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Greetings on the Fifth Sunday of Lent, the one of St. Mary of Egypt!
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Metropolitan Sergii (Stragorodskii), later Patriarch, is one of these church figures who deserves very careful treatment due to the impossible choices they faced.
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The Act of Canonical Communion signed by Patriarch Alexis and Metropolitan Laurus on May 17, 2007, contains the following provision: “Acts issued previously which preclude the fullness of canonical communion are hereby deemed invalid or obsolete.” Therefore, the ROCOR’s 1943 decision not to recognize Patriarch Sergei’s election as canonically valid is now redundant. I understand that in the process of negotiations leading to full communion, both parties agreed to respect the fathers of both the Moscow Patriarchate and the Russian Church Abroad.
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The possible canonization of Metropolitan Sergii goes beyond this. The publication of this research strives to contribute toward the thoughtful conversation within the united Russian Church along the lines of this website’s mandate: “conversations about the past are based upon historical methodology with a healthy respect for each subject researched, and an indiscriminate approach to the facts studied. The dialogue about the present establishes the same methodology for those who recognize the value of candid conversation.”'
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The article offered to readers’ attention below was published in Der Bote/Vestnik (the official press organ of the ROCOR Diocese of Germany), No. 3, 2024. It is being published on our site in an abbreviated and revised form. The translation of this text has been sponsored by Australian and New Zealand Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia.
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Yours in Christ,
Protodeacon Andrei Psarev
Editor & Founder
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A Critical Approach to the Question of Canonizing Patriarch Sergii (Stargorodskii) of Moscow: In the Steps of the Moscow Conference on the Occasion of the 80th Anniversary of His Death
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In this article a Russian historian is discussing complex issues surrounding the potential canonization of Patriarch Sergii, the second primate of the Russian Church during the Soviet period.
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Критический подход к вопросу канонизации Патриарха Московского Сергия (Страгородского): по следам московской научной конференции, приуроченной к 80-летию со дня смерти иерарха
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Cложные вопросы на пути к возможной канонизации второго предстоятеля Русской Церкви в советский период ее истории.
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For Those Who Strive for Deeper Knowledge in ROCOR History
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For ROCOR Studies aficionados
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