The Truth about the Russian Church Abroad
Title | The Truth about the Russian Church Abroad PDF eBook |
Author | M. Rodzianko |
Publisher | |
Pages | 56 |
Release | 1975 |
Genre | Religion |
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The Truth about the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad
Title | The Truth about the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad PDF eBook |
Author | M. E. Kontzevich |
Publisher | |
Pages | 12 |
Release | 19?? |
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The Russian Orthodox Church Abroad
Title | The Russian Orthodox Church Abroad PDF eBook |
Author | John Maximovitch |
Publisher | Printshop of St Job of Pochaev |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780884651253 |
The "Russian Orthodox Church Abroad" came into existence as a distinct body following the Communist takeover in Russia. This book offers both a brief history and an explanation of the position of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad written by one of its greatest leaders, Archbishop John (Maximovitch) of Shanghai and San Francesco, who is now recognised as a saint. A short life of St. John is given and a list of key dates in the Church's life in addition to the main body of the text. Well illustrated with black and white photos.
A Long Walk To Church
Title | A Long Walk To Church PDF eBook |
Author | Nathaniel Davis |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 355 |
Release | 2018-10-08 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0429975120 |
Making use of the formerly secret archives of the Soviet government, interviews, and first-hand personal experiences, Nathaniel Davis describes how the Russian Orthodox Church hung on the brink of institutional extinction twice in the past sixty-five years. In 1939, only a few score widely scattered priests were still functioning openly. Ironically, Hitler's invasion and Stalin's reaction to it rescued the church -- and parishes reopened, new clergy and bishops were consecrated, a patriarch was elected, and seminaries and convents were reinstituted. However, after Stalin's death, Khrushchev resumed the onslaught against religion. Davis reveals that the erosion of church strength between 1948 and 1988 was greater than previously known and it was none too soon when the Soviet government changed policy in anticipation of the millennium of Russia's conversion to Christianity. More recently, the collapse of communism has created a mixture of dizzying opportunity and daunting trouble for Russian Orthodoxy. The newly revised and updated edition addresses the tumultuous events of recent years, including schisms in Ukraine, Estonia, and Moldova, and confrontations between church traditionalists, conservatives and reformers. The author also covers battles against Greek-Catholics, Roman Catholics, Protestant evangelists, and pagans in the south and east, the canonization of the last Czar, the church's financial crisis, and hard data on the slowing Russian orthodox recovery and growth. Institutional rebuilding and moral leadership now beckon between promise and possibility.
The Russian Orthodox Church, 1917-1948
Title | The Russian Orthodox Church, 1917-1948 PDF eBook |
Author | Daniela Kalkandjieva |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 392 |
Release | 2014-11-20 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1317657764 |
This book tells the remarkable story of the decline and revival of the Russian Orthodox Church in the first half of the twentieth century and the astonishing U-turn in the attitude of the Soviet Union’s leaders towards the church. In the years after 1917 the Bolsheviks’ anti-religious policies, the loss of the former western territories of the Russian Empire, and the Soviet Union’s isolation from the rest of the world and the consequent separation of Russian emigrés from the church were disastrous for the church, which declined very significantly in the 1920s and 1930s. However, when Poland was partitioned in 1939 between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, Stalin allowed the Patriarch of Moscow, Sergei, jurisdiction over orthodox congregations in the conquered territories and went on, later, to encourage the church to promote patriotic activities as part of the resistance to the Nazi invasion. He agreed a Concordat with the church in 1943, and continued to encourage the church, especially its claims to jurisdiction over émigré Russian orthodox churches, in the immediate postwar period. Based on extensive original research, the book puts forward a great deal of new information and overturns established thinking on many key points.
The Russian Orthodox Church Abroad
Title | The Russian Orthodox Church Abroad PDF eBook |
Author | Saint John (Archbishop of San Francisco) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1997 |
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The Truth about Religion in Russia
Title | The Truth about Religion in Russia PDF eBook |
Author | Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ. Moskovskai︠a︡ patriarkhii︠a︡ |
Publisher | |
Pages | 252 |
Release | 1944 |
Genre | Russia |
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