Varlaam is a variant of the saint's name
Barlaam, used in the Orthodox churches due to the
Byzantine sound shift from /b/ to /v/. A shortened form is
Varlam. It may refer to:
Places
Greece
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Varlaam, Greece, a village in the southern
Ioannina regional unit in Epirus
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Monastery of Varlaam
The Monastery of St. Varlaam () is an Eastern Orthodox monastery that is part of the Meteora monastery complex in Thessaly, central Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern ...
in
Meteora
The Meteora (; , ) is a rock formation in the regional unit of Trikala, in Thessaly, in northwestern Greece, hosting one of the most prominent complexes of Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox monastery, monasteries, viewed locally as se ...
, Thessaly, Greece
Romania
* Varlaam, a village in
Gura Teghii
Gura Teghii is a commune in Buzău County, Muntenia, Romania, located in the north-westernmost part of the county in its mountain region, near the limit of Covasna and Vrancea counties, in the Curvature Carpathians. Gura Teghii made up of seven m ...
Commune, Buzău County
* Varlaam, a village in
Adunații-Copăceni
Adunații-Copăceni is a commune located in Giurgiu County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Adunații-Copăceni, Dărăști-Vlașca, Mogoșești, and Varlaam.
The commune is situated in the southern part of the Wallachian Plai ...
Commune, Giurgiu County
People
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Varlaam, Metropolitan of Moscow
Varlaam (; 1441–1533) was List of metropolitans and patriarchs of Moscow, Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus', the Primate (bishop), primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, from 1511 to 1521. He was the seventh metropolitan in Moscow to be app ...
, reigned 1511 to 1521
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Varlaam Moțoc
() was the Metropolitan of Moldavia (1632-1653). He edited the Romanian Book of Learning in 1643.
History
In 1643, the Moldavian Prince Vasile Lupu sponsored the Books of Homilies translated by Metropolitan of Moldavia Varlaam from Slavonic ...
, Metropolitan of Moldavia (1632-1653)
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Grigory Shyshatsky Monk Barlaam (; secular name Gregory Stepanovich Shyshatsky, 12 March 1750, village Krasilovka, Kozeletskyy uezd, Chernigov province - 23 July 1820, Novgorod-Seversky) was a defrocked Archbishop of Mogilev and Vitebsk of the Russian Orthodox Churc ...
(1750-1820), a.k.a. Varlaam, Archbishop of Mogilev
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Varlaam of Chikoy
Barlaam of Chikoy ( - Varlaam Chikoysky, secular name Vasily Fedotovich Nadezhin, Василий Федотович Надежин; 1774 in village Meresevo, Lukyanovsky uezd, Nizhny Novgorod Governorate – January 23, 1846, in Urluk volost), w ...
(1774-1846)
* Varlaam, a character in Alexander Pushkin's drama ''
Boris Godunov
Boris Feodorovich Godunov (; ; ) was the ''de facto'' regent of Russia from 1585 to 1598 and then tsar from 1598 to 1605 following the death of Feodor I, the last of the Rurik dynasty. After the end of Feodor's reign, Russia descended into t ...
'' and its adaptations
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Archbishop Varlaam (disambiguation) * Victor Solowij (1891–1966), archbishop of the Ukrainian Autocephalic Orthodox Church
* (1885–1946), archbishop of the Russian Orthodox Church
*Barlaam (Shyshatsky) Monk Barlaam (; secular name Gregory Stepanovich Shyshatsky, 12 March 1750, v ...
, several persons
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Varlaam of Khutyn
Barlaam or Varlaam of Khutyn (; secular name: ''Aleksa'' or ''Aleksy''; ( – ) was a Russian Orthodox hegumen and saint who founded the Khutyn Monastery.
Life
He was born into a wealthy family from Novgorod. After the death of his parents, he b ...
, hermit
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Varlaam of Kyiv
Barlaam of Kiev (died 1065) was the first abbot of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, serving together with St. Anthony of Kiev. He is regarded as a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, with a feast day of 19 November.
Biography
Barlaam was born someti ...
See also
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Barlaam (disambiguation), the Western form
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Varlam, a shortened form
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