Russia or Rus (Clean) Geography Fldr - centered on Rostov, its Area.kmz

Russia or Rus (Clean) Geography Fldr (Varangia, Novgorod, Kiev, Vladimir, then Moscow, Scythia, Perm&Siberia)

Russia, 1 - its Area

Russia, 2 - its Area after 1248, within Mongol Scythia, Defined the Orthodox Russian Empire, before Siberia, 1600
Russia, 2 - its Area after 1248, within Mongol Scythia, Defined the Orthodox Russian Empire, before Siberia converted, approx. 1600

Russia, 3 - Scythia, after 1248, its Area (includes Russia, but not Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia)

Russia, 4 - Scythia, after 1248, this area, from Urals to Denister River, defined Russia for 600 years

Russia, 5 - Original, Natural Russia its Area, Dnieper, Dniester Drainages, and Crimea requred for defense

Russia, 6 - Siberia, its Area, after 1600
Russia, 6 - Siberia, its Area

Russia, Vladimir Folder, Vladimir-Suzdal, Southern Valley, and its rivers (Clean)

Russia, Vladimir Suzdal, its Area

Vladimir-Suzdal 1094
Vladimir-Suzdal;

Russia, Vladimir, 1157 - 1331, Vladimir was the capital of Rus
Before Moscow, Vladimir was the original capital of the Orthodox Rus' (region);

Russia, Vladimir, Suzdal - land of the Suzdal (southern valley)
Suzdal;

Rostovo-Suzdal Principality
Rostovo-Suzdal Principality;

Suzdal Monomashichi
Suzdal Monomashichi; Rostovo-Suzdal Principality;

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

The Merchants Road - Moscow to Nizhny Novgorod

Russia, Vladimir, Merchants Road, Klyazma River Folder

Klyazma River

Vladimir (Nerl River Mouth, Klyazma River 5)
Vladimir (Klyazma River 5);

Shuiu City, Vladimir Oblast (somewhere in VO) (Nerl River Mouth, Klyazma River 5)
Shuiu City, Vladimir Oblast (somewhere in VO) (Nerl River Mouth, Klyazma River 5);

Bogoliub monastery, Vladimir (Klyazma River 5) 1158
Bogoliub monastery;

Russia, Vladimir, 1174, Burial of St Andrew, Bogoliub monastery, Vladimir (Klyazma River 5) 1158
Bogoliub monastery;

Cathedral Church of Nativity Monastery, Vladimir, 1155
Vladimir Monastery of the Nativity of the Theotokos at Bogolubovo;

Konstantine and Helen Monastery, Proyezd, 8, Vladimir 600031 Russia
Konstantino-Yeleninskiy Proyezd, 8, Vladimir 600031 Russia;

Vladimir Monastery of the Nativity of the Theotokos at Bogolubovo, 1155
Vladimir Monastery of the Nativity of the Theotokos at Bogolubovo;

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.

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.

Nerl, Temple of the Protection at Nerl (Klyzma River 5) 1165
Nerl, Temple of the Protection on the Nerl (Klyzma River 5) 12th Century;

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.

Assumption Cathedral, Vladimir, 1158 & 1408
Assumption Cathedral in Vladimir;

Vladimir-Suzdal Cathedral
Vladimir-Suzdal Cathedral;

Nativity Monastery, Vladimir
Nativity Monastery, Vladimir;

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,Â and the prince himself came to be called Bogolub or œGod-lover.

Dormition Cathedral, Vladimir, 1158
Dormition Cathedral, Vladimir;

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

Suzdal (Southern Valley, Ukhtoma (Nerl) River 5)
Suzdal (Southern Valley) ;

Savior-St Euthymius Monastery at Suzdal, 1352
Savior-St Euthymius Monastery at Suzdal, 1352;

Suzdal Protection Monastery Convent, Savior-St Euthymius Monastery at Suzdal, 1352
Suzdal Protection Monastery Convent, Savior-St Euthymius Monastery at Suzdal, 1352;

Suzdal Fortress (Suzdal Kremlin) 1100
Suzdal Fortress (Suzdal Kremlin) ;

Vladimir Nativity monastery, 1200
Vladimir Nativity monastery;

Church of the Intercession on the Nerl (Uktoma (Nerl) Mouth, Klyzma River 5) 1165
Church of the Intercession on the Nerl, Commemorated March 5 ;

Russia, Vladimir, Klyazma River 5.2, Sudogda River Folder

Sudogda River

Russia, Vladimir, Klyazma River 7, Teza River Folder

Teza River

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

Serapion Hermitage, Vladimir region, Vyaznikovsky district, near the village of Porzamka
Serapion Hermitage, Vladimir region, Vyaznikovsky district, near the village of Porzamka;

Russia, Vladimir, Klyazma River 8, Lukh River Folder

Lukh River

Lukh, Vladimir (Lukh River Source above Yurievets, Kostroma)
Lukh (Lukh River);

Gorokhovetsa, Vladimir-Suzdal (Klyazma River 9)
Gorokhovetsa, Vladimir-Suzdal (Klyazma River 9) ;

Phlorischev wilderness monastery, not far from Gorokhovetsa, Vladimir-Suzdal (Klyazma River 9) 1655
Gorokhovetsa, Vladimir-Suzdal (Klyazma River 9) ;

Oka River

Volga River

Nizhni-Novgorod, Suzdal (Oka River Mouth, Klyazma River Mouth, Volga River 9) 1221
Nizhni-Novgorod (Volga River at Oka);

Monastery of the Caves, Nizhny Novgorod, 1328, St Dionysius
Monastery of the Caves;

Pechersk (Caves) Monestary, Nizhny Novgorod, 1328, St Dionysius
Pechersk Monestary;

Annunciation Monastery, Nizhny Novgorod, 1221
Annunciation Monastery, Nizhny Novgorod;

Gorodets, Nizhny Novgorod (Oka River Mouth, Volga River 8.8)
Gorodets, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (Volga River 9);

Gorodtsa on the Volga
Gorodets, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (Volga River 8.8);

Russia, Moscow, Kremlin Area Folder (Clean)

Moscow Kremlin, its Area

Moscow Kremlin, 1331
Moscow Kremlin;

Kremlin, Moscow Kremlin, 1331, White Stoned Walls, these walls and the Myhrrgusher saved Russia
Moscow Kremlin;

Christ the Savior Cathedral (Kremlin Savior Gates, Moscow, 1883)
Christ the Savior Cathedral;

Kremlin Savior Gates (Christ the Savior Cathedral, Moscow, 1883)
Christ the Savior Cathedral;

Archangel cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin, 1333, 1505
Archangel cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin ;

Cathedral of the Annunciation, Moscow Kremlin, 1405 & 1489
Cathedral of the Annunciation;

Annunciation Cathedral, Moscow Kremlin, 1405 & 1489
Cathedral of the Annunciation;

Throne Hall, Grand Kremlin Palace, 1837, after western enlightenment
Throne Room, Grand Kremlin Palace;

Demetrius' Temple, 1280, honoring Demetrius the Myhrrgusher of Thessalonica
Demetrius' Temple, 1280; Dormition Cathedral, Moscow, 1479;

Dormition Cathedral, Kremlin, Moscow, 1479
Dormition Cathedral, Moscow;

Stromyn Village, now Church of the Domition, Moscow, Kremlin, 1841
Moscow, 1841, Stromyn village, now Church of the Domition;

Chudov (Archangel Michael, Passions) Monastery, Moscow Kremlin, 1365
Chudov Monastery ;

Ascension monastery's Tikhvin church, Moscow, 1389
Ascension monastery's Tikhvin church;

Ascension Convent, Moscow, 1389
Ascension monastery's Tikhvin church;

Ascension women's monastery at Moscow Kremlin, founded 1387
Ascension monastery;

Antiochian Representation Church in Moscow, 1848

Church of St Basil the Great, Moscow Kremlin, 1561, fool for christ, barefoot cobbler
Saint Basil's Cathedral;

St Basil's Cathedral, Moscow Kremlin, 1561, fool for christ, barefoot cobbler
Saint Basil's Cathedral;

Moscow Cathedral, St Basil's, Moscow Kremlin, 1561
Saint Basil's Cathedral;

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;

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;

Protection monastery was reorganized for missionary work
Protection monastery was reorganized for missionary work;

Patriarchal Theophany (Epiphany) monastery, Moscow Kremlin, 1296
Theophany (Epiphany) monastery;

Theophany (Epiphany) monastery, Moscow Kremlin, 1296
Theophany (Epiphany) monastery;

Moscow Theological Seminary, Slavic Greek Latin Academy, 1682
Moscow Theological Seminary, Slavic Greek Latin Academy;

Danilov Hotel and Bolshoi Theater
Danilov Hotel and Bolshoi Theater;

Arbat Gate (Arbatskaya Square, Moscow, Church of Saint Tikhon)
Arbat Gate (Arbatskaya Square, Moscow) ;

Strastna monastery in Strastna Square (Passion Monastery) 1654
Strastna monastery in Strastna Square;

Passions Monastery (Pushkinskaya Square, Moscow, 1654)
Passions Monastery (Pushkinskaya Square);

St Tryphon's Church at Naprudnoe, 38, Moskva, 129272
St Tryphon's Church at Naprudnoe, 38, Moskva, 129272;

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;

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

Lubianka prison, 1897 (just outside Kremlin Area)
Lubianka prison ;

Sretensky Monastery (Just outside Kremlin Area)
Sretensky Monastery;

Russia, Crimea Folder (Clean)

Crimea, Gateway to Russia (through Dnieper (Varangian) Trade Route or Muravsky Trail)
Crimea; Crimean Tartars;

Taurida (Taurica, the Crimean Penninsula and surrounding area, including Odessa and Tomis)
Taurida;

Azov Lands (Sea of Azov)
Sea of Azov;

Alma River

Perekop Isthmus, Crimea (meaning œto dig throughÂ)
Perekop Isthmus; between Crimea and Ukraine;

Tmutarakan, Crimea
Tmutarakan peninsula (on the eastern banks of the Kerchensk straits);

Kerchensk (Kerch) straits
Kerchensk (Kerch) straits;

Tmutarakan (Taman) Peninsula, Crimea
Taman Peninsula;

Taman (Tmutarakan) Peninsula, Crimea
Taman Peninsula;

Surozh, Crimea, Russia
Sudak (Surozha, Surrentium), Crimea;;

Sudak (Surozha, Surrentium), Russian Crimea
Sudak (Surozha, Surrentium), Crimea;

Akritian, Cherson, Crimea
Akritian (Anti Moslem Frontier) Cherson;

Korsun, Crimea, Russia, Korsun is the Slavic Name
Korsun, Crimea ;

Cherson, Crimea, Russia, Cherson is the Greek Name
Korsun, Crimea ; Korsun, , the Greek name for Cherson;

Odessa, Russia (Now Ukraine)
Odessa, Russia (Now Ukraine);

Mount Ayu-Dag, Crimea
Mount Ayu-Dag;

Alushta, Crimea
Alushta, Crimea;

Russia, Crimea, Cherson, 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 ('Murav is an old Slavic word for prairie or grassland) avoiding forests, marshes and river crossings. ;

Russia, Crimea, Cherson, 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 œthe Way from the Varangians to the Greeks.

Russia, Kiev and Ukraine, Kiev Caves Folder (Clean)

Kiev Caves, Anthony's first location, Berestovo, 1032
Kiev Caves;

Kiev Near Caves, St Anthony's Second Location, 1057
Kiev Near Caves;

Kiev Far Caves - Theodosiev Caves - Berestovo Village, 1032, 1073
Kiev Far Caves - Berestovo Village ;

Kiev Pechersk Lavra (Kiev Caves Lavra of Theodosis) 1051
Kiev Caves Lavra ;

Dimitriev monastery, founded by Isaslav aka Dimitrius, for Theodosius, 1051
Kiev Caves Lavra ;

Kiev Pechersk (Caves), Kiev Neighborhood
Pechersk, Kiev;

Kiev Caves monastery, 1051
Kiev Caves monastery;

Kiev Caves, Great (Gate) Church of the Caves
Great Church of the Caves;

Berestovo Village, Kiev Far Caves - St Anthony's first Location, 1030
Kiev Far Caves - Berestovo Village ;

Dormition Cathedral in the Kiev Caves (Destroyed in WWII) 1073, Icon of the Domition Story, 4 Architects
Dormition Cathedral in the Kiev Caves (Destroyed in WWII) 1073 ;

Kiev Caves Caverns
Kiev Caves Caverns; Near Caves;

Kiev Near Caves of St Anthony, 1057
Near Caves of St Anthony ;

Russia, Kiev, , Kiev Near Caves of St Anthony, 1057
Near Caves of St Anthony ;

Sven Caves, Near Caves of Saint Anthony, 1057
Sven Caves, Near Caves of Saint Anthony;

Russia, Alaska Folder (Clean)

Alaska
Alaska; 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 ; HERMAN OF ALASKA, MISSIONARY TO THE ALEUT, 9 August 1837; Synaxis of All Saints of Alaska, Commemorated September 24; Martyr Peter the Aleut; Glorification of St Tikhon, the Apostle to America, Commemorated on October 9 ; Priestmartyr John Kochurov, Commemorated on October 31 ; Repose of the Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America, Commemorated December 13 ; Venerable Theodore of Sanaxar, Commemorated on February 19 ; Repose of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow the Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated on March 31; St Tikhon the Patriarch of Moscow, and Enlightener of North America, Commemorated on April 7; TIKHON, PATRIARCH OF RUSSIA AND CONFESSOR, (7 April 1925); John Muir of JOHN MUIR and HUDSON STUCK, NATURALIST & WRITER, 1914; PRIEST & ENVIRONMENTALIST, 1920, Commemorated April 21 ; New Martyr Archpriest Vasily Martysz, Commemorated on May 4; Repose of St Alexis Toth the confessor and defender of Orthodoxy in America, Commemorated on May 7; ISABEL FLORENCE HAPGOOD, ECUMENIST and JOURNALIST, 1929, Commemorated June 26;

Alaska, North Slope Folder, North AK, Brooks Range (Clean)

Brooks Range, Alaska
Brooks Range;

Alaskan Intuit Eskimo Lands (coastal, north and west)
Alaskan Intuit Eskimo Lands; JOHN MUIR and HUDSON STUCK, NATURALIST & WRITER, 1914; PRIEST & ENVIRONMENTALIST, 1920, Commemorated April 21 ;

Point Hope, Alaska (North Slope Brooks Range)
Point Hope, Alaska; JOHN MUIR and HUDSON STUCK, NATURALIST & WRITER, 1914; PRIEST & ENVIRONMENTALIST, 1920, Commemorated April 21 ;

Alaska, Alcan Hwy Folder, Northeast AK (Clean)

ALCAN Hwy

Alaska, Norton Sound Folder, Northwest AK (Clean)

St. Michael, Alaska (Norton Sound)
St. Michael, Alaska; JOHN MUIR and HUDSON STUCK, NATURALIST & WRITER, 1914; PRIEST & ENVIRONMENTALIST, 1920, Commemorated April 21 ;

Nome, Alaska (Seward Peninsula, Norton Sound, Bering Sea)
Nome, Alaska (Seward Peninsula, Norton Sound, Bering Sea); JOHN MUIR and HUDSON STUCK, NATURALIST & WRITER, 1914; PRIEST & ENVIRONMENTALIST, 1920, Commemorated April 21 ;

Alaska, Yukon River Folder, North Central AK (Clean)

Yukon River

Yukon River Route

Yukon River A (Teslin Lake Arm)

Yukon River B (Atlin Lake Arm)

Yukon River C (Tagish Lake Arm)

Yukon River D (Marsh Lake Arm)

Yukon River E (Lake Laberge Arm)

Yukon River F (Kasawa Lake Arm)

Yukon River G (Kluane Lake Arm)

Yukon River H (Bennett Lake Arm)

Alaska, Yukon River 12, Porcupine River Folder

Porcupine River

Fort Yukon, Alaska (Porcupine River Mouth, Yukon River 22)
Fort Yukon, Alaska; Fort Yukon, Alaska; ROBERT McDONALD, Commemorated December 15; JOHN MUIR and HUDSON STUCK, NATURALIST & WRITER, 1914; PRIEST & ENVIRONMENTALIST, 1920, Commemorated April 21 ;

Stevens Village, Alaska (middle of Yukon Flats, Yukon 13.5)
Stevens Village, Alaska (middle of Yukon Flats); HARRIET BEDELL, DEACONESS AND MISSIONARY, (8 January 1969) ;

Yukon Flats
Yukon Flats; HARRIET BEDELL, DEACONESS AND MISSIONARY, (8 January 1969);

Yukon Flats Area

Alaska, Yukon River 15 Tanana River Folder, Fairbanks

Tanana River

Chisnana River

Nabesna River

Fairbanks, Alaska (Tanana River 10)
Fairbanks, Alaska ; JOHN MUIR and HUDSON STUCK, NATURALIST & WRITER, 1914; PRIEST & ENVIRONMENTALIST, 1920, Commemorated April 21 ;

Tanana, Alaska (Yukon River 15, Tanana River Mouth)
Tanana, Alaska (Yukon River 15); HARRIET BEDELL DEACONESS AND MISSIONARY (8 January 1969) ; JOHN MUIR and HUDSON STUCK, NATURALIST & WRITER, 1914; PRIEST & ENVIRONMENTALIST, 1920, Commemorated April 21 ;

Fort Adams, Alaska (Tanana River, Yukon River 15)
Fort Adams 12 miles downstream from Tanana JOHN MUIR and HUDSON STUCK, NATURALIST & WRITER, 1914; PRIEST & ENVIRONMENTALIST, 1920, Commemorated April 21 ;

Line Measure Fort Adams was 12 miles downstream from Tanana
Line Measure Fort Adams was 12 miles downstream from Tanana. HUDSON STUCK, PRIEST & ENVIRONMENTALIST, 1920;

Wrangell Park, AK
Wrangell Park;

Alaska, Yukon River17, Koyukuk River Folder, Northern Athabascan Lands

Koyukuk River

Northern Athabascan Lands (Interior Alaska)
Northern Athabascan Lands (Interior Alaska); JOHN MUIR and HUDSON STUCK, NATURALIST & WRITER, 1914; PRIEST & ENVIRONMENTALIST, 1920, Commemorated April 21 ;

Anvik, Alaska (Yukon River 18)
Anvik (Yukon River 18); JOHN MUIR and HUDSON STUCK, NATURALIST & WRITER, 1914; PRIEST & ENVIRONMENTALIST, 1920, Commemorated April 21 ;

Ingalit People (Deg Hit'an people, along the Arvik and Innoko Rivers)

Alaska, Yukon River 19, Innoko River Folder

Innoko River

Holy Cross, Alaska (Innoko River Mouth, Yukon River 19)
Holy Cross, Alaska; HUDSON STUCK, PRIEST & ENVIRONMENTALIST, 1920;

Russian Mission (Yukon River 20)
Russian Mission (Yukon River 20); Repose of St Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska, Commemorated on July 26;

Kvikhpak (Yukon) Mission (Russian Mission, Yukon River 20)
Kvikhpak (Yukon) Mission, Russian Mission (Yukon River 20) ; Repose of St Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska, Commemorated on July 26;

Alaska, Anchorage, Kenai Bay and Kenai Peninsula Folder, South Central AK (Clean)

Anchorage, Alaska
Anchorage, Alaska; Glorification of the Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America, Commemorated on August 9 ; Martyr Juvenal of Alaska, Commemorated on September 24 ;

Kenai Peninsula
Kenai Peninsula ; Glorification of the Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America, Commemorated on August 9 ; Martyr Juvenal of Alaska, Commemorated September 24 ;

Diocese of Alaska, Anchorage (Orthodox)
Diocese of Alaska (Orthodox); Repose of St Alexis Toth the confessor and defender of Orthodoxy in America, Commemorated on May 7;

Tanaina, Alaska (Wasilla, AK)
Tanaina, Alaska; Martyr Juvenal of Alaska, Commemorated on September 24 ;

Valdez, Alaska (Prince William Sound, Gulf of Alaska)
Valdez, Alaska; JOHN MUIR and HUDSON STUCK, NATURALIST & WRITER, 1914; PRIEST & ENVIRONMENTALIST, 1920, Commemorated April 21 ;

Chugach Mountains
Chugach Mountains ;

Chugatchi People of Kenai Peninsula and Prince William Sound
Chugatchi People of Kenai Peninsula and Prince William Sound; Martyr Juvenal of Alaska, Commemorated September 24 ;

Susitna River

Matanuska River

Topper River

Christochina River

Copper River

Alaska, Kodiak Island Folder, South Central AK (Clean)

Kodiak Island, Alaska
Kodiak Island ; 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; Martyr Peter the Aleut, Commemorated September 24 ; JOHN MUIR and HUDSON STUCK, NATURALIST & WRITER, 1914; PRIEST & ENVIRONMENTALIST, 1920, Commemorated April 21 ; New Martyr Archpriest Vasily Martysz, Commemorated on May 4;

Kodiak, Alaska
Kodiak, 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; Martyr Peter the Aleut, Commemorated September 24 ; Martyr Juvenal of Alaska, Commemorated September 24 ; JOHN MUIR and HUDSON STUCK, NATURALIST & WRITER, 1914; PRIEST & ENVIRONMENTALIST, 1920, Commemorated April 21 ; New Martyr Archpriest Vasily Martysz, Commemorated on May 4;

Afognak, Kodiak Archipelago, Alaska
Afognak, Kodiak Archipelago, Alaska; New Martyr Archpriest Vasily Martysz, Commemorated on May 4;

