Tag: White Sea

Church Seeks to Restrict Access to Solovki

OCP- February 2, 2013

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

OCP- January 21, 2012

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

OCP- August 20, 2010

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