Chronicle of Valaam monastery
- 1611
- - the second beating of Valaam monks; father superior Makary and brothers were killed; the monastery was burnt to the ground, all inhabitants went away and the island was deserted. The earthly remains of Reverends were kept in the rock under wraps.
- 1611 - 1715
- - period of complete desolation of the cloister.
- 1715
- - the decree of Peter the 1st about restoration of Valaam monastery.
- 1719, 13th of March
- - sanctification of the wooden temple of St. Sergy and German. Wooden buildings of the cloister were also sanctified.
- 1754, 3rd of April
- - the first day of Easter, the temple and all buildings burnt to ashes by fire.
- 1756
- - the wooden monastery was rebuilt anew.
- 1783
- - beginning of building of a stone monastery, inner Nazaryevskiy section.
- 1784
- - charter of Valaam monastery was accepted. It was confirmed by St-Petersburg metropolitan Gavriil.
- 1785
- - building and sanctification of the stone church of Assumption of Our Lady; by this time Nazaryevskiy stone section had been built.
- 1793 , 4th of August
- - the stone church of Saint Nikolay in internal section was sanctified.
With the building of a temple in Nikolskiy skete in honour of the same Saint Nikolay that church was abolished in 1853.
- 1794
- - a stone cathedral temple with a church-bell of God's Transfiguration was built and sanctified in the monastery.
- 1794
- - the stone church of All Saints was built and sanctified in the skete of All Saints.
- 1794
- - ten Valaam missionaries and monk German, who lately was canonized (1970), were sent to Norhtern America.
- 1796
- - after rebuilding the Assumption church was sanctified again.
- 1797
- - staff of the monastery was increased up to 30 monks.
- 1799 , 28th of June
- - in the monastery cathedral temple another church of St. Sergy and German was sanctified.
- 1803
- - a 257 pood bell was casted for the cathedral temple.
- 1809, 27th of June
- - the stone church of saint Apostles Peter and Pavel was sanctified on the sacred gates of the cloister.
- 1811
- - staff of monastery was increased up to 50 monks.
- 1814 , 30th of June
- - the church of Life-Giving Source of Our Lady was sanctified in the section of brotherly hospital.
- 1814
- - building of the whole outer monastery section ended.
- 1819, 10th of August
- Emperor Alexander 1 visited Valaam monastery.
- 1819 , 20th of October
- - Russian Holy Synod decreed: to insert the names of St. Sergy and German into all church books.
- 1820
- - Emperor Alexander 1 granted a set of chasubles made of golden brocade and a precious cross with embellishment for successive wearing by deans of the monastery.
- 1821
- - Valaam monastery was certified as a first class one with salary from the State.
- 1822
- - 550, 155 and 82 pood bells were casted on Valaam.
- 1823
- - a silver shrine for St Sergy and German was constructed.
- 1837, 17th of June
- - the church of Saint Trinity was sanctified in the hospital section.
- 1844
- - eight stone brothers sections and the fence around the skete were constructed in the skete of All Saints. During the war in 1939-1940 these sections were hardly damaged.
- 1849 , 18th of August
- - after repair the low church of All Saints was sanctified in the skete of All Saints.
- 1850 , 18th of July
- - the upper temple of Heavenly Incorporeal Powers was sanctified in the skete of All Saints.
- 1850
- - a big stone hotel for piligrims and newcomers was built in the monastery. Lately it was enlarged and built on in 1874 and 1899.
- 1853 , 23rd of July
- - the stone temple of Nikolay wonder worker was sanctified in Nikolskiy skete.
960 - 1581
1611 - 1853
1855 - 1885
1886 -1939
1939 - 1996
Granted documents of Valaam monastery:
Tsar's: 1500, 1534 , 1540 , 1578 , 1585 , 1598 , 1606 , 1616 , 1645 , 1649 , 1667 , 1715 , 1732 , 1786 , 1797 and 1811.
Bishop Aaron's - 1718.
St-Petersburg mitropolitan Gavriil's - 1785.
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