“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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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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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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An uneven touch to the picture of Inter-Church relations in the mid-1930s. A letter from metropolitan of Moscow Sergiy (Stragorodsky) to Patriarch of Constantinople Veniamin (Psomas) on the occasion of the meeting of Russian foreign hierarchs chaired by Patriarch of Serbia Barnabas (Rosic) [PDF]
The published letter was written by the Deputy Patriarchal Locum Tenens Metropolitan Sergius (Stragorodsky) to the Patriarch of Constantinople Benjamin (Psaomas).
Aleksandr Mazyrin, Andrey Kostryukov
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Russian Church Abroad and the beginning of the “Free Church” (1990–1995) [PDF]
The article is devoted to the history of the creation of a non–canonical structure by the Russian Church Abroad - the so-called "Russian Orthodox Free Church" (ROSC).
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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Patriarch Alexy and archbishop Mark’s meetings in Munich in 1995 and in Tver in 1996 [PDF]
In the mid-90s of the twentieth century, two bishops’ meetings of the Russian Orthodox Church the Moscow Patriarchate and the Church Abroad, i.e. Patriarch Alexiy II and the Berlin-German Archbishop Mark, quietly and almost imperceptibly took place ...
Bazanov Varfolomey
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«Strange bread has more than bitter»...Letters from Archimandrite Theodosius (Melnik) to Archimandrite Anthony (Sinkevich) [PDF]
Archimandrite Theodosius (Melnik) was the cellarer of Metropolitan Anthonii (Khrapovitskii) who was the head of the Russian Church Abroad. Archimandrite Theodosius was with his spiritual father and his teacher, Metropolitan Anthonii and shared all the ...
Kostriukov Andrei
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“Faithfully loyal to Your Imperial Highness...” Letters of bishop Grigoriy (Grabbe) to grand prince Vladimir Kirillovich (1971–1991) [PDF]
This article makes public letters of Bishop Grigoriy (Grabbe; prior to 1979, protopresbyter Georgiy). The author of these letters was for several decades secretary of the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad and Ruler of the affairs of ...
Arkady Makovetsky
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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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