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<< Our Photo Pages >> The Maiden Stone - Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in Russia

Submitted by Ogneslav on Thursday, 19 February 2015  Page Views: 4361

Natural PlacesSite Name: The Maiden Stone Alternative Name: Девий камень
Country: Russia Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Moscow
Latitude: 55.663110N  Longitude: 37.662830E
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4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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3 Access:
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4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
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The Maiden Stone
The Maiden Stone submitted by Ogneslav : The Maiden Stone (Devichiy kamen') (Vote or comment on this photo)
A stone of peculiar form, one of a pair of boulders in the Golosov Gully in Kolomenskoe Park in Moscow. The object of veneration whose energy is supposed to cure female diseases.

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«This is a monolithic quartz stone of unusual shape that consists of 60 roundish and oblong oolites. Its open surface totals 2.5 sq. m. The stone is sunk underground».

Note: Russian Pagan community cleans up vandalized sacred stones
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The Maiden Stone (Tullibody)
The Maiden Stone (Tullibody) submitted by Anne T : Site in Clackmannanshire Scotland. The Maiden Stone from the east. Whilst there are no visible carvings on the coped cover, I thought it might resemble how a hogback looked on a Viking tomb. (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Maiden Stone (Tullibody)
The Maiden Stone (Tullibody) submitted by Anne T : Site in Clackmannanshire Scotland. The Maiden Stone with part of its coped cover from the west. (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Maiden Stone (Tullibody)
The Maiden Stone (Tullibody) submitted by Anne T : Site in Clackmannanshire Scotland. Standing next to the north wall of the old church looking south across the Maiden Stone. (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Maiden Stone (Tullibody)
The Maiden Stone (Tullibody) submitted by Anne T : Site in Clackmannanshire Scotland. First view of the Maiden Stone, walking from the new church towards the north wall of the old church. This open coffin, with what we were originally told might have been part of an old standing stone but is actually part of a coped cover, lies some 4m to the north of the north wall of the old church. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Russian Pagan Community Cleans Up Vandalized Sacred Stones by Ogneslav on Thursday, 19 February 2015
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On May 3, 2014, for the second time in two years, two stones long associated with pagan worship, were vandalized. The stones are located in Kolomenskoye Park in Moscow. Vandals spray painted “This is sin!” and “Idolatry” on the two stones. Area Pagans, who came together to clean the stones, suspect radical Christians for the vandalism. Police and Kolomenskoye Park officials are investigating the crime.

History of the stones
According to Gwiddon, National Coordinator for Pagan Federation International Russia, the two stones have a long history of worship. “The two stones in question, known among the simple folks as the Goose stone and the Maiden (Devichiy) stone, have been brought over by advancing glaciers tens of thousands of years ago from up north and deposited in the Golosov Ovrag [river] when the glaciers finally melted around 12 thousand years ago.” Gwiddon says that there’s archaeological evidence of worship at these stones going as far back five thousand years.

Gwiddon also states that the veneration of these stones has continued to this day, “The trees all around the stones are all covered with ribbon offerings. There is always food left out as offerings as well. People collect water from the nearby brook, considering it holy water.” He says the main reason most people visit the stones is because the stones are said to have healing powers. The Goose stone is alleged to cure illnesses specific to men while the Maiden stone cures infertility and any sort of women’s health concern. The majority of those who currently leave offers or visit the stones for healing are thought to be Christians, although are Pagans do hold special reverence for the stone.

Just over 20 years ago, the Moscow municipal government categorized the stones as “Natural objects under Special Protection”, which carries the same level of protection under the law as a natural preserve or a national park.

Stones repeatedly vandalized
In the summer of 2012, the two stones were vandalized with the phrases “This is sin!” painted on the Goose stone, and “Idolatry is sin” on the Maiden stone. A group of radical young Christians, under the leadership of a man named Enteo, took pictures of the vandalized stones and posted them on the Russian social network VK, which is similar to Facebook. No criminal charges were laid by the administration of Kolomenskoye Park, whose care the stones are under. Shortly after the stones were washed clean by several Pagan activists. Enteo is the founder of a group called, Bozhya Volya (Will of God), a group suspected of engaging in vandalism and violent acts against political and human rights groups, Pussy Riot supporters, homosexuals, abortion clinics and artists. In 2013 the group petitioned to close a Moscow metaphysical supplies store. The attempt was unsuccessful.

On May 2, 2014 Enteo posted on his VK page a call for everyone to gather in Kolomenskoye Park, as the “paint markings put on them two years ago have already vanished.” The post, as translated by Gwiddon, mentions there are demons in the stones, and that he will be accompanied by a priest. Photos of the 2012 vandalism of stones accompanied the post.

The next day the two stones were vandalized again. “This is sin!” was painted on the Goose stone and “Idolatry” was painted on the Maiden stone. Later that evening, Enteo posted on his social media account that someone vandalized the stones, but claims he doesn’t know who is responsible.

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