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Modern Orthodox Saints and Holy Fathers & Mothers: Ivan Mikhailovich Andreyevsky

Modern Orthodox Saints and Holy Fathers & Mothers: Ivan Mikhailovich Andreyevsky

    “On December 30, 1976, reposed an outstanding churchman and statesman, doctor of psychiatry, pedagogue, lecturer, publicist and author of a series of theological textbooks,” states the introductory line in the Memoriam published in Orthodox Life, about Professor Ivan M. Andreyevsky. He is mentioned often as one of the shining lights of Orthodox theology. His name is often heard together with Archbishop Averky Taushev, Archbishop Vitaly Maximenko, the philosopher Archimandrite Constantine Zaitsev Professor I.M Kontzevitch, Nicholas Talberg, and the…

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Modern Orthodox Saints and Holy Fathers & Mothers: Archbishop Andrew of Rockland

Modern Orthodox Saints and Holy Fathers & Mothers: Archbishop Andrew of Rockland

Born Adrian Rymarenko, on March 15/28, 1893, he was raised in a wealthy and pious family in the town of Romny, Poltava province, Ukraine. He recollects, “I grew up in a pious family… I was surrounded by that Orthodox way of life which for generations had been created by Holy Russia. In our family, life proceeded according to the church calendar, according to the yearly church cycle. Feast days were as it were the signposts of life. At home there…

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Modern Orthodox Saints and Holy Fathers & Mothers: Helen Yurievna Kontzevitch

Modern Orthodox Saints and Holy Fathers & Mothers: Helen Yurievna Kontzevitch

     Helen Yurievna Kartsova was born on April 13/26, 1893 in Smolensk in the Smolensk Oblast in Russia that is 220 miles southwest of Moscow.[1] Her father, Yuri Sergeyevich Kartsov, was a graduate from the faculty of law at the local university and entered a career of assistant ambassador in Constantinople.  Later he became the Russian Consul in Mesopotamia, England and Belgium. He finished his profession as a State Councilor and political correspondent for various periodicals. He was a…

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Modern Orthodox Saints and Holy Fathers & Mothers : St. Hilarion, Archbishop of Verey

Modern Orthodox Saints and Holy Fathers & Mothers : St. Hilarion, Archbishop of Verey

The Life of New  Hieromartyr Hilarion (Troitsky), Archbishop of Verey Commemorated on December 15 / 28 (date of his martyric repose) and on April 27 / May 10 (date of his glorification)             On December 15/28, 2011 an historically significant event happened here in our God-preserved town of Wayne, West Virginia at the Hermitage of the Holy Cross.  For the first time ever, the services for St. Hilarion, Archbishop of Verey were celebrated in English.  Up to this time the services were…

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Modern Orthodox Saints and Holy Fathers & Mothers: Ivan Michailovich Kontzevitch

Modern Orthodox Saints and Holy Fathers & Mothers: Ivan Michailovich Kontzevitch

     Ivan Michailovich Kontzevitch was born in 1893 in Poltava, Ukraine. He was the eldest of five children. His father, Michael Ivanovich, graduated from the Department of Natural Sciences in Warsaw University and became a tax inspector. Ivan’s mother, Alexandra Ivanovna Lisenevskaya was a Carpatho-Russian and the daughter of a judge. Alexandra finished secondary school and then married at a young age. She is described as a “born teacher” and she knew how to bring up her children without…

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