Spruce Island, Kodiac Archipelago, Alaska, St Herman's Hermitage
Spruce Island, Alaska; Glorification of the Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America, Commemorated on August 9 ; spiritual mission was organized in 1793, made up of monks of the Valaam Monastery. They were sent to preach the Word of God to the native inhabitants of northwestern America, who only ten years before had come under the sovereignty of Russia. Saint Herman was among the members of this Mission. Saint Herman came from a family of merchants of Serpukhov, a city of the Moscow Diocese. His name before he was tonsured, and his family name are not known. (The monastic name is given when a monk takes his vows). He had a great zeal for piety from youth, and at sixteen he entered monastic life. (This was in 1772, if we assume that Herman was born in 1756, although sometimes 1760 is given as the date of his birth.) First he entered the Trinity-Sergius Hermitage which was located near the Gulf of Finland on the Peterhof Road, about 15 versts (about 10 miles) from Saint Petersburg. Healing the Saint Sergius Hermitage there occurred the following incident to Father Herman. On the right side of his throat under his chin there appeared an abscess. The swelling grew rapidly, disfiguring his face. It became difficult for him to swallow, and the odor was unbearable. In this critical condition Father Herman awaited death. He did not appeal to a physician of this world, but locking his cell he fell before an icon of the Mother of God. With fervent tears he prayed, asking of Her that he might be healed. He prayed the whole night. Then he took a wet towel and with it wiped the face of the Most Holy Mother, and with this towel he covered the swelling. He continued to pray with tears until he fell asleep from sheer exhaustion on the floor. In a dream he saw the Virgin Mary healing him. Herman awoke in the morning, he found to his great surprise that he was fully healed. The swelling had disappeared, even though the abscess had not broken through, leaving behind but a small mark as though a reminder of the miracle. Physicians to whom this healing was described did not believe it, arguing that it was necessary for the abscess to have either broken through of its own accord or to have been cut open. But the words of the physicians were the words of human experience, for where the grace of God operates there the order of nature is overcome. Such occurrences humble human reason under the strong hand of God’s Mercy. at Valaam five or six years Father Herman continued to live in the Saint Sergius Hermitage, and then he transferred to the Valaam Monastery, which was widely scattered on the large islands in the waters of the great Lake Ladoga. He came to love the Valaam haven with all his soul, as he came to love its unforgettable Superior, the pious Elder Nazarius, and all the brethren. He wrote to Father Nazarius later from America, “Your fatherly goodness to me, humble one, will be erased out of my heart neither by the terrible, unpassable Siberian lands, nor by the dark forests. Nor will it be wiped out by the swift flow of the great rivers; nor will the awful ocean quench these feelings. In my mind I imagine my beloved Valaam, looking to it beyond the great ocean.” He praised the Elder Nazarius in his letters as, “the most reverend, and my beloved father,” and the brethren of Valaam he called, “my beloved and dearest.” The place where he lived in America, deserted Spruce Island, he called “New Valaam.” And as we can see, he always remained in spiritual contact with his spiritual homeland, for as late as 1823, that is after thirty years of his life within the borders of America, he wrote letters to the successor of Father Nazarius, the lgumen Innocent. Barlaam, later lgumen of Valaam, and a contemporary of Father Herman, who accepted his tonsure from Father Nazarius, wrote thus of the life of Father Herman. “Father Herman went through the various obediences here, and being ‘well disposed toward every thing’ was in the course of events sent to Serdobol to oversee there the work of quarrying marble. The Brothers loved Father Herman, and awaited impatiently his return to the cloisters from Serdobol. Recognizing the zeal of the young hermit the wise elder, Father Nazarius, released him to take abode in the wilderness. This wilderness was in the deep forest about a mile from the cloister: to this day this place has retained the name ‘Herman’s.’ On holy days, Father Herman returned to the monastery from the wilderness. Then it was that at Little Vespers he would stand in the choir and sing in his pleasant tenor the responses with the brethren from the Canon, ‘O Sweetest Jesus, save us sinners. Most Holy Theotokos, Save us,’ and tears would fall like hail from his eyes.” First Mission to America the second half of the 18th century the borders of Holy Russia expanded to the north. In those years Russian merchants discovered the Aleutian Islands which formed in the Pacific Ocean a chain from the eastern shores of Kamchatka to the western shores of North America. With the opening of these islands there was revealed the sacred necessity to illumine with the light of the Gospel the native inhabitants. With the blessing of the Holy Synod, Metropolitan Gabriel gave to the Elder Nazarius the task of selecting capable persons from the brethern of Valaam for this holy endeavor. Ten men were selected, and among them was Father Herman. The chosen men left Valaam for the place of their great appointment in 1793. (The members of this historical mission were: Archimandrite Joseph (Bolotoff); the hieromonks Juvenal, Macarius, Athanasius, Stephan, and Nectarius; hierodeacons Nectarius and Stephen; and the monks Joasaph and Herman.) a result of the holy zeal of the preachers the light of the evangelic sermon quickly poured out among the sons of Russia, and several thousand pagans accepted Christianity. A school for the education of newly-baptized children was organized, and a church was built at the place where the missionaries lived. But by the inscrutable providence of God the general progress of the mission was unsatisfactory. After five years of very productive labor, Archimandrite Joasaph, who had just been elevated to the rank of bishop, was drowned with his party. (This occurred on the Pacific Ocean between Kamchatka and the Aleutian Islands. The ship, Phoenix, one of the first sea-going ships built in Alaska, sailed from Okhotsk carrying the first Bishop for the American Mission and his party. The Phoenix was caught in one of the many storms which periodically sweep the northern Pacific, and the ship and all hands perished together with Bishop Joasaph and his party.) Before this the zealous Hieromonk Juvenal was granted the martyr’s crown. The others died one after another until in the end only Father Herman remained. The Lord permitted him to labor longer than any of his brethren in the apostolic task of enlightening the Aleutians. New Valaam — Spruce Island America, Father Herman chose as his place of habitation Spruce Island, which he called New Valaam. This island is separated by a strait about a mile and a quarter wide from Kodiak Island on which had been built a wooden monastery for the residence of the members of the mission, and a wooden church dedicated to the Resurrection of the Savior. (New Valaam was named for Valaam on Lake Ladoga, the monastery from which Father Herman came to America. It is interesting to note that Valaam is also located on an island, although, this island is in a fresh water lake, whereas, Spruce Island is on the Pacific Ocean, although near other islands and the Alaskan mainland.) Island is not large, and is almost completely covered by a forest. Almost through its middle a small brook flows to the sea. Herman selected this picturesque island for the location of his hermitage. He dug a cave out of the ground with his own hands, and in it he lived his first full summer. For winter there was built for him a cell near the cave, in which he lived until his death. The cave was converted by him into a place for his burial. A wooden chapel, and a wooden house to be used as a schoolhouse and a guest house were built not too distant from his cell. A garden was laid out in front of his cell. For more than forty years Father Herman lived here. Herman’s Way of Life Herman himself spaded the garden, planted potatoes and cabbage and various vegetables in it. For winter, he preserved mushrooms, salting or drying them. The salt was obtained by him from ocean water. It is said that a wicker basket in which the Elder carried seaweed from the shore, was so large that it was difficult for one person to carry. The seaweed was used for fertilizing the soil. But to the astonishment of all, Father Herman carried a basket filled with seaweed for a long distance without any help at all. By chance his disciple, Gerasim, saw him one winter night carrying a large log which normally would be carried by four men; and he was bare footed. Thus worked the Elder, and everything that he acquired as a result of his immeasurable labors was used for the feeding and clothing of orphans and also for books for his students. clothes were the same for winter as for summer. He did not wear a shirt; instead he wore a smock of deer skin, which he did not take off for several years at a time, nor did he change it, so that the fur in it was completely worn away, and the leather became glossy. Then there were his boots or shoes, cassock (podrasnik), an ancient and faded out cassock (riasa) full of patchwork, and his headdress (klobuk). He went everywhere in these clothes, and at all times; in the rain, in snowstorms, and during the coldest freezing weather. In this, Father Herman followed the example of many Eastern Ascetic Fathers and Monks who showed the greatest concern for the welfare and needs of others. Yet, they themselves wore the oldest possible clothes to show their great humility before God, and their detachment from worldly things. small bench covered with a time-worn deerskin served as Father Herman’s bed. He used two bricks for a pillow; these were hidden from visitors by a skin or a shirt. There was no blanket. Instead, he covered himself with a wooden board which lay on the stove. This board Father Herman himself called his blanket, and he willed that it be used to cover his remains; it was as long as he was tall. “During my stay in the cell of Father Herman,” writes the creole Constantine Larionov, “I, a sinner, sat on his ‘blanket’-and I consider this the acme of my fortune!” (‘creole’ is the name by which the Russians referred to the children of mixed marriages of native Indians of Alaska, Eskimo and Aleuts with Russians.) the occasions when Father Herman was the guest of administrators of the American Company and in the course of their soul-saving talks he sat up with them until midnight. He never spent the night with them, but regardless of the weather he always returned to his hermitage. If for some extraordinary reason it was necessary for him to spend the night away from his cell, then in the morning the bed which had been prepared for him would be found untouched; the Elder not having slept at all. The same was true in his hermitage where having spent the night in talks, he never rested. Elder ate very little. As a guest, he scarcely tasted the food, and remained without dinner. In his cell his dinner consisted of a very small portion of a small fish or some vegetables. His body, emaciated as a result of his labors, his vigils, and fasting, was crushed by chains which weighed about sixteen pounds. These chains are kept to this day in the chapel. Telling of these deeds of Father Herman, his disciple, the Aleut Ignaty Aligyaga, added, “Yes, Apa led a very hard life, and no one can imitate his life!” (The Aleutian word “Apa” means Elder or grandfather, and it is a name indicative of the great affection in which he was held). writing of the incidents in the life of the Elder deal, so to speak, with the external aspects of his labor. “His most important works,” says the Bishop Peter, “were his exercises in spiritual endeavor in his isolated cell where no one saw him, but outside the cell they heard him singing and celebrating services to God according to the monastic rule.” This witness of the Bishop is supported by the following answers of Father Herman, himself: “How do you manage to live alone in the forest, Father Herman? Don’t you ever become lonesome?” He answered, “No I am not there alone! God is here, as God is everywhere. The Holy Angels are there. With whom is it better to talk, with people, or with Angels? Most certainly with Angels.” Herman and the Native Alaskans way in which Father Herman looked upon the natives of America, how he understood his own relations with them, and how he was concerned for their needs he expressed himself in one of his letters to the former administrator of the colony, Simeon Yanovsky. He wrote, “Our Creator granted to our beloved homeland this land which like a newly-born babe does not yet have the strength for knowledge or understanding. It requires not only protection, because of its infantile weakness and impotence, but also his sustenance. Even for this it does not yet have the ability to make an appeal on its own behalf. And since the welfare of this nation by the Providence of God, it is not known for how long, is dependent on and has been entrusted into the hands of the Russian government which has now been given into your own power, therefore I, the most humble servant of these people, and their nurse (nyanka) stand before you in their behalf, write this petition with tears of blood. Be our Father and our Protector. Certainly we do not know how to be eloquent, so with an inarticulate infant’s tongue we say: Wipe away the tears of the defenseless orphans, cool the hearts melting away in the fire of sorrow. Help us to know what consolation means.” Elder acted the way he felt. He always interceded before the governors on behalf of those who had transgressed. He defended those who had been offended. He helped those who were in need with whatever means he had available. The Aleuts, men, women and children, often visited him. Some asked for advice, others complained of oppression, others sought out defense, and still others desired help. Each one received the greatest possible satisfaction from the Elder. He discussed their mutual difficulties, and he tried to settle these peacefully. He was especially concerned about reestablishing understanding in families. If he did not succeed in reconciling a husband and wife, the Elder prevailed upon them to separate temporarily. The need for such a procedure he explained thus, “it is better to let them live apart, or believe me, it can be terrible if they are not separated. There have been incidents when a husband killed his wife, or when a wife destroyed her husband.” Herman especially loved children. He made large quantities of biscuits for them, and he baked cookies (krendelki) for them; and the children were fond of the Elder. Father Herman’s love for the Aleuts reached the point of self-denial. Epidemic Strikes ship from the United States brought to Sitka Island, and from there to Kodiak Island, a contagious disease, a fatal illness. It began with a fever, a heavy cold, and difficult respiration, and it ended with chills; in three days the victim died. On the island there was neither a doctor nor medicine. The illness spread rapidly through the village, and then throughout the nearby areas. The disease affected all, even infants. The fatalities were so great that for three days there was no one to dig graves, and the bodies remained unburied. An eyewitness said, “I cannot imagine anything more tragic and horrible than the sight which struck me when I visited an Aleutian ‘Kazhim’. This was a large building, or barracks, with dividing sections, in which the Aleuts lived with their families; it contained about 100 people. Here some had died, their cold bodies lay near the living; others were dying; there were groans and weeping which tore at one’s soul.” “I saw mothers over whose bodies cold in death crawled a hungry child, crying and searching in vain for its food...My heart was bursting with compassion! It seemed that if anyone could paint with a worthy brush the full horror of this tragic scene, that he would have successfully aroused fear of death in the most embittered heart.” Father Herman, during this terrible sickness which lasted a whole month, gradually dying out towards the end, visited the sick, never tiring. He admonished them in their fear, prayed, brought them to penance, or prepared them for death. He never spared himself. Herman as a Spiritual Teacher Elder was concerned in particular for the moral growth of the Aleuts. With this end in mind a school was built for children-the orphans of the Aleuts. He himself taught them the Law of God and church music. For this same purpose he gathered the Aleuts on Sunday and Holy Days for prayer in the chapel near his cell. Here his disciple read the Hours and the various prayers while the Elder himself read the Epistle and Gospel. He also preached to them. His students sang, and they sang very well. The Aleuts loved to hear his sermons, gathering around him in large numbers. The Elder’s talks were captivating, and his listeners were moved by their wonderous power. He himself writes of one example of the beneficial results of his words. “Glory to the holy destinies of the Merciful God! He has shown me now through his unfathomable Providence a new occurrence which I, who have lived here for twenty years had never seen before on Kodiak,” he wrote. “Recently after Easter, a young girl about twenty years of age who knows Russian well, came to me. Having heard of the Incarnation of the Son of God and of Eternal Life, she became so inflamed with love for Jesus Christ that she does not wish to leave me. She pleaded eloquently with me. Contrary to my personal inclination and love for solitude, and despite all the hindrances and difficulties which I put forward before accepting her, she has now been living near the school for a month and is not lonesome. I, looking on this with great wonder, remembered the words of the Savior: ‘that which is hidden from the wise and learned is revealed to babes’” (Matthew 11:25). woman lived at the school until the death of the Elder. She watched for the good conduct of the children who studied in his school. Father Herman willed that after his death she was to continue to live on Spruce Island. Her name was Sophia Vlasova. writes about the character and the eloquence of the talks of the Elder thus: “When I met Father Herman I was thirty years old. I must say that I was educated in the naval corps school; that I knew many sciences having read extensively. But to my regret, the Science of sciences, that is the Law of God, I barely remembered the externals—and these only theoretically, not applying them to life. I was a Christian in name only, but in my soul and in reality, I was a freethinker. Furthermore, I did not admit the divinity and holiness of our religion, for I had read through many atheistic works. Father Herman recognized this immediately and he desired to reconvert me. To my great surprise he spoke so convincingly, wisely—and he argued with such conviction—that it seemed to me that no learning or worldly wisdom could stand one’s ground before his words. We conversed with him daily until midnight, and even later, of God’s love, of eternity, of the salvation of souls, and of Christian living. From his lips flowed a ceaseless stream of sweet words! By these continual talks and by the prayers of the holy Elder the Lord returned me completely to the way of Truth, and I became a real Christian. I am indebted for all this to Father Herman; he is my true benefactor. “Several years ago,” continues Yanovsky, “Father Herman converted a certain naval captain G. to Orthodoxy from the Lutheran Faith. This captain was well educated. Besides many sciences, he was well versed in languages. He knew Russian, English, German, French, Italian and also some Spanish. But for all this he could not resist the convictions and proofs of Father Herman. He changed his faith and was united to the Orthodox Church through Chrismation. When he was leaving America, the Elder said to him while they were parting, “Be on guard, if the Lord should take your wife from you then do not marry a German woman under any circumstance. If you do marry a German woman, undoubtedly she will damage your Orthodoxy.” The Captain gave his word, but he failed to keep it. The warning of the Elder was prophetic. Indeed, after several years the Captain’s wife did die, and he married a German woman. There is no doubt that his faith weakened or that he left it; for he died suddenly without penance.” on Yanovsky writes, “Once the Elder was invited aboard a frigate which came from Saint Petersburg. The Captain of the frigate was a highly educated man, who had been sent to America by order of the Emperor to make an inspection of all the colonies. There were more than twenty-five officers with the Captain, and they also were educated men. In the company of this group sat a monk of a hermitage, small in stature and wearing very old clothes. All these educated conversationalists were placed in such a position by his wise talks that they did not know how to answer him. The Captain himself used to say, ‘We were lost for an answer before him.’ “Father Herman gave them all one general question: ‘Gentlemen, What do you love above all, and what will each of you wish for your happiness?’ Various answers were offered ... Some desired wealth, others glory, some a beautiful wife, and still others a beautiful ship he would captain; and so forth in the same vein. ‘It is not true,’ Father Herman said to them concerning this, ‘that all your various wishes can bring us to one conclusion—that each of you desires that which in his own understanding he considers the best, and which is most worthy of his love?’ They all answered, ‘Yes, that is so!’ He then continued, ‘Would you not say, Is not that which is best, above all, and surpassing all, and that which by preference is most worthy of love, the Very Lord, our Jesus Christ, who created us, adorned us with such ideals, gave life to all, sustains everything, nurtures and loves all, who is Himself Love and most beautiful of all men? Should we not then love God above every thing, desire Him more than anything, and search Him out?’ “All said, ‘Why, yes! That’s self-evident!’ Then the Elder asked, ‘But do you love God?’ They all answered, ‘Certainly, we love God. How can we not love God?’ ‘And I a sinner have been trying for more than forty years to love God, I cannot say that I love Him completely,’ Father Herman protested to them. He then began to demonstrate to them the way in which we should love God. ‘If we love someone,’ he said, ‘we always remember them; we try to please them. Day and night our heart is concerned with the subject. Is that the way you gentlemen love God? Do you turn to Him often? Do you always remember Him? Do you always pray to Him and fulfill His holy commandments?’ They had to admit that they had not! ‘For our own good, and for our own fortune,’ concluded the Elder, ‘let us at least promise ourselves that from this very minute we will try to love God more than anything and to fulfill His Holy Will!’ Without any doubt this conversation was imprinted in the hearts of the listeners for the rest of their lives.’ “In general, Father Herman liked to talk of eternity, of salvation of the future life, of our destinies under God. He often talked on the lives of the Saints, on the Prologue, but he never spoke about anything frivolous. It was so pleasant to hear him that those who conversed with him, the Aleuts and their wives, were so captivated by his talks that often they did not leave him until dawn, and then they left him with reluctance;” thus witnesses the Creole, Constantine Larionov. Description of Father Herman writes a detailed description of Father Herman. “I have a vivid memory,” he said, “Of all the features of the Elder’s face reflecting goodness; his pleasant smile, his meek and attractive mien, his humble and quiet behavior, and his gracious word. He was short of stature. His face was pale and covered with wrinkles. His eyes were greyish-blue, full of sparkle, and on his head there were a few gray hairs. His voice was not powerful, but it was very pleasant.” Yanovsky relates two incidents from his conversations with the Elder. “Once,” he writes, “I read to Father Herman the ode, ‘God,’ by Derzhavin. The Elder was surprised, and entranced. He asked me to read it again. I read it once more, “Is it possible that a simple, educated man wrote this?” he asked. “Yes, a learned poet,” I answered. “This has been written under God’s inspiration,” said the Elder. Martyrdom of Peter “On another occasion I was relating to him how the Spanish in California had imprisoned fourteen Aleuts, and how the Jesuits were forcing all of them to accept the Catholic Faith. But this Aleut would not agree under any circumstances, saying, ‘We are Christians.’ The Jesuits protested, ‘That’s not true; you are heretics and schismatics. If you do not agree to accept our faith then we will torture all of you.’ Then the Aleuts were placed in cells until evening; two to a cell. At night the Jesuits came to the prison with lanterns and lighted candles. They began to persuade the Aleuts in the cell once again to accept the Catholic Faith. ‘We are Christians,’ was the answer of the Aleuts, ‘and we will not change our Faith.’ Then the Jesuits began to torture them, at first the one while his companion was the witness. They cut the toes off his feet, first one joint and then the other joint. And then they cut the first joint on the fingers of the hands, and then the other joint. Afterwards they cut off his feet, and his hands; the blood flowed. The martyr endured all and steadfastly insisted on one thing: ’I am a Christian.’ In such suffering, he bled to death. The Jesuit promised to torture to death his comrades also on the next day.... But that night an order was received from Monterey stating that the imprisoned Aleuts were to be released immediately, and sent there under escort. Therefore, in the morning all were dispatched to Monterey with the exception of the martyred Aleut. This was related to me by a witness, the same Aleut who was the comrade of the tortured Aleut. Afterwards he escaped from imprisonment, and I reported this incident to the supreme authorities in Saint Petersburg. When I finished my story, Father Herman asked, ‘And how did they call the martyred Aleut?’ I answered, ‘Peter; I do not remember his family name.’ The Elder stood up before an icon reverently, made the sign of the Cross and pronounced, ’Holy newly-martyred Peter, pray to God for us!’” Spirit of Father Herman’s Teaching order to express the spirit of Father Herman’s teaching, we present here a quotation from a letter that was written by his own hand. “The empty years of these desires separate us from our heavenly homeland, and our Love for these desires and our habits clothe us, as it were, in an odious dress; it is called by the Apostle ‘the external (earthy) man’ (1 Corinthians 15:47). We who are wanderers in the journey of this life call to God for aid. We must divest ourselves of this repulsiveness, and put on new desires, and a new love for the coming age. Thus, through this we will know either an attraction or a repulsion for the heavenly homeland. It is possible to do this quickly, but we must follow the example of the sick, who wishing for desired health, do not stop searching for means of curing themselves. But I am not speaking clearly.” desiring anything for himself in life, when he first came to America, he refused in his humility the dignity of hieromonk and archimandrite, deciding to remain forever a common monk, Father Herman, without the least fear before the powerful, strove with all sincerity for God. With gentle love, and disregarding the person, he criticized many for intemperate living, for unworthy behavior, and for oppressing the Aleuts. Evil armed itself against him and gave him all sorts of trouble and sorrow. But God protected the Elder. The Administrator of the Colony, Yanovsky, not having yet seen Father Herman, after receiving one of those complaints, had already written to Saint Petersburg of the necessity of his removal. He explained that it seemed that he was arousing the Aleuts against the administration. But this accusation turned out to be unjust, and in the end Yanovsky was numbered among the admirers of Father Herman. an inspector came to Spruce Island with the Administrator of the Colony and with company employees to search through Father Herman’s cell. This party expected to find property of great value in Father Herman’s cell. But when they found nothing of value, an employee of the American Company, Ponomarkhov, began to tear up the floor with an axe, undoubtedly with the consent of his seniors. Then Father Herman said to him, “My friend, you have lifted the axe in vain; this weapon shall deprive you of your life.” Some time later people were needed at Fort Nicholas, and for that reason several Russian employees were sent there from Kodiak; among them was Ponomarkhov; there the natives of Kenai cut off his head while he slept. Temptations of Father Herman great sorrows were borne by Father Herman from evil spirits. He himself revealed this to his disciple, Gerasim. Once when he entered Father Herman’s cell without the usual prayer he received no answer from Father Herman to any of his questions. The next day Gerasim asked him the reason for his silence. On that occasion Father Herman said to him, “When I came to this island and settled in this hermitage the evil spirits approached me ostensibly to be helpful. They came in the form of a man, and in the form of animals. I suffered much from them; from various afflictions and temptations. And that is why I do not speak now to anyone who enters into my presence without prayer.” (It is customary among devout laymen, as well as clergy, to say out loud a prayer, and upon hearing a response ending with Amen, to enter and go to the icon in the room to reverence it, and to say a prayer before greeting the host). Gifts from God dedicated himself fully for the Lord’s service; he strove with zeal solely for the glorification of His Most Holy Name. Far from his homeland in the midst of a variety of afflictions and privations Father Herman spent several decades performing the noblest deeds of self-sacrifice. He was privileged to receive many supernatural gifts from God. the midst of Spruce Island down the hill flows a little stream into the sea. The mouth of this stream was always swept by surf. In the spring when the brook fish appeared the Elder raked away some of the sand at its mouth so that the fish could enter, and at their first appearance they rushed up the stream. His disciple, lgnaty, said, “it was so that if ‘Apa’ would tell me, I would go and get fish in the stream!” Father Herman fed the birds with dried fish, and they would gather in great numbers around his cell. Underneath his cell there lived an ermine. This little animal can not be approached when it has had its young, but the Elder fed it from his own hand. “Was not this a miracle that we had seen?” said his disciple, Ignaty. They also saw Father Herman feeding bears. But when Father Herman died the birds and animals left; even the garden would not give any sort of crops even though someone had willingly taken care of it, Ignaty insisted. Spruce Island there once occurred a flood. The inhabitants came to the Elder in great fear. Father Herman then took an icon of the Mother of God from the home where his students lived, and placed it on a “laida” (a sandy bank) and began to pray. After his prayer he turned to those present and said,“Have no fear, the water will not go any higher than the place where this holy icon stands.” The words of the Elder were fulfilled. After this he promised the same aid from this holy icon in the future, through the intercessions of the Mother of God. He entrusted the icon to his disciple Sophia; in case of future floods the icon was to be placed on the “laida.” This icon is preserved on the island to this day. the request of the Elder, Baron F. P. Wrangel wrote a letter to a Metropolitan (his name is not known) which was dictated by Father Herman. When the letter was completed and read, the Elder congratulated the Baron upon his attaining the rank of admiral. The Baron was taken aback. This was news to him. It was confirmed, but only after an elapse of some time, and just before he departed for Saint Petersburg. Herman said to the administrator Kashevarov, from whom he accepted his son from the font (during the Sacrament of Baptism), “I am sorry for you, my dear ‘kum.’ It’s a shame; the change will be unpleasant for you.” In two years, during a change of administration, Kashevarov was sent to Sitka in chains. the forest on Spruce Island caught fire. The Elder, with his disciple Ignaty, in a thicket of the forest made a belt about a yard wide in which they turned over the moss. They extended it to the foot of the hill. The Elder said, “Rest assured, the fire will not pass this line.” On the next day, according to the testimony of Ignaty, there was no hope of salvation (from the fire) and the fire, pushed by a strong wind, reached the place where the moss had been turned over by the Elder. The fire ran over the moss and halted, leaving untouched the thick forest which was beyond the line. Elder often said that there would be a Bishop for America; this at a time when no one even thought of it, and there was no hope that there would be a Bishop for America. This was related by Bishop Peter, and his prophecy was fulfilled in time. “After my death,” said Father Herman, “there will be an epidemic, many people shall die during it, and the Russians shall unite the Aleuts.” And so it happened. It seems that about a half a year after his passing, there was a smallpox epidemic; the death rate in America during the epidemic was tremendous. In some villages, only a few inhabitants remained alive. This led the administration of the colony to unite the Aleuts; the twelve settlements were consolidated into seven. “Although a long time shall elapse after my death, I will not be forgotten” said Father Herman to his disciples. “My place of habitation will not remain empty. A monk like me, who will be escaping from the glory of men, will come and he will live on Spruce Island, and Spruce Island will not be without people.” (This prophecy has now been fulfilled in its entirety. Just such a monk as Father Herman described lived on Spruce Island for many years; his name was Archimandrite Gerasim, who died on October 13, 1969. This monk took on himself the responsibility of taking care of the Chapel under which the Elder Herman was first buried. Metropolitan Leonty, soon after his elevation to the primacy of the Russian Orthodox Church in America, made a pilgrimage to Spruce Island, and the grave of Saint Herman.) for the Future Creole Constantine, when he was not more than twelve years old, was asked by Father Herman, “My beloved one, what do you think; this chapel which they are building now, will it ever stand empty?” The youngster answered, “I do not know, Apa.” “Indeed,” said Constantine, “I did not understand his question at that time, even though the whole conversation with the Elder remains vivid in my memory.” The Elder remained silent for some time, and then said, “My child, remember, in time there will be a monastery in this place.” Herman said to his disciple the Aleut Ignaty Aligyaga, “Thirty years shall pass after my death, and all those living on Spruce Island will have died, but you alone will remain alive. You will be old and poor when I will be remembered.” And indeed after the death of Father Herman thirty years passed when they were reminded of him, and they began to gather information and facts about him, on the basis of which his Life was written. “It is amazing,” exclaims Ignaty, “how a man like us could know all this so long before it happened! However, no, he was no ordinary man! He knew our thoughts, and involuntarily he led us to the point where we revealed them to him, and we received counsel from him.” “When I die,” the Elder said to his disciple, “you will bury me alongside Father Joasaph. You will bury me by yourself, for you will not wait for the priest. Do not wash my body. Lay it on a board. Clasp my hands over my chest, wrap me in my mantia (the monk’s outer cloak), and with its wings cover my face and place the klobuk (monastic head covering) on my head. If anyone wishes to bid farewell to me, let them kiss the Cross. Do not show my face to anyone....” Repose of Father Herman time of the Elder’s passing had come. One day he ordered his disciple Gerasim to light a candle before the Icons, and to read the Acts of the Holy Apostles. After some time his face glowed brightly and he said in a loud voice, “Glory to Thee, O Lord!” He then ordered the reading to be halted, and he announced that the Lord had willed that his life would now be spared for another week. A week later, again by his orders, candles were lit, and the Acts of the Holy Apostles were read. Quietly, the Elder bowed his head on Gerasim’s chest; the cell was filled with a sweet-smelling odor; and his face glowed, and Father Herman was no more! Thus he died in blessedness, he passed away in the sleep of a righteous man in the eighty-first year of his life of great labor the 25th day of December 1837. (It was the 13th of December according to the Julian Calendar, although there are some records which state that he died on November 28th and was buried on December 26th). sent with the sad news to the harbor returned to announce that the administrator of the colony Kashevarov had forbidden the burial of the Elder until his own arrival. He also ordered that a finer coffin be made for Father Herman, and that he would come as soon as possible and would bring a priest with him. But then a great wind came up, a rain fell, and a terrible storm broke. The distance from the harbor to Spruce Island is not great—about a two hour journey—but no one would agree to go to sea in such weather. Thus it continued for a full month, and although the body lay in state for a full month in the warm house of his students, his face did not undergo any change at all, and not the slightest odor emanated from his body. Finally, through the efforts of Kuzma Uchilischev, a coffin was obtained. No one arrived from the harbor, and the inhabitants of Spruce Island alone buried the remains of the Elder in the ground. Thus the words which Father Herman uttered before his death were fulfilled. After this the wind quieted down, and the surface of the sea became as smooth as a mirror. evening, above the village Katani (on Afognak) an unusual pillar of light which reached up to heaven was seen above Spruce Island. Astonished by the miraculous appearance, experienced elders and the Creole Gerasim Vologdin and his wife Anna said, “It seems that Father Herman has left us,” and they began to pray. After a time, they were informed that the Elder had indeed passed away that very night. This same pillar was seen in various places by others. On the night of his death a vision was seen in another of the settlements on Afognak; it seemed as though a man was rising from Spruce Island into the clouds. disciples buried their father, and placed a wooden memorial marker above his grave. Father Peter Kashevarov, the priest on Kodiak, says, “I saw it myself, and I can say that today it seems as though it had never been touched by time; as though it had been cut this day.” witnessed the life of Father Herman glorified by his zealous labors, having seen his miracles, and the fulfillment of his predictions, finally having observed his blessed falling asleep, “in general, all the local inhabitants,” Bishop Peter witnesses, “have the highest esteem for him, as though he was a holy ascetic, and they are fully convinced that he has found favor in the presence of God.” 1842, five years after the passing away of the Elder, Archbishop Innocent of Kamchatka and the Aleutians, was near Kodiak on a sailing vessel which was in great distress. He looked to Spruce Island, and said to himself, “If you have found favor in God’s presence, Father Herman, then may the wind change.” It seems as though not more than fifteen minutes had passed, said the bishop, when the wind became favorable, and he successfully reached the shore. In thanksgiving for being saved, Archbishop Innocent himself conducted a Memorial Service (Panikhida) over the grave of the blessed Father Herman. O Holy Father Herman of Alaska, pray unto God for us! HERMAN OF ALASKA, MISSIONARY TO THE ALEUT, 9 August 1837; Repose of the Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America, Commemorated December 13 ; New Martyr Archpriest Vasily Martysz, Commemorated on May 4;

New Valaam, Alaska (Spruce Island), St Herman's Hermitage
New Valaam, Alaska (Spruce Island); 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 ;

Father Herman's Small Brook
Spruce Island is not large, and is almost completely covered by a forest. Almost through its middle a small brook flows to the sea. Herman selected this picturesque island for the location of his hermitage. He dug a cave out of the ground with his own hands, and in it he lived his first full summer. For winter there was built for him a cell near the cave, in which he lived until his death. The cave was converted by him into a place for his burial. A wooden chapel, and a wooden house to be used as a schoolhouse and a guest house were built not too distant from his cell. A garden was laid out in front of his cell. For more than forty years Father Herman lived here.

