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Sekirnaya hill at Grand Solovki island
Sekirnaya hill
It is said, that when the first monks arrived an angel came down the hill and whipped the wife of a fisherman who was to settle down on the island. It was a heavenly sign to mark the islands as a place for holy seclusion. Since then the hill has been called Sekirnaya (Whipping hill).
Parallels:
  Great Lavra, Athos Holy Mount, Greece, X c.Great Lavra, Athos Holy Mount, Greece, X c.   Pompeii and Vesuvius view, Italy, I c. ADPompeii and Vesuvius view, Italy, I c. AD   Church of Holy Sepulchre at Golgotha, Jerusalem, Israel, IV c.Church of Holy Sepulchre at Golgotha, Jerusalem, Israel, IV c.   Holy Valley Monasteries and Forest of the Cedars of God, Qadisha, Lebanon, from the III thousand BCHoly Valley Monasteries and Forest of the Cedars of God, Qadisha, Lebanon, from the III thousand BC   Potala Palace Tibet, China, VII-XIX cc.Potala Palace Tibet, China, VII-XIX cc.   Machu Picchu, Andes, Peru, XV-XVI cc.Machu Picchu, Andes, Peru, XV-XVI cc.   Al Deir Tomb, Petra, Jordan, I c. BCAl Deir Tomb, Petra, Jordan, I c. BC   Fuji Mount, view from Numazu, Japan
  Athos   Vesuvius   Golgotha   Qadisha   Lhasa   Machu Picchu   Petra   Fuji
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