of Yuri I of Halych In 1264-1301 he was a prince of the Duchy of Belz. He was a son of Lev Danylovych (Knyaz of Halych, 1269–1301) and Constance of Hungary, a daughter of King Béla IV and Maria Laskarina. He married three times. His first wife was Yaroslavna of Tver (died ca. 1286). His second wife was Euphemia of Kuyavia (died 18 March 1308), daughter of Casimir I of Kuyavia. His third wife is unknown. Principality of Galicia-Volynia, Kingdom of Rus, Ukraine; Repose of Saint Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow, Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on December 21;

Russia, Volhynia, 1356-1401, Orthodox Duke, Vladislaus II of Opole, Czestochowa Icon
Russia, Volhynia, 1356-1401, Orthodox Duke, Vladislaus II of Opole, Czestochowa Icon Icon of the Mother of God œCzestochowaÂ, Commemorated on March 6;

Russia, Volhynia, 1545-1608, Prince Constantine Ostrozhsky, Konstanty Ostrogski, of Turov and Pinsk
Volhynia, 1545-1608, Prince Constantine Ostrozhsky, Konstanty Ostrogski; Repose of the Venerable Job, Abbot and Wonderworker of Pochaev, Commemorated on October 28;

Russia, Volhynia, 1571-1651, Saint Job of Pochaev
Volhynia, 1571-1651, Saint Job of Pochaev; Repose of the Venerable Job, Abbot and Wonderworker of Pochaev, Commemorated on October 28;

Russia, Volhynia, 1675, Turkish siege Pochaev on July 20-23, 1675
Volynia, Turkish siege on July 20-23, 1675; Crimean-Nogai Raids; Commemoration of the Miraculous Appearance of the Mother of God at Pochaev, which saved the Monastery from the assault of the Tatars and Turks, Commemorated on July 23;

Russia, Volhynia, 1675, Zbarazhsk War with the Turks
Zbarazhsk Castle; Zbarazhsk War with the Turks 1675; Commemoration of the Miraculous Appearance of the Mother of God at Pochaev, which saved the Monastery from the assault of the Tatars and Turks, Commemorated on July 23;

Russia, Volhynia, Horyn River Folder

Horyn River

Horyn River Source (Ternopil)

Horyn River 1 (Izyaslav)

Izyaslav (Horyn River 1)

Starokostiantyniv Castle, Principality of Turov and Pinsk, (Horyn River 1)
Starokostiantyniv Castle, Principality of Turov and Pinsk; Repose of Venerable Job the Wonderworker, Abbot of Pochaev, Commemorated on October 28;

Horyn River 2 (Slavuta)

Horyn River 3 (Netishyn)

Horyn River 4 (Ostrog)

Ostrog, Volynia, Ukraine (Horyn River 4)
Ostrog, Ukraine St Theodosius (Prince Theodore of Ostrog) of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on August 11 ;

Horyn River 5 (Rivne)

Koretsk Region and Korets
Koretsk Region and Korets; St Theodosius (Prince Theodore of Ostrog) of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on August 11;

Horyn River 6 (Sarne)

Horyn River 7

Horyn River 8 (Stolin)

Horyn River Mouth (Turov, Pripyat River 3)

Russia, Volhynia, Stry River Folder

Styr River

Styr River Source (near Brody)

Pochaev, Volynia (Styr, Seret, Western Bug, Horyn, and Ikva Rivers Sources)
Pochaev; Pochayiv Lavra; Uniates; Icon of the Mother of God of Pochaev, Commemorated on July 23; Commemoration of the Miraculous Appearance of the Mother of God at Pochaev, which saved the Monastery from the assault of the Tatars and Turks, Commemorated on July 23; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Job, Abbot and Wonderworker of Pochaev, Commemorated August 28 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Pochaev, Commemorated September 8 ; Venerable Job the Abbot of Pochaev, Commemorated October 10 ; Repose of the Venerable Job, Abbot and Wonderworker of Pochaev, Commemorated on October 28;

Pochaev Lavra Dormition Cathedral, Volhynia, 1527
Pochaev Lavra in Volhynia; Commemoration of the Miraculous Appearance of the Mother of God at Pochaev, which saved the Monastery from the assault of the Tatars and Turks,1675 Commemorated on July 23; Icon of the Mother of God of Pochaev, Commemorated on July 23; Icon of the Mother of God of Pochaev, Commemorated September 8 ; St Amphilochius the Bishop of Vladimir, in Volhynia, Commemorated October 10 ; Repose of the Venerable Job, Abbot and Wonderworker of Pochaev, Commemorated on October 28; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Job, Abbot and Wonderworker of Pochaev, Commemorated August 28 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Pochaev,Commemorated September 8 ; Glorification of the Priestmartyr Alexander Hotovitzky, Commemorated December 4 ; Commemoration of the Miraculous Appearance of the Mother of God at Pochaev, which saved the Monastery from the assault of the Tatars and Turks, Commemorated on July 23;

Volynia Sprirtual Academy, Lavra Dormition Cathedral, Volhynia, 1527
Pochaev Lavra in Volhynia; Commemoration of the Miraculous Appearance of the Mother of God at Pochaev, which saved the Monastery from the assault of the Tatars and Turks,1675 Commemorated on July 23; Icon of the Mother of God of Pochaev, Commemorated on July 23; Icon of the Mother of God of Pochaev, Commemorated September 8 ; St Amphilochius the Bishop of Vladimir, in Volhynia, Commemorated October 10 ; Repose of the Venerable Job, Abbot and Wonderworker of Pochaev, Commemorated on October 28; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Job, Abbot and Wonderworker of Pochaev, Commemorated August 28 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Pochaev,Commemorated September 8 ; Glorification of the Priestmartyr Alexander Hotovitzky, Commemorated December 4 ; Commemoration of the Miraculous Appearance of the Mother of God at Pochaev, which saved the Monastery from the assault of the Tatars and Turks, Commemorated on July 23;

Volynia Seminary, Lavra Dormition Cathedral, Volhynia, 1527
Pochaev Lavra in Volhynia; Commemoration of the Miraculous Appearance of the Mother of God at Pochaev, which saved the Monastery from the assault of the Tatars and Turks,1675 Commemorated on July 23; Icon of the Mother of God of Pochaev, Commemorated on July 23; Icon of the Mother of God of Pochaev, Commemorated September 8 ; St Amphilochius the Bishop of Vladimir, in Volhynia, Commemorated October 10 ; Repose of the Venerable Job, Abbot and Wonderworker of Pochaev, Commemorated on October 28; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Job, Abbot and Wonderworker of Pochaev, Commemorated August 28 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Pochaev,Commemorated September 8 ; Glorification of the Priestmartyr Alexander Hotovitzky, Commemorated December 4 ; Commemoration of the Miraculous Appearance of the Mother of God at Pochaev, which saved the Monastery from the assault of the Tatars and Turks, Commemorated on July 23;

Volyn Region (Volynia, Styr, Bug, Horyn River Source)
Volyn Region; Location: West Ukraine, East Poland, Southwest Belarus; it is located between the rivers Prypiat and Southern Bug, to the north of Galicia and Podolia. The region is named for the former city of Volyn or Velyn, said to have been located on the Southern Bug River, whose name may come from the Proto-Slavic root *vol/vel- 'wet.'; Commemoration of the Miraculous Appearance of the Mother of God at Pochaev, which saved the Monastery from the assault of the Tatars and Turks, Commemorated on July 23; Icon of the Mother of God of Pochaev, Commemorated on July 23; Synaxis of the Saints of Volhynia; Uncovering of the relics of Holy Princess Juliana Olshanskaya, Commemorated on July 6;

Styr River 1 (Berestechko)

Styr River 2 (Lutsk, Ikva River Mouth)

Lutsk, Volhynia (Styr River 2)
Lutsk; Venerable Nicholas Sviatosha Prince of Chernigov, and Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 14 ; Burial of St Andrew the Prince; Venerable Amphilochius the Abbot of Glushetsa, Commemorated on October 12 ; St Macarius, Abbot of Glushetsa, Commemorated on October 12 ; St Tarasius of Glushetsa of Glushetsa, October 12 ; Burial of St Andrew the Prince, Commemorated on July 4;

Glushetsa suburb of Lutsk, Volynia
Glushetsa suburb of Lutsk; Venerable Amphilochius the Abbot of Glushetsa, Commemorated on October 12; St Tarasius of Glushetsa of Glushetsa, October 12 ; St Macarius, Abbot of Glushetsa, Commemorated on October 12 ;

Vladimir-Volhynia Diocese, 988
Volhynia; Icon of the Mother of God of St Peter of Moscow, Commemorated August 24 ; St Amphilochius the Bishop of Vladimir, in Volhynia, Commemorated October 10 ; St Stephen, Commemorated October 10 ; St Yaropolk the Prince of Vladimir-Volhynia, Commemorated October 10 ;

Russia, Volhynia, Styr River 2, Ikva River Folder

Ikva River

Ikva River Source (On the Border)

Ikva River 1 (Kremenetz, Volhynia)

Kremenetz, Volhynia (Ikva River 1)
Kremenetz - Kremenetz city of Kremenetz district and rests 18 km north-east of the great Pochayiv Lavra ; Glorification of the Priestmartyr Alexander Hotovitzky, Commemorated December 4 ;

Ikva River 2 (Dubno, Volhynia)

Dubno, Volynia (Ikva River 2)
Dubno; Rivne Oblast St Theodosius (Prince Theodore of Ostrog) of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on August 11; Repose of the Venerable Job, Abbot and Wonderworker of Pochaev;

Dubensk district of Volhynia, Dubno, Eastern Front WWI, Trade Rte with Poland (Ikva River 2)
Dubno; Rivne Oblast St Theodosius (Prince Theodore of Ostrog) of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on August 11; Repose of the Venerable Job, Abbot and Wonderworker of Pochaev;

Ikva River Mouth (Styr River 2, Lutsk)

Styr River 3 (Kolky)

Styr River 4 (Staryi Chortoryisk)

Styr River 5 (Kuznetsovsk)

Styr River 6 (Zarichne)

Styr River Mouth (Pinsk, Pripyat River 3)

Russia, Volhynia, Pripyat River Folder, Wormwood, Chenoble

Russia, Volhynia, Pripyat River Source, Dnieper Bug Canal Folder (Portages and Canals; Russia, Poland and Lithuania)

Pripyat River 1 (Pinsk, Styr River)

Pinsk, Volhynia (Pripyat River 1)
Pinsk; Martyr Athanasius the Abbot of Brest, Commemorated September 5 ; Martyr Macarius the Archimandrite of Kanev and Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on September 7 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Kupyatitich, Commemorated on November 15; St Cyril the Bishop of Turov, Commemorated on April 28 ;

Pripyat River 2 (Turov and Mazyr, Horn River)

Turov and Pinsk Principality, Volhynia
Principality of Turov and Pinsk; St Laurence the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, and Bishop of Turov, Near Caves, Commemorated January 29 ; St Cyril the Bishop of Turov, Commemorated on April 28;

Turov, Volhynia (Horyn River Mouth, Pripyat River 2)
Turov; St Laurence the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, and Bishop of Turov, Near Caves, Commemorated January 29 ; St Cyril the Bishop of Turov, Commemorated on April 28; Hieromartyr Macarius the Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on May 1; Venerable Martin of Turov, Commemorated on June 27;

Russia, Volhynia, Western Bug River Folder (West to Warsaw Poland)

Western Bug River (to Warsaw in Poland)

Russia, Volhynia, Western Bug River 1, Poltva River Folder, Volhynia

Poltva River

Poltva River Source (Lvov, Western Ukraine or Poland, Bug River 1)

Galicia, Principality of Galicia-Volynia, Kingdom of Rus, High up the Rivers, Ukraine
Principality of Galicia-Volynia, Kingdom of Rus, Ukraine; Repose of Saint Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow, Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on December 21;

Galicia, Volhynia, Western Ukraine (Russian Carpathians) Poland to Chernigov trade route
Galicia (Eastern Europe), Ukraine; Repose of Saint Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow, Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on December 21;

Galich Kingdom, Volhynia (Western Bug River 1 , 2 and 3)
Galich or Kingdom of Galicia, Volhynia; Repose of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated November 23; St Alexis the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated February 12;

Galicia Volhynia, Kingdom of (Western Bug River 1 , 2 and 3)
Galich or Kingdom of Galicia,“Volhynia; Repose of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated November 23; St Alexis the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated February 12;

Pokutia (around the corner, from Galicia in Volhynia, Cheremosh R. in Moldovia)
Pokutia (around the corner, from Galicia in Volhynia, Cheremosh R. in Moldovia, but still up the rivers); Repose of Venerable Job the Wonderworker, Abbot of Pochaev, Commemorated on October 28;

Western Bug River Source (Central Ukraine)

Western Bug River 1 (Poltva River)

Western Bug River 2 (Sokal, Volhynia)

Sokal, Volhynia, Ukraine (Western Bug River 2)
Sokal, Volhynia, Ukraine (Western Bug River 1); Venerable Alphan with his brother of Novgorod, founder of the Sokolnitzky Monastery, Commemorated on May 4;

Berezovsk, Belsk district, Smolensk, Western Ukraine, Eastern Poland
Berezovsk, Belsk district, Smolensk; St Nicholas, Equal of the Apostles and Archbishop of Japan, Commemorated on February 16;

Belz, Fortress of Belz (Bug River 2), Eastern Poland, Western Ukraine
Belz, Fortress of Belz; St Nicholas, Equal of the Apostles and Archbishop of Japan, Commemorated on February 16; Icon of the Mother of God œCzestochowa, Commemorated on March 6;

Western Bug River 3 (Vladimir-Volynsk)

Vladimir, Volhynia (Vladimir-Volynsk, Western Bug River 3)
Vladimir in Volhynia, Vladimir-Volynsk; Commemoration of the Miraculous Appearance of the Mother of God at Pochaev, which saved the Monastery from the assault of the Tatars and Turks, Commemorated on July 23; Icon of the Mother of God of St Peter of Moscow, Commemorated August 24 ; St Yaropolk the Prince of Vladimir-Volhynia, Commemorated October 10 ; Blessed Yaropolk the Prince of Vladimir-Volhynia, in Holy Baptism Peter, Commemorated on November 22 ; Repose of St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on December 21 ; Venerable Stephen the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, and Bishop of Vladimir, in Volhynia, Commemorated on April 27 ;

Vladimir Holy Mountain monastery at Vladimir, Volhynia, Zymne M, 1000
Vladimir Holy Mountain monastery at Volhynia, Zymne Monastery, 1000; Venerable Barlaam, Abbot of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on November 19;

Hrubieszow, Volynia or Poland (Western Bug River 3, Vladimir-Volynsk)
Hrubieszow; New Martyr Archpriest Vasily Martysz, Commemorated on May 4;

Teratyn, Volynia or Poland (Western Bug River 3, Vladimir-Volynsk)
Teratyn, Poland; New Martyr Archpriest Vasily Martysz, Commemorated on May 4;

Western Bug River 4 (near Kholm Theological Seminary)

Russia, Volhynia, Western Bug River 4.5, Rata River Folder, Rata Monastery

Rata River

Rata River Source (along the border)

Rata River 1 (Ratne, Novodvorsk Monastery)

Ratne, Volhynia (Rata River 1)
Ratne, Volhynia; Repose of St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on December 21;

Rata Monastery, Ratne, Volhynia, whose hegumen was Peter of Moscow, 1299 approx.
Ratne, Volhynia; Icon of the Mother of God of St Peter of Moscow, Commemorated on August 24; Repose of St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on December 21;

Novodvorsk Monastery, Ratne, Volhynia, whose hegumen was Peter of Moscow, 1299 approx.
Ratne, Volhynia; Icon of the Mother of God of St Peter of Moscow, Commemorated on August 24; Repose of St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on December 21;

Rata River Mouth (Bug River 4.5)

Western Bug River 5

Western Bug River 6 (Brest)

Russia, Volhynia, Western Bug 6.5, Mukhavets River Folder, part of Dneiper Bug Canal)

Mukhavets River

Mukhavets River Source

Mukhavets River 1 (Kupyatich, Kobrin)