Woody Island, Kodiak Archipelago, Alaska
Woody Island, Kodiak Archipelago, Alaska; New Martyr Archpriest Vasily Martysz, Commemorated on May 4;

Alaska, Southeast Alaska Folder (Clean)

Southeast Alaska
Southeast Alaska; 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 ; JOHN MUIR and HUDSON STUCK, NATURALIST & WRITER, 1914; PRIEST & ENVIRONMENTALIST, 1920, Commemorated April 21 ; Repose of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow the Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated on March 31; Icon of the Mother of God œOur Lady of SitkaÂ, Commemorated on July 8 ;

Wrangell, Southeast Alaska
Wrangell, Alaska; JOHN MUIR and HUDSON STUCK, NATURALIST & WRITER, 1914; PRIEST & ENVIRONMENTALIST, 1920, Commemorated April 21 ;

Metlakatla, Southeast Alaska
Metlakatla, Alaska; Hudson Stuck of JOHN MUIR and HUDSON STUCK, NATURALIST & WRITER, 1914; PRIEST & ENVIRONMENTALIST, 1920, Commemorated April 21 ;

Annette Island, Southeast Alaska
Annette Island; JOHN MUIR and HUDSON STUCK, NATURALIST & WRITER, 1914; PRIEST & ENVIRONMENTALIST, 1920, Commemorated April 21 ;

Haida People, Land of the Haida People (Queen Charlotte Islands), Southeast Alaska
Land of the Haida People (Queen Charlotte Islands) and Southeast Alaska; Hudson Stuck of JOHN MUIR and HUDSON STUCK, NATURALIST & WRITER, 1914; PRIEST & ENVIRONMENTALIST, 1920, Commemorated April 21 ;

Kolosh (Tlingit) People (Alexander Archipelago and Southeast Alaska)
Kolosh (Tlingit) People; Repose of St Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska, Commemorated on July 26; Repose of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow the Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated on March 31;

Tlingit (Kolosh) People (Alexander Archipelago and Southeast Alaska)
Kolosh (Tlingit) People; Repose of St Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska, Commemorated on July 26; Repose of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow the Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated on March 31;

Alexander Archipelago (Land of the Tinglit or Kolosh People)
Alexander Archipelago (Land of the Tinglit or Kolosh People); Repose of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow the Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated on March 31;

Sitka Island
Sitka Island; Glorification of the Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America, Commemorated on August 9; Repose of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow the Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated on March 31; Icon of the Mother of God œOur Lady of SitkaÂ, Commemorated on July 8 ;

Sitka, Southeast Alaska
Sitka, Alaska ; Icon of the Mother of God "Our Lady of Sitka", Commemorated July 8 ; 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 St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow the Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated on March 31; JOHN MUIR and HUDSON STUCK, NATURALIST & WRITER, 1914; PRIEST & ENVIRONMENTALIST, 1920, Commemorated April 21 ; Icon of the Mother of God œOur Lady of SitkaÂ, Commemorated on July 8 ;

Cathedral of St Michael the Archangel in Sitka, Alaska, 1848
Cathedral of St Michael the Archangel in Sitka, Alaska; Icon of the Mother of God œOur Lady of SitkaÂ; Commemorated on July 8 ;

Chichagov Island
Hieromartyr Metropolitan Seraphim of Chichagov;

Stikine River

Juneau, Southeast Alaska
Juneau, Alaska; Hudson Stuck of JOHN MUIR and HUDSON STUCK, NATURALIST & WRITER, 1914; PRIEST & ENVIRONMENTALIST, 1920, Commemorated April 21 ;

Haines, Southeast Alaska (Lynn Canal)
Haines, Alaska (Lynn Canal); JOHN MUIR and HUDSON STUCK, NATURALIST & WRITER, 1914; PRIEST & ENVIRONMENTALIST, 1920, Commemorated April 21 ;

Mt Fairweather (15K ft Rise in 8 miles)

Sea Level to 15K ft in 7 miles

Lynn Canal, Southeast Alaska
Lynn Canal ; JOHN MUIR and HUDSON STUCK, NATURALIST & WRITER, 1914; PRIEST & ENVIRONMENTALIST, 1920, Commemorated April 21 ;

Yakutan, Southeast Alaska
Yakutan; Martyr Juvenal of Alaska, Commemorated on September 24 ;

Skagway, Southeast Alaska
Skagway, Alaska; JOHN MUIR and HUDSON STUCK, NATURALIST & WRITER, 1914; PRIEST & ENVIRONMENTALIST, 1920, Commemorated April 21 ;

Alaska, Kuskokwim River Folder, West AK (Clean)

Kuskokwim River

Kuskokwim River North Fork

Alaska Range
Alaska Range ;

Mount McKinley (Denali), Alaska
Mount McKinley (Denali); JOHN MUIR and HUDSON STUCK, NATURALIST & WRITER, 1914; PRIEST & ENVIRONMENTALIST, 1920, Commemorated April 21 ;

Kuskokwim River East Fork

Kolchan People (Upper Kuskokwim River)
Kolchan People (Upper Kuskokwim River); Repose of St Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska, Commemorated on July 26 ;

Kalskag (Kuskokwim River 8)
Kalskag (Kuskokwim River 8) ; Father Netsvetov leads a shaman to conversion; Repose of St Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska, Commemorated on July 26 ;

Yupik People (Kuskokwim River 8)
Yupik People (Kuskokwim River 8); Kalskag (Kuskokwim River 8) ; Father Netsvetov leads a shaman to conversion; Repose of St Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska, Commemorated on July 26 ;

Kuskokwim River Mouth (Quinahgak, AK)
Quinahgak; Martyr Juvenal of Alaska, Commemorated on September 24 ;

Quinahgak, Alaska (Kuskokwim River Mouth)
Quinahgak; Martyr Juvenal of Alaska, Commemorated on September 24 ;

Alaska, Nushagak River Folder, West AK (Clean)

Nushagak River

Nushagak Trading Post
Nushek; Martyr Juvenal of Alaska, Commemorated on September 24;

Nushek, Alaska (Nushek River Mouth)
Nushek; Martyr Juvenal of Alaska, Commemorated on September 24;

Iliamna Lake
Iliamna Lake; Martyr Juvenal of Alaska, Commemorated on September 24;

Alaska, Aleutian Islands Folder, Southwest AK (Clean)

Aleutian Islands, Southwest Alaska
Aleutian Islands; 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 ; HERMAN OF ALASKA, MISSIONARY TO THE ALEUT, 9 August 1837; Martyr Juvenal of Alaska, Commemorated September 24 ; 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 ; Priestmartyr John Kochurov, Commemorated on October 31 ; Glorification of the Priestmartyr Alexander Hotovitzky, Commemorated December 4 ; 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; Repose of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow the Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated on March 31; St Tikhon the Patriarch of Moscow, and Enlightener of North America, Commemorated on April 7; TIKHON, PATRIARCH OF RUSSIA AND CONFESSOR, (7 April 1925); JOHN MUIR and HUDSON STUCK, NATURALIST & WRITER, 1914; PRIEST & ENVIRONMENTALIST, 1920, Commemorated April 21 ; New Martyr Archpriest Vasily Martysz, Commemorated on May 4;

Aleut People, Southwest Alaska
Aleut People, Southwest Alaska; Aleutian Islands; 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 ; HERMAN OF ALASKA, MISSIONARY TO THE ALEUT, 9 August 1837; Martyr Juvenal of Alaska, Commemorated September 24 ; 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 ; Priestmartyr John Kochurov, Commemorated on October 31 ; Glorification of the Priestmartyr Alexander Hotovitzky, Commemorated December 4 ; 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; Repose of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow the Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated on March 31; St Tikhon the Patriarch of Moscow, and Enlightener of North America, Commemorated on April 7; TIKHON, PATRIARCH OF RUSSIA AND CONFESSOR, (7 April 1925); JOHN MUIR and HUDSON STUCK, NATURALIST & WRITER, 1914; PRIEST & ENVIRONMENTALIST, 1920, Commemorated April 21 ; New Martyr Archpriest Vasily Martysz, Commemorated on May 4;

Unangan (Aleut) People
Unangan (Aleut) People; Aleutian Islands; 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 ; HERMAN OF ALASKA, MISSIONARY TO THE ALEUT, 9 August 1837; Martyr Juvenal of Alaska, Commemorated September 24 ; 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 ; Priestmartyr John Kochurov, Commemorated on October 31 ; Glorification of the Priestmartyr Alexander Hotovitzky, Commemorated December 4 ; 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; Repose of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow the Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated on March 31; St Tikhon the Patriarch of Moscow, and Enlightener of North America, Commemorated on April 7; TIKHON, PATRIARCH OF RUSSIA AND CONFESSOR, (7 April 1925); JOHN MUIR and HUDSON STUCK, NATURALIST & WRITER, 1914; PRIEST & ENVIRONMENTALIST, 1920, Commemorated April 21 ; New Martyr Archpriest Vasily Martysz, Commemorated on May 4;

Creole People in Alaska
Creole People in Alaska ; Creole People; Repose of St Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska, Commemorated on July 26 ;

Russian American Company, 1799-1867
Russian American Company, 1799-1867; 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 ; HERMAN OF ALASKA, MISSIONARY TO THE ALEUT, 9 August 1837; Martyr Juvenal of Alaska, Commemorated September 24 ; 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 ; Priestmartyr John Kochurov, Commemorated on October 31 ; Glorification of the Priestmartyr Alexander Hotovitzky, Commemorated December 4 ; 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; Repose of St Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow the Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated on March 31; 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;

Southwest Coast of Alaska
Southwest Coast of Alaska; JOHN MUIR and HUDSON STUCK, NATURALIST & WRITER, 1914; PRIEST & ENVIRONMENTALIST, 1920, Commemorated April 21 ;

Bering Island, Soutwest Alaska
Bering Island; Repose of St Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska, Commemorated on July 26;

Copper Island, Southwest Alaska
Copper Island ; Repose of St Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska, Commemorated on July 26;

Attu Island, Southwest Alaska
Attu Island; Repose of St Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska, Commemorated on July 26;

Chichagov Harbour, Attu Island
Hieromartyr Metropolitan Seraphim of Chichagov;

Amchitka Island, Southwest Alaska
Amchitka Island, Alaska; Repose of St Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska, Commemorated on July 26 ;

Atka Island, Southwest Alaska
Atka Island, Alaska ; Repose of St Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska;

Amlia Island, Southwest Alaska
Amlia Island; Exorcism Repose of St Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska, Commemorated on July 26 ;

Nabedrennik, Kamilavka, and Gold Cross
Nabedrennik, Kamilavka, and Gold Cross ; Repose of St Jacob Netsvetov the Enlightener of the Peoples of Alaska, Commemorated on July 26 ;

Unalaska, Alaska
Unalaska, Alaska; JOHN MUIR and HUDSON STUCK, NATURALIST & WRITER, 1914; PRIEST & ENVIRONMENTALIST, 1920, Commemorated April 21 ;

Unimak Pass (between Bering Sea and Pacific Ocean)
Unimak Pass; HUDSON STUCK, PRIEST & ENVIRONMENTALIST, 1920;

Russia, Radonezh Folder, and vicinity (Clean)

Makovets, 12 Versts or Kilometers from Radonezh

Russia, Radonezh, Moscow Volga Canal Folder, Yakhroma River (Clean)

Moscow Volga Canal, 1932

Actual Moscow Volga Canal

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 (Clean)

Yakhroma River

Lukianov Monastery, Lukyantsevo, Q4423240, Alexandrovsky District, Vladimir Oblast (Yakhroma River 1)
Lukianov Monastery, Lukyantsevo, Q4423240, Alexandrovsky District, Vladimir Oblast; Icon of the Mother of God of Lukianov, Commemorated on September 8;

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, œthe Iron StaffÂ 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 œthe LadderÂ, 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 œIlyin ChernigovÂ, 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 Sergius™ 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 ; Uncovering of the relics of the Holy Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen, Commemorated on September 15; 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 LadderÂ, 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 ChernigovÂ, 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; Finding of the relics of Venerable Maximus the Greek (July 4, 1996), 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; 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 ÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â¢ÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â€ÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Âœthe LadderÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â¢ÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â€ÃƒÂ‚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 ÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â¢ÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â€ÃƒÂ‚Ã‚ÂœIlyin ChernigovÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â¢ÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â€ÃƒÂ‚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 SergiusÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â¢ÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â€ÃƒÂ‚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 SergiusÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â¢ÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â€ÃƒÂ‚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 SergiusÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â¢ÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â€ÃƒÂ‚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 œChernigov-Gethsemane, Commemorated on September 1; Chernigov-Gethsemane Icon of the Mother of God is a copy of the famed Ilyin-Chernigov Icon of the Mother of God (April 16), which was to be found at the Trinity-Ilyin monastery near Chernigov on Mount Boldina, and where in the eleventh century Saint Anthony of the Kiev Caves struggled in asceticism. Demetrius of Rostov described the miracles of this icon in his book THE BEDEWED FLEECE. He wrote in conclusion: “The end of the booklet, but not of the miracles of the Most Holy Theotokos, for who can count them?” The grace-bearing power of this icon is manifest also in its copies. Chernigov-Gethsemane Icon of the Mother of God was painted in the mid-eighteenth century and was passed on to the Trinity Sergiev Lavra in 1852 by Alexandra Grigorievna Philippova, who piously kept it for a quarter century. (This icon was given to her by the priest John Alekseev, who received it in turn from one of the monks of the Trinity Sergiev Lavra.) the advice of the head of the Lavra, Archimandrite Anthony (+ May 1, 1877), the icon was placed in the newly-consecrated cave church named for Saint Michael, Leader of the Heavenly Hosts, which was consecrated on October 27, 1851 by Saint Philaret, Metropolitan of Moscow (November 19), who assumed an active role in the building of the Gethsemane skete. this manner, the icon took in the currents of grace of all the history of the Russian Church, it acquired the blessing of Saint Anthony of the Caves, of Saint Sergius of Radonezh and of his parents Saints Cyril and Maria (September 28), and finally, of the ascetics of the nineteenth century. These spiritual connections providentially come forth through the Chernigov-Gethsemane Icon of the Mother of God. is remarkable that the first miracle of this icon was witnessed on the day of the Church New Year, September 1, 1869, when the twenty-eight-year-old peasant of Tula governance, Thekla Adrianova, was healed, after being completely crippled for nine years. at the hostel by the caves, and then at the Lavra during the celebration of the Repose of Saint Sergius (September 25), Thekla recovered completely. Saint Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow (October 6 and March 31), learned of the miracle from his daughter the nun Polyxeni, treasurer of the Borisov wilderness monastery. On the feast of Saint Sergius, he himself met with Thekla and asked her about the details of the healing. On September 26, 1869 Saint Innocent arrived at the Gethsemane skete and gave the blessing for a Molieben to be served before the glorified icon, while he himself prayed with tears. September 26 three healings had occurred already, and a whole series of miracles in November of that same year. The fame of the icon of the Mother of God spread with unusual swiftness. Exhausted by suffering and sickness, thirsting for bodily and spiritual healing, people from every class of society came with firm faith to the wonderworking icon, and the mercy of God did not forsake them. the beginning of the twentieth century, more than 100 miracles had been recorded. By its great esteem the icon benefited the ascetics of the Gethsemane skete: the schemamonk Philip (+ May 18, 1868), the founder of the cave monastery, and his three sons, the hieroschemamonks Ignatius (+ 1900), Porphyrius (+ 1905 ?) and Basil (+ April 1, 1915). They preserved accounts of the deep love, which the hieromonk Elder Isidore (+ February 3, 1908) displayed for the Chernigov-Gethsemane Icon. initial celebration of the icon was established on April 16, on the day when Ilyin-Cherigov icon was celebrated. Later, it was transferred to September 1, the day of its glorification. At the present time there are copies of the Chernigov-Gethsemane icon at Trinity-Sergiev Lavra. They are found in the temple of Saint Sergius, in the monastery trapeza, and in the portico of the Trinity cathedral, painted by Elders of the Gethsemane skete and the Zosimov wilderness monastery.

Peshnosha monastery, Radonezh, Yakhroma River Mouth, Moscow Canal
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.

Dmitrov, Radonezh (Yakhroma River 3, Moscow Volga Canal 2.5) 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, 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;

church of the Dormition at Mogiltsy (east of Moscow Volga Canal 4, on Trans Siberian RWY)
church of the Dormition at Mogiltsy, Moscow Oblast, Russia, 141273; The "Unfading Flower" Icon depicts the Theotokos holding her Divine Son on her right arm, and in her left hand is a bouquet of white lilies. The lilies symbolize the unfading flower of virginity and purity of the Mother of God, to whom the Church sings: “You are the root of virginity and the Unfading Flower of purity.â€ In Moscow there are two churches with Icons with this name: the church of the Dormition at Mogil'tsy (December 31), and the Alexeyev Monastery. Other icons of this name are in Kungur (Perm Gubernia); in the former town of Kadome of Tambov Province, namely, in the Merciful Theotokos womens' monastery; and in the Nativity of the Theotokos church of Voronezh.

Dmitrovsky district of Moscow (along Moscow-Volga Canal & Yakhroma River, Demitrov, Radonezh)
Dmitrovsky district of Moscow ;

Russia, Kirzhach Peksha District Folder, Kirzhach and Peksha Rivers (Clean)

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 (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;

Gorodishchi (Kirzhach Mouth, Klyazama River 3)
Gorodishchi (Kirzhach Mouth, Klyazama River 3); St Roman of Kirzhachsk, Commemorated on July 29 ;

Peksha River

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 ;

Russia, Chuvash Folder (Sura and Sviyazhsk Rivers) (Clean)

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 ;

Russia, Chuvash, Sura River Folder

Sura River, Chuvash

Volga Upland
Volga Upland;

Russia, Chuvash, Sura River 2, Alatyr River Folder

Alatyr River

Voroninsk, Chuvash (Sura River Mouth, Volga River 9) V icon appeared in 1524
Voroninsk (Sura River Mouth, Volga River 9); Icon of the Mother of God of Voroninsk, Commemorated on July 28; Holy Icon of the Voroninsk Mother of God was situated in the Voroninsk Dormition of the Mother of God hermitage in the Cherepovetsk district of Novgorod governance. Its appearance occurred in 1524.

Russia, Chuvash, Sviyazhsk River Folder (across Volga from Kazan)

Sviyazhsk River, Chuvash

Sviyazhsk, Chuvash (Sviyazhsk River Mouth (Volga River 10, across from Kazan)
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;

Russia, Perm (after 1247) Folder, and its rivers, Tartarstan (Clean)

Perm, Great Perm Region (Kama River Basin)
Perm Krai, 29,000 Rivers in Great Perm Region (Perm Krai) ; Icon of the Mother of God of Seven Lakes, Commemorated on July 28; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on August 19; Translation of the relics of Righteous Simeon of Verkhoturye, Commemorated on September 12; Saint Gerasimus, Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on January 24; St Ignatius, Wonderworker and Bishop of Smolensk, Commemorated January 29 ; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 17; St Jonah the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on June 6; Finding of the relics of St Basil the Prince of Yaroslavl, Commemorated on June 8; St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on June 15; St Peter the Prince of Ordinsk, Rostov, Commemorated on June 30 ; St Photius the Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on July 2;

Kazan Region (Perm)
Kazan Region; Repose of the Blessed Maximus of Moscow, Commemorated on November 11 ; Repose of St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on December 21 ; St Juliana the Princess of Vyazma, Commemorated December 21 ; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4; Venerable James the Abbot of Zheleznoborov, Commemorated on April 11; Icon of the Mother of God Weeping œIlyin Chernigov, Commemorated on April 16 ; Monkmartyr Pachomius of Mt Athos, Commemorated on May 7; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19; St John the Russian and Confessor, whose relics are on the island of Euboia, Commemorated on May 27; St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on June 15; Blessed Prince Gleb Andreevich the Son of St Andrew Bogoliubsky, Commemorated on June 20 ; St Dionysius the Archbishop of Suzdal, Commemorated on June 26; Venerable Serapion of Kozhe Lake, Commemorated on June 27;

Perm, Land of the Zyrian (Komi) People 2 (Kama River Basin)
Land of the Zyrian (Komi) People 2 (Kama River Basin, Perm Region); St Gerasimus the Bishop of Perm; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm; St Stephen the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on April 26;

Perm, Land of the Voguls
Voguls; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on August 19;

Perm, Gubernia,
Gubernia - a division of the Russian Empire
Perm Gubernia - Perm in the Russian Empire

Vogulani, Voguls, Perm, Land of the Voguls
Voguls; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on August 19;

Tartarstan (Perm)
Tartarstan is a federal subject of Russia (a republic) located in the Volga Federal District. Its capital is the city of Kazan; Tatars; Venerable Pambo the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on July 18; St Tsotne Dadiani the Confessor, Commemorated on July 30 ; Translation of the relics of Righteous Simeon of Verkhoturye, Commemorated on September 12; SERGIUS, ABBOT OF HOLY TRINITY (25 SEPT 1392) ; Repose of the Blessed Maximus of Moscow, Commemorated on November 11 ; Repose of St Alexander Nevsky, Commemorated November 24 ; Martyr Mercurius of Smolensk, Commemorated on November 24 ; Repose of St Peter the Metropolitan of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia ; St Juliana the Princess of Vyazma, Commemorated December 21 ; Martyr John of Kazan, Commemorated January 24 ; Icon of the Mother of God œElets-ChernigovÂ, Commemorated on February 5; 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; Icon of the Mother of God œCzestochowaÂ, Commemorated on March 6 ; Venerable Seraphim of Virits, Commemorated on March 21 ; Martyr Peter of Kazan, Commemorated on March 24; Martyr Stephen of Kazan, Commemorated on March 24; Repose of St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on March 31; 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 Weeping œIlyin ChernigovÂ, Commemorated on April 16 ; Icon of the Mother of God of St Maximus, Commemorated on April 18; Martyr Theognes at Cyzicus, Commemorated on April 29; Hieromartyr Macarius the Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on May 1; Venerable Paphnutius the Abbot of Borov, Commemorated on May 1; Monkmartyr Pachomius of Mt Athos, Commemorated on May 7; Venerable Laurence the Abbot of Komel (Vologda), Commemorated on May 16; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19; St John the Russian and Confessor, whose relics are on the island of Euboia, Commemorated on May 27; Finding of the relics of St Basil the Prince of Yaroslavl, Commemorated on June 8 ; St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on June 15; Blessed Prince Gleb Andreevich the Son of St Andrew Bogoliubsky, Commemorated on June 20 ; 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; St Photius the Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on July 2 ; Right-believing Prince Basil of Yaroslavl, Commemorated on July 3; Burial of St Andrew the Prince, Commemorated on July 4;

Bashkortostan, south of Perm (between Volga River and Ural Mts)
Bashkortostan, located between the Volga River and the Ural Mountains. Its capital is the city of Ufa; Tatars; Icon of the Mother of God œElets-ChernigovÂ, Commemorated on February 5 ; 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 ; Icon of the Mother of God œCzestochowaÂ, Commemorated on March 6; Martyr Peter of Kazan, Commemorated on March 24; Repose of St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on March 31;

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

Russia, Perm, Kazan Tartars 1241-1552
Kazan Tartars;

Russia, Perm (after 1247), Kama River Folder (Clean)

Perm, Great Perm Region (Kama River Basin including Chusovaya, Vishera, and Kolva Rivers)
Perm Krai, 29,000 Rivers in Great Perm Region (Perm Krai) ; Icon of the Mother of God of Seven Lakes, Commemorated on July 28; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on August 19; Translation of the relics of Righteous Simeon of Verkhoturye, Commemorated on September 12; St Ignatius, Wonderworker and Bishop of Smolensk, Commemorated January 29 ; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 17; St Jonah the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on June 6; Finding of the relics of St Basil the Prince of Yaroslavl, Commemorated on June 8; St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on June 15; St Peter the Prince of Ordinsk, Rostov, Commemorated on June 30 ; St Photius the Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on July 2;

Kama River

Veslyana River

Malaya, Perm (Lesser Perm, Malya Sol River, Kama River 2)
Malaya, Perm ; St Stephen the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on April 26 ;

Chyornaya River

Malaya Sol River

Mongol, Perm, Kama River 4, Vishera and Kolva Rivers Folder

Ural Mountains, Russia, Perm, Mongol Lands (before 1248)
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; Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina, Commemorated on April 1; Righteous Simeon the Wonderworker of Verkhoturye;

Vishera River

Kolva River

Perm or Great Perm City (Kolva River Mouth, Vishera River 5)
Great Perm; Cherdyn; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on August 19; Translation of the relics of Righteous Simeon of Verkhoturye, Commemorated on September 12; St Stephen the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on April 26; St Jonah the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on June 6; Finding of the relics of St Basil the Prince of Yaroslavl, Commemorated on June 8;

Perm, Land of the Perm-Komi-Zyrians (Kolva Vishera Rivers, Greater Perm)
Komi-Zyrians; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on August 19;

Visherka River

Chusovskoye Lake, Source of the Visherka River
Chusovskoye Lake ;

Vishersk (Visherka River, Perm)
Vishersk (Visherka River); Venerable Ephraim the Abbot of Perekop the Wonderworker of Novgorod, Commemorated on September 26; Venerable Sava the Abbot of Vishera, Novgorod, Commemorated on October 1;

Vishero, Perm (Kama River 4, Vishera River)
Vishero; St Stephen the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on April 26;

Chusovaya River Folder

Chusovaya River

Sylva River

Ordinsky District, Perm (Iren River Valley)
Ordinsky District; St Peter the Prince of Ordinsk, Rostov, Commemorated on June 30 ;

Ordinsk, Perm (Iren River Valley)
Ordinsk; Ordinsky District; St Peter the Prince of Ordinsk, Rostov, Commemorated on June 30 ;

Iren River

Perm, Ostyak People near Perm
Perm, Ostyak People near Perm ; Venerable Tryphon the Abbot of Vyatka, Commemorated on October 8;

Ostyak People near Perm
Perm, Ostyak People near Perm ; Venerable Tryphon the Abbot of Vyatka, Commemorated on October 8;

Perm, Voguli (Mansi) People near Perm
Perm, Voguli (Mansi) People near Perm; Venerable Tryphon the Abbot of Vyatka, Commemorated on October 8;

Voguli (Mansi) People near Perm
Perm, Voguli (Mansi) People near Perm; Venerable Tryphon the Abbot of Vyatka, Commemorated on October 8;

Perm (Mulyanka and Sylva Rivers, Kama River 6)
Perm (Kama River 6); Venerable Pambo the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on July 18; Right-believing Prince Roman of Ryazan, Commemorated on July 19; Venerable Macarius the Abbot of Zheltovod and Unzha, Commemorated on July 25 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Seven Lakes, Commemorated on July 28; St Tsotne Dadiani the Confessor, Commemorated on July 30 ; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on August 19; Icon of the Mother of God of Pochaev, Commemorated September 8 ; Translation of the relics of Righteous Simeon of Verkhoturye, Commemorated on September 12; a and Prince Bidzina of Georgia, Commemorated September 18 ; First Translation of the relics of St Herman the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on September 25 ; Venerable Tryphon the Abbot of Vyatka, Commemorated on October 8 ; Translation of the relics of Righteous Simeon of Verkhoturye; St Tarasius of Glushetsa, Commemorated October 12 ; St Demetrius of Tsilibinsk, Commemorated on October 26 ; St Gurias the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on December 5 ; St Maximus, Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on December 6 ; 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 ; Martyr John of Kazan, Commemorated January 24 ; St Gerasimus the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on January 29 ; St Pitirim the Bishop of Perm, January 29 ; St Jonah the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated January 29 ; Icon of the Mother of God œElets-ChernigovÂ, Commemorated on February 5 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Dalmatia, Commemorated on February 15; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 17; Repose of St Raphael the Bishop of Brooklyn, Commemorated on February 27; St Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 28; St Arsenius the Bishop of Tver, Commemorated on March 2 ; Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4 ; Icon of the Mother of God œCzestochowaÂ, Commemorated on March 6; Icon of the Mother of God œthe Surety of sinners of Odrino, Orlov, Commemorated on March 7; Icon œNot Made by HandsÂ from Lydda, Commemorated on March 12; St Ambrose the Confessor, Commemorated on March 16 ; Venerable Seraphim of Virits, Commemorated on March 21; Martyr Peter of Kazan, Commemorated on March 24; Martyr Stephen of Kazan, Commemorated on March 24; Repose of St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on March 31; Martyr Abraham of Bulgaria, Commemorated on April 1; Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina, Commemorated on April 1; 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 Weeping œIlyin ChernigovÂ, Commemorated on April 16 ; Icon of the Mother of God of St Maximus, Commemorated on April 18; St Stephen the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on April 26; Martyr Theognes at Cyzicus, Commemorated on April 29; œMyrrh-BearingÂ Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on May 1; Venerable Paphnutius the Abbot of Borov, Commemorated on May 1; Monkmartyr Pachomius of Mt Athos, Commemorated on May 7; Venerable Joseph of Optina, Commemorated on May 9; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on May 12; Icon of the Mother of God of Chelnsk and Pskov Caves, Commemorated on May 14; Venerable Laurence the Abbot of Komel (Vologda), Commemorated on May 16; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19; Venerable Sergius of Shukhtom, Commemorated on May 19; St John the Russian and Confessor, whose relics are on the island of Euboia, Commemorated on May 27; Icon of the Mother of God œthe Surety of sinnersÂ, Commemorated on May 29; New Martyr Archbishop Andronicus of Perm, Commemorated on June 4; St Jonah the Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on June 6 ; Finding of the relics of St Basil the Prince of Yaroslavl, Commemorated on June 8; St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on June 15; Venerable Gregory the Abbot of Avnezh, Vologda, Commemorated on June 15; St Tikhon the Bishop of Amathus in Cyprus, Commemorated on June 16 ; Translation of the relics of St Gurias the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on June 20; Blessed Prince Gleb Andreevich the Son of St Andrew Bogoliubsky, Commemorated on June 20 ; Second Translation of the relics of St Herman the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on June 23 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Seven Lakes, Commemorated on June 26; St Peter the Prince of Ordinsk, Rostov, Commemorated on June 30 ; St Photius the Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on July 2; Right-believing Prince Basil of Yaroslavl, Commemorated on July 3; Burial of St Andrew the Prince, Commemorated on July 4 ; Appearance of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on July 8;

Mulyanka River

Merkushinsk, Perm (Mulyanka River 1)
Village of Merkushinsk (Mulyanka) not far from Verkhoturye on the outskirts of Perm on the Mulyanka River; Righteous Simeon the Wonderworker of Verkhoturye, Commemorated December 17 ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5 ;

Motoviliha city district of Perm
Motoviliha; New Martyr Archbishop Andronicus of Perm, Commemorated on June 4;

Naberezhnye Chelny, Perm (Kama River 7)
Naberezhnye Chelny ;

Mongol, Perm, Kama River 8, Vyatka River Folder

Vyatka River

Slobodsky near Kirov and Vyatka in Perm now Russia

Vyatka, Perm (Kirov, Kama River 8, Vyatka River 1) Trans-Siberian RWY 5 Kirov
Vyatka (Kirov); Venerable Tryphon the Abbot of Vyatka, Commemorated on October 8 ; Blessed Procopius of Vyatka the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated December 21 ;

Khlynov, Perm (Vyatka, Kama River 8, Vyatka River 1) Trans-Siberian RWY 5
Khlynov, Perm (Vyatka, Vyatka River 1) ; Blessed Procopius of Vyatka the Fool-For-Christ, Commemorated December 21 ;

Orlov, Perm (Vyatka River 2)
Orlov;

Russia, Perm (after 1247), Kazanka River Folder, Kazan (Clean)

