On August 2, the holy martyr John Steblin-Kamensky (1887–1930) was shot dead.
Father John did not immediately become a priest. His grandfather was a
vice-admiral, his father - the director of the Office of the Navy
Ministry. In the Great War, the future father John served as a naval
officer, and had awards. After the revolution, he became a Psalm-reader
at the Holy Trinity Church in Petrograd, he accepted the rank of deacon
when he was 33. Shortly after being ordained, the Bolsheviks first
arrested him, and his arrest lasted about six months. He was ordained to
presbytery in 1923, being a celibate priest. His second arrest occurred
in 1924 in connection with the “case of the Orthodox Brotherhoods”. He
was accused of reading the Bible home with other believers, and for this
he was sentenced to three years in the concentration camp in Solovki.
After the camp he was sent to exile in Voronezh. There, he became the organizer of assistance for the remaining prisoners in the camp. He was one of the leaders of the Josephite movement. Father John Steblin-Kamensky was shot dead near Voronezh in 1930, and together with other ten clergy and laity were executed. They were accused of establishing a counter-revolutionary organization. In 2000, Father John was glorified and canonized as an Orthodox saint.
After the camp he was sent to exile in Voronezh. There, he became the organizer of assistance for the remaining prisoners in the camp. He was one of the leaders of the Josephite movement. Father John Steblin-Kamensky was shot dead near Voronezh in 1930, and together with other ten clergy and laity were executed. They were accused of establishing a counter-revolutionary organization. In 2000, Father John was glorified and canonized as an Orthodox saint.
On August 3, Alexander Isaevich Solzhenitsyn departed to the Lord
Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008), a Russian writer, considered as purpose of
his life to become aware of the disaster that had happened in his
country in the 20th century.
The rector of the St. Philaret Institute, priest George Kochetkov believes A. I. Solzhenitsyn is not only a great writer, but also "a great historian with an amazing sense of history, with amazing intuition, absolutely ingenious." Continuing this thought in his blog, Father George wrote: “He felt more than an academic. He could not know as much as an academic, but his feelings are much fuller and more reliable than those of our academics. It can be seen where it is based solely on historical materials: on archives, on documents - and when needed on its intuition. He is often accused of this, they say that he is a poor historian, biased, so-and-so. Nothing like this. He never allowed himself to be false, unlike all his critics combined. Nobody in his historical intuition, in his inner understanding of historical processes even came close to him. I am not a fan of the literal perception of everything that Solzhenitsyn wrote and said. I do not think this is the last word. But so far, over the past hundred years there has simply not been a more serious and more complete Russian researcher of the 20th century. Worldwide."
The rector of the St. Philaret Institute, priest George Kochetkov believes A. I. Solzhenitsyn is not only a great writer, but also "a great historian with an amazing sense of history, with amazing intuition, absolutely ingenious." Continuing this thought in his blog, Father George wrote: “He felt more than an academic. He could not know as much as an academic, but his feelings are much fuller and more reliable than those of our academics. It can be seen where it is based solely on historical materials: on archives, on documents - and when needed on its intuition. He is often accused of this, they say that he is a poor historian, biased, so-and-so. Nothing like this. He never allowed himself to be false, unlike all his critics combined. Nobody in his historical intuition, in his inner understanding of historical processes even came close to him. I am not a fan of the literal perception of everything that Solzhenitsyn wrote and said. I do not think this is the last word. But so far, over the past hundred years there has simply not been a more serious and more complete Russian researcher of the 20th century. Worldwide."
On August 4, Metropolitan of Sourozh Anthony Bloom (1914–2003) departed to the Lord.
The famous Orthodox preacher became an immigrant at the age of three -
after the revolution. His meeting with Christ occurred at the age of 14,
while reading the Gospel, described in one of his books, is known all
over the world. The future head of the Sourozh Diocese, which covered
the territory of the whole of Great Britain, in his youth was an active
member of the Russian Christian Student Movement. After graduating from
the Medical and Biological faculties of Sorbonne, he took monastic vows.
After Andrew (Bloom) served as an army surgeon at the battle front, he
became in Paris a member of the Resistance, being a doctor in the
underground. Armed. In September 10, 1939, he led the creation of the
Saints Alban and Sergius Association in the UK. Subsequently, for almost
50 years, Bishop Antony was the rector of the Patriarchal Cathedral of
the Dormition of the Mother of God in London. He had a doctorate in
theology honoris causa (MDA, KDA), and he taught at Cambridge. During
his life he has given over 10,000 public lectures in various meetings.
Constantly he spoke on radio and television. Coming to the USSR, he held
secret meetings with believers in apartments. In 1990 he was one of the
candidates for the Moscow Patriarchate, but his foreign citizenship
became an obstacle to his election. All his life, he was an
authoritative shepherd for many people around the world. There is
evidence that not only after a personal meeting with him, but also after
reading his books, first published in self and tamizdat form, and then
openly, people came to God and to the Church.
On August 5, the confessor of the faith, archpriest Pavel Adelʹgejm
(1938-2013) was killed at home.
(1938-2013) was killed at home.
After the shooting of his father and the arrest of his mother, the
future priest at the age of 8 he was sent into a children's house, and
subsequently went with his mother to Kazakhstan, where she was sent
after the detention camp. There, Pavel met with the confessor of faith
priest Sebastian (Fominym) and his small community. Shortly after
school, he entered in a spiritual seminary in Kiev. But there he was
excluded from the third course by superior Filaret (Denisenko) for
refusing to sing Soviet songs on May 1 on a passionate Friday. He was
accepted at the diaconate in Tashkent by Bp. Ermogenis (Golubeva). In
five years he finished theological studies and became a priest, serving
in Kazane (Uzbekistan). In 1969, under the guise of repair, a new temple
was built, which caused the anger of local commissioner for religious
affairs. Soon Fr Paul was arrested and accused of spreading banned
literature in the USSR. Among other books, it was the works of
Akhmatova, Tsvetaeva, Mandelʹštama, Vološina, etc. Fr. Paul's father was
accused of his poems, which he only attributed to the famous poets.
That year he was sent to the internal prison of the KGB, and then -
after a verdict – for three years at a Soviet concentration camp. Ther
Father Paul protected the prisoners and went to an open conflict with
the head of the camp. Several attempts were made there to kill him, and
in the camp he lost one of his legs and came out disabled. After that,
he was a priest in Fergana and Krasnovodske.
In 1976 Fr. Pavel moved to Pskov. He became the rector of the Church of St. Wives-Myrrhophores, and since 2008 he served there as a priest. Since the arrival in 1992 of the E. Eusebius (Fomina), he experienced serious persecution by the Pskovskuû Department.
He is known in the city as a preacher, he founded a general education school of regents, a shelter for orphans-disabled people, and was looking for the realization of the principle of catechesis in the life of the church. So, he was very interested in the experience of the Transfiguration Brotherhood, a member of which he became shortly before he died.
In 1976 Fr. Pavel moved to Pskov. He became the rector of the Church of St. Wives-Myrrhophores, and since 2008 he served there as a priest. Since the arrival in 1992 of the E. Eusebius (Fomina), he experienced serious persecution by the Pskovskuû Department.
He is known in the city as a preacher, he founded a general education school of regents, a shelter for orphans-disabled people, and was looking for the realization of the principle of catechesis in the life of the church. So, he was very interested in the experience of the Transfiguration Brotherhood, a member of which he became shortly before he died.
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