Kupyatich monastery, Kobrin, Volhynia, 1180, Mukhavets River 1, near Brest
Kupyatich monastery, Kobrin, Belarus, Leposovsky monastery today; Icon of the Mother of God of Kupyatich, Commemorated on November 15;

Mukhavets River Mouth (Brest, Western Bug River 6.5)

Brest-Litovsk (Vohlynia, Western Bug 6.5, Mukhavets River Mouth)
Brest, Belarus (Bug and Mukhavets Rivers) ; Uniates; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Athanasius the Abbot of Brest-Litovsk; Martyr Athanasius the Abbot of Brest, Commemorated September 5 ;

Western Bug River 7

Western Bug River 8

Western Bug River Mouth (Warsaw, Narew River 13)

Russia, Volhynia, Southern Bug River Ukraine Folder, Volhynia is the Source

Podolia, Volhynia, area between Southern Bug and Dniester Rivers, North and West of Moldova
Podolia, Southwest Ukraine; Saint Theodosius (Prince Theodore of Ostrog) of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on August 11;

Russia, Volhynia, Drevlyany Lands Ukraine Folder

Ovruch, Volhynia, Ukraine (the center of Drevlyany Lands)
Ovrucha; Martyr Macarius the Archimandrite of Kanev and Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on September 7 ; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15;

Russia, Crimea Folder

Crimea, Gateway to Russia (through Dnieper (Varangian) Trade Route or Muravsky Trail)
Crimea; Crimean Tartars; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15 ; Blessed Laurence the Fool-For-Christ at Kaluga, Commemorated on August 10 ; Intercession of the œDon Icon of the Mother of God against the Tatars Attack, Commemorated on August 19; St Callinicus the Patriarch of Constantinople, Commemorated on August 23; Repose of the New-Hieromartyr Cosmas of Aitolia, Equal of the Apostles, Commemorated on August 24; Apostle Andrew, the Holy and All-Praised First-Called, Commemorated November 30 ; St Stephen the Confessor the Archbishop of Surozha in the Crimea, Commemorated on December 15 ; Apostle Clement of the Seventy, Commemorated on January 4; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Theodore the Abbot of Studion, Commemorated January 26 ; Icon of the Mother of God œElets-Chernigov, Commemorated on February 5 ; St Joachim, First Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated February 10 ; Repose of St Cyril, Equal of the Apostles and Teacher of the Slavs, Commemorated on February 14; Hieromartyr Basil of Cherson, Commemorated on March 7 ; Hieromartyr Capiton of Cherson, Commemorated on March 7 ; Hieromartyr Eugene of Cherson, Commemorated on March 7 ; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on March 23; Martyr Bathusius in the Crimea, Commemorated on March 26; Venerable Joseph the Hymnographer, Commemorated on April 4; Icon of the Mother of God of Kasperov, Commemorated on April 5; St Methodius, Equal of the Apostles and Archbishop of Moravia, Enlightener of the Slavs, Commemorated on April 6; St George the Confessor the Bishop of Mitylene, Commemorated on April 7; St Martin the Confessor the Pope of Rome, Commemorated on April 14; Equal of the Apostles and Teacher of the Slavs, Methodius, Commemorated on May 11; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Ephraim the Abbot of Perekop, Novgorod, Commemorated on May 16; St John the Bishop of the Goths in the Crimea, Commemorated on May 19; Hieromartyr Kirion II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Commemorated on June 27; Icon of the Mother of God of Kasperov, Commemorated on June 29; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Most Holy Mother of God at Blachernae, Commemorated on July 2;

Taurida (Taurica, the Crimean Penninsula and surrounding area)
Taurida; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15;

Russia, Crimea History Folder

Russia, Crimea, 000, 1st Century History Folder, St Andrew

Russia, Crimea, 000, 1st Century, Saint Andrew the Apostle
Crimea, 1st Century, Saint Andrew the Apostle; Apostle Andrew, the Holy and All-Praised First-Called, Commemorated on November 30;

Crimea, Roman, Crimea, 000, 1st Century, Saint Andrew the Apostle
Crimea, 1st Century, Saint Andrew the Apostle; Apostle Andrew, the Holy and All-Praised First-Called, Commemorated on November 30;

Russia, Crimea, 100-800, 2nd - 9th Century, St Clement

Russia, Crimea, 101-867, Angelic Church of Pope Clement, Cherson, Crimea, Roman Empire
Crimea, 101-867, Angelic Church of Pope Clement, Cherson, Crimea; Cherson, Crimea; Hieromartyr Clement the Pope of Rome, Commemorated November 25 ;

Crimean Goths, 4th to 16th Centuries, Cembalo
Land of the Crimean Goths - Cembalo; St John the Bishop of the Goths in the Crimea, Commemorated on May 19; St John the Bishop of the Goths in the Crimea, Commemorated on June 26;

Crimean Goths, 4th to 16th Centuries
Crimean Goths; Martyr Bathusius in the Crimea, Commemorated on March 26 ; St John the Bishop of the Goths in the Crimea, Commemorated on May 19; St John the Bishop of the Goths in the Crimea, Commemorated on June 26;

Crimean Gothic King, 375-383, Jungerich (Athanaric), pagan
Crimean Goths; Gothic King Jungerich (Athanaric) (375-383); Martyr Bathusius in the Crimea, Commemorated on March 26 ;

Crimean, Goth, 741-791, Saint, John of Gothia
Crimean, Goth, 741-791, Saint, John of Gothia; St. John the Bishop of the Goths in the Crimea, Commemorated on June 26;

Mongol, Crimea, 750-969, Khzaria Border, Northern Half of Crimea
Crimea, Khzaria Border, 750-969, Northern Half of Crimea; St. John the Bishop of the Goths in the Crimea, Commemorated on June 26

Russia, Crimea, 790, Prince Bravlin, conquered Crimea, and saved by St Steven
Russia, 790, Prince Bravlin, conquered Crimea, and saved by St Steven ; St. Stephen the Confessor the Archbishop of Sourozh in the Crimea, Commemorated on December 15;

Russia, Crimea, 783-1917, 8th - 20th Century, Christian Crimea

Russia, Crimea, 783, Prince Bravlin, devastated Crimea from Kerch to Sougdai, 783 or so
Russia, 790, Prince Bravlin, conquered Crimea, and saved by St Steven ; St. Stephen the Confessor the Archbishop of Sourozh in the Crimea, Commemorated on December 15; Cherson, Crimea; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15; St Callinicus the Patriarch of Constantinople, Commemorated on August 23; Repose of the New-Hieromartyr Cosmas of Aitolia, Equal of the Apostles, Commemorated on August 24; Venerable Theodore the Confessor the Abbot of the Studion, Commemorated on November 11 ; Hieromartyr Clement the Pope of Rome, Commemorated November 25 ; Apostle Clement of the Seventy, Commemorated on January 4; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Theodore the Abbot of Studion, Commemorated January 26 ; CYRIL AND METHODIUS, MISSIONARIES TO THE SLAVS (14 FEB 869) ; Repose of St Cyril, Equal of the Apostles and Teacher of the Slavs, Commemorated on February 14; Hieromartyr Basil of Cherson, Commemorated on March 7; Hieromartyr Capiton of Cherson, Commemorated on March 7; Hieromartyr Eugene of Cherson, Commemorated on March 7; Venerable Joseph the Hymnographer, Commemorated on April 4; Icon of the Mother of God of Kasperov, Commemorated on April 5; St George the Confessor the Bishop of Mitylene, Commemorated on April 7; St Martin the Confessor the Pope of Rome, Commemorated on April 14; Hieromartyr Kirion II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Commemorated on June 27; Icon of the Mother of God of Kasperov, Commemorated on June 29; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Most Holy Mother of God at Blachernae, Commemorated on July 2;

Cherson, Russian Crimea, 783 - Present
Russia, 790, Prince Bravlin, conquered Crimea, and saved by St Steven ; St. Stephen the Confessor the Archbishop of Sourozh in the Crimea, Commemorated on December 15; Cherson, Crimea; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15; St Callinicus the Patriarch of Constantinople, Commemorated on August 23; Repose of the New-Hieromartyr Cosmas of Aitolia, Equal of the Apostles, Commemorated on August 24; Venerable Theodore the Confessor the Abbot of the Studion, Commemorated on November 11 ; Hieromartyr Clement the Pope of Rome, Commemorated November 25 ; Apostle Clement of the Seventy, Commemorated on January 4; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Theodore the Abbot of Studion, Commemorated January 26 ; CYRIL AND METHODIUS, MISSIONARIES TO THE SLAVS (14 FEB 869) ; Repose of St Cyril, Equal of the Apostles and Teacher of the Slavs, Commemorated on February 14; Hieromartyr Basil of Cherson, Commemorated on March 7; Hieromartyr Capiton of Cherson, Commemorated on March 7; Hieromartyr Eugene of Cherson, Commemorated on March 7; Venerable Joseph the Hymnographer, Commemorated on April 4; Icon of the Mother of God of Kasperov, Commemorated on April 5; St George the Confessor the Bishop of Mitylene, Commemorated on April 7; St Martin the Confessor the Pope of Rome, Commemorated on April 14; Hieromartyr Kirion II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Commemorated on June 27; Icon of the Mother of God of Kasperov, Commemorated on June 29; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Most Holy Mother of God at Blachernae, Commemorated on July 2;

Korsun, Russian Crimea, 783 - Present
Russia, 790, Prince Bravlin, conquered Crimea, and saved by St Steven ; St. Stephen the Confessor the Archbishop of Sourozh in the Crimea, Commemorated on December 15; Cherson, Crimea; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15; St Callinicus the Patriarch of Constantinople, Commemorated on August 23; Repose of the New-Hieromartyr Cosmas of Aitolia, Equal of the Apostles, Commemorated on August 24; Venerable Theodore the Confessor the Abbot of the Studion, Commemorated on November 11 ; Hieromartyr Clement the Pope of Rome, Commemorated November 25 ; Apostle Clement of the Seventy, Commemorated on January 4; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Theodore the Abbot of Studion, Commemorated January 26 ; CYRIL AND METHODIUS, MISSIONARIES TO THE SLAVS (14 FEB 869) ; Repose of St Cyril, Equal of the Apostles and Teacher of the Slavs, Commemorated on February 14; Hieromartyr Basil of Cherson, Commemorated on March 7; Hieromartyr Capiton of Cherson, Commemorated on March 7; Hieromartyr Eugene of Cherson, Commemorated on March 7; Venerable Joseph the Hymnographer, Commemorated on April 4; Icon of the Mother of God of Kasperov, Commemorated on April 5; St George the Confessor the Bishop of Mitylene, Commemorated on April 7; St Martin the Confessor the Pope of Rome, Commemorated on April 14; Hieromartyr Kirion II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Commemorated on June 27; Icon of the Mother of God of Kasperov, Commemorated on June 29; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Most Holy Mother of God at Blachernae, Commemorated on July 2;

Russia, Crimea, 783-1917, Crimea in the Russian Empire
Russia, 790, Prince Bravlin, conquered Crimea, and saved by St Steven ; St. Stephen the Confessor the Archbishop of Sourozh in the Crimea, Commemorated on December 15; Crimea, 783-1917, Crimea in the Russian Empire Crimea, 101-867, Angelic Church of Pope Clement, Cherson, Crimea; Cherson, Crimea; Hieromartyr Clement the Pope of Rome, Commemorated November 25 ; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Theodore the Abbot of Studion, Commemorated on January 26;

Russia, Crimea and Uzbekistan, 900, 10th Century to 17th Century, Land of the Crimean Tatars
Crimean Tatars; Blessed Laurence the Fool-For-Christ at Kaluga, Commemorated on August 10; St Barsanuphius the Bishop of Tver, Commemorated on April 11;

Russia, Crimea, 980, Byzantine Korsun falls to Russia and Vladimir the Great for the hand of Anna
Korsun, 980, Byzantine Cherson falls to Russia and Vladimir the Great for the hand of Anna; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15;

Russia, Crimea, 988, Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God transferred to Korsun and Vladimir the Great
Russia, Crimea, 988, Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God transferred to Korsun and Vladimir the Great; Vladimir the Great; Battle of Bassianae (Byzantine (Gothic, Roman) victory over the Huns) 469; The war ended in 469. Marcellinus Comes shortly recorded "The head of Dinzic, son of Attila, king of the Huns, was brought to Constantinople".[14] The Chronicon Paschale recounts "Dinzirichus, Attila's son, was killed by Anagastes, general in Thrace. His head was brought to Constantinople, carried in procession through the Middle Street, and fixed on a pole at the Wooden Circus. The whole city turned out to look at it".[14] Jordanes recounts events in c. 468: "Now after firm peace was established between Goths and Romans, the Goths found that what they received from the emperor was not sufficient for them. Furthermore, they were eager to display their wonted valor, and so began to plunder the neighboring peoples around them, first attacking the Sadagis[nb 1] who held the interior of Pannonia. When Dintzic, king of the Huns, a son of Attila, learned this, he gathered to him the few who still seemed to have remained under his sway, namely, the Ultzinzures[nb 2] the Angisciri[nb 3] the Bittugures[nb 4] and the Bardores[nb 5] Coming to Bassianae (see Battle of Bassianae), a city of Pannonia, he beleaguered it and began to plunder its territory. When the Goths learned this, they abandoned the expedition they had planned against the Sadagis and turned upon the Huns and drove them so ingloriously from their own land that those who remained have been in dread of the arms of the Goths from that time down to the present day."[22] Dengizich, Atilla's Son; Icon of the Mother of God Ã¢Â€ÂœJerusalemÃ¢Â€ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on October 12;

Russia, Crimea, 988, Korsun Icon of the Mother of God transferred to Kiev by Vladimir the Great
Russia, Crimea, 988, Korsun Icon of the Mother of God transferred to Kiev by Vladimir the Great Russia, Crimea, 988, Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God transferred to Korsun and Vladimir the Great; Vladimir the Great; Battle of Bassianae (Byzantine (Gothic, Roman) victory over the Huns) 469; The war ended in 469. Marcellinus Comes shortly recorded "The head of Dinzic, son of Attila, king of the Huns, was brought to Constantinople".[14] The Chronicon Paschale recounts "Dinzirichus, Attila's son, was killed by Anagastes, general in Thrace. His head was brought to Constantinople, carried in procession through the Middle Street, and fixed on a pole at the Wooden Circus. The whole city turned out to look at it".[14] Jordanes recounts events in c. 468: "Now after firm peace was established between Goths and Romans, the Goths found that what they received from the emperor was not sufficient for them. Furthermore, they were eager to display their wonted valor, and so began to plunder the neighboring peoples around them, first attacking the Sadagis[nb 1] who held the interior of Pannonia. When Dintzic, king of the Huns, a son of Attila, learned this, he gathered to him the few who still seemed to have remained under his sway, namely, the Ultzinzures[nb 2] the Angisciri[nb 3] the Bittugures[nb 4] and the Bardores[nb 5] Coming to Bassianae (see Battle of Bassianae), a city of Pannonia, he beleaguered it and began to plunder its territory. When the Goths learned this, they abandoned the expedition they had planned against the Sadagis and turned upon the Huns and drove them so ingloriously from their own land that those who remained have been in dread of the arms of the Goths from that time down to the present day."[22] Dengizich, Atilla's Son; Icon of the Mother of God Ã¢Â€ÂœJerusalemÃ¢Â€ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on October 12;

Russia, Crimea, 989-1030, Kiev Rus Bishop, Joachim the Korsunian
Kiev Rus Bishop, 989-1030, Joachim the Korsunian; Kiev Rus Metropolitan, 988-992, Michael I of Kiev; St Michael the first Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on June 15; St Joachim, First Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on February 10; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on March 23;

Russia, Crimea, 1223-1255, Mongol Khan Batu, Founder Golden Horde, Conquered Crimea
Scythia, 1223-1255, Mongol Khan Batu, Founder Golden Horde; Mongol Empire, 1206-1368, Capital Karakorum ; Venerable Pambo the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on July 18; St Tsotne Dadiani the Confessor, Commemorated on July 30; Icon of the Mother of God Ã¢Â€Âœof the SignÃ¢Â€ÂÂÂÂ, the Ã¢Â€ÂœKursk-RootÃ¢Â€ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on September 8; Martyr Mercurius of Smolensk, Commemorated on November 24; Right-believing George the Great Prince of Vladimir, Commemorated on February 4; Martyr Abraham of Bulgaria, Commemorated on April 1; Blessed Prince Gleb Andreevich the Son of St Andrew Bogoliubsky, Commemorated on June 20;