Kazanka River

Kazan, Perm (Kazanka and Kama Rivers, Volga River 10)
Kazan ; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia; Bulgars and Tartars of Kazan; Appearance of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated July 8 ; Venerable Pambo the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on July 18; Right-believing Prince Roman of Ryazan, Commemorated on July 19; Venerable Macarius the Abbot of Zheltovod and Unzha, Commemorated on July 25 ; Icon of the Mother of God ofSeven Lakes, Commemorated July 28 ; St Tsotne Dadiani the Confessor, Commemorated on July 30 ; Appearance of the Mother of God to St Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on August 24; “All Blessed” Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on September 1; Icon of the Mother of God of Pochaev, Commemorated September 8 ; Translation of the relics of Righteous Simeon of Verkhoturye, Commemorated on September 12; Greatmartyr and Prince Bidzina of Georgia, Commemorated September 18 ; First Translation of the relics of St Herman the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on September 25 ; Uncovering of the relics of St Gurias the First Archbishop of Kazan; St Jonah of Kazan, Commemorated October 4 ; Icon of the Mother of God of the Seven Lakes, Commemorated October 13 ; Commemoration of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God and the deliverance from the Poles, Commemorated on October 22 ; Hierarch Alexander, Bishop of Guria and Samegrelo, Commemorated on October 27; St Herman the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on November 6 ; St Gurias the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on December 5 ; St Maximus, Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on December 6 ; Hieromartyr Philip the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on January 9 ; Martyr John of Kazan, Commemorated January 24 ; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 17; Repose of St Raphael the Bishop of Brooklyn, Commemorated on February 27; Icon "œNot Made by Hands" from Lydda, Commemorated on March 12; St Ambrose the Confessor, Commemorated on March 16 ; Venerable Seraphim of Virits, Commemorated on March 21; Martyr Stephen of Kazan, Commemorated on March 24; Martyr Peter of Kazan, Commemorated on March 24; Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina, Commemorated on April 1; 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 St Maximus, Commemorated on April 18; Martyr Theognes at Cyzicus, Commemorated on April 29; ; Hieromartyr Macarius the Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on May 1; Venerable Paphnutius the Abbot of Borov, Commemorated on May 1; Venerable Joseph of Optina, Commemorated on May 9; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on May 12; Venerable Laurence the Abbot of Komel (Vologda), Commemorated on May 16; Venerable Sergius of Shukhtom, Commemorated on May 19; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19; St John the Russian and Confessor, whose relics are on the island of Euboia, Commemorated on May 27; Finding of the relics of St Basil the Prince of Yaroslavl, Commemorated on June 8; St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on June 15; Venerable Gregory the Abbot of Avnezh, Vologda, Commemorated on June 15; St Tikhon the Bishop of Amathus in Cyprus, Commemorated on June 16 ; Blessed Prince Gleb Andreevich the Son of St Andrew Bogoliubsky, Commemorated on June 20 ; Translation of the relics of St Gurias the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on June 20; Blessed Prince Gleb Andreevich the Son of St Andrew Bogoliubsky, Commemorated on June 20; Second Translation of the relics of St Herman the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on June 23 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Seven Lakes, Commemorated on June 26; Venerable Serapion of Kozhe Lake, Commemorated on June 27; St Photius the Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on July 2; Right-believing Prince Basil of Yaroslavl, Commemorated on July 3; Burial of St Andrew the Prince, Commemorated on July 4 ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5 ; Appearance of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on July 8; Kazan-Yaroslavl Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on July 8;

Seven Lakes Monastery of the Mother of God, Kazan, Perm,1615, All Rus Pestilance in 1650, 48k d in Kazan
The Seven Lakes Hermitage of the Mother of God, 420099 Republic of Tatarstan; Seven Lakes Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on July 28; Seven Lakes (Sedmiezernaya) Icon of the Mother of God was glorified by great miracles in the seventeenth century in the area around the city of Kazan. This holy icon was in the Seven Lakes hermitage near the city of Kazan. Originally, seven small lakes surrounded the monastery, but these later merged into one large body of water. wonderworking Icon of the Mother of God was brought from Great Ustiug near Kazan on October 13, 1615 by the monk Euthymius, founder of the Seven Lakes monastery. He placed this icon in the temple of the newly established monastery. the middle of the seventeenth century, a deadly plague raged throughout all Russia, and reached Kazan. There 48,000 men died within a short time, almost all the inhabitants of the city. certain pious monk had a vision in a dream: a radiant man apeared to him and commanded that the inhabitants of the city should establish a seven-day fast and go out to meet the icon of the Mother of God which was coming to them from the Seven Lakes hermitage for their deliverance. monk told the authorities about the vision. The Seven Lakes Icon was brought through the city gates in procession. After circling the entire stone city, it was placed in the church of the Annunciation. After an All Night Vigil and Liturgy the next morning, the icon was carried to visit homes in the wooden city. After seven days of prayer and processions, the deadly pestilence began to abate. the monks asked to have their icon returned, it was decided to celebrate an All Night Vigil, then to carry the icon in procession back to the hermitage. A heavy snow storm came up, however, which prevented them from leaving the church. This was repeated three times, so it was decided to let the holy icon remain in Kazan for a time. It was returned to the Seven Lakes monastery in 1655. ’s Feast commemorates a second deliverance of Kazan from pestilence in 1771. Orthodox inhabitants of Kazan and the surrounding area deeply revere this holy icon, and receive healing from sickness and help in misfortune from the Mother of God. Seven Lakes Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos is also commemorated on October 13 and June 26. Seven Lakes Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on October 13; Seven Lakes Icon of the Mother of God was brought from Ustiug near Kazan on October 13, 1615 by the monk Euthymius, founder of the Seven Lakes Mother of God monastery. He blessed the place of the future monastery with this icon. of the Seven Lakes Icon were established in memory of its transfer from Ustiug, in memory of the deliverance of Kazan from a plague epidemic in 1654 and 1655 (June 26), and again from pestilence in 1771 (July 28).

Kazan Military District (the Eastern Volga Region)
Kazan Military District; Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina, Commemorated on April 1;

Kazan Transfiguration Monastery, 1565 approx.
Kazan Transfiguration Monastery, 1553; Saints Jonah and Nectarius of Kazan, Commemorated on October 4; Uncovering of the relics of Saint Gurias, first Archbishop of Kazan, and Saint Barsanuphius, Bishop of Tver, Commemorated on October 4; St. Barsanuphius the Bishop of Tver, Commemorated on April 11;

Kazan Theological Academy, 1718
Kazan Theological Academy; Hierarch Alexander, Bishop of Guria and Samegrelo, Commemorated on October 27; St Ambrose the Confessor, Commemorated on March 16;

Kazan diocese
Kazan diocese; St Hilarion, Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated October 21 ;

St Nicholas Church, Privolzhskaya, 32, Kazan 420078 Russia
St Nicholas Church, Privolzhskaya, 32, Kazan 420078 Russia; Hieromartyr Hermogenes, Patriarch of Moscow, Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 17;

Russia, Perm (after 1247), Volga River Folder (Clean)

Tsilibinsk, Perm (Tsilninsky District, Volga River 11, Ulyanovsk)
Tsilibinsk, Perm (Tsilninsky District) ; St Demetrius of Tsilibinsk, Commemorated on October 26 ;

Tetyakov, Perm (Volga River 11)
Tetyushi; In 1277, the allied forces of the Russian princes, in union with the Tatar forces, took part in a campaign in the Osetian land and in the taking of "its famed city Tetyakov."; St Theodore the Prince of Smolensk and Yaroslav, Commemorated September 19 ;

Tartar Winter Camp (1232, Bolghar, Capital of Islamic Volga Bulgars)
In 1232 the Tatars made winter camp, having barely reached the capital of the Volga Bulgars. Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4 ;

Bolghar (1232, Tartar Winter Camp, Capital of Islamic Volga Bulgars)
In 1232 the Tatars made winter camp, having barely reached the capital of the Volga Bulgars. Right-believing Prince Basil (Vasilko) of Rostov, Commemorated on March 4 ;

Chelno-Vershinsky District, Scythia, just south of Perm (Volga River 11)
Chelno-Vershinsky District ; Icon of the Mother of God of Chelnsk and Pskov Caves, Commemorated on May 14 ;

Russia, Perm (after 1247), Roman Roads or Mongol Roads or Major Rivers (Clean)

Russia, Kaluga Folder, and its rivers, North side of the Oka, along M Trail (Clean)

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 of Kaluga, Commemorated on October 12; 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 œElets-Chernigov, 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 and Ryazan
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, Oka River 1, Orlov Folder (Clean)

Russia, Kaluga, Muravsky Trail Folder, M Trail 6-9 from Livny and Tula to Serpukhov Crossing at Oka 6 (Clean)

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‚ÂƒÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â¡' is an old Slavic word for prairie or grassland) avoiding forests, marshes and river crossings. ;

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

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 ; Icon of the Mother of God the Inexhaustible Chalice, Commemorated on May 5;

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 œAssuage My SorrowsÂ, Commemorated on October 9; Venerable Macarius of Optina, Commemorated September 7 ; Saint Nikḗtas of the Roslavl Forests, Commemorated on March 29;

Orel Diocese, Kaluga
Orel Diocese; Hieromartyr and Venerable Kuksha of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated August 27 ; Icon of the Mother of God œAssuage My Sorrows, Commemorated on October 9 ; Venerable Leonid of Optina, Commemorated October 11 ; Saint Nikḗtas of the Roslavl Forests, Commemorated on March 29;

Orlov District, Kaluga (Oka River 1, Ryazan)
Orlov District; Hieromartyr and Venerable Kuksha of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated August 27 ; Saint Theophan the Recluse, Bishop of Tambov, Commemorated on January 10; Icon of the Mother of God "the Seeker of the Lost", Commemorated February 5 ; Venerable Leonid of Optina; Icon of the Mother of God the Surety of sinners of Odrino, Orlov, 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. icon was first glorified by miracles at the Saint Nicholas Odrino men’s monastery of the former Orlov gubernia in the mid-nineteenth century (the Assuage My Sorrows Icon commemorated on October 9 is also from this monastery). The Surety of Sinners icon of the Mother of God was in an old chapel beyond the monastery gates, and stood between two other ancient icons. Because it was so faded and covered with dust, it was impossible to read the inscription. 1843 it was revealed to many of the people in dreams that the icon was endowed with miraculous power. They solemnly brought the icon into the church. Believers began to flock to it to pray for the healing of their sorrows and sicknesses. The first to receive healing was a crippled child, whose mother prayed fervently before the icon in 1844. The icon was glorified during a cholera epidemic, when many people fell deathly ill, and were restored to health after praying before the icon. large stone church with three altars was built at the monastery in honor of the wonderworking 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; 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.” icon was first glorified by miracles at the Saint Nicholas Odrino men’s monastery of the former Orlov gubernia in the mid-nineteenth century (The “Assuage My Sorrows Icon” commemorated on October 9 is also from this monastery). The “Surety of Sinners” icon of the Mother of God was in an old chapel beyond the monastery gates, and stood between two other ancient icons. Because it was so faded and covered with dust, it was impossible to read the inscription. 1843 it was revealed to many of the people in dreams that the icon was endowed with miraculous power. They solemnly brought the icon into the church. Believers began to flock to it to pray for the healing of their sorrows and sicknesses. The first to receive healing was a crippled child, whose mother prayed fervently before the icon in 1844. The icon was glorified during a cholera epidemic, when many people fell deathly ill, and were restored to health after praying before the icon. large stone church with three altars was built at the monastery in honor of the wonderworking icon. 1848, through the zeal of Lt. Col. Demetrius Boncheskul, a copy of the wonderworking image 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 March 7 and on Thursday of the week of All Saints. Assuage My Sorrows Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on October 9 ; we commemorate a copy of the “Assuage My Sorrows” Icon (January 25) which is treasured in the Saint Nicholas Odrino Monastery in the Orel Diocese, Karachev district. 1784, this icon belonged to Count Nicholas Borisovitch Samoilov, who regarded it as a holy icon. At first, it was at the Count’s home in Moscow, where it was renowned for many miraculous healings. Later, N.B. Samoilov moved it to his estate adjoining the Saint Nicholas Odrino Monastery. He constructed, at his own expense, a heated chapel in honor of the “Assuage My Sorrows” Icon as part of the Saint Nicholas katholikon (main church).The Count later donated the icon to the monastery. wonderworking icon is celebrated locally twice a year: on January 25, and on October 9. Many people visit the Saint Nicholas Odrino Monastery on both days.

Russia, Kaluga, Oka River 2, Upa River Folder, Tula (Clean)

Upa River

Tula, Kaluga, Russia (Upa River 1, Muravsky Trail 7)
Tula, Russia (Upa River 1); œChernigov-GethsemaneÂ 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, near Tula, Kaluga
Yasnaya Polyana, home of Writer Leo Tolstoy; Russia, Moscow, 1848-1910, Writer Leo Tolstoy; ISABEL FLORENCE HAPGOOD, ECUMENIST and JOURNALIST, 1929, Commemorated June 26;

Russia, Kaluga, Oka River 3, Zhizdra River Folder, Optima and Shamordino (Clean)

Zhizdra River

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 Isaac I of Optina, Commemorated on August 22 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.

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;

Russia, Kaluga, Oka River 4, Ugra River Folder, City of Kaluga (Clean)

Ugra River

Batyushkova, Valdai Hills, Uga River Source, Kaluga 55°11'48" N , 35°0'36" E
Batyushkova 55°11'48" N , 35°0'36" E; Devpeteruv Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on February 28;

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, Home of the Kaluga Icon
Kaluga Cathedral of the Holy Trinity; Icon of the Mother of God of Kaluga, Commemorated on September 2; Kaluga Icon of the Mother of God appeared in 1748 in the village of Tinkova, near Kaluga, at the home of the landowner Basil Kondratevich Khitrov. Two servants of Khitrov were cleaning out junk from the attic of his home. One of them, Eudokia, noted for her temper, was given to rough and even indecorous language. Her companion was modest and serious. discovered a large package covered in a linen cloth. Undoing it, the girl saw the picture of a woman in dark garments with a book in her hands. Considering it to be the portrait of a woman monastic and wanting to bring Eudokia to her senses, she accused her of being disrespectful to the abbess. jeered at the scolding words of her companion, and becoming increasingly angry, she spit on the picture. Immediately, she became convulsed and fell down senseless. She also became blind and mute. Her frightened companion reported what had happened to the household. next night, the Queen of Heaven appeared to Eudokia’s parents and told them that their daughter had behaved impertinently toward Her and She ordered them to serve a Molieben before the insulted icon, then sprinkle the invalid with holy water at the Molieben. the Molieben Eudokia recovered, and Khitrov took the wonderworking icon into his own home, where it granted healing to those approaching it with faith. Later, the icon was placed in the parish temple of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos in the village of Kaluga. At the present time it is located in the cathedral church of Kaluga. this icon the Mother of God has repeatedly manifest Her protection of the Russian land during difficult times. The celebration of the Kaluga Icon on September 2 was established in remembrance of the deliverance from a plague in 1771. A second celebration was established October 12, in memory of the preservation of Kaluga from the French invasion of 1812. In 1898, a celebration was established on July 18 in gratitude to the Mother of God for protection against cholera. The icon is also commemorated on the first Sunday of the Apostles’ Fast.

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 (Clean)

Protva River

Vereiya, Kaluga (Protva River 1)
Vereiya; Hieromartyr Hilarion, Archbishop of Vereiya, Commemorated December 15 ; Finding of the Relics of Saint Hilarion, Archbishop of Verey, Commemorated on July 11;

Vereya, Naro-Fominsky District, Moscow Oblast
Vereya, Naro-Fominsky District, Moscow Oblast; Hieromartyr Hilarion, Archbishop of Vereiya, Commemorated December 15 ; Finding of the Relics of Saint Hilarion, Archbishop of Verey, Commemorated on July 11;

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;

Russia, Kaluga, Oka River 5, Protva River 2, Luzha River Folder

Luzha (Vepreika) River

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 Elets-Chernigov , 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 Lostâ€, Commemorated on February 5;

Russia, Kaluga, Oka River 6, Nara River Folder, Serpukhov (Clean)

Nara River

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 “the Inexhaustible Chaliceâ€, Commemorated on May 5; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5;

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 ; Saint David of Serpukhov, Commemorated on October 18; 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 œthe Inexhaustible Chalice, 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 ; Icon of the Mother of God the Inexhaustible Chalice, Commemorated on May 5;

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, St Petersburg Folder, its roads and rivers (Clean)

St Petersburg, its Area

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; Righteous Martyr Maria (Skobtsova), Commemorated on July 20; Icon of the Mother of God "œthe Joy of All who sorrow"Â (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"Â, 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"Â 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"Â, 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"Â 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; Hieromartyr Philosophos of St. Petersburg, Commemorated on May 31; 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..."Â 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"Â, Commemorated on July 8 ; Finding of the Relics of Saint Hilarion, Archbishop of Verey, Commemorated on July 11;

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, North Side Folder, Karelian Isthmus, Sestra River

Sestra River

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 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;

Petrograd'™s Military Medical Academy
Petrograd’s Military Medical Academy; Uncovering of the relics of Venerable Alexander, Abbot of Svir, Commemorated on April 17;

Russian Thebaid of the North, Saint Petersburg
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 ; John of Kronstadt was born in the village of Sura in Archangel province on October 19, 1829, and was called John in honor of Saint John of Rila (August 18). parents were very poor but were very devoted to the Church. Even though he was poor, as a young boy John learned to feel compassion for others in their misfortune. His neighbors frequently asked him to pray for them, as they noticed this special grace-endowed gift in him. When John was ten, his parents were able to raise some money and send him to the local school which was attached to the church. At first, the boy had an extremely difficult time with his studies. He worked for days on end, but still failed to keep up. about his life he once recalled an evening when everyone had already gone to bed. “I could not sleep, and I still failed to understand anything I was taught. I still read poorly and could not remember anything I was told. I became so depressed I fell to my knees and began to pray. I don’t know whether I had spent a long time in that position or not, but suddenly something shook my whole being. It was as if a veil had fallen from my eyes, and my mind had been opened, and I remembered clearly my teacher of that day and his lesson. I also recalled the topic and the examples he had given. I felt so light and joyous inside.â€ After this experience he did so well he became one of the first in his class to be chosen to go to seminary, and after seminary to the Theological Academy in Saint Petersburg (a great honor at that time). his studies, John thought about the importance of forgiveness, meekness, and love, and came to believe that these were the very center and power of Christianity, and that only one path—the path of humble love—leads to God and the triumph of His righteousness. He also thought a great deal about the Savior’s death on the Cross at Golgotha, and pitied those who did not know Jesus Christ. He wished to preach to them about His death and Resurrection. He dreamed about becoming a missionary to distant China, but saw that there was a great deal of work for a genuine pastor of Christ’s flock both in his own city and the surrounding towns. John graduated from the Academy he met Elizabeth Nesvitsky who lived in the town of Kronstadt. They dated, he proposed, and they were married. After his studies, John still desired to learn more about his faith and his Church. was in this frame of mind that he prepared to be a priest and to enter public ministry. He was ordained a deacon on December 10, 1855, and then priest on December 12. He was assigned to Saint Andrew’s Cathedral in the city of Kronstadt. He said, “I made myself a rule to be as sincere as possible in my work, and of strictly watching myself and my inner life.â€ John wanted most of all to earn the love of the people in his care, because only a loving attitude could provide the firm support and help he needed as he faced the difficult work of the priesthood. His constant thought was how he would come before the Last Judgment and have to give an account, not only for his own deeds, but also the deeds of his flock, for whose education and salvation he was responsible. To him no one was a stranger; everyone who came to him for help became a friend and relative. He would tell people “The Church is the best heavenly friend of every sincere Christian.â€ He conducted divine services daily and offered the prayers of the faithful. He called all who rarely receive Holy Communion to prepare themselves and live their lives in a Christian way so that they could receive more often. Listening to Father John, many people changed their lifestyle, repented sincerely, and joyfully received Holy Communion on a regular basis. that time the government exiled murderers, thieves and other criminals to Kronstadt. Life was horrible for the exiles. Even children of exiles would become thieves and criminals. He would go to their dugouts, hovels and shacks to visit with them. Not satisfied with staying for five or ten minutes to administer some rite and then leave, Father John believed he was coming to visit a priceless soul, his brothers and sisters. He would stay for hours, talking, encouraging, comforting, crying, and rejoicing together with them. the beginning he also concerned himself with the material needs of the poor. He would shop for food, go to the pharmacy for prescriptions, to the doctor for help, many times giving the poor his last few coins. The inhabitants of Kronstadt would see him returning home barefoot and without his cassock. Often parishioners would bring shoes to his wife, saying to her, “Your husband has given away his shoes to someone, and will come home barefoot.â€ He would also write articles for the newspaper exhorting the people of Kronstadt to “support the poor morally and materially.â€ These appeals touched the hearts of many and Father John organized many charitable efforts. Realizing that his individual charity was insufficient for aiding the needy, he founded the Orthodox Christian House Parish Trusteeship of Saint Andrew the First-Called. This brotherhood coordinated many charitable efforts throughout the city and helped many needy people. 1857, he began teaching in the local city schools. He would tell people, “If children cannot listen to the Gospel, it is only because it is taught like any other subject, with boredom and indifference. Such teaching defeats the purpose of the Gospel. It fails because it forces students only to read words and memorize them instead of making them live in their lives.â€ To Father John there were no incapable students. He taught in such a way that poor pupils as well as good ones were able to understand. His attention was aimed not so much at forcing students to memorize as to fill their souls with the joy of living according to Christian values, sharing with them the holy thoughts which filled his soul. speaking to other priests about their vocation he would say, “You are a representative of the faith of the Church, O priest; you are a representative of Christ the Lord Himself. You should be a model of meekness, purity, courage, perseverance, patience, and lofty spirit. You are doing the work of God and must not let anything discourage you.â€ John has performed more miracles than almost any other saint, with the possible exception of Saint Nicholas. Through his prayers he healed the sick, gave hope to the hopeless, and brought sinners to repentance. John labored endlessly in his work for the Lord preaching, teaching, and helping those in need. Having spent his entire life serving God and His people, Father John fell ill and died on December 20, 1908. Almost immediately, people from near and far began to make pilgrimages to the monastery where he was buried. Even today millions of Orthodox Christians in Russia and around the world pray to him to intercede for them as he had always done from his childhood. John was glorified by the Russian Orthodox Church on June 8, 1990. Venerable Anatole I of Optina, Commemorated on January 25 ; Glorification of St John of Kronstadt, Commemorated on June 8 ; Glorification of Saint John of Kronstadt, Commemorated on June 14; Venerable Nikon of Optina, Commemorated on June 25 ;

Saint Andrew's Cathedral, Kronstadt Island, North St Petersburg
Saint Andrew's Cathedral, Kronstadt; Repose of Saint John of Kronstadt, Commemorated on December 20; John of Kronstadt was born in the village of Sura in Archangel province on October 19, 1829, and was called John in honor of Saint John of Rila (August 18). parents were very poor but were very devoted to the Church. Even though he was poor, as a young boy John learned to feel compassion for others in their misfortune. His neighbors frequently asked him to pray for them, as they noticed this special grace-endowed gift in him. When John was ten, his parents were able to raise some money and send him to the local school which was attached to the church. At first, the boy had an extremely difficult time with his studies. He worked for days on end, but still failed to keep up. about his life he once recalled an evening when everyone had already gone to bed. “I could not sleep, and I still failed to understand anything I was taught. I still read poorly and could not remember anything I was told. I became so depressed I fell to my knees and began to pray. I don’t know whether I had spent a long time in that position or not, but suddenly something shook my whole being. It was as if a veil had fallen from my eyes, and my mind had been opened, and I remembered clearly my teacher of that day and his lesson. I also recalled the topic and the examples he had given. I felt so light and joyous inside.â€ After this experience he did so well he became one of the first in his class to be chosen to go to seminary, and after seminary to the Theological Academy in Saint Petersburg (a great honor at that time). his studies, John thought about the importance of forgiveness, meekness, and love, and came to believe that these were the very center and power of Christianity, and that only one path—the path of humble love—leads to God and the triumph of His righteousness. He also thought a great deal about the Savior’s death on the Cross at Golgotha, and pitied those who did not know Jesus Christ. He wished to preach to them about His death and Resurrection. He dreamed about becoming a missionary to distant China, but saw that there was a great deal of work for a genuine pastor of Christ’s flock both in his own city and the surrounding towns. John graduated from the Academy he met Elizabeth Nesvitsky who lived in the town of Kronstadt. They dated, he proposed, and they were married. After his studies, John still desired to learn more about his faith and his Church. was in this frame of mind that he prepared to be a priest and to enter public ministry. He was ordained a deacon on December 10, 1855, and then priest on December 12. He was assigned to Saint Andrew’s Cathedral in the city of Kronstadt. He said, “I made myself a rule to be as sincere as possible in my work, and of strictly watching myself and my inner life.â€ John wanted most of all to earn the love of the people in his care, because only a loving attitude could provide the firm support and help he needed as he faced the difficult work of the priesthood. His constant thought was how he would come before the Last Judgment and have to give an account, not only for his own deeds, but also the deeds of his flock, for whose education and salvation he was responsible. To him no one was a stranger; everyone who came to him for help became a friend and relative. He would tell people “The Church is the best heavenly friend of every sincere Christian.â€ He conducted divine services daily and offered the prayers of the faithful. He called all who rarely receive Holy Communion to prepare themselves and live their lives in a Christian way so that they could receive more often. Listening to Father John, many people changed their lifestyle, repented sincerely, and joyfully received Holy Communion on a regular basis. that time the government exiled murderers, thieves and other criminals to Kronstadt. Life was horrible for the exiles. Even children of exiles would become thieves and criminals. He would go to their dugouts, hovels and shacks to visit with them. Not satisfied with staying for five or ten minutes to administer some rite and then leave, Father John believed he was coming to visit a priceless soul, his brothers and sisters. He would stay for hours, talking, encouraging, comforting, crying, and rejoicing together with them. the beginning he also concerned himself with the material needs of the poor. He would shop for food, go to the pharmacy for prescriptions, to the doctor for help, many times giving the poor his last few coins. The inhabitants of Kronstadt would see him returning home barefoot and without his cassock. Often parishioners would bring shoes to his wife, saying to her, “Your husband has given away his shoes to someone, and will come home barefoot.â€ He would also write articles for the newspaper exhorting the people of Kronstadt to “support the poor morally and materially.â€ These appeals touched the hearts of many and Father John organized many charitable efforts. Realizing that his individual charity was insufficient for aiding the needy, he founded the Orthodox Christian House Parish Trusteeship of Saint Andrew the First-Called. This brotherhood coordinated many charitable efforts throughout the city and helped many needy people. 1857, he began teaching in the local city schools. He would tell people, “If children cannot listen to the Gospel, it is only because it is taught like any other subject, with boredom and indifference. Such teaching defeats the purpose of the Gospel. It fails because it forces students only to read words and memorize them instead of making them live in their lives.â€ To Father John there were no incapable students. He taught in such a way that poor pupils as well as good ones were able to understand. His attention was aimed not so much at forcing students to memorize as to fill their souls with the joy of living according to Christian values, sharing with them the holy thoughts which filled his soul. speaking to other priests about their vocation he would say, “You are a representative of the faith of the Church, O priest; you are a representative of Christ the Lord Himself. You should be a model of meekness, purity, courage, perseverance, patience, and lofty spirit. You are doing the work of God and must not let anything discourage you.â€ John has performed more miracles than almost any other saint, with the possible exception of Saint Nicholas. Through his prayers he healed the sick, gave hope to the hopeless, and brought sinners to repentance. John labored endlessly in his work for the Lord preaching, teaching, and helping those in need. Having spent his entire life serving God and His people, Father John fell ill and died on December 20, 1908. Almost immediately, people from near and far began to make pilgrimages to the monastery where he was buried. Even today millions of Orthodox Christians in Russia and around the world pray to him to intercede for them as he had always done from his childhood. John was glorified by the Russian Orthodox Church on June 8, 1990. Glorification of Saint John of Kronstadt, Commemorated on June 14;

Russia, St Petersburg, Volkhov River Folder

Volkhov River

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;

Staraya Ladoga
Staraya Ladoga; St Nicholas Monastery &Fortress, Lake Ladoga ; Ladoga Fortress; a rural locality (a selo) in Volkhovsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Volkhov River near Lake Ladoga, 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) north of the town of Volkhov, the administrative center of the district. used to be a prosperous trading outpost in the 8th and 9th centuries. It was dominated by Scandinavians who were called by the name of Rus'. For that reason, it is sometimes called the first capital of Russia.[7] Transfer of the relics of the Hieromartyr Adrian of Ondrusov, Wonderworker, Commemorated on May 17;

Volkhov River Mouth (St Petersburg, South Central Lake Ladoga)

St Nicholas Monastery &Fortress, Lake Ladoga
St Nicholas Monastery &Fortress, Lake Ladoga ; Ladoga Fortress; a rural locality (a selo) in Volkhovsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Volkhov River near Lake Ladoga, 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) north of the town of Volkhov, the administrative center of the district. used to be a prosperous trading outpost in the 8th and 9th centuries. It was dominated by Scandinavians who were called by the name of Rus'. For that reason, it is sometimes called the first capital of Russia.[7] Transfer of the relics of the Hieromartyr Adrian of Ondrusov, Wonderworker, Commemorated on May 17;

Ladoga Fortress (Volkhov River 5.5)
Ladoga Fortress; a rural locality (a selo) in Volkhovsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Volkhov River near Lake Ladoga, 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) north of the town of Volkhov, the administrative center of the district. used to be a prosperous trading outpost in the 8th and 9th centuries. It was dominated by Scandinavians who were called by the name of Rus'. For that reason, it is sometimes called the first capital of Russia.[7] Transfer of the relics of the Hieromartyr Adrian of Ondrusov, Wonderworker, Commemorated on May 17;

Russia, St Petersburg, Syas River Folder

Syas River

Russia, St Petersburg, Syas River 6, Tikhvin River Folder

Tikhvinka River

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;

Tikhvin, St Petersburg area (Tikhvinka River 2)
Tikhvin; Icon of the Mother of God œthe ConverserÂ, 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 œTikhvinÂ on Mt Athos, Commemorated on February 17 ; Venerable Martyrius of Zelenets, Pskov, Commemorated on March 1; Icon of the Mother of God œStaro RusÂ 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 ;

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;

Sergius Coastal Monastery of Saint Sergius of Radonezh, in Petrograd, 1734
Sergius Coastal Monastery of Saint Sergius of Radonezh, in Petrograd The poustinia was founded in 1734 as a branch of the great Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius in the immediate vicinity of the new Russian capital, St. Petersburg. Catherine Ivanovna, Peter the Great's niece, owned a manor on the bank of the Gulf of Finland. After her death Empress Anna presented the land to her confessor Varlaam, who was also in charge of the Trinity Lavra. katholikon, as photographed by Count von Nostitz in the 1860s earliest buildings of the monastery, including the pentacupolar cathedral, the outer wall and the towers, were designed by Pietro Antonio Trezzini. They were Baroque in character. It was not until 1764 that Strelna Monastery was designated a separate poustinia. Many monks from Strelna entered the Navy to serve as ship chaplains. Saint Herman of Alaska was one of those monks. golden age of the monastery is associated with Saint Ignatius Bryanchaninov who was in charge of the poustinia between 1834 and 1857. Bryanchaninov had the monastery transformed by Aleksey Gornostayev into a showcase for the Russian Revival style. The new Ascension Cathedral was built to a Neo-Byzantine design. the Russian Revolution the Soviets suppressed the monastery (1931), destroyed the cemetery and adapted the grounds to serve as a labor camp, or a work farm. The buildings sustained further damage during World War II. After the property was occupied by a police school in the early 1960s, Trezzini's cathedral and several other churches were blown up. The remaining buildings were returned to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1993. Martyr Sergius the Archimandrite of Petrograd; - Martyr Sergius the Archimandrite of Petrograd, Commemorated on July 31 Sergius (Shein) was executed along with Metropolitan Benjamin of Petrograd on July 31, 1922. During his trial, he explained that as a monk he had renounced the world in order to dedicate himself to God. Only the flimsiest of threads still connected him with the outside world, he asserted. “Does this tribunal imagine,” he said, “that severing this thread which connects me with life could frighten me? Do your deed. I pity you, and I pray for you.” a short deliberation, the chairman of the tribunal announced that Metropolitan Benjamin and ten others were to be shot. The prisoners were taken from jail and executed a few miles from Petrograd.

