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One of Valaam legends says that long time ago, before the
finno-ugric and slavic peoples inhabiting the shores of Ladoga Lake adopted Christianity, the
islands used to be a huge site of pagan sacrifices. The first of Christ's disciples, St. Andrew
the First-Called went preaching in Scythian and Slavic lands and having visited Novgorod
left for Valaam where he destroyed pagan altars and erected a stone cross. St. Andrew
predicted the islands' great future. The prediction turned true after the establishing and
further flourishing of the monastery which became an indispensable part of Valaam.
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