Russia, Crimea, 13th to 17th Centuries, Crimean Tatars
Crimean Tatars; Blessed Laurence the Fool-For-Christ at Kaluga, Commemorated on August 10; St Barsanuphius the Bishop of Tver, Commemorated on April 11; Icon of the Mother of God of Kiev-Bratsk, Commemorated on June 2;

Crimean Khan, 1468-1515, Mengli I Giray
Crimean Khan, 1468-1515, Mengli I Giray; Crimean Khanate, Capture of Kiev by Khan Mengli-Gyr 1500 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Minsk, Commemorated on August 13 ; St Barsanuphius the Bishop of Tver, Commemorated on April 11;

Crimean Khanate 1478-1774
Crimean Khanate, Capture of Kiev by Khan Mengli-Gyr 1500 ; Mengli I Giray; Icon of the Mother of God of Minsk, Commemorated on August 13 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Kiev-Bratsk, Commemorated on June 2;

Crimea, 1500, Capture of Kiev by Khan Mengli-Gyr
Crimean Khanate, Capture of Kiev by Khan Mengli-Gyr 1500 ; Mengli I Giray; Icon of the Mother of God of Minsk, Commemorated on August 13 ; St Barsanuphius the Bishop of Tver, Commemorated on April 11;

Crimean Khan, 1641-1666, Mehmed IV Giray
Crimean Khan, 1641-1666, Mehmed IV Giray; Uncovering of the relics of St Theodosius the Archbishop of Chernigov, Commemorated on September 9 ; Martyr Macarius the Archimandrite of Kanev and Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on September 7;

Crimean Khan, 1666-1671, Adil Giray
Crimean Khan, 1666-1671, Adil Giray ; Martyr Macarius the Archimandrite of Kanev and Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on September 7;

Crimea, 1774-1776, Independent Crimea
Crimea, 1774-1776, Independent Crimea; Crimea, 1783, Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Empire; Icon of the Mother of God of Kasperov, Commemorated on April 5;

Russia, Crimea, 1783, Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Empire
Crimea, 1783, Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Empire; Icon of the Mother of God of Kasperov, Commemorated on April 5;

Russia, Crimea, 1853-1856, Crimean War, Orthodox East v Ottomans and West
Crimean War (1853-1856); FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE, NURSE, RENEWER OF SOCIETY (12 AUGUST 1910); Icon of the Mother of God of Gerbovets, Commemorated on October 1 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Kasperov, Commemorated on June 29;

Azov Lands (Sea of Azov)
Sea of Azov; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15 ;

Alma River Source

Alma River 1

Alma River Mouth (Black Sea)

Alma River

Perekop Isthmus, Crimea (meaning œto dig through)
Perekop Isthmus; between Crimea and Ukraine; Venerable Ephraim the Abbot of Perekop the Wonderworker of Novgorod, Commemorated on September 26; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Ephraim the Abbot of Perekop, Novgorod, Commemorated on May 16 ;

Tmutarakan, Crimea
Tmutarakan peninsula (on the eastern banks of the Kerchensk straits); Venerable Nikon the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on March 23;

Taman Peninsula, Crimea
Taman Peninsula; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on March 23;

Surozh, Crimea, Russia
Sudak (Surozha, Surrentium), Crimea;; Icon of the Mother of God of Novgorod; St Stephen the Confessor the Archbishop of Surozha in the Crimea, Commemorated on December 15 ;

Sudak (Surozha, Surrentium), Russian Crimea
Sudak (Surozha, Surrentium), Crimea; St Stephen the Confessor the Archbishop of Surozha in the Crimea, Commemorated on December 15 ;

Akritian, Cherson, Crimea
Akritian (Anti Moslem Frontier) Cherson; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Theodore the Abbot of Studion, Commemorated January 26 ;

Korsun, Crimea, Russia
Korsun, Crimea ; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15; Icon of the Mother of God of Minsk, Commemorated on August 13 ; Repose of the New-Hieromartyr Cosmas of Aitolia, Equal of the Apostles, Commemorated on August 24; Icon of the Mother of God of Korsun, Commemorated on October 9; St Joachim, First Bishop of Novgorod, Commemorated February 10 ; Korsun, , the Greek name for Cherson; St Methodius, Equal of the Apostles and Archbishop of Moravia, Enlightener of the Slavs, Commemorated on April 6; Equal of the Apostles and Teacher of the Slavs, Methodius, Commemorated on May 11; Icon of the Mother of God of Kasperov, Commemorated on April 5; Equal of the Apostles and Teacher of the Slavs, Methodius, Commemorated on May 11 and April 6 ; St George the Confessor the Bishop of Mitylene, Commemorated on April 7; Equal of the Apostles and Teacher of the Slavs, Cyril, Commemorated on May 11 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Kasperov, Commemorated on June 29; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Most Holy Mother of God at Blachernae, Commemorated on July 2;

Mount Ayu-Dag, Crimea
Mount Ayu-Dag; St John the Bishop of the Goths in the Crimea, Commemorated on June 26;

Russia, Crimea, Cherson, Muravsky Trail Folder

Russia, Crimea, Cherson, Dnieper (Varangian) Trade Route Folder

Russia, St Petersburg Folder, its roads and rivers

St Petersburg, Russia (Peterburg or Petrograd)
St Petersburg; Icon of the Mother of God of Konevits, Commemorated on July 10 ; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Lord at Moscow, Commemorated on July 10; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Seraphim of Sarov, Commemorated on July 19 ; Martyr Ilia Chavchavadze of Georgia, Commemorated on July 20; Icon of the Mother of God "œthe Joy of All who sorrow" (with coins) in St Petersburg, Commemorated on July 23; Repose of St Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska, Commemorated on July 26; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Herman of Solovki, Commemorated on July 30; Hieromartyr Benjamin the Metropolitan of Petrograd and Gdovsk, Commemorated July 31 ; Martyr Sergius the Archimandrite of Petrograd, Commemorated July 31 ; Venerable Anthony the Roman and Abbot of Novgorod, Commemorated on August 3; Valaam Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on August 7; Venerable Anthony of Optina, Commemorated on August 7 ; Icon of the Mother of God "œthe Converser", Commemorated on August 14; St Macarius the Roman, Commemorated on August 15; Translation of the relics of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated on August 30; Passion-Bearer Gleb, in Holy Baptism David, Commemorated September 5 ; Venerable Macarius of Optina, Commemorated on September 7 ; Venerable Joseph the Abbot of Volokolamsk, Volotsk, Commemorated on September 9 ; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Sergius the Wonderworker of Valaam, Commemorated on September 11 ; Martyr Juvenal of Alaska, Commemorated September 24; Icon of the Mother of God of Andronicus, Commemorated on October 22 ; Icon of the Mother of God "the Joy of All Who Sorrow", Commemorated October 24 ; Repose of St Philaret (Drozdov) the Metropolitan of Moscow ; Icon of the Mother of God of Tsarskoe Selo, Commemorated on November 27 ; Repose of St John of Kronstadt, Commemorated December 20 ; St Euthymius (Takaishvili), Commemorated January 3 ; Hieromartyr Philip the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated January 9 ; Venerable Athanasius the Abbot of Syandemsk, Vologda, Commemorated on January 18 ; Venerable Macarius the Roman of Novgorod, Commemorated on January 19 ; Blessed Xenia of St Petersburg, Commemorated January 24 ; St Gabriel, Bishop of Imereti, Commemorated January 25 ; St Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev and Gallich, Commemorated January 25 ; Venerable Anatole I of Optina, Commemorated on January 25 ; Venerable Nicephorus of Vazheozersk, Commemorated on February 9; St John, Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated February 10 ; St Vsevolod (in holy baptism Gabriel) the Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated February 11 ; St Nicholas, Equal of the Apostles and Archbishop of Japan, Commemorated on February 16; Icon of the Mother of God Weeping "œTikhvin" on Mt Athos, Commemorated on February 17 ; Venerable Theodore of Sanaxar, Commemorated on February 19 ; Beheading of the Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of the Pskov Caves, February 20 ; Venerable Polycarp of Briansk, Commemorated February 23 ; Repose of St Raphael the Bishop of Brooklyn, Commemorated on February 27; St Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 28; Venerable Martyrius of Zelenets, Pskov, Commemorated on March 1; Icon of the Mother of God "œCzestochowa", Commemorated on March 6; Venerable Athanasius of Murom, Commemorated on March 8; Repose of St Nicholas of Zhicha, Commemorated on March 18; Monkmartyr Euphrosynus of Blue Jay Lake, Novgorod, Commemorated on March 20 ; Venerable Seraphim of Virits, Commemorated on March 21; St Sophronius the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on March 30; Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina, Commemorated on April 1; St Tikhon the Patriarch of Moscow, and Enlightener of North America, Commemorated on April 7; TIKHON, PATRIARCH OF RUSSIA AND CONFESSOR, (7 April 1925); Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Svir, Commemorated on April 17; Venerable Euthymius the Enlightener of Karelia and Finland, Commemorated on April 18; Icon of the Mother of God"œStaro Rus" Old Russian, Commemorated on May 4; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Paleostrov, Commemorated on May 19; Venerable Euphrosyne the Abbess of Polotsk, Commemorated on May 23; Venerable Dionysius the Abbot of Glushetsk, Vologda, Commemorated on June 1; Finding of the relics of the Venerable Bassian the Monk of Pertomsk, Solovki, Commemorated on June 5; Repose of St Theodore Yaroslavich the older brother of St Alexander Nevsky in Novgorod, Commemorated on June 5; Glorification of St John of Kronstadt, Commemorated on June 8 ; Commemoration of the Appearance of the Archangel Gabriel to a Monk on Mt. Athos, and the Revelation of the Hymn, "œIt Is Truly Meet..." Or Axion Estin, Commemorated on June 11; Venerable Arsenius the Abbot of Konevits, Commemorated on June 12; Venerable Anthony the Abbot of Dymsk, Novgorod, Commemorated on June 24; Venerable Nikon of Optina, Commemorated on June 25 ; Appearance of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on June 26; Venerable Sergius the Wonderworker of Valaam, Commemorated on June 28; Icon of the Mother of God"œOur Lady of Sitka", Commemorated on July 8 ;

Petrograd (Peterburg, St Petersburg, Neva River)
Petrograd: St Petersburg; Hieromartyr Benjamin the Metropolitan of Petrograd and Gdovsk, Commemorated on July 31; Translation of the relics of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated on August 30; Hieromartyr Hilarion, Archbishop of Vereiya; St Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev and Gallich, Commemorated January 25 ;

Gulf of Finland
Gulf of Finland;

Russia, St Petersburg History Folder

Russia, St Petersburg, 1240, Battle of the Neva, over Catholic Swedes, Norwegians and Finns
St Petersburg, 1240, Battle of the Neva; Passion-Bearer Gleb, in Holy Baptism David, Commemorated September 5 ; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Sergius the Wonderworker of Valaam, Commemorated on September 11 ; Repose of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated on November 23 ; Venerable Xenophon the Abbot of Robeika, Novgorod, Commemorated on June 28;

Russia, St Petersburg, 1240-1263, Saint, Alexander Nevsky, battles of Neva and Ice
St Petersburg Saint, 1240-1263, Alexander Nevsky; St Charitina the Princess of Lithuania, Commemorated on October 5; Repose of St Theodore Yaroslavich the older brother of St Alexander Nevsky in Novgorod, Commemorated on June 5 ;

Russia, St Petersburg, 1329-1353, Saint, Herman of Valaam
Valaam Island (Lake Ladoga); Venerable Herman the Wonderworker of Valaam, Commemorated on June 28; Venerable Sergius the Wonderworker of Valaam, Commemorated on June 28; Valaam Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on August 7; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Sergius the Wonderworker of Valaam, Commemorated on September 11 ;

Russia, St Petersburg, 1329-1353, Saint, Sergius of Valaam
Valaam Island (Lake Ladoga); Venerable Herman the Wonderworker of Valaam, Commemorated on June 28; Venerable Sergius the Wonderworker of Valaam, Commemorated on June 28; Valaam Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on August 7; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Sergius the Wonderworker of Valaam, Commemorated on September 11 ;

Russia, St Petersburg, 1383, Appearance of Tihkvin Icon, Fisherman, Lake Ladoga
Russia, St Petersburg, 1383, Appearance of Tihkvin Icon, Lake Ladoga; Lake Ladoga; Appearance of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on June 26;

Russia, St Petersburg, 1493-1549, Saint, Adrian of Ondrusov, aka Andrew Zavalushin
Russia, Moscow, 1493-1549, Saint, Adrian of Ondrusov, aka Andrew Zavalushin; Venerable Adrian the Abbot of Ondrusov, Valaam, Commemorated on August 26;

Stolbovo, 1617 (Treaty of Stolbovo)
Stolbovo (Treaty of Stolbovo) which ended Russia's war with Sweden. Stolbovo is south of Lake Ladgoda and 33 Miles from Tikhvin. Appearance of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on June 26;

Russia, St Petersburg, 1721, Nishtad Peace, Treaty of Nystad. August 30, 1721
Nishtad Peace, Treaty of Nystad. August 30, 1721; Great Northern War 1700-1721; Translation of the relics of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated on August 30;

Russia, St Petersburg, 1721-1917 , Russian Empire (capital normally St Petersburg)
Russian Empire, Capital St Petersburg except for two years in Moscow of the 200 years of the Empire 1721-1917 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Andronicus, Commemorated on October 22 ;

Russia, St Petersburg, 1757-1825, Iconographer, Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky
St Petersburg Iconographer, 1757-1825, Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœOur Lady of SitkaÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on July 8;

Russia, St Petersburg, North Side Folder, Karelian Isthmus, Sestra River

Sestra River

Sestra River Source (Karelian Istmus)
The Sestra River is the natural boundary between both Russia and Sweden, and Russia and Finland.

