Tag: White Sea
Church Seeks to Restrict Access to Solovki
Roland Oliphant - 2/2/13 Access to the Solovetsky islands, home to one of Russia's most important monasteries, could be restricted in a bid to preserve the ... Read More
Once a prison, now a spiritual and tourist hub
Grigory Kubatian 21/1/2012 Located in the White Sea in northwestern Russia, the Solovetsky Islands once housed one of Russia’s first gulags, but now its centuries-old ... Read More
Patriarch Kirill arrives in Solovki
2010-08-20 Leader of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill today arrived in Solovki, the holy islands in the White Sea. -This is one the spiritual ... Read More