Comments on: Thorvald the Far Traveler. The Forgotten First Saint of White Russia?

By: Timofey

Timofey — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 14:27:39 +0000

I sent you a commission requist by email on an icon for Saint Timofey Polotsk, i sent the main txt and pdf files with an iconographic guide and his face, once I get the money I’ll pay for it

By: Timofey

Timofey — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 10:06:48 +0000

No I don’t think that’s him, this is Timofey Dovmont, Lithuanian Prince, that’s the wrong Timofey

By: Timofey

Timofey — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 10:03:37 +0000

No I don’t think that’s him, this is Timofey Dovmont, Lithuanian Prince

By: Editor

Editor — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 09:56:09 +0000

In reply to Timofey. Here is a link to Olga Loseva's book, which mentions Saint Timothy-Dovmont on page 199: https://www.klex.ru/2cw0 And here is Dovmont's life: https://elib.minda.by/server/api/core/bitstreams/da35dfa3-8b4f-4d9d-b0e0-f068a7cec9f2/content

By: Timofey

Timofey — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 13:32:26 +0000

Can you show me the quote from Olga Loseva’s book they says Saint Timofey Polotsk?

And quote directly

By: Editor

Editor — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 11:00:13 +0000

In reply to Timofey. This is the only source we have about Thorvald: https://azbyka.ru/otechnik/Istorija_Tserkvi/drevnjaja-rus-v-svete-zarubezhnyh-istochnikov-tom-5/6_1 "The primary source for the narrative about the Icelander Þorvaldr Kodránsson is Þorvalds þáttr viðförla (The Tale of Thorvald the Far-Traveler), which is preserved in three redactions created before 1250: two extensive redactions (Redaction I in manuscripts AM 61 fol., AM 53 fol., and others; Redaction II in manuscript AM 552 ka 4to) and one abbreviated version (Redaction III in manuscripts AM 62 fol., GKS 1005 fol.). Researchers have suggested that the earliest version of The Tale of Thorvald the Far-Traveler may have been composed in Latin by Gunnlaugr Leifsson (d. 1218 or 1219), a monk at the Þingeyrar monastery in northern Iceland and the author of a number of no-longer-extant Latin works. It is thought to have been translated into Old Icelandic at a later date. This hypothesis is supported by the mention of Gunnlaugr's name in the extensive redaction of the Þáttr."

By: Timofey

Timofey — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 16:49:19 +0000

They have one in Reykjavik in Öldugata, but it’s part of a Saint Nicholas icon, I have it on my wall

By: Timofey

Timofey — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 16:37:23 +0000

Where can I find his later life as a hermit, and not the saga life? In polotsk sources, the monastery history and his hagiography?

By: Editor

Editor — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 10:14:13 +0000

In reply to Baldur Hauksson.

You can order an icon of this saint in our icon-painting studio https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/custom-order-hand-painted-icons

By: Baldur Hauksson

Baldur Hauksson — Sat, 06 Jul 2024 23:32:16 +0000

Are there any icons of this saint?