ISSN 2411-0795
ISSN 2411-0795
Keywords: places of power, Andrew the First-Called, Valaam, Saints Sergius and Herman of Valaam, Christian missionaries, Lake Ladoga, caves, tunnels, Solovetsky archipelago, ancient civilizations, Arseniy Konevsky, Konevets island
Treshchalina A.V. Historical Aspects of the Appearance of Orthodoxy on the Ladoga Islands of Valaam and Konevets. // Theory and History of Art. 2023. N 1/2, p.88–113
The article attempts to focus on the so-called "places of power" on the way of St. Andrew the First-Called through the territory of ancient Russia. The presence of various underground tunnels, wells and caves in the places of the Holy Apostle's stay is noted. The Valaam archipelago in Lake Ladoga, which has become the spiritual center of the Ladoga lands, is considered in more detail. The analysis of the peredvizhnichestvo of St. Arseny, the founder of the Konevetsky Orthodox monastery on Ladoga, is carried out. As a result, it can be assumed that Christian missionaries were sent precisely to the "places of power" of ancient civilizations living in the Northern regions of Eurasia. Thus, a kind of continuity was obtained in the location of Orthodox monasteries and religious centers of previous eras.