Oranienbaum, Russian Royal Residence, St Petersburg
Oranienbaum, Russian Royal Residence, St Petersburg; (Russian: Ораниенба́ум) is a Russian royal residence, located on the Gulf of Finland west of St. Petersburg. The Palace ensemble and the city centre are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. 1707, four years after Peter the Great founded Saint Petersburg, he gave the grounds near the seaside to his right-hand man, Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov. commissioned the architects Giovanni Maria Fontana and Gottfried Schädel, who built his residence, the Grand Menshikov Palace from 1710 to 1727 (not to be confused with Menshikov Palace in Saint Petersburg, built by the same architects around the same time). central part of the Palace is connected by two galleries with two domed Japanese and Church Pavilions. The Lower Garden, decorated with fountains and sculptures, and the Upper Garden were laid out at the same time. The Palace is located near the Lower Park, whose composite axis is a channel leading to the sea. This channel is an imitation of one designed by Peter himself at his nearby residence of Peterhof Palace. was deposed shortly after Peter's death, and died in exile, and the palace passed out of his family. 1743, Oranienbaum became the summer residence of Grand Duke Peter Fedorovitch, the heir of Empress Elizabeth (the future Emperor Peter III). the last ten years of Elizabeth's reign, Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli reconstructed the Grand Palace, adding beauty to its decor. 1756 to 1762, the architect Antonio Rinaldi built the Peterstadt Fortress ensemble on the bank of the Karost River for Grand Duke Peter Fedorovitch. 1762, Empress Catherine II ordered the construction of the suburb residence called "My Own Countryside House". that purpose Rinaldi built the Chinese Palace (1762–1768), a mix of Baroque architecture, Classicism and Chinese motifs, the Katalnaya Gorka (roller coaster) Pavilion (1762–1774), a cupola pavilion, and the Gates of Honor with the tower crowned by a spire. Chinese Palace in Oranienbaum the outside, the Chinese palace is a relatively simple building, single-storey except for the small central pavilion, painted in a mellow combination of ochre and yellow. seventeen rooms inside, decorated by Rinaldi and other leading artists and craftsmen of the day, feature pink, blue and green scagliola, painted silks, and intricate stucco work. Rinaldi's parquet floors are wonderfully ornate, using several types of rare Russian and imported wood. the highlights of the Chinese Palace interiors are the Glass Beaded Salon, the walls of which are hung with 12 panels of richly coloured tapestries depicting exotic birds and fauna. fine white glass beads that form the backdrop of the tapestries give the whole room a diaphanous, shimmering quality that was designed to be particularly effective in the glowing twighlight of the White Nights. full influence of Chinoiserie is in evidence in the Large Chinese Salon, where the walls are covered with marquetry paneling of wood and walrus ivory depicting oriental landscapes, and large Chinese lanterns hanging in the corners. The room also contains an English-made billiard table with superb wood carving. Upper Park was laid out from 1750 to 1770. palace was the site of two opera premieres to libretti by Metastasio in the middle of the eighteenth century, Amor prigioniero (one act, composed by Francesco Araia, 1755), and Semiramide riconosciuta (three acts, composed by Vincenzo Manfredini, 1760).[1] the 19th century Oranienbaum became a noble manor. World War II, Oranienbaum suffered to a much lesser extent than other suburbs of St. Petersburg, since defense was deployed here on the so-called “Oranienbaum Bridgehead”. the ensemble became desolate in the post-war period, and its serious restoration began only in the late 1990s. Restoration Of Oranienbaum has been a slow process. Tsarskoe Selo and Peterhof restorations were given higher priority, and that is one reason Oranienbaum is a less-visited attraction. the city which grew up around the palace see Lomonosov, Russia. Hieromartyr Philosophos of St. Petersburg, Commemorated on May 31;

Kopore Fortress (relative high point, 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;

Saint Katherine'™s Cathedral, Tsarskoye Selo, St Petersburg
Saint Katherine'™s Cathedral, Tsarskoye Selo, St Petersburg;

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 saint™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. œDon'™t worry,Â he said, It will all pass.Then he disappeared.

Resurrection-New Divyevo Monastery, Moskovskiy Ave., 100, St. Petersburg 196084
Resurrection-New Divyevo Monastery, Moskovskiy Ave., 100, St. Petersburg 196084; 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 saint™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. œDon'™t worry,Â he said, It will all pass.Then he disappeared. Venerable Seraphim of Vyritsa, Commemorated on March 21;

St Petersburg Theological Academy, 1797
St Petersburg Theological Academy;

Alexander Nevsky Lavra, St Petersburg, 1710
Alexander Nevsky Lavra ;

St Alexander Nevsky Spiritual Academy, St Petersburg, 1797
St Alexander Nevsky Spiritual Academy; Repose of St John of Kronstadt, Commemorated December 20 ; Saint Meletius, Archbishop of Khar'kov and Akhtyrsk, Commemorated on February 12; 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, western, enlightened, modeled on Peter's Basilica Rome
Kazan Cathedral, St. Petersburg; Cathedral or Kazanskiy Kafedralniy Sobor , also known as the Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan, is a cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church on the Nevsky Prospekt in Saint Petersburg. It is dedicated to Our Lady of Kazan, one of the most venerated icons in Russia. of the cathedral started in 1801 and continued for ten years under the supervision of Alexander Sergeyevich Stroganov.[2] its completion in 1811, the new temple replaced the Church of Nativity of the Theotokos, which was disassembled when the Kazan Cathedral was consecrated. architect Andrey Voronikhin[3] modelled the building on St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.[2] Some art historians assert that Emperor Paul (reigned 1796–1801) intended to build a similar church on the other side of Nevsky Prospect that would mirror the Kazan Cathedral, but such plans failed to materialize.[citation needed] Although the Russian Orthodox Church strongly disapproved of the plans to create a replica of a Catholic basilica in Russia's then capital, several courtiers supported Voronikhin's Empire Style design. Napoleon invaded Russia (1812) and the commander-in-chief General Mikhail Kutuzov asked Our Lady of Kazan for help, the church's purpose altered. The Patriotic War over, Russians saw the cathedral primarily as a memorial to their victory over Napoleon.[3] Kutuzov himself was interred in the cathedral in 1813; and Alexander Pushkin wrote celebrated lines meditating over his sepulchre. In 1815 keys to seventeen cities and eight fortresses were brought by the victorious Russian army from Europe and placed in the cathedral's sacristy. In 1837, Boris Orlovsky designed two bronze statues of Kutuzov and of Barclay de Tolly which stand in front of the cathedral. 1896 Photochrom print 1876 the Kazan demonstration, the first political demonstration in Russia, took place in front of the church. After the Russian Revolution of 1917 the authorities closed the cathedral (January 1932). In November 1932 it reopened as the pro-Marxist "Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism".[4] or, as one contemporary writer put it more baldly, "Leningrad's largest antireligious museum", complete with Spanish Inquisition waxworks.[5] Services resumed in 1992, and four years later the cathedral was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church. As of 2017 it functions as the mother cathedral of the metropolis of St. Petersburg. cathedral's interior, with its numerous columns, echoes the exterior colonnade and is reminiscent of a palatial hall, being 69 metres in length and 62 metres in height. The interior features numerous sculptures and icons created by the best Russian artists of the day. A wrought-iron grille separating the cathedral from a small square behind it is sometimes cited as one of the finest ever constructed.[6][7] cathedral's huge bronze doors are one of four copies of the original doors of the Baptistery in Florence, Italy (the other three are at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, United States, at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, United States, and at the Florence Baptistery itself). Kazan Cathedral is considered to be the model for the neoclassical style of Helsinki Cathedral, one of the most iconic landmarks of Helsinki, Finland.[8] Repose of St Raphael the Bishop of Brooklyn, Commemorated on February 27; Icon of the Mother of God œCzestochowaÂ, 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"Â, 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 Mouth (Neva River)
Izhora River;

Gatchina Road (Pskov to St Petersburg by Gotchina Palace)

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; Venerable Jonah, Abbot of Klimetzk, Commemorated on June 6;

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;

Sala Island (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) marble quarry, Father Herman of Alaska
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 ; Konevits Icon of the Mother of God: It was with this icon of Greek origin that John, igumen of one of the Athonite monasteries, blessed Saint Arsenius, founder of the Konevits monastery (June 12). The holy icon was glorified by many miracles. the year 1610, during an invasion of the Swedes into the Novgorod territory, the icon was transferred from the Konevits monastery to the Novgorod Derevianits monastery with the blessing of Archbishop Isidore of Novgorod. Each year on July 10 a festal celebration of the Most Holy Theotokos took place at this monastery in honor of Her holy icon. In the year 1799, with the blessing of the Metropolitan Gabriel of Petersburg and Novgorod (+ January 26, 1801), the wonderworking icon was returned to the Konevits monastery. The return of the icon to the Konevits Monastery is celebrated on September 3. 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 ; Konevits Icon of the Mother of God: It was with this icon of Greek origin that John, igumen of one of the Athonite monasteries, blessed Saint Arsenius, founder of the Konevits monastery (June 12). The holy icon was glorified by many miracles. the year 1610, during an invasion of the Swedes into the Novgorod territory, the icon was transferred from the Konevits monastery to the Novgorod Derevianits monastery with the blessing of Archbishop Isidore of Novgorod. Each year on July 10 a festal celebration of the Most Holy Theotokos took place at this monastery in honor of Her holy icon. In the year 1799, with the blessing of the Metropolitan Gabriel of Petersburg and Novgorod (+ January 26, 1801), the wonderworking icon was returned to the Konevits monastery. The return of the icon to the Konevits Monastery is celebrated on September 3. 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;

Kizhi Island in Lake Onega, St Petersburg area
Mucha (Murom) Island in Lake Onega;

Kizhi Island and Monastery, Lake Onega
Kizhi Island and Monastery, Lake Onega;

Mucha (Murom) Island in Lake Onega, St Petersburg area
Mucha (Murom) Island in Lake Onega;

Murom monastery, Church of the Ressurection of Lararus, 1360
Mucha (Murom) Island in Lake Onega;

Kizhi Pogost, 1360 & 1690
Kizhi Pogost, 1690;

Pali island in Lake Onega
Pali island in Lake Onega;

Petrozavodsk, Lake Onega, St. Petersburg, Svir River side
Petrozavodsk;

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;

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.

Alexander-Svirsky Monastery of the Holy Trinity, St Petersburg area, 1487
Alexander-Svirsky Monastery ;

Svir (Siya), St Petersburg area (Lake Ladoga, Svir River 1)
Svir River;

Andreevschina Estate
Alexander-Svirsky Monastery ;

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);

Olonka River

Olonets Land (Northwestern Imperial Russia, Finland to White Sea)
Olonets Land;

Olonets, near St Petersburg (Olonka River, Lake Ladoka)
Olonets;

Paleostrov and Olonets, Karelia, Russia
Paleostrov and Olonets, Karelia, Russia ;

Russia, St Petersburg, Lakes Onega and Lagoda, Neva River Folder

Neva River

Neva River Source (Lake Ladoga)

Shlisselburg, Neva River Source, Lake Ladoga
Shlisselburg;

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;

Russia, St Petersburg, Lakes Onega and Lagoda, Volda Lake Folder

Ileksa River

Yuregorsk Monastery?, Mt Yurev? (above Vodla Lake)
Yuregorsk Monastery?, Mt Yurev? This is the location of the only church in the area.

Vodla River

Vodla Lake, St Petersburg drainage
Lake Vodla or Lake Vodlozero;

Vodla River Mouth (Lake Onega)
Vodla River;

Russia, St Petersburg, Luga River Folder

Luga River

Luga River Second Source

Russia, St Petersburg, Luga River 1, Oredezh River Folder

Oredezh River

Vyritsa, South of St Petersburg (Oredezh River 2)
Vyritsa;

Oredezhsk (O River Mouth, Luga River 1)
Oredezhsk;

Yam, Russia (Luga River 4)
Yam, Russia;

Russia, St Petersburg, St Petersburg Roads 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 œthe Way from the Varangians to the Greeks.

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

Moscow to St Petersburg Trade Route

Amber Road (Mediterranean Sea to Baltic Sea)

Russia, Scythia, (Clean), after1248 Nevsky Submitted to Mongols then given control of Scythia including Russia

Russia, Scythia, after 1248, its Area (includes Russia, but not Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia)

Russia, Scythia, after 1248, this area, from Urals to Denister River, defined Russia for 600 years

Russia, Scythia, after 1248, this area Defined the Orthodox Russian Empire, Siberia converted

Russia, Kiev and Ukraine Folder, Western and Soutwestern Russia (Clean)

Russia, Kiev and Ukraine, Dnieper River Folder

Dnieper River

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

Vyazma River

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 Mouth (Dnieper River Source)

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

Russia, Kiev and Ukraine, Dnieper River 2, Smolensk Folder, to Poland or Volga

Smolensk, Ukraine (Dnieper River 2, Varangian Trade Route, Moscow Road to Poland from Volga)
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"Â 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 ; Abramius of Smolensk, a preacher of repentance and the Dread Last Judgment, was born in the mid-twelfth century at Smolensk of rich parents, who had twelve daughters before him, and they begged God for a son. childhood he grew up in the fear of God, he was often in church and had the opportunity to read books. The parents hoped that their only son would enter into marriage and continue their illustrious lineage, but he sought a different life. After the death of his parents, having given away all his wealth to monasteries, to churches and to the destitute, the saint walked through the city in rags, asking God to show him the way to salvation. was tonsured in the monastery of the Most Holy Theotokos, five versts from Smolensk, at Selischa. Having passed through various obediences there, the monk fervently occupied himself with copying books, culling spiritual riches from them. The Smolensk prince Roman Rostislavich (+ 1170) started a school in the city, in which they taught not only in Slavonic, but also from Greek and Latin books. The Prince himself had a large collection of books, which Saint Abramius used. He had struggled for more than 30 years at the monastery, when in the year 1198 the igumen persuaded him to accept the dignity of presbyter. Every day he served the Divine Liturgy and fulfilled the obedience of clergy not only for the brethren, but also for the laity. the monk became widely known. This aroused the envy of the brethren, and then of the igumen also, and five years later, the monk was compelled to transfer to the Exaltation of the Cross monastery in Smolensk itself. With offerings from the devout, he embellished the cathedral church of the poor monastery with icons, and with curtains and candle-stands. He himself painted two icons on themes which most concerned him. On one he depicted the Dread Last judgment, and on the other the suffering of the trials of life. Lean and pale from extreme toil, in priestly garb the ascetic resembled Saint Basil the Great in appearance. The saint was strict both towards himself, and towards his spiritual children. He preached constantly in church and to those coming to him in his cell, conversing with rich and poor alike. city notables and the clergy demanded that Bishop Ignatius bring the monk to trial, accusing him of seducing women and tempting his spiritual children. But even more terrible were the accusations of heresy and the reading of forbidden books. For this they proposed to drown or burn the ascetic. At the trial by the Prince and the Bishop, the saint answered all the false accusations. Despite this, they forbade him to serve as a priest and returned him to his former monastery of the Most Holy Theotokos . A terrible drought occurred in consequence of God’s wrath over the unjust sentence, and only when Saint Ignatius pardoned Saint Abramius, permitting him to serve and preach, did the rain again fall on Smolensk. bishop Saint Ignatius built a new monastery, in honor of the Placing of the Robe of the Most Holy Theotokos, and he entrusted the guidance of it to Saint Abramius, and he himself settled into it, retiring from the diocese because of age. Many wished to enter under the guidance of Saint Abramius, but he examined them very intensely and only after great investigation, so at his monastery there were only seventeen brethren. Saint Abramius, after the death of Saint Ignatius, having become his spiritual friend, urged the brethren, more than before, to think about death and to pray day and night, that they be not condemned in the Judgment by God. Abramius died after the year 1224, having spent 50 years in monasticism. Already at the end of the thirteenth century a service had been compiled to him, together with his disciple Saint Ephraim. The terrible Mongol-Tatar invasion, seen as the wrath of God for the nation’s sins, not only did not stifle the memory of Saint Abramius of Smolensk, but rather was a reminder to people of his calling to repentance and recollection of the dread Last Judgment. 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"Â, 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"Â, Commemorated on March 19; Icon of the Mother of God of "œthe Uncut Mount"Â, Commemorated on March 24; St Gerasimus of Boldino, Commemorated on May 1; Icon of the Mother of God "œVirgin of Tenderness"Â 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;

Smolensk, 1125-1484, Smolensk Princes, Rostislavichi, Sons of Rostislav Mstislavich, stronger 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.

Rostaslavichi, Rostislav Mstislavich decendants, Ruled Smolensk from 1125 till 15th Century
Rostaslavichi, Rostislav Mstislavich decendants, Ruled Smolensk till 15th Century; 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. 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. gained its own bishopric in 1136. was Rostislav's descendants, 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 ;

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 œDirectressÂ 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 SaviorÂ 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-GethsemaneÂ, 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 ProtectionÂ, 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 OneÂ, 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 ; “Mezhetsk” Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on February 26; 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 œCzestochowaÂ, Commemorated on March 6 ; Icon of the Mother of God œthe Blessed HeavenÂ, 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 SignÂ, 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-KissingÂ, 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 ChernigovÂ, 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-RobedÂ 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

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;

Saint Georges Victory Church, Kiev, 1051s, Yaroslav the Wise, George in baptism
Saint Georges Victory Church, Kiev; Greatmartyr, Victory-bearer, and Wonderworker George, Commemorated on April 23; George was the patron saint and protector of several of the great builders of the Russian state. Saint Vladimir’s son, Yaroslav the Wise (in holy Baptism George), advanced the veneration of the saint in the Russian Church. He built the city of Yuriev [i.e., “of Yurii.” “Yurii” is the diminutive of “George”, as “Ivan” is of “John”], he also founded the Yuriev monastery at Novgorod, and he built a church of Saint George the Victory Bearer at Kiev. day of the consecration of Saint George’s Church in Kiev, November 26, 1051 by Saint Hilarion, Metropolitan of Kiev and All Rus, has entered into the liturgical treasury of the Church as a special church feastday. Yuriev Day is beloved by the Russian people as an “autumn Feast of Saint George.”

