Church History Archives • Orthodox Life

St Panteleimon's Monastery, seen from the sea

October 11, 2022 0

In an excerpt from his new book, Nicholas Fennell describes the early life of Elder Ieronim and how he came to be the spiritual father of the Russian brotherhood of St Panteleimon's Monastery.

+NICHOLAS, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad

HTP Staff

Church History

September 13, 2022 0

On Aug. 31 / Sep. 13, 2022, the Holy Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia elected Bishop Nicholas of Manhattan as First Hierarch and Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York.

Metropolitan Hilarion in his residence at the Synod of Bishops

Metropolitan Hilarion: Education and Formation

Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America & New York and Sergei Jakubov

Church History

May 19, 2022 1

Part 1 of an interview with His Eminence Hilarion, First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, conducted in 2010.

Bonded in the Old Faith: Saint Andrew, Nicholas II, and the Birdcatchers

Deacon Peter Markevich

Church History

December 13, 2020 0

The ties of the Royal Scot Greys to the last Russian emperor, and the Tsarist traditions they keep to this day

Weeping, Sighing, and Sorrow: The Election of Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia

Fr Innocent Henderson

Lives of Saints

November 30, 2017 0

by Jane Swan Excerpted from Chosen for His People: A Biography of Patriarch Tikhon , Paperback — 172 pages — $14.95– ISBN 978–1‑94269–902-...

War and Faith in the Swedish Empire

Fr Innocent Henderson

Church History

June 20, 2017 0

Unexpected Byways of Early Orthodox Presence in the West by Reader Nicholas Chapman and Priest Mikael Fälthammar New research sheds light on...

Portrait of Rasputin with Winter Palace in background

The Real Rasputin?: A Look at His Admirers’ Revisionist History

Deacon Peter Markevich

Church History

May 4, 2017 0

A thorough and sober examination of recent and ongoing attempts to rewrite the history surrounding controversial and enigmatic Grigory Efimovich Rasputin, by the noted historian of the Russian Church, D.P. Anashkin.

The old ROCOR cathedral of the Joy of All Who Sorrow in San Francisco with St John Maximovich's bishop's mantle on analogion stand in center of church

A Grasp on Eternity: Petition for Reception into the Church

Fr Innocent Henderson

Church History

January 18, 2017 0

A letter composed by Laurence Campbell in 1966, requesting the blessing of St John (Maximovich) to be received into the Orthodox Church.

Detail of original Anglican church frescoes in the Moscow Patriarchate Russian Orthodox parish in London, UK.

London 1716: On Orthodoxy in the Western World

Nicholas Chapman

Church History

December 29, 2016 0

The recent visit by Patriarch Kyrill to London reminds us of our common heritage, grounded in the saints of the first millennium and in more recent history.