[3] Searching for an even more secluded place for complete solitude and silent prayer, he found out that there was a large deserted island in the White Sea.

[4] He heard of Valaam Monastery on the Lake Ladoga and its monks, who had been leading an austere lifestyle.

There, he met a monk by the name of German (Herman), who had lived in the woods in solitude.

When they reached the island, they erected a cross and a hermit's cell some 13 km from today's Solovetsky Monastery.

After Sabbatius's death, newly arrived monks began the construction of the monastery which would come to be known as Solovetsky.