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Valaam islands and the monastery sketes

Valaam Monastery on Lake Ladoga: History and Shrines

The Transfiguration monastery of Valaam on Lake Ladoga: its founders, its sketes across the islands, its revival in 1989 and its main shrines.

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Sayings of St Gabriel of Samtavro: Quotes and the Stories Behind Them

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St Gabriel Urgebadze Relics: the Story of the Vial of His Blood

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Samtavro Monastery in Mtskheta: History and Shrines

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Pskov-Caves Monastery: History, Caves and Shrines

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Danilov Monastery in Moscow: History and Shrines

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St Gabriel of Samtavro: His Life and How to Visit His Relics

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Pühtitsa Convent: How to Get There from Tallinn

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Valaam: How a Pilgrimage to the Island Works