The truth about the Russian Church abroad : the Russian Orthodox Church outside of Russia

by M. Rodzianko

Paper Book, 1975

Status

Available

Call number

281.9/3

Collection

Publication

[Jordanville, N.Y. : Holy Trinity Monastery], 1975.

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LibraryThing member josephquinton
This boook is an unfortuneate attempt to paint the Russian Church Abroad (ROCOR) as one that continues Orthodox religious practices putside of Russia. The church begaon among Russian refugees from the revolution in the 1920's. Despite the fact that there were already Orthodox dioceses outside of
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Russia ROCOR felt that it alone represented Orthodoxy in the West. In following this course they contributed to the confused picture of Orthodoxy in the West. Mr. Rodzianko was one of the refugees and his "history" is tendentious, pleading only his own cause and denigrating other Orthodox churches. As a defense of ROCOR it is quite successful. Unfortuneately it contributes to divisions in the rest of Orthodoxy.
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Physical description

48 p.; 24 cm

ISBN

0884650049 / 9780884650041
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