Karelian Isthmus, North Side St Petersburg
Karelian Isthmus; Valaam Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on August 7; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Sergius the Wonderworker of Valaam, Commemorated on September 11 ; Venerable Polycarp of Briansk, Commemorated February 23 ; Venerable Euthymius the Enlightener of Karelia and Finland, Commemorated on April 18;

Vysotsk, North St Petersburg, Russia
Vysotsk; Venerable Joseph the Abbot of Volokolamsk, Volotsk, Commemorated on September 9 ; Venerable Athanasius of Serpukhov, Commemorated on September 12

Kakisalmi, Russia (Karelian Isthmus)
Kakisalmi; Valaam Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on August 7;

Sestra River 1

Sestra River Mouth (Gulf of Finland)

Peter and Paul cathedral, northside St Petersberg, 1712
Peter and Paul Cathedral St. Petersburg; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Lord at Moscow, Commemorated on July 10; Uncovering of the relics of St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated September 4 ; St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated on December 10; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Lord at Moscow, Commemorated on July 10;

Russian Thebaid of the North
Russian Thebaid of the North; Venerable Dionysius the Abbot of Glushetsk, Vologda, Commemorated on June 1;

Kronstadt Island, St Petersburg
Kronstadt Island (Kotlin Island, St Petersburg); Kronshtadtsky District; Repose of St John of Kronstadt, Commemorated December 20 ; Venerable Anatole I of Optina, Commemorated on January 25 ; Glorification of St John of Kronstadt, Commemorated on June 8 ; Venerable Nikon of Optina, Commemorated on June 25 ;

Russia, St Petersburg, Volkhov River Folder

Volkhov River 5 (Volkhov)

Volkhov, St Petersburg (Volkhov River 5)
Volkhov; Venerable Anthony the Roman and Abbot of Novgorod, commemorated August 3;

Zelenets (Green Island), Trinity Zelenets Monestary, Volkhov District, St Petersburg, 1582
Zelenets, Trinity Zelenets Monestary, Volkhov District, Zelenets (Green Island); Venerable Martyrius of Zelenets, Pskov, Commemorated on March 1;

Russia, St Petersburg, Syas River Folder

Syas River

Syas River Source (Valdai Hills)

Syas River 1

Syas River 2 (Overview)

Syas River 3

Syas River 4

Syas River 6 (Tikhvinka River)

Russia, St Petersburg, Syas River 6, Tikhvin River Folder

Tikhvinka River

Tikhvinka River Source (Lake Yeglino)

Tikhvinka River 1

Tikhvinka River 2 (Tikhvin)

Tikhvin, St Petersburg area (Tikhvinka River 2)
Tikhvin; Icon of the Mother of God œthe Converser, Commemorated on August 14; Translation of the Icon of the Mother of God in Triumph to Russia, Commemorated on September 18; Finding of the relics of the Venerable Cyril the Abbot of Novoezersk, Vologda, Commemorated on November 7 ; Venerable Anthony of Dymsk, Novgorod, Commemorated January 17 ; Icon of the Mother of God Weeping "Tikhvin" on Mt Athos, Commemorated February 17; Icon of the Mother of God Weeping œTikhvin on Mt Athos, Commemorated on February 17 ; Venerable Martyrius of Zelenets, Pskov, Commemorated on March 1; Icon of the Mother of God œStaro Rus Old Russian, Commemorated on May 4; Venerable Anthony the Abbot of Dymsk, Novgorod, Commemorated on June 24; Appearance of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on June 26;

Tikhvin Assumption Monastery, 1560
Tikhvin Assumption Monastery; Finding of the relics of the Venerable Cyril the Abbot of Novoezersk, Vologda, Commemorated on November 7 ;

Dymsk, Novgorod (near Tikhvin, St. Petersburg)
Dymsk on Lake Dyma on the outskirts of Tikhvin; Venerable Anthony of Dymsk, Novgorod, Commemorated on January 17 ; Venerable Anthony the Abbot of Dymsk, Novgorod, Commemorated on June 24; Appearance of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on June 26;

Dyma Lake, Tikhvin, St Petersburg
but Anthony, shunning glory, left the monastery and settled at the shores of Lake Dyma, on the outskirts of the city of Tikhvin Venerable Anthony of Dymsk, Novgorod, Commemorated on January 17; Venerable Anthony the Abbot of Dymsk, Novgorod, Commemorated on June 24;

Tikhvinka River Mouth (Syas River 6)

Syas River Mouth (Lake Ladoga, St Petersburg)

Russia, St Petersburg, South Side Folder, Winter Palace, Spiritual Academy, Gatchina Road

Izhora River

Trinity-St. Sergius Hermitage (near St Petersburg) 1734
St Sergius Hermitage; Glorification of the Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America, Commemorated on August 9 ; HERMAN OF ALASKA, MISSIONARY TO THE ALEUT, 9 August 1837; Repose of the Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America; St Sophronius the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on March 30;

Kopore Fortress (southwest of St Petersburg)
Kopore; Repose of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated November 23, The Teutonic Knights remained a dangerous enemy. In a lightning-quick campaign in 1241 St Alexander recaptured the ancient Russian fortress of Kopore, expelling the knights. But in 1242, the Germans succeeded capturing Pskov.;

Orlov (Gatchina Palace)
Hieromartyr and Venerable Kuksha of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 27; Venerable Leonid of Optina, Commemorated October 11 ; Translation of the relic of the Right Hand of John the Baptist, October 12 ; Synaxis of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John, Commemorated January 7 ;

Gatchina Palace, 1766
Gatchina Palace; Hieromartyr and Venerable Kuksha of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated August 27 ; Synaxis of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John, Commemorated January 7 ; Translation of the relic of the Right Hand of John the Baptist, October 12 ;

Gatchina (Road St Petersburg to Pskov)
Gatchina (Road St Petersburg to Pskov); Gatchina Palace; Translation of a Particle of the Life Giving Cross from Malta to Gatchina, Commemorated October 12 ; Translation of the relic of the Right Hand of John the Baptist, October 12 ; Synaxis of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John, Commemorated January 7 ;

Pavlovsk Institute - Pavlovsk Palace, St Petersburg, 1777
Pavlovsk Institute - Pavlovsk Palace; Glorification of the Priestmartyr Alexander Hotovitzky, Commemorated on December 4

Sophia Cathedral, Pushkin, St Petersburg
Sophia Cathedral, in Sophia, near Pushkin and St. Petersburg ; St John, Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated February 10 ; Venerable Euphrosyne the Abbess of Polotsk, Commemorated on May 23;

Tsarskoye Selo, St Petersburg
Tsarskoye Selo; Priestmartyr John Kochurov, Commemorated October 31 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Tsarskoe Selo, Commemorated November 27 ;

Saint Katherine'™s Cathedral, Tsarskoye Selo, St Petersburg
Saint Katherine'™s Cathedral, Tsarskoye Selo, St Petersburg; Priestmartyr John Kochurov, Commemorated on October 31;

St. Petersburg University, 1724
St. Petersburg University; St Euthymius (Takaishvili);

Moscow Triumphal Gate, St Petersburg, 1834, for 1829 victory over Turks
Moscow Triumphal Gate; Repose of St Philaret (Drozdov) the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated November 19 ; Metropolitan Philaret was asked to dedicate the new Triumphal Gate in Moscow, and Tsar Nicholas I was also present. Seeing statues of pagan gods on the Gate, the Metropolitan refused to bless it. The Tsar became angry, and many people criticized the saintÃ¢Â€Â™s refusal to participate. He felt that he had followed his conscience in this matter, but still felt disturbed by it, and so he prayed until he finally dropped off to sleep. He was awakened around 5 A.M. by the sound of someone opening the door which he usually kept locked. The Metropolitan sat up and saw Saint Sergius of Radonezh (September 25) leaning over his bed. Ã¢Â€ÂœDonÃ¢Â€Â™t worry,Ã¢Â€ÂÂÂÂ he said, Ã¢Â€Âœit will all pass.Ã¢Â€ÂÂÂÂ Then he disappeared.

St Petersburg Theological Academy, 1797
St Petersburg Theological Academy; Glorification of St Tikhon, the Apostle to America, Commemorated October 9 ; Priestmartyr John Kochurov, Commemorated on October 31; Repose of St Philaret (Drozdov) the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated November 19; Glorification of the Priestmartyr Alexander Hotovitzky, Commemorated December 3; St Gabriel, Bishop of Imereti, Commemorated January 25 ; St Nicholas, Equal of the Apostles and Archbishop of Japan, Commemorated on February 16; St Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 28; St Tikhon the Patriarch of Moscow, and Enlightener of North America, Commemorated on April 7 ; TIKHON, PATRIARCH OF RUSSIA AND CONFESSOR, (7 April 1925); Glorification of St John of Kronstadt, Commemorated on June 8 ;

St Alexander Nevsky Spiritual Academy, St Petersburg, 1797
St Alexander Nevsky Spiritual Academy; Repose of St John of Kronstadt, Commemorated December 20 ; Venerable Theodore of Sanaxar, Commemorated on February 19; St Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 28; Repose of St Nicholas of Zhicha, Commemorated on March 18; St Tikhon the Patriarch of Moscow, and Enlightener of North America, Commemorated on April 7 ;

St Petersburg Naval Academy, 1701
St Petersburg Naval Academy; Repose of St Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska, Commemorated on July 26;

Kazan Cathedral, St. Petersburg, 1801
Kazan Cathedral, St. Petersburg; Repose of St Raphael the Bishop of Brooklyn, Commemorated on February 27; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœCzestochowaÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on March 6;

Alexandrovsky (Shuvalov) Palace
Alexandrovsky Shuvalov Palace; Priestmartyr John Kochurov, Commemorated on October 31;

Alexander Nevsky Lavra, St Petersburg, 1710
Alexander Nevsky Lavra ; Translation of the relics of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated August 30 ; Repose of St Innocent the first Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated November 26 ; St Nicholas, Equal of the Apostles and Archbishop of Japan, Commemorated on February 16; Venerable Theodore of Sanaxar, Commemorated on February 19 ; Venerable Seraphim of Virits, Commemorated on March 21; St Sophronius the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on March 30; TIKHON, PATRIARCH OF RUSSIA AND CONFESSOR, (7 April 1925);

Trinity Cathedral, Alexander Nevsky Lavra, St Petersburg, 1778
Alexander Nevsky Lavra ; Translation of the relics of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated August 30 ; Repose of St Innocent the first Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated November 26 ; St Nicholas, Equal of the Apostles and Archbishop of Japan, Commemorated on February 16; Venerable Theodore of Sanaxar, Commemorated on February 19 ; Venerable Seraphim of Virits, Commemorated on March 21; St Sophronius the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on March 30; TIKHON, PATRIARCH OF RUSSIA AND CONFESSOR, (7 April 1925);

Smolensk cemetery, St Petersburg
Smolensk cemetery; Blessed Xenia of St Petersburg, Commemorated January 24 ;

Vasili Island, St Petersburg
Vasili Island; Valaam Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on August 7;

Petersburg Cossack Staff Officers"™ School
Petersburg Cossack Staff Officers™ School or Imperial Military Aademy in Saint Petersberg; Orenburg Cossacks; Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina, Commemorated on April 1;

Imperial Military Academy
Petersburg Cossack Staff Officers' School or Imperial Military Aademy in Saint Petersberg; Orenburg Cossacks; Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina, Commemorated on April 1;

Academy of Arts in St Petersburg, Russia
Academy of Arts in St Petersburg, Russia; Icon of the Mother of God "œOur Lady of Sitka", Commemorated on July 8 ;

Saint Petersburg State University, 1724
Saint Petersburg State University; Martyr Ilia Chavchavadze of Georgia, Commemorated on July 20;

Winter Palace Cathedral, southside St Petersburg, 1763
Winter Palace Cathedral; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Lord at Moscow, Commemorated on July 10;

Winter Palace, southside St. Petersburg, 1732
Winter Palace; The Placing of the Honorable Robe of the Lord at Moscow, Commemorated on July 10; Translation of a Particle of the Life Giving Cross from Malta to Gatchina; Translation of the relic of the Right Hand of John the Baptist, Commemorated October 12 ; Synaxis of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John, Commemorated January 7 ;

Izhora Plateau
Izhora Plateau;

Izhora River Source (Skvoritsy springs, Izhora Plateau)

Izhora River 1

Izhora River 2

Izhora River Mouth (Neva River)
Izhora River;

Russia, St Petersburg, Lakes Onega and Lagoda Folder

Lake Onega, Eastern St Petersburg area
Lake Onega; Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Svir, Commemorated on August 30; Hieromartyr Philip the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated January 9 ; Venerable Lazarus of Murom, Commemorated on March 8; Venerable Zosimas the Abbot of Solovki, Commemorated on April 17; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Paleostrov, Commemorated on May 19;

Lake Ladoga, St Petersburg area
Lake Ladoga; Icon of the Mother of God of Konevits, Commemorated on July 10 ; St Macarius of Oredezhsk, Commemorated August 9; Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Svir, Commemorated on August 30; Venerable Macarius of Optina, Commemorated on September 7 ; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Sergius the Wonderworker of Valaam, Commemorated on September 11 ; Monkmartyr Euphrosynus of Blue Jay Lake, Novgorod, Commemorated on March 20; Appearance of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on June 26; Venerable Sergius the Wonderworker of Valaam, Commemorated on June 28;

Valaam Island (Lake Ladoga near St Petersburg) settled 1329
Valaam Island (Lake Ladoga); Valaam Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on August 7; Venerable Adrian the Abbot of Ondrusov, Valaam, Commemorated August 26 ; Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Svir, Commemorated on August 30; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Sergius the Wonderworker of Valaam, Commemorated on September 11 ; St Gennadius the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated December 4 ; Repose of the Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America, Commemorated December 13 ; Venerable Antipas of Valaam Monastery, Commemorated January 10 ; Venerable Athanasius the Abbot of Syandemsk, Vologda, Commemorated on January 18 ; Monkmartyr Euphrosynus of Blue Jay Lake, Novgorod, Commemorated on March 20 ; Venerable Adrian the Abbot of Ondrusov, Valaam; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Sergius the Wonderworker of Valaam; Venerable Sergius the Wonderworker of Valaam, Commemorated on June 28;

Shlisselburg Fortress, 1323, Lake Ladoga
Shlisselburg Fortress; Translation of the relics of Saint Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated on August 30;

Valaamo monastery (Valaam Island, Lake Ladoga) 1329
Valaam Monastery ; Valaam Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on August 7; Glorification of the Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America, Commemorated on August 9 ; Venerable Adrian the Abbot of Ondrusov, Valaam; Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Svir, Commemorated on August 30; Venerable Leonid of Optina, Commemorated on October 11; St Gennadius the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated December 4 ; Repose of the Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America, Commemorated December 13 ; Venerable Antipas of Valaam Monastery, Commemorated January 10 ; Venerable Athanasius the Abbot of Syandemsk, Vologda, Commemorated on January 18 ; Monkmartyr Euphrosynus of Blue Jay Lake, Novgorod, Commemorated on March 20; Venerable Sergius the Wonderworker of Valaam, Commemorated on June 28;

an island, Sala (the Thicket)
Venerable Adrian the Abbot of Ondrusov, Valaam, Commemorated on August 26;

The Peninsula of Lake Ladoga
Venerable Adrian the Abbot of Ondrusov, Valaam, Commemorated on August 26;

Serdobol (near St Petersburg)
Serdobol at the north end of Lake Ladoga. Glorification of the Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America, Commemorated on August 9 ; Repose of the Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America, Commemorated December 13 ;

Konevits Island, , Lake Ladoga, St Petersburg
Konevits; Icon of the Mother of God of Konevits, Commemorated on July 10 ; Venerable Arsenius the Abbot of Konevits, Commemorated on June 12;

Konevits Monestary, Lake Ladoga, St Petersburg, 1393
Konevits Monestary; Konevits; Icon of the Mother of God of Konevits, Commemorated on July 10 ; Valaam Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on August 7; Venerable Arsenius the Abbot of Konevits, Commemorated on June 12;

Russia, St Petersburg, Lakes Onega and Lagoda, Svir River Folder

Chud People, Land of the Chud People (east of St Petersburg)
Chud People; St Sergius of Malopinega, Commemorated on November 16 ; St Vsevolod (in holy baptism Gabriel) the Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated February 11 ; Venerable Lazarus of Murom, Commemorated on March 8;

Kizhi Island in Lake Onega, St Petersburg area
Mucha (Murom) Island in Lake Onega; Venerable Lazarus of Murom, Commemorated on March 8; Venerable Athanasius of Murom, Commemorated on March 8; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Paleostrov, Commemorated on May 19;

Mucha (Murom) Island in Lake Onega, St Petersburg area
Mucha (Murom) Island in Lake Onega; Venerable Lazarus of Murom, Commemorated on March 8; Venerable Athanasius of Murom, Commemorated on March 8; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Paleostrov, Commemorated on May 19;

Murom monastery, Church of the Ressurection of Lararus, 1360
Mucha (Murom) Island in Lake Onega; Venerable Lazarus of Murom, Commemorated on March 8; Venerable Athanasius of Murom, Commemorated on March 8;

Kizhi Pogost, 1360 & 1690
Kizhi Pogost, 1690; Venerable Athanasius of Murom, Commemorated on March 8;

Pali island in Lake Onega
Pali island in Lake Onega; St Cornelius of Paleostrov and Olonets, Commemorated on August 21; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Paleostrov, Commemorated on May 19;

Petrozavodsk, Lake Onega, St. Petersburg, Svir River side
Petrozavodsk; Righteous Athanasius of Novolotsk, Commemorated on January 18 ; Finding of the relics of the Venerable Bassian the Monk of Pertomsk, Solovki, Commemorated on June 5;

Svir River

Svir River Source (Lake Onega)

Obonezh Pyatina, division of Novgorod Northeast of Novgorod to White Sea, Svir River
Pyatina; Obonezhskaya Pyatina; Obonezhskaya Pyatina was located to the northeast of Novgorod, on the right bank of the Volkhov. This pyatina continued north to Lake Onega and further to the White Sea. In terms of the current administrative division, it included parts of Novgorod, Leningrad, Vologda, and Arkhangelsk Oblasts, and the Republic of Karelia.