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; very first pages of the Russian Primary Chronicle, as foreordained by God, is bound up with the name of the holy Great Martyr Demetrios of Thessaloniki. The Chronicle relates that when Oleg the Wise threatened the Greeks at Constantinople (907), the Greeks became terrified and said, “This is not Oleg, but rather Saint Demetrios sent upon us from God.” Russian soldiers always believed that they were under the special protection of the holy Great Martyr Dēmḗtrios. Moreover, in the old Russian barracks the Great Martyr Demetrios was always depicted as Russian. Thus this image entered the soul of the Russian nation. veneration of the holy Great Martyr Demetrios in Russia began shortly after the Baptism of Rus. Toward the beginning of the 1070s the Dimitriev monastery at Kiev, known afterwards as the Mikhailov-Zlatoverkh monastery, was founded, The monastery was built by the son of Yaroslav the Wise, Great Prince Izyaslav, Demetrios in Baptism (+ 1078). The mosaic icon of Saint Dēmḗtrios of Thessaloniki from the cathedral of the Dimitriev monastery has been preserved up to the present day, and is in the Tretiakov Gallery. the years 1194-1197 the Great Prince of Vladimir, Vsevolod III the Great-Nest (Demetrios in Baptism) “built at his court a beautiful church of the holy martyr Dēmḗtrios, and adorned it wondrously with icons and frescoes.” The Dimitriev cathedral also reveals the embellishment of ancient Vladimir. The wonderworking icon of Saint Demetrios of Thessaloniki from the cathedral iconostasis is located even now in Moscow, at the Tretiakov gallery. It was painted on a piece of wood from the grave of the holy Great Martyr Dēmḗtrios, brought from Thessaloniki to Vladimir in 1197. of the most precious depictions of the saint, a fresco on a column of the Vladimir Dormition cathedral, was painted by the holy Iconographer Andrew Rublev (July 4). family of Saint Alexander Nevsky (November 23 also venerated Saint Demetrios. Saint Alexander named his eldest son in honor of the holy Great Martyr. His younger son, Prince Daniel of Moscow (March 4), built a church dedicated to the holy Great Martyr Demetrios in the 1280s. This was the first stone church in the Moscow Kremlin. Later in 1326, under Ivan Kalita, it was taken down and the Dormition cathedral was built in its place. memory of Saint Demetrios of Thessaloniki is historically associated in Rus with the military, patriotism and the defense of the country. This is apparent by the saint’s depiction on icons as a soldier in plumed armor, with a spear and sword in hand. There is a scroll (in later depictions) on which is written the prayer of Saint Dēmḗtrios for the salvation of the people of Thessaloniki, “Lord, do not permit the city or the people to perish. If You save the city and the people, I shall be saved with them. If they perish, I will perish with them.” the particular spiritual experience of the Russian Church, veneration of the holy Great Martyr Demetrios of Thessaloniki is closely linked with the memory of the defense of the nation and Church by the Great Prince of Moscow, Demetrios of the Don (May 19). “An Account of the Life and Repose of the Great Prince Dēmḗtrios of the Don, Tsar of Russia,” written in the year 1393, already regards the Great Prince as a Saint, as other old Russian histories do. Great Prince Demetrios was a spiritual son and disciple of Saint Alexis, Metropolitan of Moscow (February 12), and a disciple and associate of other great figures of prayer in the Russian Land: Saint Sergius of Radonezh (September 25), Demetrios of Priluki (February 11), Saint Theodore of Rostov (November 28). The Account states: [Great Prince Demetrios] worried a great deal about the churches of God, and he held the territory of the Russian land by his bravery: he conquered many enemies who had risen against us, and he protected his glorious city Moscow with wondrous walls. ...The land of Russia prospered during the years of his reign. the time of the building of the white-walled Kremlin (1366) by Great Prince Demetrios, Moscow was called “White-Stoned.” the prayers of his Heavenly patron, the holy warrior Dēmḗtrios of Thessaloniki, Great Prince Demetrios, in addition to his brilliant military victories, also gained the further prominence of Russia. He repelled the onslaught of the Lithuanian armies of Olgerd, he routed the Tatar army of Begich at the River Vozha (1378), and he smashed the military might of all the Golden Horde at the Battle of Kulikovo Field on September 8, 1380 (the Feast of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos), set between the Rivers Don and Nepryadva. The Battle of Kulikovo, for which the nation calls him Dēmḗtrios of the Don, became the first Russian national exploit, rallying the spiritual power of the Russian nation around Moscow. The “Zadonschina,” an inspiring historic poem written by the priest Sophronios of Ryazem (1381) is devoted to this event. Demetrios of the Don had a great reverence for the holy Great Martyr Demetrios. In 1380, on the eve of the Battle of Kulikovo, he solemnly transferred from Vladimir to Moscow the most holy object in the Vladimir Dimitriev cathedral: the icon of the Great Martyr Dēmḗtrios of Thessaloniki, painted on a board from the grave of the saint. A chapel dedicated to the Great Martyr Dēmḗtrios was built at Moscow’s Dormition Cathedral. Saint Demetrios Memorial Saturday was established for church-wide remembrance of the soldiers who fell in the Battle of Kulikovo. This memorial service was held for the first time at the Trinity-Saint Sergius monastery on October 20, 1380 by Saint Sergius of Radonezh, in the presence of Great Prince Demetrios of the Don. It is an annual remembrance of the heroes of the Battle of Kulikovo, among whom are the Schema-monks Alexander (Peresvet) and Andrew (Oslyab). Great Martyr Demetrios the Myrrh-gusher of Thessaloniki was the son of a Roman proconsul in Thessaloniki. Three centuries had elapsed and Roman paganism, spiritually shattered and defeated by the multitude of martyrs and confessors of the Savior, intensified its persecutions. parents of Saint Demetrios were secret Christians, and he was baptized and raised in the Christian Faith in a secret church in his father’s home. the time Demetrios had reached maturity and his father had died, Emperor Galerius Maximian had ascended the throne (305). Maximian, confident in Demetrios's education as well as his administrative and military abilities, appointed him to his father’s position as proconsul of the Thessaloniki district. The young commander's principal duties were to defend the city from barbarians and to eradicate Christianity. The Emperor's policy regarding Christians was expressed simply: “Put to death anyone who calls on the name of Christ.” The Emperor did not suspect that by appointing Demetrios he had provided him with the opportunity to bring many people to Christ. the appointment, Demetrios returned to Thessaloniki and confessed and glorified our Lord Jesus Christ. Instead of persecuting and executing Christians, he began to teach the Christian Faith openly to the inhabitants of the city and to overthrow pagan customs and the worship of idols. The compiler of his Life, Saint Simeon Metaphrastes (November 9), says that because of his teaching zeal he became “a second Apostle Paul” for Thessaloniki, particularly since “the Apostle to the Gentiles” founded the first community of believers in the city (1 Thess. and 2 Thess.). Lord also destined Saint Demetrios to follow Saint Paul on the path to martyrdom. When Maximian learned that the newly-appointed proconsul was a Christian, and that he had converted many Roman subjects to Christianity, the Emperor's rage knew no bounds. Returning from a campaign in the area of the Black Sea, the Emperor decided to lead his army through Thessaloniki, determined to massacre the Christians. of this, Saint Demetrios ordered his faithful servant Lupus to give his wealth to the poor saying, “Distribute my earthly riches among them, for we shall seek heavenly riches for ourselves.” He began to pray and fast, preparing himself for martyrdom. the Emperor came into the city, he summoned Demetrios, who boldly confessed himself a Christian and denounced the falsehood and futility of Roman polytheism. Maximian ordered Demetrios to be thrown into prison. An Angel appeared to him, comforting and encouraging him. the Emperor amused himself by staging games in the circus. His champion was a German by the name of Lyaeos. He challenged Christians to wrestle with him on a platform built over the upturned spears of the victorious soldiers. A brave Christian named Nestor went to the prison to Saint Dēmḗtrios, his instructor in the Faith, asking for his blessing to fight the barbarian. With the blessing and prayers of Saint Demetrios, Nestor defeated the fierce German and hurled him from the platform onto the spears of the soldiers, just as the murderous pagan would have done with the Christian. The enraged commander ordered the execution of the holy Martyr Nestor (October 27) and sent a guard to the prison to kill Saint Demetrios. At dawn on October 26, 306 soldiers appeared in the Saint's underground prison and ran him through with lances. His faithful servant, Saint Lupus, gathered up the blood-soaked garment of Saint Dēmḗtrios he took the imperial ring from his finger, a symbol of his high status, and dipped it in the blood. With the ring and other holy things sanctified the blood of Saint Demetrios, Saint Lupus began to heal the infirm. The Emperor ordered his soldiers to arrest and kill him. body of the holy Great Martyr Demetrios was cast out for wild animals to devour, but the Christians took it and secretly buried it in the earth. the reign of Saint Constantine (306-337), a church was built over the grave of Saint Demetrios. A hundred years later, during the construction of a majestic new church on the old spot, the incorrupt relics of the holy martyr were uncovered. Since the seventh century a miraculous flow of fragrant myrrh has been found beneath the crypt of the Great Martyr Demetrios, so he is called “the Myrrh-gusher.” times, those venerating the holy wonderworker tried to bring his holy relics, or a part of them, to Constantinople. Invariably, Saint Demetrios made it clear that he would not permit anyone to remove even a portion of his relics. is interesting that among the barbarians threatening the Romans, Slavs occupied an important place, in particular those settling upon the Thessalonian peninsula. Some even believe that the parents of Saint Dēmḗtrios were of Slavic descent. While advancing towards the city, pagan Slavs were repeatedly turned away by the apparition of a threatening radiant youth, going around on the walls and inspiring terror in the enemy soldiers. Perhaps this is why the name of Saint Demetrios was particularly venerated among the Slavic nations after they were enlightened by the Gospel. On the other hand, Greeks dismiss the idea that Saint Demetrios was a Slavic saint. very first pages of the Russian Primary Chronicle, as foreordained by God, is bound up with the name of the holy Great Martyr Demetrios of Thessaloniki. The Chronicle relates that when Oleg the Wise threatened the Greeks at Constantinople (907), the Greeks became terrified and said, “This is not Oleg, but rather Saint Demetrios sent upon us from God.” Russian soldiers always believed that they were under the special protection of the holy Great Martyr Dēmḗtrios. Moreover, in the old Russian barracks the Great Martyr Demetrios was always depicted as Russian. Thus this image entered the soul of the Russian nation. veneration of the holy Great Martyr Demetrios in Russia began shortly after the Baptism of Rus. Toward the beginning of the 1070s the Dimitriev monastery at Kiev, known afterwards as the Mikhailov-Zlatoverkh monastery, was founded, The monastery was built by the son of Yaroslav the Wise, Great Prince Izyaslav, Demetrios in Baptism (+ 1078). The mosaic icon of Saint Dēmḗtrios of Thessaloniki from the cathedral of the Dimitriev monastery has been preserved up to the present day, and is in the Tretiakov Gallery. the years 1194-1197 the Great Prince of Vladimir, Vsevolod III the Great-Nest (Demetrios in Baptism) “built at his court a beautiful church of the holy martyr Dēmḗtrios, and adorned it wondrously with icons and frescoes.” The Dimitriev cathedral also reveals the embellishment of ancient Vladimir. The wonderworking icon of Saint Demetrios of Thessaloniki from the cathedral iconostasis is located even now in Moscow, at the Tretiakov gallery. It was painted on a piece of wood from the grave of the holy Great Martyr Dēmḗtrios, brought from Thessaloniki to Vladimir in 1197. of the most precious depictions of the saint, a fresco on a column of the Vladimir Dormition cathedral, was painted by the holy Iconographer Andrew Rublev (July 4). family of Saint Alexander Nevsky (November 23 also venerated Saint Demetrios. Saint Alexander named his eldest son in honor of the holy Great Martyr. His younger son, Prince Daniel of Moscow (March 4), built a church dedicated to the holy Great Martyr Demetrios in the 1280s. This was the first stone church in the Moscow Kremlin. Later in 1326, under Ivan Kalita, it was taken down and the Dormition cathedral was built in its place. memory of Saint Demetrios of Thessaloniki is historically associated in Rus with the military, patriotism and the defense of the country. This is apparent by the saint’s depiction on icons as a soldier in plumed armor, with a spear and sword in hand. There is a scroll (in later depictions) on which is written the prayer of Saint Dēmḗtrios for the salvation of the people of Thessaloniki, “Lord, do not permit the city or the people to perish. If You save the city and the people, I shall be saved with them. If they perish, I will perish with them.” the particular spiritual experience of the Russian Church, veneration of the holy Great Martyr Demetrios of Thessaloniki is closely linked with the memory of the defense of the nation and Church by the Great Prince of Moscow, Demetrios of the Don (May 19). “An Account of the Life and Repose of the Great Prince Dēmḗtrios of the Don, Tsar of Russia,” written in the year 1393, already regards the Great Prince as a Saint, as other old Russian histories do. Great Prince Demetrios was a spiritual son and disciple of Saint Alexis, Metropolitan of Moscow (February 12), and a disciple and associate of other great figures of prayer in the Russian Land: Saint Sergius of Radonezh (September 25), Demetrios of Priluki (February 11), Saint Theodore of Rostov (November 28). The Account states: [Great Prince Demetrios] worried a great deal about the churches of God, and he held the territory of the Russian land by his bravery: he conquered many enemies who had risen against us, and he protected his glorious city Moscow with wondrous walls. ...The land of Russia prospered during the years of his reign. the time of the building of the white-walled Kremlin (1366) by Great Prince Demetrios, Moscow was called “White-Stoned.” the prayers of his Heavenly patron, the holy warrior Dēmḗtrios of Thessaloniki, Great Prince Demetrios, in addition to his brilliant military victories, also gained the further prominence of Russia. He repelled the onslaught of the Lithuanian armies of Olgerd, he routed the Tatar army of Begich at the River Vozha (1378), and he smashed the military might of all the Golden Horde at the Battle of Kulikovo Field on September 8, 1380 (the Feast of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos), set between the Rivers Don and Nepryadva. The Battle of Kulikovo, for which the nation calls him Dēmḗtrios of the Don, became the first Russian national exploit, rallying the spiritual power of the Russian nation around Moscow. The “Zadonschina,” an inspiring historic poem written by the priest Sophronios of Ryazem (1381) is devoted to this event. Demetrios of the Don had a great reverence for the holy Great Martyr Demetrios. In 1380, on the eve of the Battle of Kulikovo, he solemnly transferred from Vladimir to Moscow the most holy object in the Vladimir Dimitriev cathedral: the icon of the Great Martyr Dēmḗtrios of Thessaloniki, painted on a board from the grave of the saint. A chapel dedicated to the Great Martyr Dēmḗtrios was built at Moscow’s Dormition Cathedral. Saint Demetrios Memorial Saturday was established for church-wide remembrance of the soldiers who fell in the Battle of Kulikovo. This memorial service was held for the first time at the Trinity-Saint Sergius monastery on October 20, 1380 by Saint Sergius of Radonezh, in the presence of Great Prince Demetrios of the Don. It is an annual remembrance of the heroes of the Battle of Kulikovo, among whom are the Schema-monks Alexander (Peresvet) and Andrew (Oslyab). Dēmḗtrios is regarded as a protector of the young, and is also invoked by those struggling with lustful temptations.

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; Icon of Sophia, the Wisdom of God, Commemorated on September 8; 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 ; Icon of the Mother of God “The Unbreakable Wall”, Commemorated on June 11;

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 ; Saint Meletius, Archbishop of Khar'kov and Akhtyrsk, Commemorated on February 12; 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 ; Saint Meletius, Archbishop of Khar'kov and Akhtyrsk, Commemorated on February 12; 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, ; 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 ; Saint Meletius, Archbishop of Khar'kov and Akhtyrsk, Commemorated on February 12; 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 ;

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; Kiev-Bratsk Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on May 10 ; 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;

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 ; Saint Meletius, Archbishop of Khar'kov and Akhtyrsk, Commemorated on February 12; 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 Theological 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; Hieromartyr Kirion II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Commemorated on March 12; 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, Commemorated January 10; St Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev and Gallich, Commemorated January 25 ; Repose of St Theodosius of Chernigov, Commemorated February 5 ; Saint Meletius, Archbishop of Khar'kov and Akhtyrsk, Commemorated on February 12; 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; Metropolitan Philotheos of Tobolsk, Enlightener of Siberia, Commemorated on May 31; 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;

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) residence of kievan rulers
Vyshgorod near Kiev; Vyshhorod, a residence of the medieval Kievan rulers, now a town in Kiev Oblast, Ukraine; Martyrs and Passion-Bearers Boris and Gleb, Commemorated on July 24; ; 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 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Kiev-Bratsk, Commemorated on September 6; Kiev-Bratsk Icon of the Mother of God was at first in the church of Saints Boris and Gleb in the city of Vyshgorod (Kiev), where it miraculously appeared in the year 1654. In 1662, when Russia was at war with Poland (1659-1667), the city was dealt heavy losses by the Crimean Tatars fighting on the side of the Polish. The temple of the holy Passion-Bearers Boris and Gleb was destroyed and defiled. But the Providence of God preserved the holy wonderworking icon of the Mother of God, which was taken out of the church beforehand and set off along the Dniepr. The relics of the saints were hidden beneath a crypt. river carried the icon to the Podol section of Kiev, where it was joyfully taken up by the Orthodox and with due reverence transferred to the Bratsk (Brotherhood) monastery. The icon is described in the records of church property of the Kiev-Bratsk monastery, made in the year 1807. existed a “Song about the Wonderworking Kiev-Bratsk Icon of the Mother of God”, compiled soon after the year 1692. The Kiev-Bratsk Icon of the Mother of God is commemorated four times during the year: September 6, May 10, June 2, and on Saturday of the Fifth Week of Great Lent. All these days are dedicated to the miraculous appearance of the holy icon in 1654. The original icon has not been preserved. The copy was painted from it “measure for measure,” and is at present located in the Kiev monastery of the Protection of the Mother of God. 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 LovingÂ, 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

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 ;

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 -œJerusalem Â, 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;

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

Boldino Hill, southeast of Smolensk (Desna River Source)
Boldino Museum, southeast of Smolensk ;

Roslavl, Smolensk, Kiev area (Desna River 1), Forests
Roslavl;

Borisovsk, Kaluga (somewhere in Kuybyshevsky District)
Borisovsk, Kaluga (somewhere in Kuybyshevsky District) plus there are many other small towns named Borisovsk;

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; Sven Icon of the Mother of God of the Caves has two festal celebrations: May 3 (the day of the reopse of Saint Theodosius of the Caves), and August 17 (the day of the repose of Saint Alypius), who painted the icon. The August 17 celebration was established in the year 1815 in thanksgiving for the deliverance of the city of Briansk (around which the icon appeared in 1288) from invasion during the 1812 Napoleonic War. 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;

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

Sev River

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; Icon of the Mother of God of Sven, Commemorated May 3 ;

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.

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

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

Seym River

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"Â, the "œKursk-Root"Â, 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"Â, the "œKursk-Root"Â, Commemorated on September 8 ; Martyr and Confessor Michael the Wonderworker of Chernigov, Commemorated September 20 ; Icon of the Mother of God "œKursk-Root"Â, 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"Â, Commemorated on March 8; Icon of the Mother of God of “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 ;

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

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 Icon of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos appeared in the seventeenth century in the Glinsk wilderness of the Kursk region. A monastery was established in 1648 and received its name from the noble Glinsky family.

Russia, 1648, Glinsk Icon, Appeared in 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 Icon of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos appeared in the seventeenth century in the Glinsk wilderness of the Kursk region. A monastery was established in 1648 and received its name from the noble Glinsky family.

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 ; Saint Makarios of Glinsk Hermitage, Commemorated on February 21;

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

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"Â, Commemorated on February 5; Icon of the Mother of God "the Seeker of the Lost", Commemorated February 5 ; Repose of Saint Theodosius of Chernigov Commemorated on 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"Â, 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 Icon of the Mother of God appeared in the year 1696 on the bank of the Domnitsa River in Chernigov diocese, not far from the city of Berezna. the place of appearance of the icon a monastery was established, in which was situated the wonderworking image. the year 1771 the inhabitants of the city prayed before the holy icon and were delivered from plague through the intercession of the Theotokos.

Domnitsa (River near Berezna)
Domnitsa (River near Berezna); Icon of the Mother of God of Domnitsa, Commemorated September 8 ; Domnitsa Icon of the Mother of God appeared in the year 1696 on the bank of the Domnitsa River in Chernigov diocese, not far from the city of Berezna. the place of appearance of the icon a monastery was established, in which was situated the wonderworking image. the year 1771 the inhabitants of the city prayed before the holy icon and were delivered from plague through the intercession of the Theotokos.

Domnitsa Icon, appeared in 1697, delivered from plague 1771
Domnitsa (River near Berezna); Icon of the Mother of God of Domnitsa, Commemorated September 8 ; Domnitsa Icon of the Mother of God appeared in the year 1696 on the bank of the Domnitsa River in Chernigov diocese, not far from the city of Berezna. the place of appearance of the icon a monastery was established, in which was situated the wonderworking image. the year 1771 the inhabitants of the city prayed before the holy icon and were delivered from plague through the intercession of the Theotokos.

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"Â, 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"Â, Commemorated on September 1; Icon of the Mother of God "œElets-Chernigov"Â, 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; Chernigov-Gethsemane Icon of the Mother of God is a copy of the famed Ilyin-Chernigov Icon of the Mother of God (April 16), which was to be found at the Trinity-Ilyin monastery near Chernigov on Mount Boldina, and where in the eleventh century Saint Anthony of the Kiev Caves struggled in asceticism. Demetrius of Rostov described the miracles of this icon in his book THE BEDEWED FLEECE. He wrote in conclusion: “The end of the booklet, but not of the miracles of the Most Holy Theotokos, for who can count them?” The grace-bearing power of this icon is manifest also in its copies. Chernigov-Gethsemane Icon of the Mother of God was painted in the mid-eighteenth century and was passed on to the Trinity Sergiev Lavra in 1852 by Alexandra Grigorievna Philippova, who piously kept it for a quarter century. (This icon was given to her by the priest John Alekseev, who received it in turn from one of the monks of the Trinity Sergiev Lavra.) the advice of the head of the Lavra, Archimandrite Anthony (+ May 1, 1877), the icon was placed in the newly-consecrated cave church named for Saint Michael, Leader of the Heavenly Hosts, which was consecrated on October 27, 1851 by Saint Philaret, Metropolitan of Moscow (November 19), who assumed an active role in the building of the Gethsemane skete. this manner, the icon took in the currents of grace of all the history of the Russian Church, it acquired the blessing of Saint Anthony of the Caves, of Saint Sergius of Radonezh and of his parents Saints Cyril and Maria (September 28), and finally, of the ascetics of the nineteenth century. These spiritual connections providentially come forth through the Chernigov-Gethsemane Icon of the Mother of God. is remarkable that the first miracle of this icon was witnessed on the day of the Church New Year, September 1, 1869, when the twenty-eight-year-old peasant of Tula governance, Thekla Adrianova, was healed, after being completely crippled for nine years. at the hostel by the caves, and then at the Lavra during the celebration of the Repose of Saint Sergius (September 25), Thekla recovered completely. Saint Innocent the Metropolitan of Moscow (October 6 and March 31), learned of the miracle from his daughter the nun Polyxeni, treasurer of the Borisov wilderness monastery. On the feast of Saint Sergius, he himself met with Thekla and asked her about the details of the healing. On September 26, 1869 Saint Innocent arrived at the Gethsemane skete and gave the blessing for a Molieben to be served before the glorified icon, while he himself prayed with tears. September 26 three healings had occurred already, and a whole series of miracles in November of that same year. The fame of the icon of the Mother of God spread with unusual swiftness. Exhausted by suffering and sickness, thirsting for bodily and spiritual healing, people from every class of society came with firm faith to the wonderworking icon, and the mercy of God did not forsake them. the beginning of the twentieth century, more than 100 miracles had been recorded. By its great esteem the icon benefited the ascetics of the Gethsemane skete: the schemamonk Philip (+ May 18, 1868), the founder of the cave monastery, and his three sons, the hieroschemamonks Ignatius (+ 1900), Porphyrius (+ 1905 ?) and Basil (+ April 1, 1915). They preserved accounts of the deep love, which the hieromonk Elder Isidore (+ February 3, 1908) displayed for the Chernigov-Gethsemane Icon. initial celebration of the icon was established on April 16, on the day when Ilyin-Cherigov icon was celebrated. Later, it was transferred to September 1, the day of its glorification. At the present time there are copies of the Chernigov-Gethsemane icon at Trinity-Sergiev Lavra. They are found in the temple of Saint Sergius, in the monastery trapeza, and in the portico of the Trinity cathedral, painted by Elders of the Gethsemane skete and the Zosimov wilderness monastery. Icon of the Mother of God "œElets-Chernigov"Â, Commemorated on February 5; Elets-Chernigov (Chernigov Spruce Tree) Icon of the Mother of God appeared on a spruce or fir tree near Chernigov in the year 1060, in the time of Prince Svyatoslav Yaroslavich, as was recorded in the Synodikon of Bishop Zosimus Prokopovich of Chernigov (1655-1657). The icon was placed in a church built in honor of the Elets-Spruce Icon of the Mother of God. Saint Anthony (July 10), while living an ascetical life on the Boldino Heights (1068-1069), had given his blessing to found a monastery at this place. 1238 the monastery was pillaged by the Tatars (Mongols), but the icon was hidden inside the monastery walls. In the year 1470, Prince Simeon Olelkovich of Kiev restored the monastery, and they placed the icon in the church. ultimate fate of the icon is unclear. According to one tradition, a descendant of the Chernigov princes, Baryatinsky, carried the icon to Moscow in the year 1579, when Chernigov fell into the hands of the Polish King Stephen Bathory. In 1687, Prince Daniel Baryatinsky was returning from a campaign in the Crimea. At Kharkov he fell seriously ill, and before his death he bequeathed the Elets Icon to the nearby Kharkov Dormition church. to another tradition, the icon vanished from the monastery when it was sacked in the seventeenth century by the forces of Sigismund III. In 1676, Prince Constantine Ostrozhsky presented the Elets monastery a copy of the Elets Icon of the Mother of God, brought from Vladimir by the Kozel brothers. Archimandrite Joannicius (Golyatovsky) was at this time restoring the monastery and he described numerous miracles of this icon in his book, “Skorbnitsa” (or “Sokrovischnitsa”, i.e. “Consoler” or “Treasury”), published in 1676 in Novgorod. is still another Elets Icon of the Mother of God, also appearing in the year 1060. It received its name because it appeared in the city of Elets, in a cathedral church dedicated to the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God. The feastday of this icon was set for January 11.

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)

Lenkov Whirlpool, Desna River Mouth, Kiev, Icon Rescuer otDrowning, protecting Icon found on bank, Danger ceased
Russia, Kiev, 988, Icon Rescuer otDrowning, dangerous whirlpool mouth of Desna, Kiev, protecting Icon found on bank, Icon Church prayers, Whirlpool danger ceased; Icon of the Mother of God the Rescuer of the Drowning, Commemorated on December 20; the village of Lenkov on the bank of the Desno River near Novgorod, Russia, there was a dangerous whirlpool, which made the river difficult to cross. the powerful swirling waters would cause the demise of ships and their passengers. was at that dangerous site that an Icon of the Mother of God was discovered, resting on the riverbank. time, a church dedicated to the Mother of God was erected on the site, and the Icon of the Mother of God, the "Rescuer of the Drowning," was enshrined therein. Those who journeyed along the Desno River customarily stopped at Lenkov to offer prayers in the icon's presence, imploring the Mother of God to grant them a safe journey despite the dangerous whirlpool. It had been said that after the icon had been discovered, mishaps to sailors were rare, and later completely ceased. and its church were destroyed during an invasion by the Poles in the 17th century. A new church dedicated to the Archangel Michael soon rose on the site of the former Church of the Mother of God, and the icon was enshrined therein. Many miracles were ascribed to the Mother of God, and the icon came to be revered not only in area of Lenkov, but far beyond, especially in Russia's larger port cities. the 18th century, the Icon was transferred to the Monastery of the Transfiguration in Novgorod, where it remained until the Russian Revolution in 1917. History does not record what happened to the miraculous icon during Soviet times. However, in 2003, a pious man named Sergei Babushkin gave to the Church an identical antique copy of the long-lost original "Rescuer of the Drowning" Icon, which was subsequently enshrined in the Transfiguration Monastery, thus marking the beginning of its revival. icon is remarkably similar to the much older Korsun Icon of the Mother of God, which was said to have been a copy of an icon by Saint Luke the Evangelist that had been kept in Ephesus until it was brought to Kyiv in 988 AD.

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

Pripyat River

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

Dnieper Bug Canal - Brest to Pinsk

Dnieper Bug Canal - Brest to Sapotskin

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 ;

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)

Alta River

Trubizh River

Trubizh River Mouth (Pereyaslavl, Dnieper River 5)

Yahotyn River
Yahotyn River, Perevaslavl ;

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

Zolotonoshka River

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

Zolotonoshka River Mouth (Dnieper River )

Pereyaslavl Principality, Ukraine, (Alta River, Trubizh River, Dnieper River 4) 988-1323
Pereyaslavl; Repose of the Venerable Cornelius of Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on July 22 ; Cornelius of Pereyaslavl, in the world Konon, was the son of a Ryazan merchant. In his youth he left his parental home and lived for five years as a novice of the Elder Paul in the Lukianov wilderness near Pereyaslavl. Afterwards the young ascetic transferred to the Pereyaslavl monastery of Saints Boris and Gleb on the Sands [Peskakh]. Konon eagerly went to church and unquestioningly did everything that they commanded him. holy novice did not sit down to eat in the trapeza with the brethren, but contented himself with whatever remained, accepting food only three times a week. After five years, he received monastic tonsure with the name Cornelius. From that time no one saw the monk sleeping on a bed. Several of the brethren scoffed at Saint Cornelius as foolish, but he quietly endured the insults and intensified his efforts. Having asked permission of the igumen to live as a hermit, he secluded himself into his own separately constructed cell and constantly practiced asceticism in fasting and prayer. the brethren found him barely alive, and the cell was locked from within. Three months Saint Cornelius lay ill, and he could take only water and juice. The monk, having recovered and being persuaded by the igumen, stayed to live with the brethren. Saint Cornelius was the sacristan in church, he served in the trapeza, and also toiled in the garden. As if to bless the saint’s labors, excellent apples grew in the monastery garden, which he lovingly distributed to visitors. body of Saint Cornelius was withered up from strict fasting, but he did not cease to toil. With his own hands he built a well for the brethren. For thirty years Saint Cornelius lived in complete silence, being considered by the brethren as deaf and dumb. Before his death on July 22, 1693, Saint Cornelius made his confession to the monastery priest Father Barlaam, received the Holy Mysteries and took the schema. was buried in the chapel. Nine years later, during the construction of a new church, his relics were found incorrupt. In the year 1705, Saint Demetrius, Metropolitan of Rostov (October 28), saw the relics of Saint Cornelius, and they were in the new church in a secluded place. The holy bishop composed a Troparion and Kontakion to the saint. 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 ; 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;

Pereyaslavl, Ukraine, (Trubizh River Mouth, Dnieper River 4)
Pereyaslavl; Repose of the Venerable Cornelius of Pereyaslavl, Commemorated on July 22 ; Cornelius of Pereyaslavl, in the world Konon, was the son of a Ryazan merchant. In his youth he left his parental home and lived for five years as a novice of the Elder Paul in the Lukianov wilderness near Pereyaslavl. Afterwards the young ascetic transferred to the Pereyaslavl monastery of Saints Boris and Gleb on the Sands [Peskakh]. Konon eagerly went to church and unquestioningly did everything that they commanded him. holy novice did not sit down to eat in the trapeza with the brethren, but contented himself with whatever remained, accepting food only three times a week. After five years, he received monastic tonsure with the name Cornelius. From that time no one saw the monk sleeping on a bed. Several of the brethren scoffed at Saint Cornelius as foolish, but he quietly endured the insults and intensified his efforts. Having asked permission of the igumen to live as a hermit, he secluded himself into his own separately constructed cell and constantly practiced asceticism in fasting and prayer. the brethren found him barely alive, and the cell was locked from within. Three months Saint Cornelius lay ill, and he could take only water and juice. The monk, having recovered and being persuaded by the igumen, stayed to live with the brethren. Saint Cornelius was the sacristan in church, he served in the trapeza, and also toiled in the garden. As if to bless the saint’s labors, excellent apples grew in the monastery garden, which he lovingly distributed to visitors. body of Saint Cornelius was withered up from strict fasting, but he did not cease to toil. With his own hands he built a well for the brethren. For thirty years Saint Cornelius lived in complete silence, being considered by the brethren as deaf and dumb. Before his death on July 22, 1693, Saint Cornelius made his confession to the monastery priest Father Barlaam, received the Holy Mysteries and took the schema. was buried in the chapel. Nine years later, during the construction of a new church, his relics were found incorrupt. In the year 1705, Saint Demetrius, Metropolitan of Rostov (October 28), saw the relics of Saint Cornelius, and they were in the new church in a secluded place. The holy bishop composed a Troparion and Kontakion to the saint. 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 ; 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;

Pereyaslavl, 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;

Malorussia, Little Russia (Ukraine), 1764 (Right Bank Dnieper River 5)
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;

Little Russia (Ukraine), 1764 (Right Bank Dnieper River 5)
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, Kiev and Ukraine, Dnieper River 5, Ukraine, Sula River Folder

Sula River

Akhtyr, Ukraine (Sula (Vorskla) River 1)
Akhtyr ; Icon of the Mother of God of Akhtyr, Commemorated July 2 ; Akhtyr Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos appeared on July 2, 1739 in the village of Akhtyr in the area of Kharkov, east of Kiev. Basil Danilov, a righteous man of strong faith, was the priest of the Dormition church in Akhtyr. He wanted to try out a new scythe, and so he went out to a field by the church. As he began to cut the tall grass, Father Basil noticed an icon of the Mother of God shining with a radiant light. Dropping the scythe, he fell to his knees and began to pray, then took the icon to his home. icon remained in the priest’s home for three years. No one could spend the night in the same room as the icon, because an inexplicable fear would force them to leave. night the Theotokos appeared to Father Basil in a dream, reproaching him because he had not cleaned the icon in the three years since he had found it. When he awoke, he dusted the icon off and washed it with water, then went back to sleep. That night he had another dream in which he saw himself going to the river in order to pour out the water he had used to wash the icon. The Mother of God appeared to him again and ordered him to return home with the water, explaining that it would cure people of malaria and fever. Father Basil’s daughter became ill with malaria, he gave her some of the water to drink and she was healed. Others also received healing in this way. The priest decided that the icon should not remain in his home, so he took it to the church. iconographer named John was commissioned to restore the icon. When his son was suffering from malaria, John remembered how the water used to wash the icon had cured people of that disease. Therefore, he washed the icon and gave his son some of the water to drink. The young man was healed at once, and there were many other miracles after this one. miracles of the Akhtyr Icon were investigated no less than three times. In 1751 the Holy Synod determined that reports of the miracles were true, and declared the icon to be wonderworking. Elizabeth had a stone church built in Akhtyr for the icon, and she personally donated two thousand rubles. Saint Joasaph of Belgorod (September 4 and December 10) blessed the cornerstone. The church was consecrated in the year 1768. Nicholas I ordered that on the Saturday before Pentecost the Akhtyr Icon should be taken from the Protection Cathedral and carried in procession to the Akhtyr-Holy Trinity Monastery. The icon was brought back to the cathedral during the week of All Saints. Unfortunately, the icon was stolen from the Protection Cathedral on April 1, 1905. Many copies of the Akhtyr Icon were made before it was stolen. July 2 many churches bless water in remembrance of the healings which took place after the Mother of God ordered Father Basil Danilov to wash the icon. icon is rather unusual, and does not seem to have an earlier prototype. It is painted in a Western style, and shows the Theotokos with an uncovered head. The Crucifixion of Christ is depicted in much smaller proportions, and the Virgin seems to be gazing directly at the Cross. Her hands are held with the palms together, and the fingers pointing upward, which is not a typical gesture of prayer in Orthodox iconography.

