Jordanville professor offers daily reflection on Church history and theology

Jordanville, New York, September 12, 2024

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Protodeacon Andrei Psarev, Ph.D., Professor of Russian Church History and Canon Law of Holy Trinity Seminary and the founder of ROCOR Studies, shares his analytical reflections on an event of the day. In a reader-friendly way, he writes about Orthodox saints, councils, bishops, priests and lay people. He mostly focuses on the Russian Church Abroad, but also writes about Byzantine and Western European Church history.

In August of 2024, Fr. Andrei completed the full year of 365 reports. Now he revises, updates, and posts these reports almost every day. There also might be new reports available. The platform Substack allows a subscriber to listen to the reports, which are normally two-four minutes long.

The cost of subscription is $80 a year or $8.00 a month. There are free trials and free subscriptions with limited access available at https://andreipsarev.substack.com

Some testimonies from subscribers:

“In his writings on Church life, Protodeacon Andrei describes important men and women of the Church with much love and respect, yet he never idealizes them. They come across as very real, imperfect human beings who strived to do the right thing in what were often extremely difficult and confusing circumstances. Some now shine forth as martyrs and saints, while others made serious mistakes of judgment. Together they make up the human reality of our Holy Orthodox Church—a reality that Protodeacon Andrei presents to us with charity and honesty.”

Peter, TN

“Praise God for what you do to inform us. Helps me to share with my little godson.”

Alexandra, HI

“As an Orthodox Christian, I feel I do not know, and indeed I cannot know as much as we Orthodox Christians SHOULD know about our precious Orthodox Church. But we have Fr. Andrei Psarev’s frequent postings, which are like lighting a candle in a dark room. Keep on posting, Fr. Andrei!”

John, OR

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9/12/2024

See also
Looking Toward Unity: How the Russian Church Abroad Viewed the Patriarchate of Moscow, 1927–2007 Looking Toward Unity: How the Russian Church Abroad Viewed the Patriarchate of Moscow, 1927–2007
Deacon Andrei Psarev Looking Toward Unity: How the Russian Church Abroad Viewed the Patriarchate of Moscow, 1927–2007 Looking Toward Unity:
How the Russian Church Abroad Viewed the Patriarchate of Moscow, 1927–2007
Deacon Andrei Psarev
In this paper we shall examine the ecclesiological attitude of the ROCOR toward the Patriarchate of Moscow in order to see what fundamentals allowed the development of a dialogue, what elements caused complications in rapprochement, and what elements could facilitate the future of a united Russian Church. The History of the Russian Church Abroad in Portrait of Her Faithful Servants The History of the Russian Church Abroad in Portrait of Her Faithful Servants
Deacon Andrei Psarev The History of the Russian Church Abroad in Portrait of Her Faithful Servants The History of the Russian Church Abroad in Portrait of Her Faithful Servants
Lecture on the 90th anniversary of ROCOR read at the Synodal Building in New York, December 7, 2010
Deacon Andrei Psarev
We will look at representatives of the Russian Church Abroad who began their service in Russia and as a result of the Civil War found themselves abroad, those who filled her ranks during the war and those who began their service before the 1990’s. St. John Made no Compromises, Neither With Himself Nor With Circumstances St. John Made no Compromises, Neither With Himself Nor With Circumstances
On the Commemoration of the uncovering of the relics of St. John of Shanghai; Deacon Andrei Psarev, Maria Reshetnikova St. John Made no Compromises, Neither With Himself Nor With Circumstances St. John Made no Compromises, Neither With Himself Nor With Circumstances
On the Commemoration of the uncovering of the relics of St. John of Shanghai
Deacon Andrei Psarev, Maria Reshetnikova
In our life it’s simply impossible to meet someone who is both kind and active. Many are active, but they are very cruel; and many are kind, but they do nothing. When you read about Vladyka John and you see what an active and kind man he was, you realize how fortunate it would have been to be his contemporary; he literally and physically save the lives of so many people.

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