Khavronin on the River Svira, St Petersburg
Khavronin on the River Svira; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Herman of Solovki, Commemorated on July 30;

Svir River 1 (Holy Lakes, Svir)

Holy Lakes
Holy Lakes ; Alexander-Svirsky Monastery ; Alexander-Svirsky Monastery was founded in 1487, when a monk of the Valaam Monastery, named Alexander, settled between Roschinsky and Holy lakes, 20 km to the east from Lake Ladoga and 6 km from the Svir River. Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Svir, Commemorated on August 30 ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Svir, Commemorated on April 17;

Alexander-Svirsky Monastery of the Holy Trinity, St Petersburg area, 1487
Alexander-Svirsky Monastery ; This monastery was orignally the rich estate Andreevschina of Saint Adrian of Ondrusov, Valaam, Commemorated August 26 ; Venerable Anthony of Optina, Commemorated on August 7 ; St Macarius the Roman, Commemorated on August 15; Venerable Adrian the Abbot of Ondrusov, Valaam, Commemorated on August 26; Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Svir, Commemorated on August 30; Venerable Macarius of Optina, Commemorated on September 7 ; Venerable Leonid of Optina, Commemorated on October 11; Venerable Athanasius the Abbot of Syandemsk, Vologda, Commemorated on January 18 ; Venerable Macarius the Roman of Novgorod, Commemorated on January 19 ; Venerable Nicephorus of Vazheozersk, Commemorated on February 9; Venerable Macarius the Roman of Novgorod; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Svir, Commemorated on April 17;

Svir (Siya), St Petersburg area (Lake Ladoga, Svir River 1)
Svir River; Venerable Anthony of Optina, Commemorated on August 7 ; St Macarius of Oredezhsk, Commemorated on August 9 ; St Macarius the Roman, Commemorated on August 15; Venerable Adrian the Abbot of Ondrusov, Valaam, Commemorated August 26 ; Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Svir, Commemorated on August 30; Venerable Nicander the Hermit of Pskov, Commemorated on September 24; Hieromartyr Philip the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated January 9 ; Venerable Athanasius the Abbot of Syandemsk, Vologda, Commemorated on January 18 ; Venerable Nicephorus of Vazheozersk, Commemorated on February 9 ; Venerable Macarius the Roman of Novgorod, Commemorated on January 19 ; Venerable Gennadius of Kostroma, Commemorated January 23 ; Venerable Nicephorus of Vazheozersk, Commemorated on February 9; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Svir, Commemorated on April 17;

Andreevschina Estate
Alexander-Svirsky Monastery ; This monastery was orignally the rich estate Andreevschina of Saint Adrian of Ondrusov, Valaam, Commemorated August 26 ; Venerable Adrian the Abbot of Ondrusov, Valaam, Commemorated on August 26; Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Svir, Commemorated on August 30; Venerable Nicephorus of Vazheozersk, Commemorated on February 9; Venerable Macarius the Roman of Novgorod; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Svir, Commemorated on April 17;

Svir River Mouth (Lake Ladoga)

Mandera (River Oyata Mouth at Svir River near Lake Ladoga)
Mandera (River Oyata Mouth at Svir River near Lake Ladoga); Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Svir, Commemorated August 30 ;

Olonka River

Olonets Land (Northwestern Imperial Russia, Finland to White Sea)
Olonets Land; St Cornelius of Paleostrov and Olonets, Commemorated on August 21; Righteous Athanasius of Novolotsk, Commemorated on January 18 ; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Paleostrov, Commemorated on May 19;

Olonets, near St Petersburg (Olonka River, Lake Ladoka)
Olonets; St Cornelius of Paleostrov and Olonets, Commemorated on August 21; Righteous Athanasius of Novolotsk, Commemorated on January 18 ; Venerable Athanasius the Abbot of Syandemsk, Vologda, Commemorated on January 18 ; Venerable Lazarus of Murom, Commemorated on March 8; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Paleostrov, Commemorated on May 19;

Paleostrov and Olonets, Karelia, Russia
Paleostrov and Olonets, Karelia, Russia ; St Cornelius of Paleostrov and Olonets, Commemorated August 21 ; St Theophan the Recluse the Bishop of Tambov; Venerable Athanasius the Abbot of Syandemsk, Vologda; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Paleostrov, Commemorated on May 19;

Russia, St Petersburg, Lakes Onega and Lagoda, Neva River Folder

Neva River

Neva River Source (Lake Ladoga)

Shlisselburg, Neva River Source, Lake Ladoga
Shlisselburg; Translation of the relics of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated August 30;

Neva River Mouth (Neva Bay, Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea)

Battle of the Neva, 1240, Orthodox over Catholic Swedes, Norwegians and Finns, and Teutonic Knights
St Petersburg, 1240, Battle of the Neva; Passion-Bearer Gleb, in Holy Baptism David, Commemorated September 5 ; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Sergius the Wonderworker of Valaam, Commemorated on September 11 ; Repose of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated on November 23 ; Venerable Xenophon the Abbot of Robeika, Novgorod, Commemorated on June 28;

Russia, St Petersburg, Lakes Onega and Lagoda, Volda Lake Folder

Ileksa River

Ileksa River Source, Above Vodla Lake

Yuregorsk Monastery?, Mt Yurev? (above Vodla Lake)
Yuregorsk Monastery?, Mt Yurev? This is the location of the only church in the area. Venerable Diodorus the Abbot of Yuregorsk, Commemorated on November 20;

Ileksa River Mouth (Vodla Lake)
Ileksa River;

Vodla River

Vodla River Source (Vodla Lake)

Vodla Lake, St Petersburg drainage
Lake Vodla or Lake Vodlozero; Venerable Diodorus the Abbot of Yuregorsk, Commemorated November 20 ;

Vodla River Mouth (Lake Onega)
Vodla River;

Russia, St Petersburg, Luga River Folder

Luga River

Luga River Second Source

Luga River Source (along the border)

Luga River 1 (Oredezh, Oredezh River Mouth)

Russia, St Petersburg, Luga River 1, Oredezh River Folder

Oredezh River

Oredezh River 1

Oredezh River 2 (Vyritsa)

Vyritsa, South of St Petersburg (Oredezh River 2)
Vyritsa; Venerable Seraphim of Virits, Commemorated on March 21;

Oredezh River 3

Oredezh River Mouth (Luga River 2)

Oredezhsk (O River Mouth, Luga River 1)
Oredezhsk; St Macarius of Oredezhsk, Commemorated on August 9 ;

Luga River 3

Luga River 4

Luga River Mouth (Gulf of Finland)

Batetsky District (basin of Rivers Verenda and Sheldon)
Batetsky District (basin of Rivers Verenda (southeast) and Sheldon (southwest));

Russia, St Petersburg, St Petersburg Roads Folder

Gatchina Road to Peskov

Russia, Kaluga Folder, and its rivers, North side of the Oka, along M Trail

Kaluga district (East European Plain)
Kaluga Oblast ; Venerable Anthony of Optina, Commemorated on August 7 ; HERMAN OF ALASKA, MISSIONARY TO THE ALEUT, 9 August 1837; Appearance of the Mother of God to St Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on August 24; Icon of the Mother of God of Kaluga, Commemorated September 2 ; Venerable Hilarion of Optina, Commemorated on September 18; Icon of the Mother of God the "Multiplier of Wheat", Commemorated October 15 ; Venerable Anatole I of Optina, Commemorated on January 25 ; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœElets-ChernigovÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on February 5 ; Icon of the Mother of God "the Seeker of the Lost", Commemorated February 5 ; Venerable Polycarp of Briansk, Commemorated February 23 ; Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina, Commemorated on April 1; Venerable Daniel the Abbot of Pereyaslavl-Zalesski, Commemorated on April 7; St Barsanuphius the Bishop of Tver, Commemorated on April 11; Venerable Nectarius of Optina, Commemorated on April 29; St Gerasimus of Boldino, Commemorated on May 1; Venerable Joseph of Optina, Commemorated on May 9;

Kaluga governance
Kaluga governance; Icon of the Mother of God of Kaluga, Commemorated September 2 ; Icon of the Mother of God "the Seeker of the Lost", Commemorated February 5 ;

Vyatichi, 9th - 12th Century, Slavic People of the Oka Basin, Kaluga
Vyatichi, 9th - 12th Century, Slavic People of the Oka Basin; Hieromartyr and Venerable Kuksha of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 27;

Russia, Kaluga History Folder

Russia, Kaluga, 800, Vyatichi, 9th - 12th Century, Slavic People of the Oka Basin
Vyatichi, 9th - 12th Century, Slavic People of the Oka Basin; Hieromartyr and Venerable Kuksha of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 27;

Russia, Kaluga, 1373-1410, Vladimir the Bold, Prince with Dimitri Donskoi
Kaluga, 1373-1410, Vladimir the Bold, Prince with Dimitri Donskoi, aka Serpukhov prince Vladimir Andreevich the Brave; St Athanasius of Serpukhov, Commemorated on September 12;

Russia, Kaluga, 1380, Battle of Kulikovo Field
Battle of Kulikovo; Translation of the relics of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated on August 30; Memorial Saturday of St Demetrius;

Russia, Kaluga, 1480, Great stand on the Ugra river
Kaluga, Great stand on the Ugra river, 1480 ; Russo-Kazan Wars 1438-1552; Meeting of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God in memory of Saving of Moscow from the Invasion of Khan Achmed, Commemorated on June 23;

Russia, Kaluga,1512, Crimean Tartar War at Kaluga
Crimean Tartar War at Kaluga 1512; Blessed Laurence the Fool-For-Christ at Kaluga, Commemorated on August 10;

Russia, Kaluga, 1812, Appearances of the Kaluga Icon, seen by French invaders.
Russia, Kaluga, 1812, Appearances of the Kaluga Icon, seen by French invaders.; Icon of the Mother of God of Kaluga, Commemorated on October 12; The Kaluga Icon of the Mother of God appeared in the year 1748 (September 2). In 1812 many Russian and French soldiers beheld the Kaluga icon of the Mother of God, standing in the air. Thus also it was around Kaluga and Maloyaroslavl. During such appearances the Russian armies were always victorious. This vision was also granted to the peasant Paraskeva Alekseeva.

Russia, Kaluga, 1832-1891, Saint, Ambrose of Optina, starets and hiroschemamonk
Russia, Kaluga, 1832-1891, Saint, Ambrose of Optina, starets and hiroschemamonk; Optina Monestary ; Venerable Anatole II of Optina, Commemorated on July 30; Venerable Anthony of Optina, Commemorated on August 7 ; Venerable Macarius of Optina, Commemorated September 7 ; Venerable Hilarion of Optina, Commemorated on September 18; Venerable Ambrose of Optina, Commemorated October 10 ; Synaxis of the Venerable Fathers of Optina, Commemorated on October 11 ; Venerable Leonid of Optina, Commemorated on October 11; Icon of the Mother of God the "Multiplier of Wheat", Commemorated October 15 ; Repose of St Philaret (Drozdov) the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated November 19 ; Venerable Anatole I of Optina, Commemorated on January 25 ; Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina, Commemorated on April 1; Venerable Nectarius of Optina, Commemorated on April 29; St Gerasimus of Boldino, Commemorated on May 1; Venerable Joseph of Optina, Commemorated on May 9; Venerable Moses of Optina, Commemorated on June 16; Venerable Nikon of Optina, Commemorated on June 25;

Russia, Kaluga, 1848-1910, Writer Leo Tolstoy
Russia, Moscow, 1848-1910, Writer Leo Tolstoy; ISABEL FLORENCE HAPGOOD, ECUMENIST and JOURNALIST, 1929, Commemorated June 26;

Russia, Kaluga, 1857-1911, St Joseph (Litovkin) of Optina
Kaluga's St Joseph (Litovkin) of Optina, 1857-1911; Venerable Joseph of Optina, Commemorated on May 9;

Russia, Kaluga, Oka River 1, Orlov Folder

Oryol, Kaluga (Orel, Oka River 1)
Oryol (Orel, Oka River 1) ; Hieromartyr and Venerable Kuksha of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated August 27 ; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœAssuage My SorrowsÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on October 9; Venerable Macarius of Optina, Commemorated September 7 ;

Orel Diocese, Kaluga
Orel Diocese; Hieromartyr and Venerable Kuksha of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated August 27 ; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœAssuage My SorrowsÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on October 9 ; Venerable Leonid of Optina, Commemorated October 11 ;

Russia, Kaluga, Oka River 2, Upa River Folder, Tula

Russia, Kaluga, Oka River 3, Zhizdra River Folder, Optima and Shamordino

Zhizdra River

Zhizdra River Source (Lower Valdai Hills)

Zhizdra River 1 (Kozelsk and Optina Monestary)

Optina Monastery, Kaluga (Zhizdra River 1) 1821
Optina Monestary ; Venerable Anatole II of Optina, Commemorated on July 30; Venerable Anthony of Optina, Commemorated on August 7 ; Venerable Anatole II of Optina; Venerable Macarius of Optina, Commemorated September 7 ; Venerable Hilarion of Optina, Commemorated on September 18; Venerable Ambrose of Optina, Commemorated October 10 ; Synaxis of the Venerable Fathers of Optina, Commemorated on October 11 ; Venerable Leonid of Optina, Commemorated on October 11; Icon of the Mother of God the "Multiplier of Wheat", Commemorated October 15 ; Repose of St Philaret (Drozdov) the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated November 19 ; Venerable Anatole I of Optina, Commemorated on January 25 ; Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina, Commemorated on April 1; Venerable Nectarius of Optina, Commemorated on April 29; St Gerasimus of Boldino, Commemorated on May 1; Venerable Joseph of Optina, Commemorated on May 9; Venerable Moses of Optina, Commemorated on June 16; Venerable Nikon of Optina, Commemorated on June 25;

Kozelsk, Kaluga (Zhizdra River 1, near Optima Monastery)
Kozelsk; Venerable Anatole II of Optina, Commemorated on July 30; Venerable Eleazar of Anzersk Island, Solovki, Commemorated January 13 ; Venerable Nikon of Optina, Commemorated on June 25;

Dolgomost, near Smolensk, referred to, Seige of Kozelsk, 1239
Dolgomost and Kozelsk near Smolensk, Seige of Kozelsk, 1239; Martyr Mercurius of Smolensk, Commemorated on November 24; Background[edit] Taking the city of Torzhok on 5 March 1238 after a two-week siege, the Mongols continued to Novgorod. However, they failed to reach the city, mainly because they had difficulties moving in the woods, and after advancing around 100 kilometers at the unknown place designated in the chronicles as the Ignach Cross, they abandoned the plans to conquer Novgorod, turned south, and divided into two groups. Some of the forces led by Kadan and Storms passed over the Eastern route through the Ryazan land. The main forces led by Batu Khan passed through Dolgomost 30 km east of Smolensk, then entered the Chernigov Principality on the upper Gums, burned Vshchizh, but then abruptly turned to the northeast, bypassing the Bryansk and Karachev, at the end of March 1238 went to the Kozelsk on the Zhizdra River.

