MANASTIREA VALAAM IN IMAGINI (Valaam Monastery-Russia)

VALAAM MONASTERY OF THE TRANSFIGURATION OF THE SAVIOR A general view of the Monastery and the cathedral.... -Iconostasis of the lower church icons: +Valaam Icon of the Mother of God +Saint Sergy and Saint Herman of Valaam-This icon is in the lower church of the cathedral, over the Saints Shrine. The icon cried myrrh on the Feast of Venerable Sergy and Venerable Herman, July 11, 1999. The myrrh on the icon of the Valaam Monastery founders, as eye-witnesses told, was transparent, oily, and fragrant. +The Icon of Saint Antipa of Valaam +The Icon of Saint Zosima and Saint Savvaty of Solovets with the brotherhood appearing the Mother of God are depicted +The Icon of Saint Tsar Martyrs +The Saviour -an icon of the 16th century -The shrine over the relics of St. Sergiy and St. German of Valaam A general view of the upper church of the Transfiguration of the Saviour Cathedral after the restoration (2006):the iconostasis, the painting of the dome,columns,holy images of the Bible,saints(S. Nicholas,S.Duke Vladimir Novgorodsky,S.Martyrs Boris and Gleb,S.Great Martyr Paraskeva) -and a few mural paintings of the church at the Smolensky Skete-with the Mother of God,Saints Martyrs-warriors of the russsian people