“I remain sincere friend of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad”. Letters from hieromonk Vasily (Rodzianko) to protopresbyter Georgy Grabbe [PDF]
This article makes public the letters of Revd. Vladimir Rodzianko (Hieromonk Vasily) to Protopresbyter Georgy Grabbe. Both the sender and the addressee are wellknown.
Andrey Kostryukov
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The attitude of the Russian Church Abroad to non-Orthodox Christianity under Metropolitan Filaret (Voznesensky) [PDF]
The article is devoted to the attitude of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (ROCOR) to the Ecumenical movement and non-Orthodox Christianity. Although the ROCOR is often referred to as a structure that did not welcome contacts with non-Orthodox people ...
Andrey Kostryukov
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Activities of the North German vicariate of Russian Orthodox Church abroad in time of bishop Afanasy’s (Martos) office (1946–1950) [PDF]
This article studies the administration of the North German Vicariate in the time of bishop Afanasy (Martos). It examines main directions of his activity, i.e. missionary work, meetings with the clergy, organisation of a theological school in Hamburg. It
Anatoly Kinstler, Aleksandr Kornilov
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Gross-Hessen diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad in the time of archbishop Filofei (Narko), 1946–1949 [PDF]
The article studies the creation and development of the Gross-Hessen Diocese of Vicar of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (ROCOR) in the years of 1946-1949.
Aleksandr Kornilov
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Activities of Bishops’ council in solving problems of German diocese of Russian Orthodox Church Abroad in 1948–1950 [PDF]
The article studies various issues in functioning of the Bishops’ Council of the German Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad. It emphasises that the period of 1948?1950 came to be a period of serious ordeals for the clergy who took spiritual ...
Aleksandr Kornilov
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Russian Foreign Ministry and the Reorganization of Russian Orthodox Churches Abroad in 1860-s
Based on the unearthed documents from the Archive of Foreign Policy of the Russian Empire, the article examines an interaction of Russian diplomacy and Russian orthodox churches abroad in the process of their reform in the early 1860-s.
V. O. Pechatnov, V. V. Pechatnov
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The Relationship of the Serbian Orthodox Church to the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad: 1920–1941 [PDF]
The present article has made clear a general understanding of the relationship of the Serbian Orthodox Church to the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad between 1920 and 1941. Overall, the relationship was outstanding. The Serbian Church, through the persons of its leaders, constantly showed its support to the Russian Church Abroad.
Nikolaj L. Kostur
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"To Present a List of Russian Orthodox Churches Abroad and the Clergy Attached to Them..." Based on the Materials of the St. Petersburg Archives [PDF]
The article is based on documents from the Russian State Historical Archive and the Central State Historical Archive of St. Petersburg that have not previously been used by researchers, which contains information about the priests served in Russian Orthodox churches in Italy in the 1860-s.
N.V. Shvarts
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The Russian Orthodox Church: An Effective Religious Instrument of Russia‘s “Soft” Power Abroad. The Case Study of Moldova [PDF]
By stepping up linkages with post-Soviet states and by creating a various and sophisticated scope of soft power instruments, the Russian federation has striven to maintain its strong influence and simultaneously sought to block Western impact in the Post-soviet region.
Martin Solik +2 more
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The government of Russia and the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) - the country’s predominant religious group - recently underwent back-to-back changes in each institution’s respective leadership. This coincidence of timing has afforded a unique opportunity to reexamine the status of constitutional secularism and church-state relations in the Russian ...
Robert C. Blitt
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