Zhizdra River 2 (Shamordino Monastery and Convent)

Shamordino monastery, Kaluga (Zhizdra River 2) 1884
Shamordino Manastery ; Icon of the Mother of God the "Multiplier of Wheat", Commemorated October 15 ; Venerable Anatole I of Optina, Commemorated on January 25 ; St Gerasimus of Boldino, Commemorated on May 1;

Shamordino Convent, Kaluga, 1884
Shamordino Convent; Venerable Ambrose of Optina, Commemorated October 10 ; Icon of the Mother of God the "Multiplier of Wheat", Commemorated October 15 ; Venerable Anatole I of Optina, Commemorated on January 25 ; Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina, Commemorated on April 1;

Zhizdra River Mouth (Oka River 3)

Russia, Kaluga, Oka River 4, Ugra River Folder, City of Kaluga

Ugra River

Ugra River Source (Valdai Hills)

Ugra River Mouth (Oka River 4)

Kaluga (Ugra River Mouth, Oka River 4)
Kaluga; Venerable Anatole II of Optina, Commemorated on July 30 ; Venerable Anthony of Optina, Commemorated on August 7 ; Glorification of the Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America, Commemorated on August 9 ; HERMAN OF ALASKA, MISSIONARY TO THE ALEUT, 9 August 1837; Blessed Laurence the Fool-For-Christ at Kaluga, Commemorated August 10 ; Hieromartyr and Venerable Kuksha of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 27 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Kaluga, Commemorated September 2 ; Venerable Macarius of Optina, Commemorated September 7 ; Venerable Hilarion of Optina, Commemorated on September 18; Venerable Leonid of Optina, Commemorated October 11 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Kaluga, Commemorated October 12 ; Venerable Anatole I of Optina, Commemorated on January 25 ; Icon of the Mother of God "the Seeker of the Lost", Commemorated February 5 ; Venerable Polycarp of Briansk, Commemorated February 23 ; Venerable Daniel the Abbot of Pereyaslavl-Zalesski, Commemorated on April 7; St Barsanuphius the Bishop of Tver, Commemorated on April 11; Venerable Nectarius of Optina, Commemorated on April 29; St Gerasimus of Boldino, Commemorated on May 1; New Martyr Ephraim, Commemorated on May 5; Venerable Joseph of Optina, Commemorated on May 9; Venerable Tikhon of Kaluga Or Medin, Commemorated on June 16; Venerable Moses of Optina, Commemorated on June 16; Meeting of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God in memory of Saving of Moscow from the Invasion of Khan Achmed, Commemorated on June 23; Venerable Nikon of Optina, Commemorated on June 25; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5;

Kaluga Cathedral of the Holy Trinity
Kaluga Cathedral of the Holy Trinity; Icon of the Mother of God of Kaluga, Commemorated on September 2;

Kaluga, 1748, Appearance of the Kaluga Icon in Kaluga
Kaluga, 1748, Appearance of the Kaluga Icon in Kaluga; Russia, Kaluga, 1812, Appearances of the Kaluga Icon, seen by French invaders.; Icon of the Mother of God of Kaluga, Commemorated on October 12; The Kaluga Icon of the Mother of God appeared in the year 1748 (September 2). In 1812 many Russian and French soldiers beheld the Kaluga icon of the Mother of God, standing in the air. Thus also it was around Kaluga and Maloyaroslavl. During such appearances the Russian armies were always victorious. This vision was also granted to the peasant Paraskeva Alekseeva.

Kaluga, 1812, Appearances of the Kaluga Icon, seen by French invaders.
Russia, Kaluga, 1812, Appearances of the Kaluga Icon, seen by French invaders.; Icon of the Mother of God of Kaluga, Commemorated on October 12; The Kaluga Icon of the Mother of God appeared in the year 1748 (September 2). In 1812 many Russian and French soldiers beheld the Kaluga icon of the Mother of God, standing in the air. Thus also it was around Kaluga and Maloyaroslavl. During such appearances the Russian armies were always victorious. This vision was also granted to the peasant Paraskeva Alekseeva.

Russia, Kaluga, Oka River 5, Protva River Folder, Vereiya and Borovsk

Protva River

Protva River Source (Valdai Hills)

Vereiya, Kaluga
Vereiya; Hieromartyr Hilarion, Archbishop of Vereiya, Commemorated December 15 ;

Protva River 1 (Vereya)

Borovsk, Kaluga (Protva River 1.5)
Borovsk; Venerable Daniel the Abbot of Pereyaslavl-Zalesski, Commemorated on April 7; Venerable Paphnutius the Abbot of Borov, Commemorated on May 1;

Protva River 2 (Borovsk and Maloyaroslavl)

Russia, Kaluga, Oka River 5, Protva River 2, Luzha River Folder

Luzha (Vepreika) River

Luza River Source (Valdai Hills, Kaluga)

Luzha (Vepreika) River Mouth (Maloyaroslavl, Protva River 2)

Maloyaroslavl, Kaluga (near Luzha River Mouth)
Maloyaroslavl; Venerable Anthony of Optina, Commemorated on August 7 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Kaluga, Commemorated October 12 ; Venerable Tikhon of Kaluga Or Medin, Commemorated on June 16;

Medin (a district of Kaluga)
Medin (a district of Kaluga); Venerable Tikhon of Kaluga Or Medin, Commemorated on June 16;

Baryatinsky District, Kaluga - Prince Daniel Baryatinsky
Baryatinsky District, Kaluga - Prince Daniel Baryatinsky; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœElets-ChernigovÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on February 5 ;

Bor of Kaluga in Zhukovsky District (Protva River 2.5)
Bor of Kaluga in Zhukovsky District; Icon of the Mother of God “the Seeker of the Lost”, Commemorated on February 5;

Protva River 3 (Protvino)

Protva River Mouth (Oka River 5)

Russia, Kaluga, Oka River 6, Nara River Folder, Serpukhov

Nara River

Nara River Source

Nara River 1

Nara River Mouth (Oka River 6, Serpukhov)

Serpukhov, Kaluga (Nara River Mouth and Oka River 6)
Serpukhov; Venerable Anthony of Optina, Commemorated on August 7 ; Glorification of the Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America, Commemorated on August 9 ; HERMAN OF ALASKA, MISSIONARY TO THE ALEUT, 9 August 1837; St Athanasius of Serpukhov, Commemorated September 12 ; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of Radonezh the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius, Commemorated November 17 ; Repose of the Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America, Commemorated December 13 ; St Barsanuphius the Bishop of Tver, Commemorated on April 11; New Martyr Ephraim, Commemorated on May 5; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Âœthe Inexhaustible ChaliceÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on May 5; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5;

Serpukhov monastery of St Athanasius, Kaluga, 1373
The monastery of St Athanasius was built near the city of Serpukhov, on the high bank of the River Nara ; Vysotsky (of the heights) Monastery at Serpouchoff; Venerable Anthony of Optina, Commemorated on August 7 ; Glorification of the Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America, Commemorated on August 9 ; St Athanasius of Serpukhov, Commemorated September 12 ; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of Radonezh the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius, Commemorated November 17 ;

Vysotsky (of the heights) Monastery at Serpouchoff, Kaluga, 1373
Vysotsky (of the heights) Monastery at Serpouchoff; Venerable Anthony of Optina, Commemorated on August 7 ; Glorification of the Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America, Commemorated on August 9 ; St Athanasius of Serpukhov, Commemorated September 12 ;

monastery of St Athanasius, Kaluga, 1373
The monastery of St Athanasius was built near the city of Serpukhov, on the high bank of the River Nara ; Vysotsky (of the heights) Monastery at Serpouchoff; Venerable Anthony of Optina, Commemorated on August 7 ; Glorification of the Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America, Commemorated on August 9 ; St Athanasius of Serpukhov, Commemorated September 12 ; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of Radonezh the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius, Commemorated November 17 ;

Russia, Kaluga, Muravsky Trail Folder, M Trail 6-9 from Livny and Tula to Serpukhov Crossing at Oka 6

Russia, Mordovia Folder, and its rivers on the South side of the Oka

Mordovia (Alatyr, Moksha, Tyosha, and Sura Rivers)
Mordovia; Passion-bearer Tsar Nicholas, Commemorated on July 17; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Seraphim of Sarov, Commemorated on July 19 ; St Pitirim the Bishop of Tambov, Commemorated on July 28 ; Venerable Anthony of Optina, Commemorated on August 7 ; St John the Bishop of Suzdal, Commemorated October 15 ; Righteous Juliana of Lazarevo, Murom, Commemorated on January 2 ; Blessed Xenia of St Petersburg, Commemorated on January 24 ; St Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev and Gallich, Commemorated January 25 ; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœElets-ChernigovÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on February 5 ; Icon of the Mother of God "the Seeker of the Lost", Commemorated February 5 ; Venerable Theodore of Sanaxar, Commemorated on February 19 ; Venerable Seraphim of Virits, Commemorated on March 21; Repose of St Theodore Yaroslavich the older brother of St Alexander Nevsky in Novgorod, Commemorated on June 5 ;

Russia, Mordovia, 1774-1833, Saint, Seraphim of Sarov
Russia, Mordovia, 1774-1833, Saint, Seraphim of Sarov ; Mordovia; Passion-bearer Tsar Nicholas, Commemorated on July 17; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Seraphim of Sarov, Commemorated on July 19 ;

Russia, Mordovia, Oka River Folder, Oka 12 and 13, south side of the Oka

Russia, Mordovia, Oka River 12, Moksha River Folder

Moksha River

Moksha River Source

Boldino Heights, Mordovia
Boldino Heights ; Passion-bearer Tsar Nicholas, Commemorated on July 17; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœElets-ChernigovÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on February 5 ;

Moksha River 1

Moksha River 2 (Tsna River)

Russia, Mordovia, Oka River 12, Moksha River 2, Tsna River Folder, Tambov

Tsna River (Moksha Basin)

Tsna River Source (along the border)

Tsna River 1 (Tambov, Studenets River Mouth)

Russia, Mordovia, Oka River 12, Moksha River 2, Tsna River 1, Studenets River Folder, Tambov

Studenets River

Studenets River Source (along the border)

Studenets River 1 (Kozlov)

Kozlov, Mordovia (Studenets River 1)
Kozlov, Mordovia; Icon of the Mother of God "the Seeker of the Lost", Commemorated February 5 ;

Studenets River Mouth (Tambov, Tsna River 1)

Tambov, Mordovia (Studenets River Mouth at Tsna River 1)
Tambov; St Pitirim the Bishop of Tambov; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Seraphim of Sarov, Commemorated on July 19 ; St Pitirim the Bishop of Tambov, Commemorated on July 28; St Metrophanes (in schema Macarius) the Bishop of Voronezh, Commemorated November 23 ; St Theophan the Recluse the Bishop of Tambov; St Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev and Gallich, Commemorated January 25 ; Icon of the Mother of God "the Seeker of the Lost", Commemorated February 5 ; Venerable Theodore of Sanaxar, Commemorated on February 19 ;

Tambov Theological Seminary at Kazan Monastery, Tambov, 1670
Tambov Theological Seminary at Kazan Monastery, Tambov; Monastery of Our Lady of Kazan (Tambov); Tambov; Venerable Ambrose of Optina, Commemorated on October 10;

Kozlov, Monastery of Our Lady of Kazan (Tambov) 1670
Kozlov, Monastery of Our Lady of Kazan (Tambov) 1670; St. Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev and Gallich, Commemorated on January 25;

Kazan Church of the Vysha Monastery, Tambov, Mordovia, 1670
Kozlov, Monastery of Our Lady of Kazan (Tambov) 1670; Kazan Church of the Vysha Monastery, Tambov, Mordovia, assumed to be in or near Tambov based on Saint Theophan's story.; St. Theophan the Recluse the Bishop of Tambov, Commemorated on January 10; Theophan the Recluse, 1835 - 1894;

Vysha Monastery, Tambov, Mordovia, 1670
Kozlov, Monastery of Our Lady of Kazan (Tambov) 1670; Kazan Church of the Vysha Monastery, Tambov, Mordovia, assumed to be in or near Tambov based on Saint Theophan's story.; St. Theophan the Recluse the Bishop of Tambov, Commemorated on January 10; Theophan the Recluse, 1835 - 1894;

Tsna River 2 (Moksha basin)

Tebza River

Iron Pines, Mordovia, Moksha River 2, Tsna River 2, Tebza River
In 1392 Saint James of Zhelezny Bor settled in a dense forest near iron mines, at a place which was called the Iron Pines, at the banks of the rivulet Tebza. Venerable James the Abbot of Zheleznoborov, Commemorated on April 11;

Tsna River Mouth (Moksha River)

Moksha River Mouth (Oka River 12)
Moksha River Mouth (Oka River 14) ;

Russia, Mordovia. Oka River 13, Tyosha River Folder, Sarov and Sanaxar

Tyosha River 1 (Arzamas)

Arzamas, Mordovia (Tyosha River 1, major transit center to the East)
Arzamas; St Nicholas Convent in Arzamas; Icon of the Mother of God "Seraphim-Ponetaevka", Commemorated November 27 ;

Sarov, Mordovia (Tyosah River 1, near Volga River 9)
Sarov; Sarov Monestary 1910; Passion-bearer Tsar Nicholas, Commemorated on July 17 ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Seraphim of Sarov, Commemorated on July 19 ; Venerable Anthony of Optina, Commemorated on August 7 ; Icon of the Mother of God "œSeraphim-Ponetaevka", Commemorated on November 27 ; Venerable Theodore of Sanaxar, Commemorated on February 19 ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Seraphim of Sarov; Icon of the Mother of God of Tenderness from Seraphim-Diveyevo, Commemorated July 28 ; Repose of the Venerable Seraphim the Wonderworker of Sarov, Commemorated January 2 ; Venerable Theodore of Sanaxar; Venerable Seraphim of Virits, Commemorated on March 21; Venerable Moses of Optina, Commemorated on June 16;

Sarov Monastery, Mordovia, 1664
Sarov Monastery, Mordovia, 1664; Venerable Anthony of Optina, Commemorated on August 7;

Sanaxar, Mordovia (Tyosha River 1, near Volga River 9)
Sanaxar; Venerable Paisius Velichkovsky, Commemorated November 15 ; Repose of the Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America, Commemorated on December 13 ; Blessed Xenia of St Petersburg, Commemorated January 24 ; Venerable Theodore of Sanaxar, Commemorated on February 19 ;

Alekseevo, Mordovia (near the Sanaxar Monastery) 1773
Serafimo-Diveyevsky Monastery, Within its immediate vicinity are situated two other cloisters: those of Sarov and Sanaxar ; Venerable Paisius Velichkovsky, Commemorated on November 15 ; Righteous Admiral Theodore Ushakov of the Russian Naval Fleet, Commemorated October 2 ;

Domition Cathederal, Sarov, 1773
Domition Cathederal, Sarov; Sarov Monestary 1910; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Seraphim of Sarov, Commemorated on July 19 ; Repose of the Venerable Seraphim the Wonderworker of Sarov, Commemorated January 2 ;

Sanaxar monastery, Mordovia, 1773
Seraphim-Diveyevo monastery; Icon of the Mother of God of Tenderness from Seraphim-Diveyevo, Commemorated July 28 ; Icon of the Mother of God "œSeraphim-Ponetaevka", Commemorated on November 27 ; Repose of the Venerable Seraphim the Wonderworker of Sarov, Commemorated January 2 ; Blessed Xenia of St Petersburg, Commemorated January 24 ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Seraphim of Sarov, Commemorated on July 19 ; Icon of the Mother of God "œof Tenderness" from Seraphim-Diveyevo, Commemorated on July 28 ;

Seraphim-Diveyevo monastery, Mordovia, 1773
Seraphim-Diveyevo monastery; Icon of the Mother of God of Tenderness from Seraphim-Diveyevo, Commemorated July 28 ; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœSeraphim-PonetaevkaÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ, Commemorated on November 27 ; Repose of the Venerable Seraphim the Wonderworker of Sarov, Commemorated January 2 ; Blessed Xenia of St Petersburg, Commemorated January 24 ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Seraphim of Sarov, Commemorated on July 19 ; Icon of the Mother of God ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Âœof TendernessÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂÂÂÂ from Seraphim-Diveyevo, Commemorated on July 28 ;

Diveyevo women's monastery, Sanazar, Mordovia, 1773
Diveyevo women's monastery; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Seraphim of Sarov, Commemorated on July 19 ; Repose of St Philaret (Drozdov) the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on November 19 ; Repose of the Venerable Seraphim the Wonderworker of Sarov, Commemorated January 2 ;

St Seraphim's Diveyevo Convent, Mordovia, 1773
St Seraphim's Diveyevo Convent; Repose of St Philaret (Drozdov) the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated November 19 ; Repose of the Venerable Seraphim the Wonderworker of Sarov, Commemorated January 2 ;

Murom, Mordovia (Tyosha River Mouth, Oka River 13)
Murom; Venerable Elias of Murom the Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated December 19 ; Righteous Juliana of Lazarevo, Murom, Commemorated on January 2 ; Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, Commemorated on March 4; Venerable Lazarus of Murom, Commemorated on March 8; Repose of St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on March 31; Icon of the Mother of God of Murom, Commemorated on April 12; Venerable Constantine, (In baptism Yaroslav), with his children Michael and Theodore, Wonderworkers of Murom, Commemorated on May 21; St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on June 15; St Peter, Tonsured David, the Wonderworker of Murom, Commemorated on June 25; St Basil the Bishop of Ryazan, Commemorated on July 3 ;

