Chronicle of Valaam monastery
- 1886 - 1887
- - two stone docks were equipped in the main monastery bay. During the war of 1939-1940 the docks were damaged and all wooden parts were burnt.
- 1887
- - renewal of the old monastery cathedral which was built in 1794. Instead building of a new, larger and more majestic cathedral was built. Building ended with inside decoration in 1892.
- 1892 , 26th of June
- - the new monastery cathedral of St. Sergy and German was sanctified.
- 1893, 14th of June
- - a side part of the temple of Annunciation of Our Lady was sanctified.
- 1896 , 19th of June
- - the upper cathedral temple of Transfiguration.
- 1899 , 18th of July
- - the stone temple of St. Sergy was sanctified i n the skete of St. Sergy.
- 1899 , 27th of July
- - the stone temple of the Tihvin icon of Our Lady was sanctified on Tihvinskiy island. It was blowed up and burnt in the war of 1939-1940.
- 1900 , 8th of July
- - the stone church of equally apostles saints Konstantin and Elena was sanctified on Germanov Field on Valaam.
- 1901 , 18th and 21st of October
- - the two-throne temple of Valaam yard was sanctified in Moscow. The building of the yard was commandeered by the Soviet government in 1925 and brotherhood of the cloister was dispersed.
- 1903
- - the stone temple in honour of St. German was sanctified in the skete of St.German.
- 1906 , 30th of July and 29th of October
- - two temples were sanctified: the upper and the low of the stone church of the Resurrection skete.
- 1908
- - an upper floor for a new hospital of the outer monastery section was built on. The placements of the new hospital, drugstore, waiting room, separate rooms were burnt in the war of 1939-1940.
- 1911
- - the wooden temple of the Gethsemane skete and the wooden chapel were sanctified on the Eleon mountain.
- 1914
- - since the first year of World War 1 more than 600 monks had been drafted, reduction of the monastery brotherhood began and it caused gradual closing of the sketes. Only two of them weren't closed: of All Saints and of St. John the Precursor.
- 1917 , 24th of June
- - the stone church of the Smolensk icon of Our Lady was sanctified in Smolenskiy skete, in memory of orthodox warriors who died in World War 1.
- 1921
- - intense fall of water level in Ladoga lake.
- 1924
- - unusual increase of water level in Ladoga lake which was a disaster. The difference of water levels in the lake between 1921 and 1924 was 9.5 foots.
- 1939 , 1/14th of January
- - on that day was a celebration of 80 years of continuing observation of water level in the lake. There was a memorable coincidence: the first date of monastery observations, on the 1st of January in 1859, was fully identified with the other date 80 years after with the same atmospheric conditions, on the 1st of January in 1939. T his outstanding and rare phenomenon in the history of Valaam water level observations make us render glory and thanksgiving to the Lord, swaying over seas of the Universe for His help in scientific observations. In this connection Finnish Oceanographic Institute wrote to Valaam (12th of January, 1939; N 477): "We greet Valaam monastery for its long valuable observation work. 80-year observations are the huge scientific achievement especially because they were always conducted very thoroughly".
- 1939, 4/17th of October
- - Ladoga's water level inclined to the limit point of monastery observations: 0.00 mm.
- 1939, 20th of November/3rd of December
- - beginning of air attacks and bombing of Valaam.
- 1939 , 7/20th of December
- - beginning of evacuation of the monastery brotherhood to Finland because of danger. That date the first bunch of monks were gone.
960 - 1581
1611 - 1853
1855 - 1885
1886 -1939
1939 - 1996
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