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 ( el, Μονή Αγίου Νικολάου Αναπαυσά) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery that is part of the Meteora monastery complex in Thessaly, central Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially ...
in
Meteora
The Meteora (; el, Μετέωρα, ) is a rock formation in central Greece hosting one of the largest and most precipitously built complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries, second in importance only to Mount Athos.Sofianos, D.Z.: "Metéora". ...
, 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 County, Covasna and Vrancea County, Vrancea counties, in the Carpathians, Curvature ...
Commune, Buzău County
* Varlaam, a village in
Adunații-Copăceni Commune, Giurgiu County
People
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Varlaam, Metropolitan of Moscow, reigned 1511 to 1521
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Varlaam Moțoc
Varlaam Moţoc () 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 f ...
, Metropolitan of Moldavia (1632-1653)
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Grigory Shyshatsky (1750-1820), a.k.a. Varlaam, Archbishop of Mogilev
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Varlaam of Chikoy
Barlaam of Chikoy (russian: Варлаам Чикойский - Varlaam Chikoysky, secular name Vasily Fedotovich Nadezhin, Василий Федотович Надежин; born 1774, village Meresevo, Lukyanovsky uezd, Nizhny Novgorod Governorat ...
(1774-1846)
* Varlaam, a character in Alexander Pushkin's drama ''
Boris Godunov
Borís Fyodorovich Godunóv (; russian: Борис Фёдорович Годунов; 1552 ) ruled the Tsardom of Russia as ''de facto'' regent from c. 1585 to 1598 and then as the first non-Rurikid tsar from 1598 to 1605. After the end of his ...
'' and its adaptations
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Archbishop Varlaam (disambiguation), several persons
See also
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Barlaam (disambiguation), the Western form
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Varlam, a shortened form
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