The Island

By Nikolas 2022-11-12 08:47:48

Old and historic Valamu monastic community

It is an ancient and historic Valamu monastic community on an island on Lake Ladoga on the border between Finland and Russia. The film's priest, who had the privilege of joining the group in the last century, became its leader during World War II, when Varam was still outside the borders of the Soviet Union. Living in the great monastery of Varamu, the priest must feel himself the heir to a rich and ancient tradition that goes back many centuries. When he first joined the community, the Varam...

By Garett 2022-09-22 04:16:04

Fluke and Salvation on the Lonely Island

Text / Feng Linxian

"Ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened to you. For whoever asks, receives. Whoever seeks, finds. Whoever knocks, it will be given to him. Open the door."


                                               - Matthew, 7:7-8 Was










salvation a fluke or a revelation?

At first glance, the answer is obvious. "Do you still need to talk about these two...

By Marc 2022-09-15 22:45:31

everything is done

It's so addicting, Russian movies still have human origins, but it's best to focus on the religious foundation, otherwise it will affect the score. The story is very deep, is it all God's will? Since he shot the captain with a gun, the coal boat exploded and took him to the island, where he was guilty of seclusion and burned the coal from that boat? (Is there so much?) Others respected him as a saint, but he knew that it was just spontaneous, a tool of God, and his heart was...

By Alyson 2022-09-15 18:02:11

Soul Survivor: "Lonely Island" - Author: Wang Yi

In the 1970s, an exiled Soviet intellectual told an American pastor that the Soviet intellectual community was experiencing an Orthodox spiritual revival. Almost every prominent artist, writer, and musician is digging into spiritual themes. How is this possible, in Moscow it is difficult to read even a single Gospel. Years later, the priest wrote in the book that the dissident writer, with a proud face, had an impressive response:

"As long as people read Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, the...

By Colton 2022-09-15 15:38:48

History is just an illusion

A priest has been silent on the island for nearly 40 years, regretting all day long, and explaining people's doubts.

This is the story told by Russian director Pavel Longkin's "Island of Lonely" (also translated "Island of the Saints" in 2006). In 1942, a base of the Northern Fleet was occupied by the German army. Under the threat of the German army, the young soldier shot and killed his superior captain, and then an explosion occurred. He survived and was rescued by a monastery...

By Loyce 2023-09-20 03:42:28

Jesus Christ, the Son of God, please forgive my...

By Hailee 2023-09-11 05:09:35

The shock inside is indescribable. For the first time I realized that the Christian faith is to confess to God that we have no...

By Toby 2023-08-17 10:31:04

Is unbearable sin a door opened by divinity? An allegorically fragmented...

By Daniela 2023-07-24 09:49:20

redemption. The picture is clean and fresh. . very quiet....

By Jordy 2023-05-13 22:05:07

Spiritual Movies. ....