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a painting of a man riding on the back of a horse

Svyatogor is a Kievan Rus' mythical bogatyr from bylinas. His name is a derivation from the words "sacred mountain". He is always portrayed as a tired and sad knight, very old and nostalgic of his glory past. Some identify his figure with that of the pagan religion that, at the time of the first byliny, was rapidly losing its strength to be supplanted by Christianity. The legends that concern him are contained in two different cycles, that of Kiev and that of the "ancient heroes".

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a painting of people dressed in black and white

The Nuns of Shamordino Printed in Issue 22 Upon him who labors— God sheds mercy; but he who loves acquires consolation. Elder Ambrose of Optina In the summer of 1929 there came to Solovki about thirty nuns. Probably the majority of them were from the monastery of Shamordino, which was near the renowned Optina…

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