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;

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 ; Consolation in Afflictions and Sorrows Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on November 19; 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 Mouth (Dnieper River 5.5)
Psel River ;

village of Kozelschina, Poltava governance (Psel River, Dnieper River 5.5)
village of Kozelschina, Poltava governance; “Kozelshchansk” Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on February 21;

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

Vorskla River (Vystra River)

Belgorod (High Point, Muravsky Trail, Great Abatis Line, Vorskla &Sversky Donets Rivers)
Belgorod; Equal of the Apostles Great Prince Vladimir, in Holy Baptism Basil, the Enlightener of the Russian Land, Commemorated on July 15; Uncovering of the relics of St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated September 4 ; The Uncovering of the Relics of the Hieromartyr Νikόdēmos, Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated on October 20; St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated on December 10 ; St Sophronius the Bishop of Irkutsk, Commemorated on March 30;

Kharkov, Ukraine (High Point, Three Rivers source of the Seversky Donets, Vorskla River)
Kharkov; Kazan - Kaplunovka Icon of the Mother of God (1689), Commemorated on September 11; Icon of the Mother of God of Ozerianka, Commemorated on October 30 ; Icon of the Mother of God œElets-ChernigovÂ, Commemorated on February 5; Icon of the Mother of God "the Seeker of the Lost", Commemorated February 5 ; Saint Meletius, Archbishop of Khar'kov and Akhtyrsk, Commemorated on February 12; 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 ; Saint John [Maximovitch], Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco, Commemorated on July 2;

Akhtyr, Ukraine, Vorskla River 4, Akhtyrka, in Kharkov province,
Akhtyr, Ukraine, Vorskla River 4; Kazan - Kaplunovka Icon of the Mother of God (1689), Commemorated on September 11; Saint Meletius, Archbishop of Khar'kov and Akhtyrsk, Commemorated on February 12; St. Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 29; Icon of the Mother of God of Akhtyr, Commemorated on July 2 ;

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 ; Kazan - Kaplunovka Icon of the Mother of God (1689), Commemorated on September 11; Venerable Paisius Velichkovsky, Commemorated on November 15; St Joasaph the Bishop of Belgorod, Commemorated December 10 ; Saint Meletius, Archbishop of Khar'kov and Akhtyrsk, Commemorated on February 12; 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 ; Saint Meletius, Archbishop of Khar'kov and Akhtyrsk, Commemorated on February 12;

Rzhevets Monastery (Poltava, Ukraine, Vorskla River 6, Dnieper River 6)
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; Saint Meletius, Archbishop of Khar'kov and Akhtyrsk, Commemorated on February 12; 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

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 œStaro RusÂ 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 ;

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

Dniester River

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 ;

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;

Halych, Volhynia (Galich) Ukraine (Dniester River 2) Vladimir the Great, 900's
Galich, (Halych) Ukraine (Dniester River 2); Hungary, 1226-1231, Princess, Elizabeth of Hungary; Icon of the Mother of God of Macariev, Commemorated on September 17 ; Terebovlya Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God, Commemorated October 1 ; ELIZABETH OF HUNGARY, PRINCESS AND PHILANTHROPIST (19 NOV 1231); Repose of St Alexis Toth the confessor and defender of Orthodoxy in America, Commemorated on May 7 ;

Halych Principality, Volhynia (Galich) Ukraine (Dniester River 2) Vladimir the Great, 900's
Halych Principality, Volhynia (Galich) Ukraine of Halych or Kalieshi/Kialioshi (meaning The Key of Heavens[citation needed]), or Principality of Halychian Rus',[1] a medieval East Slavic principality, and one of main regional states within the political scope of Kievan Rus', established by members of the oldest line of Yaroslav the Wise descendants. characteristic feature of Halych principality was an important role of the nobility and citizens in political life, consideration a will of which was the main condition for the princely rule.[2] as the capital mentioned in around 1124 as a seat of Ivan Vasylkovych the grandson of Rostislav of Tmutarakan. to Mykhailo Hrushevsky the realm of Halych was passed to Rostyslav upon the death of his father Vladimir Yaroslavich, but he was banished out of it later by his uncle to Tmutarakan.[3] realm was then passed to Yaropolk Izyaslavich who was a son of the ruling Grand Prince of Kiev Izyaslav I of Kiev. Galich, (Halych) Ukraine (Dniester River 2); Hungary, 1226-1231, Princess, Elizabeth of Hungary; Icon of the Mother of God of Macariev, Commemorated on September 17 ; Terebovlya Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God, Commemorated October 1 ; ELIZABETH OF HUNGARY, PRINCESS AND PHILANTHROPIST (19 NOV 1231); Repose of St Alexis Toth the confessor and defender of Orthodoxy in America, Commemorated on May 7 ;

Russia, Kiev and Ukraine, Dniester River 4, Siret River Folder

Siret River

Ternopol (Seret River 1)

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 Mouth (Dniester River 4 at Kasperov)

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;

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

Smotrych River

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 ;

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 Mouth (near Odessa, Black Sea)

Odessa, Ukraine (near Dniester River Mouth, Black Sea, near Crimea)
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; Kasperov Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos. Tradition says that this holy icon had been brought to Cherson from Transylvania by a Serb at the end of the sixteenth century. Passing down from parent and child, the icon had come to a certain Mrs. Kasperova of Cherson in 1809. night in February of 1840 she was praying, seeking consolation in her many sorrows. Looking at the icon of the Virgin, she noticed that the features of the icon, darkened by age, had suddenly become bright. Soon the icon was glorified by many miracles, and people regarded it as wonderworking. the Crimean War (1853-1856), the icon was carried in procession through the city of Odessa, which was besieged by enemy forces. On Great and Holy Friday, the city was spared. Since that time, an Akathist has been served before the icon in the Dormition Cathedral of Odessa every Friday. icon is painted with oils on a canvas mounted on wood. The Mother of God holds Her Son on her left arm. The Child is holding a scroll. Saint John the Baptist (Janurary 7) is depicted on one side of the icon, and Saint Tatiana (January 12) on the other. These were probably the patron saints of the original owners of the icon. Kasperov Icon is commemorated on October 1, June 29, and Bright Wednesday.

Odessa Cathedral, 1794
Odessa Cathedral, 1794; Hieromartyr Kirion II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Commemorated on June 27; Icon of the Mother of God of Kasperov, Commemorated on June 29; Kasperov Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos. Tradition says that this holy icon had been brought to Cherson from Transylvania by a Serb at the end of the sixteenth century. Passing down from parent and child, the icon had come to a certain Mrs. Kasperova of Cherson in 1809. night in February of 1840 she was praying, seeking consolation in her many sorrows. Looking at the icon of the Virgin, she noticed that the features of the icon, darkened by age, had suddenly become bright. Soon the icon was glorified by many miracles, and people regarded it as wonderworking. the Crimean War (1853-1856), the icon was carried in procession through the city of Odessa, which was besieged by enemy forces. On Great and Holy Friday, the city was spared. Since that time, an Akathist has been served before the icon in the Dormition Cathedral of Odessa every Friday. icon is painted with oils on a canvas mounted on wood. The Mother of God holds Her Son on her left arm. The Child is holding a scroll. Saint John the Baptist (Janurary 7) is depicted on one side of the icon, and Saint Tatiana (January 12) on the other. These were probably the patron saints of the original owners of the icon. Kasperov Icon is commemorated on October 1, June 29, and Bright Wednesday.

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 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 œof the Sign, the œKursk-Root , Commemorated on September 8;

Russia, Kiev and Ukraine, 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 œthe Way from the Varangians to the Greeks

Russia, Kiev and Ukraine, Kiev Caves Folder

Kiev Caves, Anthony's first location, Berestovo, 1032
Kiev Caves; Venerable Anthony of the Kiev Far Caves, Founder of Monasticism in Russia, Commemorated on July 10 ; Anthony of the Kiev Caves was born in the year 983 at Liubech, not far from Chernigov, and was named Antipas in Baptism. Possessing the fear of God from his youth, he desired to be clothed in the monastic schema. When he reached a mature age, he wandered until he arrived on Mt. Athos, burning with the desire to emulate the deeds of its holy inhabitants. Here he received monastic tonsure, and the young monk pleased God in every aspect of his spiritual struggles on the path of virtue. He particularly excelled in humility and obedience, so that all the monks rejoiced to see his holy life. igumen saw in Saint Anthony the great future ascetic, and inspired by God, he sent him back to his native land, saying, “Anthony, it is time for you to guide others in holiness. Return to your own Russian land, and be an example for others. May the blessing of the Holy Mountain be with you.” to the land of Rus, Anthony began to make the rounds of the monasteries about Kiev, but nowhere did he find that strict life which had drawn him to Mt. Athos. the Providence of God, Anthony came to the hills of Kiev by the banks of the River Dnieper. The forested area near the village of Berestovo reminded him of his beloved Athos. There he found a cave which had been dug out by the Priest Hilarion, who later became Metropolitan of Kiev (October 21). Since he liked the spot, Anthony prayed with tears, “Lord, let the blessing of Mt. Athos be upon this spot, and strengthen me to remain here.” He began to struggle in prayer, fasting, vigil and physical labor. Every other day, or every third day, he would eat only dry bread and a little water. Sometimes he did not eat for a week. People began to come to the ascetic for his blessing and counsel, and some decided to remain with the saint. Anthony’s first disciples was Saint Nikon (March 23), who tonsured Saint Theodosius of the Caves (May 3) at the monastery in the year 1032. virtuous life of Saint Anthony illumined the Russian land with the beauty of monasticism. Saint Anthony lovingly received those who yearned for the monastic life. After instructing them how to follow Christ, he asked Saint Nikon to tonsure them. When twelve disciples had gathered about Saint Anthony, the brethren dug a large cave and built a church and cells for the monks within it. he appointed Abbot Barlaam to guide the brethren, Saint Anthony withdrew from the monastery. He dug a new cave for himself, then hid himself within it. There too, monks began to settle around him. Afterwards, the saint built a small wooden church in honor of the Dormition of the Mother of God over the Far Caves. the insistence of Prince Izyaslav, the igumen Barlaam withdrew to the Dimitriev monastery. With the blessing of Saint Anthony and with the general agreement of the brethren, the meek and humble Theodosius was chosen as igumen. By this time, the number of brethren had already reached a hundred men. The Kiev Great Prince Izyaslav (+ 1078) gave the monks the hill on which the large church and cells were built, with a palisade all around. Thus, the renowned monastery over the caves was established. Describing this, the chronicler remarks that while many monasteries were built by emperors and nobles, they could not compare with those which are built with holy prayers and tears, and by fasting and vigil. Although Saint Anthony had no gold, he built a monastery which became the first spiritual center of Rus. his holiness of life, God glorified Saint Anthony with the gift of clairvoyance and wonderworking. One example of this occurred during the construction of the Great Caves church. The Most Holy Theotokos Herself stood before him and Saint Theodosius in the Blachernae church in Constantinople, where they had been miraculously transported without leaving their own monastery. Actually, two angels appeared in Constantinople in their forms (See May 3, the account of the Kiev Caves Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos). Having received gold from the Mother of God, the saints commissioned master architects, who came from Constantinople to the Russian land on the command of the Queen of Heaven to build the church at the Monastery of the Caves. During this appearance, the Mother of God foretold the impending death of Saint Anthony, which occurred on July 10, 1073. Divine Providence, the relics of Saint Anthony remain hidden. 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 ProtectionÂ, 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 ; Hieromartyr Lucian the Presbyter of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 15; 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 OneÂ, 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 Theophanes the Faster of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on October 11; 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 Nikon the Dry, of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on December 11; Venerable Elias of Murom the Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated December 19 ; Venerable Mark the Grave-Digger, Theophilus, and John, of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on December 29; Venerable Sylvester of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on January 2; Venerable Gregory, Wonderworker of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on January 8; 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 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 ; Hieromartyr Lucian the Presbyter of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on October 15; 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 Gregory the Recluse, of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on January 8; 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; Translation of the Dormition Icon of the Mother of God from Constantinople to the Kiev Caves, Far Caves, 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 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; Venerable Silvanus the Schemamonk of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on July 10;

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; Saint Theodora of Sihla, Theodora of the Carpathians,Commemorated on August 7; 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; Metropolitan Philotheos of Tobolsk, Enlightener of Siberia, Commemorated on May 31; 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"Â 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 œthe Protection, 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 ; Venerable Titus the Soldier, of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on February 27; 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 ""Â 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;

Dormition Cathedral in the Kiev Caves (Destroyed in WWII) 1073, Icon of the Domition Story, 4 Architects
Dormition Cathedral in the Kiev Caves (Destroyed in WWII) 1073 ; Icon of the Mother of God of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on August 17; Kiev Caves Icon of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos is one of the most ancient icons in the Russian Orthodox Church. The Mother of God entrusted it to four Byzantine architects, who in 1073 brought the icon to Saints Anthony and Theodosius of the Caves. The architects arrived at the monks’ cave and asked, “Where do you want to build the church?” The saints answered, “Go, the Lord will point out the place.” “How is it that you, who are about to die, have still not designated the place?” the architects wondered. “And they gave us much gold.” the monks summoned all the brethren and they began to question the Greeks, saying, “Tell us the truth. Who sent you, and how did you end up here?” architects answered, “One day, when each of us was asleep in his own home, handsome youths came to us at sunrise, and said, ‘The Queen summons you to Blachernae.’ We all arrived at the same time and, questioning one another we learned that each of us had heard this command of the Queen, and that the youths had come to each of us. Finally, we beheld the Queen of Heaven with a multitude of warriors. We bowed down to Her, and She said, ‘I want to build Myself a Church in Rus, at Kiev, and so I ask you to do this. Take enough gold for three years.’” “We bowed down and asked, ‘Lady Queen! You are sending us to a foreign land. To whom are we sent?’ She answered, ‘I send you to the monks Anthony and Theodosius.’” “We wondered, ‘Why then, Lady, do You give us gold for three years? Tell us that which concerns us, what we shall eat and what we shall drink, and tell us also what You know about it.’” “The Queen replied, ‘Anthony will merely give the blessing, then depart from this world to eternal repose. The other one, Theodosius, will follow him after two years. Therefore, take enough gold. Moreover, no one can do what I shall do to honor you. I shall give you what eye has not seen, what ear has not heard, and what has not entered into the heart of man (1 Cor.2:9). I, Myself, shall come to look upon the church and I shall dwell within it.’” “She also gave us relics of the holy martyrs Menignus, Polyeuctus, Leontius, Acacius, Arethas, James, and Theodore, saying, ‘Place these within the foundation.’ We took more than enough gold, and She said, ‘Come out and see the resplendent church.’ We went out and saw a church in the air. Coming inside again, we bowed down and said, ‘Lady Queen, what will be the name of the church?’” “She answered, ‘I wish to call it by My own name.’ We did not dare to ask what Her name was, but She said again, ‘It will be the church of the Mother of God.’ After giving us this icon, She said, ‘This will be placed within.’ We bowed down to Her and went to our own homes, taking with us the icon we received from the hands of the Queen.” heard this account, everyone glorified God, and Saint Anthony said, “My children, we never left this place. Those handsome youths summoning you were holy angels, and the Queen in Blachernae was the Most Holy Theotokos. As for those who appeared to be us, and the gold they gave you, the Lord only knows how He deigned to do this with His servants. Blessed be your arrival! You are in good company: the venerable icon of the Lady.” For three days Saint Anthony prayed that the Lord would show him the place for the church. the first night there was a dew throughout all the land, but it was dry on the holy spot. On the second morning throughout all the land it was dry, but on the holy spot it was wet with dew. On the third morning, they prayed and blessed the place, and measured the width and length of the church with a golden sash. (This sash had been brought long ago by the Varangian Shimon, who had a vision about the building of a church.) A bolt of lightning, falling from heaven by the prayer of Saint Anthony, indicated that this spot was pleasing to God. So the foundation of the church was laid. icon of the Mother of God was glorified by numerous miracles. Two friends, John and Sergius, sealed their friendship before it. After many years John fell mortally ill. He gave part of his wealth to the the Caves monastery, and he gave Sergius the portion for his five-year-old son for safekeeping. He also entrusted his son Zachariah to his guardianship. When Zachariah turned fifteen, he asked for his inheritance, but Sergius persisted in saying that John had distributed everything to the poor. He even went into the Dormition church and swore before the wonderworking icon that he had taken nothing. he attempted to kiss the icon, he was not able to come near it. He went to the doors and suddenly shouted, “Saints Anthony and Theodosius! Let me not be struck down for my dishonesty. Entreat the Most Holy Theotokos to drive away the multitude of demons which torment me. Let the gold and silver be taken away. It is sealed up in my granary.” Zachariah gave away all his inheritance to the Caves monastery, where he also himself was tonsured a monk. From that time, no one would take oaths before the wonderworking icon (March 24). than once the icon defended the land from enemy invasion. In 1677, when the Turks laid siege to Chigirin and danger threatened Kiev, they carried the icon around the city for almost the entire day of August 27. The Mother of God blessed Russian armies going to the Battle of Poltava (1709). In 1812 they carried the icon around Kiev again. The icon is commemorated twice during the year: May 3 and August 15. 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 œthe Resurrected One, 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 ; Venerable Onesimus the Recluse of the Kiev Caves, Commemorated on July 21; 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 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 œthe Resurrected One, 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;

Russia, Kiev, , Kiev Near Caves of St Anthony, 1057
Near Caves of St Anthony ; Venerable Abramius the lover-of-labor of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 21;

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, Rostov Folder, Yaroslav, and its vicinity (Clean)

Rostov-Yaroslavl
Rostov-Yaroslavl; Venerable Alypius the Iconographer of the Kiev Near Caves, Commemorated on August 17; Blessed John "œthe Hairy"Â 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"Â 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; Venerable Alexander, Abbot of Kushta, Vologda, Commemorated on June 9;

Russia, Rostov, Lake Nero Folder, Rostov (Clean)

Lake Nera (Nero)
Lake Nera; Blessed John œthe HairyÂ 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"Â 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"Â 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"Â, 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"Â, 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"Â 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; Saint Isaiah the Wonderworker, Bishop of Rostov, Commemorated on May 15; 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; Saint Theodore, first Bishop of Rostov and Suzdal, Commemorated on June 8; Venerable Cyril the Abbot of White Lake, Commemorated on June 9; Venerable Alexander, Abbot of Kushta, Vologda, 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;

Church of St. Gregory the Theologian, Rostov Kremlin, Rostov, Russia
Church of St. Gregory the Theologian, Rostov Kremlin, Rostov, Russia; Saint Stephen, Bishop of Perm, Commemorated on April 26;

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 (Clean)

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 ;

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 ; Uncovering of the relics of Venerable Ephraim, Abbot of Novy Torg, Commemorated on June 11;

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 Arcadius of Novotorsk, Commemorated on December 13; Venerable Ephraim, Abbot and Wonderworker of Novy Torg, Commemorated January 28 ; Uncovering of the relics of Venerable Ephraim, Abbot of Novy Torg, Commemorated on June 11;

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 ; Cornelius of Pereyaslavl, in the world Konon, was the son of a Ryazan merchant. In his youth he left his parental home and lived for five years as a novice of the Elder Paul in the Lukianov wilderness near Pereyaslavl. Afterwards the young ascetic transferred to the Pereyaslavl monastery of Saints Boris and Gleb on the Sands [Peskakh]. Konon eagerly went to church and unquestioningly did everything that they commanded him. holy novice did not sit down to eat in the trapeza with the brethren, but contented himself with whatever remained, accepting food only three times a week. After five years, he received monastic tonsure with the name Cornelius. From that time no one saw the monk sleeping on a bed. Several of the brethren scoffed at Saint Cornelius as foolish, but he quietly endured the insults and intensified his efforts. Having asked permission of the igumen to live as a hermit, he secluded himself into his own separately constructed cell and constantly practiced asceticism in fasting and prayer. the brethren found him barely alive, and the cell was locked from within. Three months Saint Cornelius lay ill, and he could take only water and juice. The monk, having recovered and being persuaded by the igumen, stayed to live with the brethren. Saint Cornelius was the sacristan in church, he served in the trapeza, and also toiled in the garden. As if to bless the saint’s labors, excellent apples grew in the monastery garden, which he lovingly distributed to visitors. body of Saint Cornelius was withered up from strict fasting, but he did not cease to toil. With his own hands he built a well for the brethren. For thirty years Saint Cornelius lived in complete silence, being considered by the brethren as deaf and dumb. Before his death on July 22, 1693, Saint Cornelius made his confession to the monastery priest Father Barlaam, received the Holy Mysteries and took the schema. was buried in the chapel. Nine years later, during the construction of a new church, his relics were found incorrupt. In the year 1705, Saint Demetrius, Metropolitan of Rostov (October 28), saw the relics of Saint Cornelius, and they were in the new church in a secluded place. The holy bishop composed a Troparion and Kontakion to the saint. 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 ; Uncovering of the relics of Venerable Ephraim, Abbot of Novy Torg, Commemorated on June 11;

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 ; Uncovering of the relics of Venerable Ephraim, Abbot of Novy Torg, Commemorated on June 11;

Kotorosi River

Kotorosl River Mouth (Volga River 8, Yaroslav)

Russia, Rostov, Yaroslavl Folder, Kotorosi Mouth at Volga River (Clean)

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"Â 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"Â 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"Â 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"Â, 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; Kazan-Yaroslavl Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on July 8;

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;

Rybinsk, Yaroslavl province (Volga River 7, three rivers (Mologa, Sheksna, Sogozha))
Rybinsk, Yaroslavl province; Enlightener of Minds Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on August 15;

Russia, Rostov, Gridenka River Folder, Downriver Right Side (Clean)

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 (Clean)

Tolga River

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, Nativity monastery on the Volga, 1314
Tolga monastery, Nativity monastery on the Volga, 1314; The Tolga Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos is also commemorated on August 8; 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. 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. next day, after serving Matins, when Saint 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. 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. Saint Prochorus later built the Tolga monastery near this church. Saint Prochorus died on September 7, 1328. Tolga Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos is also commemorated on July 18. Icon of the Mother of God of Tolga, Commemorated on July 18; 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. 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. next day, after serving Matins, when Saint 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. 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. Saint Prochorus later built the Tolga monastery near this church. Saint Prochorus died on September 7, 1328. Tolga Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos is also commemorated on August 8.

Nativity monastery on the Volga, Tolga monastery, 1314
Tolga monastery, Nativity monastery on the Volga, 1314; The Tolga Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos is also commemorated on August 8; 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. 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. next day, after serving Matins, when Saint 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. 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. Saint Prochorus later built the Tolga monastery near this church. Saint Prochorus died on September 7, 1328. Tolga Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos is also commemorated on July 18. Icon of the Mother of God of Tolga, Commemorated on July 18; 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. 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. next day, after serving Matins, when Saint 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. 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. Saint Prochorus later built the Tolga monastery near this church. Saint Prochorus died on September 7, 1328. Tolga Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos is also commemorated on August 8.

Tolga, Rostov (Tolga River Mouth, Volga River 8) bright light, fiery column, bridge, suspended icon, in tree with staff
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 ; 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. 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. next day, after serving Matins, when Saint 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. 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. Saint Prochorus later built the Tolga monastery near this church. Saint Prochorus died on September 7, 1328. 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;

Russia, Rostov, Uchma River Folder, Way Upriver Left Side (Clean)

Uchma River

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 Cassian the Greek of Uglich, Commemorated on May 21; Venerable Paisius the Abbot of Uglich. Commemorated on June 6; Úglich Portaίtissa (Gatekeeper) Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on June 23;

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, Volhynia Folder, Up the Rivers, in Southwestern Russia (Clean)

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, Horyn River Folder

Horyn River

Russia, Volhynia, Stry River Folder

Styr River

Russia, Volhynia, Styr River 2, Ikva River Folder

Ikva River

Russia, Volhynia, Pripyat River Folder, Wormwood, Chenoble

Russia, Volhynia, Pripyat River Source, Dnieper Bug Canal Folder (Portages and Canals; Russia, Poland and Lithuania)

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

Russia, Volhynia, Western Bug River 4.5, Rata River Folder, Rata Monastery

Rata River

Russia, Volhynia, Western Bug 6.5, Mukhavets River Folder, part of Dneiper Bug Canal)

Mukhavets River

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, 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, Roman Roads, Rivers, places Folder (Clean)

Russia, Volhynia, Horyn River Folder (Clean)

Russia, Volhynia, Stry River Folder (Clean)

Pochaev, Volhynia (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 ; Hieromartyr Maxim Sandovich, Commemorated on September 6; 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; Appearance of the Icon of the Mother of God “The Footprint” at Pochaev, Commemorated on April 21;

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;

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;

Russia, Volhynia, Pripyat River Folder, Wormwood, Chenoble (Clean)

Pripyat River Source (Dnieper Bug Canal)

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;

Russia, Volhynia, Western Bug River Folder (West to Warsaw Poland) (Clean)

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;

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 œCzestochowaÂ, 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 ;

Western Bug River 4 (near Kholm Theological Seminary)

Western Bug River 6 (Brest)

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 ;

Russia, Volhynia, Southern Bug River Folder, Volhynia is the Source (Clean)

Russia, Volhynia, Drevlyany Lands Ukraine Folder (Clean)

Russia, Ryazan Frontier Folder (Clean)

Russia, Ryazan Frontier, Oka River Folder (Oka River 1-13)

Russia, Ryazan Frontier, 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 ('Muravi is an old Slavic word for prairie or grassland) avoiding forests, marshes and river crossings. ;

Russia, Ryazan Frontier, Oka River 2, Upa River Folder, Tula

Russia, Ryazan Frontier, Oka River 6, Besputa River Folder

Besputa River

Russia, Ryazan Frontier, Oka River 6.9, Oayotr River Folder

Osyotr River

Kolomna, Ryazan Frontier (Moscova River Mouth at Oka River 7)
Kolomna;

Russia, Ryazan Frontier, Oka River 8, Vozha River Folder

Vozha River

Russia, Ryazan Frontier, Oka River 9 Folder, Ryazan (aka old name Pereslavl)

Ryazan aka Pereslavl (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 ; Saint Meletios, Bishop of Ryazan, Commemorated on January 14; Venerable Macarius of Zhabyn the Wonderworker, Commemorated January 22 ; Icon of the Mother of God "the Seeker of the Lost", Commemorated February 5 ; Blessed Liubov (Sukhanovskaya) of Ryazan, Fool for Christ, Commemorated on February 8; St Basil the Bishop of Ryazan, Commemorated July 3; 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 ;

Russia, Ryazan Frontier, Oka River 9.8, Pronya River Folder

Pronya River

Russia, Ryazan Frontier, Oka River 10, Para River Folder

Para River

Russia, Ryazan Frontier, Oka River 11, Pra River Folder

Pra River

Russia, Ryazan Frontier, Oka River 11, Gus River Folder

Gus River

Russia, Ryazan Frontier, Oka River 13, Tyosha River Folder, Murom

Tyosha River

Murom, Ryazan (Tyosha River Mouth, Oka River 13)
Murom;

Vydropussk near Murom, Ryazan (Oka River 13) conflagration, Vydropussk icon undamaged, stolen, returned by wind
Murom;

Russia, Perm, Roads and Rivers Folder (Clean)

Russia, Perm, Kama River Folder (Clean)

Russia, Perm, Kazanka River Folder, Kazan (Clean)

Kazan, Perm (Kazanka and Kama Rivers, Volga River 10)
Kazan ; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia; Bulgars and Tartars of Kazan; Appearance of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated July 8 ; Venerable Pambo the Recluse of the Kiev Far Caves, Commemorated on July 18; Right-believing Prince Roman of Ryazan, Commemorated on July 19; Venerable Macarius the Abbot of Zheltovod and Unzha, Commemorated on July 25 ; Icon of the Mother of God ofSeven Lakes, Commemorated July 28 ; St Tsotne Dadiani the Confessor, Commemorated on July 30 ; Appearance of the Mother of God to St Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on August 24; Icon of the Mother of God of Pochaev, Commemorated September 8 ; Translation of the relics of Righteous Simeon of Verkhoturye, Commemorated on September 12; a and Prince Bidzina of Georgia, Commemorated September 18 ; First Translation of the relics of St Herman the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on September 25 ; Uncovering of the relics of St Gurias the First Archbishop of Kazan; St Jonah of Kazan, Commemorated October 4 ; Icon of the Mother of God of the Seven Lakes, Commemorated October 13 ; Commemoration of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God and the deliverance from the Poles, Commemorated on October 22 ; Hierarch Alexander, Bishop of Guria and Samegrelo, Commemorated on October 27; St Herman the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on November 6 ; St Gurias the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on December 5 ; St Maximus, Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on December 6 ; Hieromartyr Philip the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on January 9 ; Martyr John of Kazan, Commemorated January 24 ; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and Wonderworker of All Russia, Commemorated on February 17; Repose of St Raphael the Bishop of Brooklyn, Commemorated on February 27; Icon "œNot Made by Hands" from Lydda, Commemorated on March 12; St Ambrose the Confessor, Commemorated on March 16 ; Venerable Seraphim of Virits, Commemorated on March 21; Martyr Stephen of Kazan, Commemorated on March 24; Martyr Peter of Kazan, Commemorated on March 24; Venerable Barsanuphius of Optina, Commemorated on April 1; 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 St Maximus, Commemorated on April 18; Martyr Theognes at Cyzicus, Commemorated on April 29; ; Hieromartyr Macarius the Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on May 1; Venerable Paphnutius the Abbot of Borov, Commemorated on May 1; Venerable Joseph of Optina, Commemorated on May 9; Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Commemorated on May 12; Venerable Laurence the Abbot of Komel (Vologda), Commemorated on May 16; Venerable Sergius of Shukhtom, Commemorated on May 19; Venerable Cornelius the Abbot of Komel, Vologda, Commemorated on May 19; St John the Russian and Confessor, whose relics are on the island of Euboia, Commemorated on May 27; Finding of the relics of St Basil the Prince of Yaroslavl, Commemorated on June 8; St Jonah the Metropolitan of Moscow, Commemorated on June 15; Venerable Gregory the Abbot of Avnezh, Vologda, Commemorated on June 15; St Tikhon the Bishop of Amathus in Cyprus, Commemorated on June 16 ; Blessed Prince Gleb Andreevich the Son of St Andrew Bogoliubsky, Commemorated on June 20 ; Translation of the relics of St Gurias the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on June 20; Blessed Prince Gleb Andreevich the Son of St Andrew Bogoliubsky, Commemorated on June 20; Second Translation of the relics of St Herman the Archbishop of Kazan, Commemorated on June 23 ; Icon of the Mother of God of Seven Lakes, Commemorated on June 26; Venerable Serapion of Kozhe Lake, Commemorated on June 27; St Photius the Metropolitan of Kiev, Commemorated on July 2; Right-believing Prince Basil of Yaroslavl, Commemorated on July 3; Burial of St Andrew the Prince, Commemorated on July 4 ; Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, Commemorated on July 5 ; Appearance of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, Commemorated on July 8;

