Barlaam of Kiev [1] (died 1065) was the first abbot of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, serving together with Anthony of Kiev. He is regarded as a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, with a feast day of 19 November.
Barlaam of Kiev [1] (died 1065) was the first abbot of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, serving together with Anthony of Kiev. He is regarded as a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, with a feast day of 19 November.
Barlaam may refer to:
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Anthony of Kiev also called Anthony of the Caves was a monk and the founder of the monastic tradition in Kievan Rus'. Together with Theodosius of Kiev, he co-founded the Kiev Pechersk Lavra.
Barlaam of Khutyn, also known as Varlaam, was a hermit. Born Alexis Michalevich to a wealthy family from Novgorod. After the death of his parents, he became a hermit on the Volkhov and handed all of his inheritance to the poor. At this time he had gained many followers. So great were their numbers that he founded a monastery, the Khutyn Monastery of Saviour's Transfiguration, and took the name of Barlaam (Varlaam). He died on 6 November 1192, his grave has become a site for pilgrimage.
Theodosius of Kiev or Theodosius of the Caves is an 11th-century saint who brought Cenobitic Monasticism to Kievan Rus' and, together with Anthony of Kiev, founded the Kiev Caves Lavra. A hagiography of Theodosius was written in the twelfth century.
Varlaam is a variant of the saint's name Barlaam, used in the Orthodox churches due to the Byzantine sound shift from /b/ to /v/. A shortened form is Varlam. It may refer to:
The Near Caves or the Caves of Saint Anthony are historic caves and a network of tunnels of the medieval cave monastery of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. The Near Caves have a total length of 383 metres and are 5 to 20 metres deep.
Varlaam was Metropolitan of Moscow and All Rus' from 1511 to 1521. He was the seventh Metropolitan in Moscow to be appointed without the approval of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople as had been the norm.
Pachomius the Serb, also known as Pachomius Logothetes, Russian: Пахомий Логофет, Greek: Παχώμιος Λογοθέτης) was a 15th-century Serbian hagiographer who, after taking monastic vows, was schooled on Mount Athos and mastered the ornate style of medieval Serbian literature. He is credited by the Russian Early Texts Society for the Serbian version of Barlaam and Josaphat from Old Greek.
Barlaam of Chikoy, was a Russian Orthodox Church hermit and celibate priest famous for his missionary activities in Transbaikal, the founder of John the Precursor's secluded monastery in the Chikoy Mounts. He is venerated as a local saint.
Varlamov is a Russian or Ukrainian masculine surname, derived from the saint's name Barlaam. Its feminine counterpart is Varlamova. It may refer to:
Monk Barlaam was a defrocked Archbishop of Mogilev and Vitebsk of the Russian Orthodox Church.
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Cazania lui Varlaam also known as Carte Românească de Învăţătură is a book edited by the Metropolitan of Moldavia Varlaam Moţoc in 1643.
Varlam is both a masculine given name and a surname derived from the saint's name Barlaam, used predominantly in Orthodox cultures. Notable people with the name include:
Sevzheldorlag was a penal labor camp of the GULAG system in the USSR. The full name was Северный железнодорожный исправительно-трудовой лагерь НКВД, Northern Railway Corrective Labor Camp of NKVD. Established on May 10, 1938, on July 24, 1950 it was merged with North Pechora ITL to make the Pechora ITL. Top head count was 84, 893. The main operation was railroad construction. The sites of the camp were within Komi ASSR, East Siberia: at Kotlas railway station, Knyazhpogost settlement, and Zheleznodorozhny settlement.
Balaam was a Biblical prophet.
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