Russia, Tver Folder, and its rivers

Russia, Tver History Folder

Russia, Tver, 1263-1271, Great Prince, Yaroslav Yaroslavich (Yaroslav III of Tver) made Tver great power
Vladimir Great Prince, 1263-1271, Yaroslav Yaroslavich (Yaroslav III of Tver); III Yaroslavich (1230-“1271) was the first Prince of Tver and the tenth Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1264 to 1271. Yaroslav and his son Mikhail Yaroslavich presided over Tver's transformation from a sleepy village into one of the greatest centres of power in medieval Russia. All the later dukes of Tver descended from Yaroslav Yaroslavich. was a son of Yaroslav II and younger brother of Alexander Nevsky. In 1247, while still a minor, he received from his uncle the town of Tver. 1252, Yaroslav and his brother Andrey seized Alexander's capital, Pereslavl-Zalessky. Reinforced by Tatar units, Alexander presently fought it back, taking prisoner Yaroslav's children and leaving his wife as a casualty on the field of battle. Yaroslav fled to Ladoga whence he was summoned by Novgorodians to succeed Alexander as their military commander. In 1258 he visited the khan's capital in Sarai, and two years later led the Novgorod army against the Teutonic Knights. Alexander's death in 1263, Yaroslav quarrelled with Andrey as to who should become Grand Duke next. They went to the Golden Horde for arbitration, which was in favour of Yaroslav. The latter, however, settled in Novgorod and married a daughter of one local boyar. Various Novgorodian factions still conspired against him and sought to place his brother Vasily of Kostroma or Alexander's son Dmitri of Pereslavl on the throne. 1270, the armies of three princes stood for a week near the town of Staraya Russa, ready for battle. The metropolitan, however, managed to reconcile them. Yaroslav, on surrendering Novgorod to his nephew, accompanied him to Sarai. He died on his way back to Tver on 9 September 1271 and was succeeded in Tver by his eldest son Svyatoslav and then by a more famous one, Mikhail Yaroslavich. Martyr Michael the Prince of Tver, Commemorated on November 22; Right-Believing Prince Roman of Uglich, Commemorated on February 3; St Simeon the Bishop of Polotsk and Tver, Commemorated on February 3; Venerable Sophronius the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on March 11;

Russia, Tver, 1285-1305, Patriarch Maximus, Metropolitan of all Rus

Russia, Tver, 1293, Mozhaisk and Tver joined to and saved by Daniel of Moscow
Russia, Tver, 1293, Mozhaisk and Tver joined to and saved by Daniel of Moscow; 1272, Prince Daniel received as his allotted portion the city of Moscow and its adjacent lands. The holy prince built a church (and a monastery beside it) in honor of his patron saint, Saint Daniel the Stylite (December 11) on the banks of the River Moskva. this period, the Moscow principality was small and unobtrusive. While growing up, Prince Daniel strengthened and expanded it, not in unjust or coercive ways, but peacefully and with benevolence. It was a time of unrest. Fratricidal strife among the appanage princes was rife. Often bloodshed was averted, thanks to Prince Daniel and his incessant striving for unity and peace in the Russian Land. 1293 his brother, the Great Prince Alexander, with Tatars summoned from the Horde and headed by Diuden (“the Diudenev Host”), laid waste to Russian cities: Murom, Suzdal, Kolomna, Dmitrov, Mozhaisk, and Tver. Prince Daniel decided to join them to Moscow to save their people from perishing, for they were not strong enough to resist. prince braced himself for terrible destruction and pillaging. Standing up for his rights, Saint Daniel was compelled to come out against his brother near a place called Yurievo Tolchische (“Yurievo Threshing-Mill”), but his desire for peace prevailed, and bloodshed was averted. Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, Commemorated on March 4;

Russia, Tver, 1304-1318, G Prince, Mikhail of Tver, Nervsky's b, lost to Yury of M, in Novgorod, while M was in Sarai
Tver, 1304-1318, Vladimir Great Prince, Mikhail of Tver; Mikhail Yaroslavich ) (1271-“ 22 November 1318), also known as Michael of Tver, was a Prince of Tver (from 1285) who ruled as Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1304 until 1314 and again from 1315-“1318. He was canonized and counted among the saints of the Russian Orthodox Church. Yaroslavich was the second son of Yaroslav III (Yaroslav Yaroslavich), the younger brother of Aleksandr Nevsky; he succeeded his elder brother Yaroslav as Prince of Tver in 1285. His mother Xenia was the second spouse to Yaroslav III and is known as the saint Xenia of Tarusa. Upon the death of Andrei Aleksandrovich (Aleksandr Nevsky's son and Yaroslav's nephew), Mikhail became the Grand Prince of Vladimir in 1304, as was consistent with the rota system of collateral succession that had been practised in Rus since the time of Yaroslav the Wise. He was confirmed in office by Tokhta, Khan of the Golden Horde.[1] as Grand Prince and Rivalry with Moscow[edit] While he seemed secure in the throne, being the legitimate heir and having been confirmed by the Khan in Sarai, Grand Prince Mikhail suffered a series of setbacks as grand prince which led to him losing the grand princely office for both himself and, in some ways, ultimately for his descendants. He was, like most Grand Princes of Vladimir, accepted as Prince of Novgorod the Great in 1309,[2] but fought with Novgorod, going so far as to withdraw his lieutenants (namestniki) and cut off grain shipments into the city in 1312. Last Words, by Pimen Orlov he was on decent terms with Tokhta Khan, and initially with his successor, Uzbeg Khan (Mikhail paid homage on Uzbeg's accession to the throne in 1313 and remained in Sarai until 1315), he eventually lost influence to Yury of Moscow, who gained influence in Novgorod while the grand prince was away in Sarai. Mikhail did manage to finally take control of the city in 1316 with Mongol aid, but the following year Uzbeg Khan gave the yarlik or patent of office of the Grand Prince of Vladimir to Yury, who also married Uzbeg's sister.[3 granting Yury the iarlyk or patent of office, the Khan sent his army under the Mongol general Kavgadii to help Yuri in his struggle with Mikhail Yaroslavich. On 22 December 1317 Mikhail defeated Yuri at a village called Bortenevo (40 km from Tver). Mikhail captured Yuri's wife, who was the Khan's sister. When she died in Mikhail's custody, he was blamed for her death, although it seems unlikely that he would have killed her knowing how much it would hurt him politically for such little gain. He released Kavgadii, who returned to Sarai and accused Mikhail of murdering the Khan's sister, withholding tribute, and warring against his Mongol overlord. As a result, Mikhail was summoned to the Horde by the Khan and executed on 22 November 1318.[4] and the Church[edit] also alienated the Church, particularly Metropolitan Petr (ruled 1308-“1326). When Metropolitan Maksim died in 1305, Mikhail nominated another candidate, but Petr was consecrated by the Patriarch of Constantinople. Petr sided with Moscow and opposed Mikhail on several occasions. In 1309, he appointed David as Archbishop of Novgorod and David was instrumental in the argument that led Mikhail to withdraw his lieutenants and cut the grain supplies to the city. In 1314, Novgorod called on Yury to be named grand prince and for Mikhail to be deposed. Thus the support of the Church aided Yury to Mikhail's detriment.[5] Despite his having been unfavored by the Russian Orthodox Church during his lifetime, the Church later declared Mikhail a saint because of his piousness during his summons by the Khan which he knew was to certain death and because his relics, when transported to his hometown, were discovered to be incorrupt.[6] Icon of the Mother of God of Tolga, Commemorated on July 18 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Tolga, Commemorated on August 8 ; Repose of the Holy Right-believing Princess Anna of Kashin, Commemorated on October 2 ; Martyr Michael the Prince of Tver, Commemorated on November 22; St Theodore the Archbishop of Rostov, Commemorated on November 28; Repose of St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on December 21; Venerable Zachariah the Ascetic of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on March 24; Venerable Gerontius the Canonarch of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 1; Venerable Rufus the Obedient of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on April 8;

Russia, Tver, 1317, Moscow Intercene (Civil) War with Tver
Tver, 1317, Moscow Intercene (Civil) War with Tver , Martyr Michael the Prince of Tver, Commemorated on November 22 ; Prince Yurii Danilovich of Moscow; Yuri was often at the Golden Horde of the new Khan Uzbek, who had accepted Mohammedanism and was distinguished by his cruelty and fanaticism.; In YuriiÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Â™s army was a detachment of Tatars sent by Uzbek, with Kavgadi at the head. But the men of Tver, with holy Prince Michael at the head, on December 22, 1317 defeated Yurii. Many captives were taken, including Kavgadi, whom St Michael released, and the Moscow princeÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Â™s wife Konchaka, who unexpectedly died at Tver. Michael released Kavgadii, who returned to Sarai and accused Mikhail of murdering the Khan's sister, withholding tribute, and warring against his Mongol overlord. As a result, Mikhail was summoned to the Horde by the Khan and executed on November 22, 1318.

Russia, Tver, 1337-1407, Sabbas of Storozhi and Radonezh, Saint Sava
Russia, Tver, 1337-1407, Sabbas of Storozhi and Radonezh, Saint Sava ; Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery, Tver; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Vishera, Novgorod, Commemorated on October 1 ; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of Radonezh the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius, Commemorated November 17 ; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Zvenigorod the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated December 3 ; Opening of the Relics of the Venerable Sava of Storozhev, or Zvenigorod, Commemorated on January 19 ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5;

Russia, Tver, 1386-1408, Prince Yury of Smolensk, Killed Juliana
Tver, 1386-1408, Prince Yury of Smolensk; St. Juliana the Princess of Vyazma, Commemorated on December 21;

Russia, Tver, 1394-1434, Prince Yury of Zvenigorod
Tver, 1394-1434, Prince Yury of Zvenigorod; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Zvenigorod the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on December 3;

Russia, Tver, 1460-1515, Saint and Author, Joseph of Volokolamsk
Russia, Tver, 1460-1515, Saint and Author, Joseph of Volokolamsk; Venerable Joseph the Igumen and Wonderworker of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on October 18;

Russia, Tver, 1605-1618, Lithuanian invasion of Moscow
Lithuanian invasion of Moscow ; Battle of Klushino; Venerable Irenarchus the Recluse of Rostov, Commemorated January 13 ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5;

Russia, Tver, 1610, Battle of Klushino, Tver
Lithuanian invasion of Moscow; Battle of Klushino; Venerable Irenarchus the Recluse of Rostov, Commemorated January 13 ; PolishÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Â“Muscovite War (1605ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Â“18), Time of Troubles; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5;

Russia, Tver, 1632-1634, Polish-Muscovite War (1632-1634), Seige of Tver
Polish-Muscovite War (1632-1634), the Smolensk War; Martyr Michael the Prince of Tver, Commemorated on November 22;

Russia, Tver, Tversta River Folder

Tversta River

Tvertsa River Source (Vyshny Volochyok Reservoir)

Vyshny Volochyok, Tver (Tversta River Source)
Vyshny Volochyok, Tver; Venerable Joseph the Abbot of Volokolamsk, Volotsk, Commemorated on September 9 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Andronicus, Commemorated on October 22 ;

Kazan women's monastery near Vyshnii Volochek, Tver
Kazan women's monastery near Vyshnii Volochek, not in Wikipedia. Icon of the Mother of God of Andronicus, Commemorated October 22 ;

Upper Tvertsa River, Tver (Valdai Hills)
Upper Tvertsa River; Venerable Arcadius of Novotorsk, Commemorated on July 11; Venerable Joseph the Abbot of Volokolamsk, Volotsk, Commemorated on September 9 ; Venerable Arcadius of Novy Torg, Commemorated December 13 ;

Tversta River 1

Tvertsa River 2 (Torzhok)

Boris and Gleb Monastery, Novy Torg, Tver (Tvertsa River 2) 1038
Boris and Gleb Monastery (Tvertsa River 2) 1038; Novy Torg, an important post on the Moscow to St Petersburg Highway, and key to the source of grain for Novgorod; Venerable Arcadius of Novotorsk, Commemorated July 11 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Vydropussk, Commemorated on July 28; Venerable Joseph the Abbot of Volokolamsk, Volotsk, Commemorated on September 9 ; St Juliana the Princess of Vyazma, Commemorated December 21 ; Venerable Ephraim, Abbot and Wonderworker of Novy Torg, Commemorated on January 28; St Gerasimus of Boldino, Commemorated on May 1; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Juliana the Princess of Vyazma, Commemorated on June 2;

Novy Torg, Tver (Tvertsa River 2)
Novy Torg, an important post on the Moscow to St Petersburg Highway, and key to the source of grain for Novgorod; Venerable Arcadius of Novotorsk, Commemorated July 11 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Vydropussk, Commemorated on July 28; Venerable Joseph the Abbot of Volokolamsk, Volotsk, Commemorated on September 9 ; St Juliana the Princess of Vyazma, Commemorated December 21 ; Venerable Ephraim, Abbot and Wonderworker of Novy Torg, Commemorated on January 28; St Gerasimus of Boldino, Commemorated on May 1; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Juliana the Princess of Vyazma, Commemorated on June 2;

Torzhok (Novy Torg), Tver (Tvertsa River 2)
Torzhok, an important post on the Moscow to St Petersburg Highway, and key to the source of grain for Novgorod; Venerable Arcadius of Novotorsk, Commemorated July 11 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Vydropussk, Commemorated on July 28; Venerable Joseph the Abbot of Volokolamsk, Volotsk, Commemorated on September 9 ; St Juliana the Princess of Vyazma, Commemorated December 21 ; Venerable Ephraim, Abbot and Wonderworker of Novy Torg, Commemorated on January 28; St Gerasimus of Boldino, Commemorated on May 1; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Juliana the Princess of Vyazma, Commemorated on June 2;

Novotorsk (Novy Torg), Tver (Tvertsa River 2)
Novotorsk, an important post on the Moscow to St Petersburg Highway, and key to the source of grain for Novgorod; Venerable Arcadius of Novotorsk, Commemorated July 11 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Vydropussk, Commemorated on July 28; Venerable Joseph the Abbot of Volokolamsk, Volotsk, Commemorated on September 9 ; St Juliana the Princess of Vyazma, Commemorated December 21 ; Venerable Ephraim, Abbot and Wonderworker of Novy Torg, Commemorated on January 28; St Gerasimus of Boldino, Commemorated on May 1; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Juliana the Princess of Vyazma, Commemorated on June 2;

Tversta River Mouth (Tver, Volga River 4)

Savior-Transfiguration monastery - Tver
Savior-Transfiguration monastery - Tver is not described by Wikipedia, but it was most likely the monastery from which St Gurias' relics were translated. Venerable Joseph the Abbot of Volokolamsk, Volotsk, Commemorated on September 9; Translation of the relics of St Gurias the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on June 20;

Tver Otroch monastery, 1275 or so
Tver Otroch monastery site; Tver Otroch monastery; Hieromartyr Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on January 9;

Tver (Tversta River Mouth, Volga River 4)
Tver; St. Moses the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on January 25;

Russia, Tver, Volga River Tver Folder

Lake Seliger, Tver (near Volga River Source)
Lake Seliger; St Martyrius, Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on August 24; Venerable Nilus of Stolbensk Lake, Commemorated on December 7 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Vladimir of Seligersk, Commemorated December 7 ; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Nilus of Stolbensk, Commemorated on May 27;

Seliger, Lake Seliger, Tver (near Volga River Source)
Lake Seliger; St Martyrius, Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on August 24; Venerable Nilus of Stolbensk Lake, Commemorated on December 7 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Vladimir of Seligersk, Commemorated December 7 ; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Nilus of Stolbensk, Commemorated on May 27;

Stolbensk Lake, Tver (Volga River Source)
Stolbensk Lake; St Martyrius, Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated on August 24 ; Venerable Nilus of Stolbensk Lake, Commemorated on December 7 ; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Nilus of Stolbensk, Commemorated on May 27;

Stolobnoye Island, Stolbensk Lake, Tver
Stolobnoye Island; Venerable Nilus of Stolbensk Lake, Commemorated on December 7 ; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Nilus of Stolbensk, Commemorated on May 27;

