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In the northern part of Lake Ladoga is located Valaam Archipelago islands, which from the tenth century, there is the Savior-Transfiguration Valaam Monastery.
The founders of the monastery were the holy saint Sergius and Herman. In the 14-16 centuries, the monastery was the largest
of the monasteries in the north of Russia. People with Balaam (the Prophets Savvaty Solovetsky, Arsenii Konevets,
Alexander Svirsky, etc.) became the founders of other monasteries.
In the history of its existence Valaam monastery has been spared the turmoil and change, like the rest of our country.
Monastic life was resumed at Valaam December 1989. Since 1990, the monastery was the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia,
and governors hegumen, now-Bishop Trinity Pankratov (Zherdev).
Since 2005, the monastery there is volunteer service. In 2009, recruited by 30 groups of 7 persons for the period from 25 May to 18 October. A plan can be found at the races Valaam farmstead.
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