Russia, Perm, Volga River Folder (Clean)

Russia, Perm, Roman Roads or Mongol Roads and Rivers (Clean)

Russia, Pereyaslavl Lake Folder, Pereslavl-Zalessky

Russia, Pereyaslavl, Trubezha River Folder, Into Lake Pereyaslavl

Trubezha River

Russia, Pereyaslavl, Nerl River (Volga) Folder, out of Lake Pereyaslavl

Nerl River (Volga)

Russia, Pereyaslavl, Kashinka River Folder, across the Volga from Pereyaslavl

Kashinka River

Kashin, Pereyaslavl (Kashinka River Mouth, Volga River 6)
Kashin;

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 ;

Russia, Mordovia Folder, and its rivers on the South side of the Oka

Russia, Mordovia, Oka River Folder, Oka 12 and 13, south side of the Oka

Russia, Mordovia, Oka River 12, Moksha River Folder

Moksha River

Russia, Mordovia, Oka River 12, Moksha River 2, Tsna River Folder, Tambov

Tsna River (Moksha Basin)

Russia, Mordovia, Oka River 12, Moksha River 2, Tsna River 1, Studenets River Folder, Tambov

Studenets River

Tebza River

Russia, Mordovia. Oka River 13, Tyosha River Folder, Sarov and Sanaxar

Russia, Novgorod Folder, its rivers and roads

Russia, Novgorod, Volkhov River Folder

Russia, Novgorod, Volkhov River 2, Roeika River Folder

Robeika River

Russia, Novgorod, Vishera River Folder

Vishera River Novgorod

monastery of Saint Savva of Vishersk
monastery of Saint Savva of Vishersk; Venerable Ephraim, Abbot of Perekop, Wonderworker of Novgorod, Commemorated on September 26;

Russia, Novgorod, Verenda River Folder

Verenda River

Russia, Novgorod, Shelon River Folder

Shelon River

Russia, Novgorod, Shelon River 1, Omucha River Folder

River Omucha

Russia, Novgorod, Lovat River Folder

Lovat River

Russia, Novgorod, Lovat River 3, Kunya River Folder

Kunya River

Russia, Novgorod, Lovat River 4, Polista River Folder

Polista River

Russia, Novgorod, Msta River Folder

Msta River

Russia, Belarus Folder, White Rus, Southwestern Russia

Russia, Belarus, Western Dvina River Folder

Western Dvina River

Russia, Belarus, Yash and Stenno Lakes Folder

Russia, Belarus, Sozh River Folder

Sozh River

Russia, Belarus, Dnieper River Folder

Russia, Belarus, Berezina and Svislocha Rivers Folder, Minsk

Berezina River

Svislocha River

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

Bug River (Western Bug River)

Russia, Belarus, Dnieper Bug Canal, Bug (Western Bug) River Folder

Russia, Pskov Folder, its rivers and Pskov lakes

Russia, Pskov, Southern Pskov, Velikaya River Folder, Pskov

Velikaya River

Russia, Pskov, Southern, Velikaya 2, Sarov River Folder

Sarot River

Sarot River 2

Russia, Pskov, Southern, Velikaya 3.9, Demyanka River Folder

Demyanka River (from Pskov Lakes)

Demyanka River North Branch

Russia, Pskov, Northern Pskov, Pskova River Folder, Pskov

Pskova River

Russia, Pskov, Far North Pskov, Zelcha Gdov Rivers Folder

Russia, Pskov, Far North, Gdov River Folder

Gdov River

Russia, Pskov, Far North, Zhelcha River Folder

Zhelcha River

Russia, Pskov, Far North, Zhelcha River 2, Dubenka River Folder

Dubenka River

Russia, Pskov, Western Pskov, Puisa (Tolva) River Folder, P Caves

Piusa (Tolva) River

Tolva (Piusa) River

Russia, Pskov, Central Pskov, Pskov Lakes Folder

Russia, Pskov, Eastern Pskov (Tver, Novgorod) also Pskov Lakes

Russia, Natural Russia, Dnieper River Drainage & Crimea

Russia, Viking Land - Roslagen Sweden, Ros People, the name Russia
Sweden, Viking Land - Roslagen Sweden ; Vikings from Roslagen in other names section;

Germania, not Germany, the fertile plain North of this Line, difficult to protect

Sweden, Land of the Russians, Viking Land - Roslagen Sweden
Sweden, Viking Land - Roslagen Sweden ; Vikings from Roslagen in other names section; St Isidore the Bishop of Seville, Commemorated on April 4; ALPHEGE, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, MARTYR (19 APR 1012);

Sweden, Viking Land - Roslagen Sweden, Ros People, the name Russia
Sweden, Viking Land - Roslagen Sweden ; Vikings from Roslagen in other names section;

Russia, Scythia, Don River, Muravsky Trail Folder

Russia, Moscow, Moscova River Area Folder

Moscova River

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 PassionÂ, 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; Commemoration of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God and the deliverance of Moscow from the Invasion of Tamerlane, Commemorated on August 26; 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 JoyfulÂ, 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 ; Finding of the Relics of Saint Tikhon of Moscow, Commemorated on February 22; 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 œEnthronedÂ, 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 HeavenÂ, Commemorated on March 6; Icon of the Mother of God the Surety of sinnersÂ 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 BloomÂ, 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 PassionÂ, 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 JoyÂ 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; Right-believing Demetrios Donskoy, Grand Prince of Moscow, 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 sinnersÂ, 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 ; Finding of the Relics of Saint Hilarion, Archbishop of Verey, Commemorated on July 11;

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;

Donskoi monastery, under the Sparrow Hills
SERGIUS;

Sparrow Hills
Sparrow Hills; SERGIUS, ABBOT OF HOLY TRINITY (25 SEPT 1392);

Russia, Moscow to St Petersburg Route Folder

Russia, Moscow Volga Canal Folder

Moscow Volga Canal

Russia, Volga River Folder

Astrakhan, Scythia (Volga River Mouth, North Caspian Sea)
Astrakhan (Volga River Mouth);

Tversta River

Tver
Tver Oblast, Russia

Russia, Oka River Folder

Russia, Dnieper (Varangian) Trade Route Folder

Russia, Volga Trade Route Folder

Russia, Vologda Folder, Large area North of the Volga and West of the Urals

Russia, Vologda, Vologda River Folder (Sukhona River 1) Komel or Vologda

Vologda River

Russia, Vologda, Kostroma Folder (water flows south into Volga)

Russia, Vologda, Kostroma, Volga River 8.3, Kostroma River Folder, Chukhloma, Vyoksa, Obnora Rivers

Kostroma (Pisma) River

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)

Russia, Vologda, Kostroma, Volga River 8.3, Kostroma River 2, Vyoksa River Folder, Galich Salt Mining Center

Vyoksa River

Russia, Vologda, Kostroma, Volga River 8.3, Kostroma River 3, Obnora River Folder

Obnora River

Russia, Vologda, Kostroma, Volga 8.3, Kostroma 3, Obnora River 1, Nurma River Folder, Commanded Grove

Nurma River

Russia, Vologda, Kostroma, Volga River 8.4, Gridenka River Folder, Nerekhta

Russia, Vologda, Kostroma, Volga River 8.6, Unzha River Folder, Unzha and Makaryev

Unzha River

Russia, Vologda, Kostroma, Volga River 9, Kerzhenets River Folder, Yellow Lake, Zheltovod

Kerzhenets River

Russia, Vologda, Kostroma, Volga River 9.3, Vetluga River Folder, Vetluga and Varnavinsk

Vetluga River

Russia, Vologda, Kostroma, Volga River 9.6, Mataya Kokshaga River Folder

Malaya Kokshaga River

Russia, Vologda, Mologa Folder (water flows south into Volga)

Russia, Vologda, Mologa, Sheksna River Folder, 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 ; 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;

Sheksna River

Russia, Vologda, Mologa, Sheksna River 1, Yagorba River Folder

Yagorba River

Russia, Vologda, Mologa, Sheksna River Mouth, Sogozha (Sokhota) River Folder, Poshekhonsky District

Sogozha River

Russia, Vologda, Mologa, Mologa River Folder, Glushitsa, Battle of Sita River

Mologa River

Mologa River North

Sit River

Russia, Vologda, Mologa, Kouzha River Folder

Kouzha River

Russia, Vologda, White Sea Folder (Water goes to White Sea)

Russia, Vologda, White Sea, Vyg River Folder, Karelia

Vyg River

Russia, Vologda, White Sea, Solovki Folder

Russia, Vologda, White Sea, Onega River Folder (Onega Bay)

Onega River

Russia, Vologda, White Sea, Onega River Source, Lake Vozha and Sora River Folder

Sovza River (Sora River?)

Svid River

Russia, Vologda, White Sea, Onega River 2, Kena River Folder

Kena River

Russia, Vologda, White Sea, Onega River 5, Koza River Folder

Koza River

Russia, Vologda, White Sea, Northern Dvina River Folder

Northern Dvina River

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

Sora, Vologda, Lake Kuben
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 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;

Kubena River Folder

Kubena River

Syanzhema aka Syazhem River Folder

Syanzhema River

Russia, Vologda, White Sea, Northern Dvina, Sukhona River 1, Lezha River Folder

Lezha River

Russia, Vologda, White Sea, Northern Dvina, Sukhona River 2, Sodima River Folder

Sodima River

Rabanga River

Russia, Vologda, White Sea, Northern Dvina, Sukhona River 3, Dvinista River Folder

Dvinista River

Russia, Vologda, White Sea, Northern Dvina Source, Yug River Folder, Ustiug

Yug River

Russia, Vologda, White Sea, Northern Dvina Source, Yug River 3, Luza River Folder

Luza River

Russia, Vologda, White Sea, Northern Dvina River 1, Vychegda River Folder

Vychegda River

Vym River

Russia, Vologda, White Sea, Northern Dvina River 1, Vychegda River 4, Yarenga River Folder, Vologda

Yarenga River

Russia, Vologda, White Sea, Northern Dvina River 1, Vychegda River Mouth, Koryazhma River Folder

Koryazhma River

Russia, Vologda, White Sea, Northern Dvina River 3, Vaga River Folder

Vaga River

Russia,Vologda, White Sea, Northern Dvina 4, Mikhailov Folder, Siya Monastery

Russia, Vologda, White Sea, Northern Dvina River 5, Pinega River Folder

Pinega River

Russia, Vologda, White Sea, Kola Peninsula Folder

Kola River

Pechenga River

Russia, Vologda, Pechora River Folder (Artic Ocean)

Pechora River

Russia, Vologda, Mezen River Folder (Mezen Bay, White Sea)

Mezen River

Ezeg River

Vazhka River

Russia, Muravsky Trail Folder

Russia, Scythia, Don River Folder (to Sea of Azov, Crimea, Black Sea) (Clean)

Don River

Kuchkov, Kulikovo Field (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 ; Repose of the Venerable Sergius, Abbot and Wonderworker of Radonezh, Commemorated on September 25 ;

Bystraya Sosna River

Vorenezh River

Khopyor River

Verona River

Seversky Donets River

Russia, Suzdal, Southern Valley, Klyazma & Ukhtoma (Nerl) Rivers Folder

Russia, Suzdal, Southern Valley, Klyazma River 5, Ukhtoma (Nerl) River Folder

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 “the God Lovingâ€, 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 ;

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

Russia, Moscow Road to Poland Folder

Moscow Road to Mozhiask, Smolensk, Belarus and Poland

Russia, Amber Road Folder

Russia, Tver, Tversta River Folder

Russia, Clean Tver Folder, and its Volga rivers

Russia, Tver, Volga River Tver Folder

Sereml River

Russia, Tver, Lake Vladayskoye Folder

Russia, Tver, Lama River Folder

Lama River

Russia, Tver, Moscow River Folder

Russia, Tver, Moscova River 2, Ruza River Folder

Ruza River

Russia, Tver, Dubna and Sestra Rivers Folder

Dubna River

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

Kiev, Ukraine (Dnieper River 4)
Kiev;

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 ;

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,;

Brotherhood (Bratsky) monastery, Kiev (Dneiper River 4) 1595
Brotherhood monatery;

Tithe Church, Kiev (Desyatina (Tithe) church) 989
Church of the Tithes (Desyatina (Tithe) church);

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

Roslavl, Smolensk, Kiev area (Desna River 1), Forests
Roslavl; Saint Nikḗtas of the Roslavl Forests, Commemorated on March 29; Venerable Anthony of Optina, Commemorated on August 7; Saint Theophanes of the Roslavl Forests, Commemorated on June 15; 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;

Chernigov, Ukraine (Desna River 5) western trade through Kiev, Volhy, to Poland
Chernigov;

Pereyaslavl, Ukraine, (Trubizh River Mouth, Dnieper River 4)
Pereyaslavl;

Pereyaslavl, Russian or Southern Pereyaslavl
Russian or Southern Pereyaslavl;

Malorussia, Little Russia (Ukraine), 1764 (Right Bank Dnieper River 5)
Little Russia;

Priluki, Pereyaslavl, Poltava, Ukraine (Udai River 1)
Priluki city (Udai River);

Chigirinsk, Ukraine (Across from Sula River Mouth, Dnieper River 5)
Chigirinsk;

Poltava Governorate, Kiev or Ukraine
Poltava Governorate;

Poltava Governate, its Area

Dimitriev Monasthery, founded by Isaslav aka Dimitrius, for Theodosius, 1051
Kiev Caves Lavra ;

Rostov-Yaroslav, its Area

Rostov-Yaroslavl, Rostov Veliky
Rostov-Yaroslavl;

Rostov the Great, Rostov Veliky
Rostov the Great;

Lake Nera (Nero)
Lake Nera;

Rostov (Lake Nero), Rostov the Great
Rustov; Rostov the Great; Rustov Cathedral;

Sarsk, Rostov (Sarskoye Gorodishche)
Sarsk, Rostov (Sarskoye Gorodishche);

Theophany-Abramiev, Abraham's monastery of the Theophany, Rostov, 1030 or so
monastery of the Theophany;

Church of St. Gregory the Theologian, Rostov Kremlin, Rostov, Russia
Church of St. Gregory the Theologian, Rostov Kremlin, Rostov, Russia;

Conception-Saint James, Spaso-Yakovlevsky Monastery of Dimitri, 1389
Conception-Saint James monastery, Spaso-Yakovlevsky Monastery of St. Dimitri, 1389 ;

Russia, Ryazan Frontier, its Area, Oka 1-13 and its tributaries

Kolomensk Royal Estate, Kolomna, Moscow area (Moscova River Mouth at Oka River 7)
Kolomensk Royal Estate, Kolomna, Moscow area (Moscova River Mouth at Oka River 7);

Battle of Vozha River, Russia over Mongol Horde, 1378
Battle of Vozha River, Russia over Mongol Horde, 1378;

Ryazan aka Pereslavl (Oka River 9)
Ryazan;

Ryazan Theological Seminary
Ryazan Theological Seminary (Oka River 9);

Pereslavl Lake, its Area, crosses Volgga, Pereslavl-Zalessky

Pereslav-Zalessk, Pereyaslavl (Lake Pereyaslavl)
Pereslavl-Zalessky;

Russia, Siberia Folder and its rivers

Russia, Siberia 1370-2000's History Folder

Russia, Siberia, 1300, 14th C, Timurid Empire & Tamurlane

Russia, Siberia, 1400, 15th C Folder, Gerasimus, 3rd Bishop oEnlightened Zyryanians

Russia, Siberia, 1600, 17th C, Khabarov, Frontier Leader, Simeon oV Kazakhstan appearances, Rus-China Amur Region War

Russia, Siberia, 1700, 18th C, Innocent oIrkutsk deprivations, Sophronius oIrkutsk wonderworker

Russia, Siberia, 1800, 19th C, Innocent oIrkutsk's relics, Innocent tAmerica, Meletios All Siberia, Domna oTomsk FFC, Rasputin

Russia, Siberia, 1900, 20th C, Rus-Japan War over Port Arthur

Russia, Siberia, Western Siberia, Kazakhastan Folder

Kazakhastan, its Area, includes Uzbekhastan, Tarin Basin, Upper Orb River from Urals
Kazakhastan, its Area, includes Uzbekhastan, Tarin Basin, Upper Orb River from the Urals

Russia, Siberia, Western Siberia, Kazakhastan, Irtysh River Folder

Irtysh River

Russia, Siberia, Western Siberia, Kazakhastan, Zyryan Folder (Upper Eastside Irtysh River)

Russia, Siberia, Western Siberia, Kazakhastan, Irtysh River 11, Tobol River Folder

Tobol (Iset) River

Russia, Siberia, Western Siberia, Kazakhastan, Irtysh River 11, Tobol River 6, Iset River Folder

Iset River

Russia, Siberia, Western Siberia, Kazakhastan, Irtysh River 11, Tobol River 7, Tavada River Folder

Tavda River

Lozva River

Sosve River

Russia, Siberia, Western Siberia, Kazakhastan, Irtysh River 11, Tobol River 7, Tura River Folder

Tura River

Russia, Siberia, Western Siberia, Kazakhastan, Irtysh River 11, Tobol River 7, Tura River 3, Nevya River Folder

Nevya River

Russia, Siberia, Western Siberia, Kazakhastan, Ural River Folder

Ural River

Russia, Siberia, Western Siberia, Kazakhastan, Lake Balkhash Folder

Ili River

Karatal River

Asku River

Lepsi River

Alakol River

Lake Balkhash, sits in the Balkhash-Alakol Basin, an endorheic (closed) basin.
Lake Balkhash, sits in the Balkhash-Alakol Basin, an endorheic (closed) basin. ;

Russia, Siberia, Western Siberia, Kazakhastan, Turkestan Folder

Syr Darya River

Russia, Siberia, Southwestern Siberia, Uzbekistan Folder

Uzbekistan, its Area

Oxus River from Second Source

Issyk Kul (Warm Lake) an endorheic saline lake in the western Tianshan Mountains in eastern Kyrgyzstan, just south of a dividing range separating Kyrgyzstan from Kazakhstan. It is the eighth-deepest lake in the world, the eleventh-largest lake in the world by volume (though not in surface area), the deepest lake whose deepest point is above sea level (3,080 feet)
Issyk-Kul (Warm Lake);

Naryn River

Kara Darya River

Tar River

Russia, Siberia, Westcentral Siberia, Ob River Folder

Ob River Region, its Area

Ob River

Russia, Siberia, Westcentral Siberia, Orb River Source, Katun and Biya Rivers Folder

Katun River

Biya River

Russia, Siberia, Westcentral Siberia, Ob River 5, Tom River Folder

Tom River

Russia, Siberia, Westentral Siberia, Ob River 6, Chulym River Folder

Chulym River

Russia, Siberia, Southern Siberia, Kyrgyzstan Folder, Tarim Basin

Tarim Basin
Tarim Basin;

Toshkan River

Yarkund River

Hotan River (Summer Only)

a River to Kashgar Oasis, China

Kegart River 1

Aksu River

Tarim River

Russia, Siberia, Northcentral Siberia, Taz River Folder

Taz River Region, its Area

Taz River

Caselka River

Russia, Siberia, Central Siberia, Yenisei River Folder

Yenisei River Region, its Area

Yenisei or Tungus River

Russia, Siberia, Central Siberia South, Yenisei River 5, Angara River Folder

Angara River

Irkutsk, Siberia (Angara River 1, Lake Baikal, Trans-Siberian Road 14)
Irkutsk;

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

Russia, Siberia, Central Siberia South, Yenisei River 5, Angara River Source, Barguzin River Folder, Buryatia

Barguzin River

Upper Angara River

Russia, Siberia, Central Siberia South, Yenisei River 5, Angara River 5, Ilim River Folder

Ilim River

Russia, Siberia, Eastcentral Siberia, Lena River Folder

Lena River Region, its Area

Lena River

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 ;

Tract from Yakutsk to Okhotsk
St Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 28;

Russia, Siberia, Eastcentral Siberia, Lena River 11, Aldan River Folder

Aldan River

Russia, Siberia, Eastern Siberia, Okhotsk Sea Region Folder

Russia, Siberia, Eastern Siberia, Okhotsk River Folder, with Ulya River

Left Okhota River

Right Okhota River

Okhaota River

Ulya River

Russia, Siberia, Eastern Siberia, Okhotsk Sea Region, Amur River Folder

Amur River Region, its Area

Amur (Argun) River

Amur River

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 1, Shilka River Folder

Shilka River

Russia, Siberia, Eastern Siberia, Okhotsk, Amur River 1, Shilka River 1, Nercha River Folder

Nercha River

Nerchinsk, Okhotsk, Siberia (Nercha Mouth at Shilka River 1)
Nerchinsk, Siberia (Nercha River Mouth at Shilka River1);

Russia, Siberia, Eastern Siberia, Okhotsk, Amur River 3, Zeya River Folder

Zeya River

Russia, Siberia, Eastern Siberia, Okhotsk, Amur River 3, Zeya River 6, Gilyuy River Folder

Gilyuy River

Gilyuy River Upper Gilyuy

Russia, Siberia, Eastern Siberia, Okhotsk, Amur River 5, Black Dragon River Folder, Manchuria

Black Dragon River (Heilongjiang or Amur)

Russia, Siberia, Eastern Siberia, Okhotsk, Amur River 6, Ussuri River Folder

Ussuri River

Russia, Siberia, Eastern Siberia, Okhotsk Sea Region, Kamchatka Penninsula and Kurile Islands Folder

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 “The Word was made Fleshâ€, 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 ;

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;

Russia, Novgorod Folder, its rivers and roads (Clean)

Russia, Novgorod, its Area
Novgorod, its Area

Novgorod, Russia (Volkhov River Source (Lake llmen))
Veliky Novgorod;

Saint (Hagia) Sophia Cathedral, Novgorod, 1045
Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod ;

Perekop Monastery, Novgorod (Island at mouth of Verenda River)
Perekop Monastery (Island at mouth of Verenda River) Venerable Ephraim the Abbot of Perekop the Wonderworker of Novgorod, Commemorated on September 26;

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

Klinkovo, Novgorod, N 57° 55′ 13″, E 30° 51′ 6″; Venerable Ephraim, Abbot of Perekop, Wonderworker of Novgorod, Commemorated on September 26;

Belarus, Southern Belarus, its Area

Western Dvina River, Belarus, its Area

Russia, Pskov Folder, its rivers and Pskov lakes (Clean)

Pskov, its Area

Russia, Pskov, Southern Pskov, Velikaya River Folder, Pskov (Clean)

Pskov (South End Pskov Lake, Pskov River Mouth, Velikaya River 4 or Mouth)
Pskov;

Gdov, Pskov (Lake Gdov or Pskov)
Gdov Lake Gdov;

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;

Russia - Land of the Varangians Folder

Varanger Peninsula (Land of the Varangians)
Varanger Peninsula (Land of the Varangians);

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;

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.

Russia - land of the Varangians - Lyubsha
Lyubsha - earliest fort of the Varangians; Ladoga - Staraya Ladoga - a fort of the Varangians;

Russia - land of the Varangians - Ladoga
Lyubsha - earliest fort of the Varangians; Ladoga - Staraya Ladoga - a fort of the Varangians;

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Russia - land of the Varangians - Rostov the Great, Lake Nero
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.

Russia, Moscow, Moscova River Area Folder (Clean)

Russia, Moscow, its Area

Moscow, Russia (Moscova River 4) 1147
Moscow;

Protection monastery was reorganized for missionary work
Protection monastery was reorganized for missionary work; Glorification of Saint Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow, Enlightener of the Aleuts, Apostle to the Americas, Commemorated on October 6;

Tretyakov Gallery
Tretyakov Gallery;

Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast (St Petersburg Trade Route)
Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast;

Simonov Monestary (Yauza River Area, Moscova River 5) 1370
Simonov Monestary;

Vologda, its Area, excluding Volga waters, Kostroma & Mologa

Russia, Vologda, Kostroma, its Area (Volga waters)

Kostroma, Vologda (Kostroma (Pisma) River Mouth, Volga River 8.3)
Kostroma, and Kostroma Region;

Ipatiev monastery, near Kostroma, 1330
Ipatiev monastery, near Kostroma;

Galich, Kostroma (Salt Mining Center, Vyoksa River 1, Galich Lake)
Galich (Lake Galich);

Mologa, its Area

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 (from St Petersburg up to the White Sea)
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 ;

Suma, Karelia (Sumiskiy Posad) (Suma River near Vyg River Mouth)
Suma, Karelia (Sumiskiy Posad); Venerable Elisha of Suma, Solovki, Commemorated on June 14;

Vyg River Mouth (Solovki, Onega Bay, White Sea)
Venerable Sabbatius the Wonderworker of Solovki, Commemorated on September 27;

Soroka, Russia, Vyg Mouth, White Sea
Soroka, Russia, Vyg Mouth, White Sea; Venerable Sabbatius, Wonderworker of Solovki, Commemorated on September 27

Solovki Island, White Sea, Vologda
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"Â, Commemorated on October 6; Hieromartyr Hilarion, Archbishop of Vereiya, Commemorated December 15 ; Venerable Sergius the Wonderworker of Valaam, Commemorated on June 28;

Anzersk Island, Solovki
Anzersk Island, Solovki; Venerable Eleazar of Anzersk Island, Solovki, Commemorated January 13 ;

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 ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚ÂœO All-Hymned MotherÃƒÂ¢Ã‚Â€Ã‚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 ;

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 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 ;

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;

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;

Keretsk, Lake Keretsk, White Sea Region
Lake Keretsk ; St Barlaam of Keretsk, Commemorated January 15 ;

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 ;

Russia, Trans-Siberian Railway and Road Folder

Trans-Siberian Railway (RWY)

Russia, Scythia, Roman type Roads, after Russia submitted to the Mongols (Clean)

Battle of Kulikovo Field, 1380, Russia over Mongol Golden Horde, Don River 1
Battle of Kulikovo;

Chir River

Scythia, Lesser Scythia (in Dacia Pontica, from Moldavia and Transylvania (Dacia) to Pontine)
Lesser Scythia (in Dacia Pontica); Martyr Evangelicus the Bishop of Tomis, Constanta in Romania, Commemorated July 7 ; Venerable John Cassian the Roman, Commemorated on February 28; St Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr, Commemorated on February 28; St Theotimus the Bishop of Lesser Scythia, Commemorated on April 20; St Theotimus the Bishop of Lesser Scythia, Commemorated on April 20; Martyrs of Niculitsel, Commemorated on June 4; Martyr Evangelicus the Bishop of Tomis, Constanta in Romania, Commemorated on July 7 ; Martyr Epictetus the Presbyter at Halmyris, Commemorated on July 8;

Sinope, Paphlagonia, Armenia (Pontine Capital, near Kizilirmak River Mouth, Black Sea)
Sinope, Turkey (Black Sea);

Left Side Danube River 11-17 (Lesser Scythia on Eastern End and Mouth)

Sarai (city), Scythia (Golden Horde Capital)
Sarai (city);

Lower Dnieper River, Sarmatae (down from Kiev)

Dnieper River 4 (Kiev)

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

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 “of the Signâ€ 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 “the God Lovingâ€, 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 ;

Russia, Eastern Front WW1 Folder

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.

Volokolamsk monastery, Tver (Lama River Source) 1479
Volokolamsk monastery, Volokolamsk-Exaltation of the Cross monastery;