This is not just a Church act – most likely, this is the final act that closes the drama of Revolution, civil war, the drama of the division of our people.
Archpriest Andrew Phillips
All three groups of Russian Orthodox émigrés have now been cleansed off their extremes.
Vladimir Shemenev
Everyone waiting for confession was standing and watching the poor woman, and probably pitying her in their souls. And the matushka again turned to the woman, now white from horror, and added: “You see… Never laugh at anyone in church.”
Sophia Kuzminykh
“I had long been waiting for Russian citizenship and didn’t want the Soviet one. Then I waited for a passport with a double-headed eagle, not accepting the one with the ‘International’ emblem. And I was granted it at last—what a stubborn old woman I am!” September 5, 2019, marked the 107th birthday of an extraordinary woman—Anastasia Alexandrovna Manstein-Shirinskaya.
Nun Natalia (Kaverzneva)
The more patiently Batiushka returned him to the need for repentance, the more distraughtly he would dodge the answer. Finally, covered with sweat and crimson from shame, he said: “I,” and fell silent, gathering his courage.