Nilov Monastery, Stolbensk Lake, Tver, 1594
Stolobnoye Island; Venerable Nilus of Stolbensk Lake, Commemorated on December 7 ; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Nilus of Stolbensk, Commemorated on May 27;

Toropets, Tver, Pskov or Novgorod (Toropa River mouth at Lake Solomeno, Volga Trade Route)
Toropets ; Glorification of St Tikhon, the Apostle to America, Commemorated on October 9; Icon of the Mother of God of Korsun, Commemorated on October 9 ; Venerable Isaac the Recluse of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on February 14; St Tikhon the Patriarch of Moscow, and Enlightener of North America, Commemorated on April 7;

Sereml River

Sig Lake

Sereml River Mouth

Ostashkova, Tver (Stolbensk Lake)
Ostashkova, Tver ; Venerable Nilus of Stolbensk Lake, Commemorated on December 7 ; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Nilus of Stolbensk, Commemorated on May 27 ;

Selizharovo, Tver (Intersection, Volga and Varangian Trade Routes, Volga River 2) 1504
Selizharovo (Trinity Selizharov Monastery); St Gurias the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on December 5 ;

Trinity Selizharov Monastery, Selizharovo, Tver (Volga River 2) 1504
Selizharovo (Trinity Selizharov Monastery); St Gurias the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on December 5 ;

Rzhev, Tver (Volga River 3)
Rzhev; Icon of the Mother of God of Rzhevsk, Commemorated on July 11 ; Venerable Dionysius the Archimandrite of St Sergius™ Monastery, Commemorated on May 12;

Staritsa, Tver (Volga River 3)
Staritsa; Martyr Galacteon of Vologda, Commemorated on September 24 ; St Herman the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on November 6 ; St Arsenius the Bishop of Tver, Commemorated on March 2; Translation of the relics of St Job the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on April 5 ; Venerable Dionysius the Archimandrite of St Sergius™ Monastery, Commemorated on May 12; Repose of St Job the Patriarch of Moscow, and All Russia, Commemorated on June 19;

Vladimir of Staritsa, Tver (Volga River 3)
Vladimir of Staritsa, Tver (Volga River 3); Staritsa; Martyr Galacteon of Vologda, Commemorated on September 24 ; St Herman the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on November 6 ; St Arsenius the Bishop of Tver, Commemorated on March 2; Translation of the relics of St Job the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on April 5 ; Venerable Dionysius the Archimandrite of St SergiusÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Â™ Monastery, Commemorated on May 12; Repose of St Job the Patriarch of Moscow, and All Russia, Commemorated on June 19;

Russia, Tver, Lake Vladayskoye Folder

Valday Iveron Monastery, Tver, 1653
Valday Iversky Monastery; Translation of the relics of Blessed James of Borovichi the Wonderworker of Novgorod, Commemorated October 23 ; Venerable Dionysius the Archimandrite of St SergiusÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Â™ Monastery, Commemorated on May 12; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Nilus of Stolbensk, Commemorated on May 27 ;

Tikhvin Assumption Monastery, Tver, 1560
Tikhvin Assumption Monastery; Venerable Cyril the Abbot and Wonderworker of Novoezersk, Novgorod, Commemorated on February 4 ; Uncovering of the relics of St Innocent the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on February 9; Venerable Martyrius of Zelenets, Pskov, Commemorated on March 1; Monkmartyr Euphrosynus of Blue Jay Lake, Novgorod, Commemorated on March 20 ;

Valdai, Tver (Lake Valdayskoye)
Valdai, Tver (Lake Valdayskoye) ; Translation of the relics of Blessed James of Borovichi the Wonderworker of Novgorod, Commemorated October 23; Venerable Dionysius the Archimandrite of St SergiusÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Â™ Monastery, Commemorated on May 12; Translation of the relics of the Venerable Nilus of Stolbensk, Commemorated on May 27 ;

Valdai Hills (high points of East European Plain, Volga and Other Rivers Source)
Valdai Hills; East European Plain (highest point Valdai Hills) only 1,138 ft ; The western boundary of the East European Plain is described well by the Eastern Front of WW1. Its eastern boundaries are the Ural Mountains or the Ural and Kama River Basins. Venerable Dionysius the Archimandrite of St SergiusÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Â™ Monastery, Commemorated on May 12;

East European Plain (highest point Valdai Hills)
East European Plain (highest point Valdai Hills) only 1,138 ft. The western boundary of the East European Plain is described well by the Eastern Front of WW1. Its eastern boundaries are the Ural Mountains or the Ural and Kama River Basins. ; Venerable Dionysius the Archimandrite of St SergiusÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚Â™ Monastery, Commemorated on May 12;

Russia, Tver, Lama River Folder

Lama River

Lama River 1 (Volokolamsk)

Volokolamsk monastery, Tver (Lama River Source) 1479
Volokolamsk monastery, Volokolamsk-Exaltation of the Cross monastery; Venerable Simon the Abbot of Volomsk, Commemorated on July 12 ; Venerable Stephen the Abbot of Makhrishche, Vologda, Commemorated on July 14 ; St Leucius of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on August 17 ; Venerable Joseph the Abbot of Volokolamsk, Volotsk, Commemorated on September 9; Venerable Joseph the Igumen and Wonderworker of Volokolamsk, Commemorated October 18 ; St Herman the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on November 6 ; St Gurias the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on December 5 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on March 3; Venerable Macarius the Abbot and Wonderworker of Kalyazin, Commemorated on March 17 ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5; Venerable Stephen the Abbot of Makhrishche, Vologda, Commemorated on July 14;

Volokolamsk, Tver (portage, Lama River 1)
Volokolamsk; Venerable Simon the Abbot of Volomsk, Commemorated on July 12; Venerable Stephen the Abbot of Makhrishche, Vologda, Commemorated on July 14 ; Leucius of Volokolamsk, Commemorated August 17 ; Venerable Joseph the Abbot of Volokolamsk, Volotsk, Commemorated on September 9; Venerable Chariton of Syanzhemsk, Vologda; Venerable Joseph the Igumen and Wonderworker of Volokolamsk, Commemorated October 18 ; St Herman the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on November 6 ; St Gennadius the Archbishop of Novgorod, Commemorated December 4 ; St Gurias the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on December 5 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on March 3; Venerable Macarius the Abbot and Wonderworker of Kalyazin, Commemorated on March 17 ; Venerable Hilarion the New the Abbot of Pelecete, Commemorated on March 28; Venerable John Climacus of Sinai, Author of œthe Ladder, Commemorated on March 30; Venerable Daniel the Abbot of Pereyaslavl-Zalesski, Commemorated on April 7; St Gerasimus of Boldino, Commemorated on May 1; Venerable Paphnutius the Abbot of Borov, Commemorated on May 1; Translation of the relics of St Nicholas the Wonderworker from Myra to Bari, Commemorated on May 9; Venerable Euphrosynus the Abbot and Wonderworker of Pskov, Commemorated on May 15 ; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19; Venerable Therapon the Abbot of White Lake, Commemorated on May 27;

Joseph-Volokolamsk monastery, Tver, 1479
Joseph-Volokolamsk monastery; St Leucius of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on August 17 ; Venerable Joseph the Igumen and Wonderworker of Volokolamsk, Commemorated October 18 ; St Herman the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on November 6 ; St Gurias the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on December 5 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on March 3; Venerable Macarius the Abbot and Wonderworker of Kalyazin, Commemorated on March 17 ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5 ;

Lama River Mouth (Volga River 3)

Russia, Tver, Moscow River Folder

Koloch, Tver (Mozhaisk, Moscova River 1, Protva River Source)
Koloch (Mozhaisk, Moscova River 1, Protva River Source); Icon of the Mother of God of Koloch, Commemorated July 9 ;

Mozhaisk, Tver, Moscow area (Valdai Hills Crossroad, Moscova River 1)
Mozhaisk; Mozhaisk is on the historic road leading to Smolensk and then to Poland. the year 1446 Great Prince Basil (1425-1462) was besieged at the Trinity monastery by the armies of Princes Demetrius Shemyaka and John of Mozhaisk. He barricaded himself into the Trinity cathedral, when he heard that he was being sought, he took the icon of the Appearance of the Mother of God and with it met Prince John at the southern church doors, saying: œBrother, we kissed the Life-Creating Cross and this icon in this church of the Life-Creating Trinity at this grave of the Wonderworker Sergius, that we would neither intend nor wish any evil to any of our brethren among ourselves. Now I do not know no what will happen to me here. Icon of the Mother of God of Koloch, Commemorated July 9 ; Appearance of the Mother of God to St Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on August 24; Icon of the Mother of God of Koloch; St Theodore the Prince of Smolensk and Yaroslav, Commemorated September 19 ; St Nicholas the Wonderworker and Archbishop of Myra in Lycia, Commemorated on December 6 ; Right-believing Prince Daniel of Moscow, Commemorated on March 4; Translation of the relics of St Nicholas the Wonderworker from Myra to Bari, Commemorated on May 9; Venerable Therapon the Abbot of White Lake, Commemorated on May 27; Icon of the Mother of God of White Lake, Commemorated on June 8; Venerable Cyril the Abbot of White Lake, Commemorated on June 9;

Luzhetsky Monastery, Mozhaisk, Tver, 1408
Luzhetsky Monastery, Mozhaisk, Tver, 1408; Venerable Therapon the Abbot of White Lake, Commemorated on May 27;

Mozhaisk Nicholas Cathedral, 1802
Mozhaisk Nicholas Cathedral; Mozhaisk; St Nicholas the Wonderworker and Archbishop of Myra in Lycia, Commemorated December 6 ;

Moscova River 2 (Ruza River)

Russia, Tver, Moscova River 2, Ruza River Folder

Ruza River

Ruza River Source (Valdai Hills)

Saint Leucius Dormition Monastery on the Ruza, approximate location, 1480
Saint Leucius Dormition Monastery on the Ruza, approximate location; St. Leucius of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on August 17

Ruza River Mouth (Moscova River 2)
Ruza River Mouth (Moscova River 2); St. Leucius of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on August 17;

Moscova River 3 (Zvenigorod)

Zvenigorod, Tver (Svenigorod, Moscova River 3) 1338
Zvenigorod; St Yaropolk the Prince of Vladimir-Volhynia, Commemorated October 10 ; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Zvenigorod the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated November 17 ; Blessed Yaropolk the Prince of Vladimir-Volhynia, in Holy Baptism Peter, Commemorated November 22 ; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Zvenigorod the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated December 3 ; Opening of the Relics of the Venerable Sava of Storozhev, or Zvenigorod, Commemorated on January 19 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on March 3 ;

Storozhevsky Monastery, Tver (Moscow River 3) 1398
Tver Savvin monastery; Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery; Venerable Joseph the Abbot of Volokolamsk, Volotsk, Commemorated on September 9 ; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Vishera, Novgorod, Commemorated on October 1 ; Venerable Joseph the Igumen and Wonderworker of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on October 18 ; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Zvenigorod the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated December 3 ; Opening of the Relics of the Venerable Sava of Storozhev, or Zvenigorod, Commemorated on January 19; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5;

Tver Sabbatiev wilderness monastery Monastery, Tver (Moscow River 3) 1398
Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery, Tver; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Vishera, Novgorod, Commemorated on October 1 ; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of Radonezh the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius, Commemorated November 17 ; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Zvenigorod the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated December 3 ; Opening of the Relics of the Venerable Sava of Storozhev, or Zvenigorod, Commemorated on January 19 ; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5;

Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery, Tver (Moscow River 3) 1398
Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery, Tver; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Vishera, Novgorod, Commemorated on October 1 ; Venerable Nikon the Abbot of Radonezh the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius, Commemorated November 17 ; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Zvenigorod the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated December 3 ; Opening of the Relics of the Venerable Sava of Storozhev, or Zvenigorod, Commemorated on January 19 ; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5;

Tver Savvin monastery (Moscow River 3, Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery) 1398
Tver Savvin monastery; Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery; Venerable Joseph the Abbot of Volokolamsk, Volotsk, Commemorated on September 9 ; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Vishera, Novgorod, Commemorated on October 1 ; Venerable Joseph the Igumen and Wonderworker of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on October 18 ; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Zvenigorod the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated December 3 ; Opening of the Relics of the Venerable Sava of Storozhev, or Zvenigorod, Commemorated on January 19; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5;

Zvenigorod monastery and convent (Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery) 1398
Tver Savvin monastery; Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery; Venerable Joseph the Abbot of Volokolamsk, Volotsk, Commemorated on September 9 ; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Vishera, Novgorod, Commemorated on October 1 ; Venerable Joseph the Igumen and Wonderworker of Volokolamsk, Commemorated on October 18 ; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Zvenigorod the Disciple of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated December 3 ; Opening of the Relics of the Venerable Sava of Storozhev, or Zvenigorod, Commemorated on January 19; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5;

Storozhev, Cape of Storozhev, Tver (Zvenigorod, Moscova River 3)
Cape of Storozhev (Zvenigorod, Moscova River 2), Steep Banks of the Moscova River; Venerable Adrian the Abbot of Ondrusov, Valaam, Commemorated August 26 ; Opening of the Relics of the Venerable Sava of Storozhev, or Zvenigorod, Commemorated on January 19 ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5;

Russia, Tver, Dubna and Sestra Rivers Folder

Dubna River

Dubna River Mouth (Volga River 5)

Sestra River Source (Sennezh Lake)

Boldino Heights, Tver, Sestra River Source
Boldino Heights; Icon of the Mother of God œElets-Chernigov, Commemorated on February 5;

Eletsk Chernigov Monastery, Boldino Heights, Tver, 1060
Boldino Heights; Icon of the Mother of God œElets-Chernigov, Commemorated on February 5;

Sestra River 2 (Klin)

Sestra River Mouth (Dubna River Volga Basin)

Russia, Chuvash Folder (Sura and Sviyazhsk Rivers)

Chuvash Republic - Land of the Chuvash People
Chuvash Republic - Land of the Chuvash People ; Venerable Macarius the Abbot of Zheltovod and Unzha, Commemorated on July 25 ; Venerable Cassian the Abbot of Komel (Vologda), Commemorated on May 16; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5;

Cheboksarsky District, Chuvash Republic
Chuvash Republic, The Chuvash Republic is located in the center of the European part of Russia, in the heart of the Volga-Vyatka region, midway between Nizhny Novgorod and Kazan ; St Herman the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on November 6 ; Uncovering of the relics of St Gurias the First Archbishop of Kazan ;

Chuvash History Folder

Russia, Chuvash, 1551, fortress of Sviyazhsk
fortress of Sviyazhsk (1551) ; Venerable Macarius the Abbot of Zheltovod and Unzha, Commemorated on July 25 ; St Herman the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on November 6 ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5;

Russia, Chuvash, Sura River Folder

Sura River, Chuvash

Sura River Source (Volga Upland, along the border)
Volga Upland;

Volga Upland
Volga Upland;

Sura River 1

Sura River 2 (Alatyr River)

Russia, Chuvash, Sura River 2, Alatyr River Folder

Alatyr River

Alatyr River Source (Boldino Heights)

Alatyr River (Ardatov)

Alatyr River Mouth (Alatyr, Chuvash Republic, Sura River 2)

Sura River 3

Sura River 4

Sura River Mouth (Chuvash, Volga River 9)

Voroninsk, Chuvash (Sura River Mouth, Volga River 9)
Voroninsk (Sura River Mouth, Volga River 9); Icon of the Mother of God of Voroninsk, Commemorated on July 28;

Russia, Chuvash, Sviyazhsk River Folder (across Volga from Kazan)

Sviyazhsk River, Chuvash

Sviyazhsk, Chuvash (Sviyazhsk River Mouth (Volga River 10))
Sviyazhsk; Venerable Macarius the Abbot of Zheltovod and Unzha, Commemorated on July 25 ; First Translation of the relics of St Herman the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on September 25 ; St Herman the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on November 6 ;

Sviyazhsk Fortress, across the Volga from Kazan, 1551
fortress of Sviyazhsk (1551) ; Venerable Macarius the Abbot of Zheltovod and Unzha, Commemorated on July 25 ; St Herman the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on November 6 ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5;