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Greetings from Jordanville!
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I pray this note finds you well. This is the fourth week of Great Lent
and I sincerely ask for your forgiveness for any errors or confusion,
for scandalizing you in any way, and for any other “blind spots” that
affected you but went unnoticed by me.
On January 26, my mother, Veronika, was admitted to hospital in
Cooperstown, NY for what we thought would be a stay of several days… On
February 28, she passed away there.
Due to technical stalmate with our newsletter service It is only now that I have a chance to send this update to you. The short articles featured below have been written for the “marathon” I have been “running” since August 1. I am referring, of course, to/This Day in the Life of the Church/, my daily reflections available to subscribers for $3.00 a month at:https://www.patreon.com/rocorstudies.
We don’t really have a consolidated structure in the Russian Church
Abroad to support academic work. Therefore, subscribing to these daily
reports is also a way to support my work and show your solidarity with
promoting scholarship within our Church.
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Thank you for your continuing interest,
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Protodeacon Andrei Psarev,
Editor
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In Memory of Veronika Mikhailovna Feder (1931–2024)
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An obituary for my mother, Veronika Mikhailovna Feder, who devoted ten years of her life to the work of Orthodox Russia in Russia, serving its readers with remarkable dedication, warmth, and enthusiasm.
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What a Joy to Be a Priest!
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This interview with Archbishop Seraphim (Doulgoff), who grew up in the Russian ecclesiastical milieu of Paris, shows how representatives of ROCOR and the Paris Exarchate continued to communicate and interact despite jurisdictional divisions.
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The Canonical Status of the Russian Church Abroad
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The Canonical Status of the Russian Church Abroad is one of the early extensive studies of the canonical position of the Russian ecclesiastical diaspora. Attributed to Tikhon Ametistov, Secretary of the Diocesan Administration under Metropolitan Evlogy, the 1927 publication examines the authority of Russian church institutions abroad, the jurisdiction of the Council and Synod of Bishops, and the conflict between Metropolitan Evlogy and the church leadership at Sremski Karlovci. It provides an important contemporary source for understanding the canonical, administrative, and institutional debates that shaped the Russian Church Abroad after the Revolution and Civil War.
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The Toll-houses Debate: an American Phenomenon
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This paper was submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Church History 520, a graduate-level course in Church History offered at Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary during the Spring 2026 semester and taught by Protodeacon Andrei Psarev.
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The 2007 Act of Canonical Communion and the (Dis)union in Brazil: Dialogue and Analysis on Why ROCOR in Brazil Didn´t Accept the Reunification
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The central task of this thesis, submitted to the Antiochian House of Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Divinity, is to explain why many Brazilian ROCOR communities rejected the 2007 Act of Canonical Communion and what this response reveals about ecclesiology, church governance, and communication within the Russian Orthodox diaspora.
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In Exile with Metropolitan Anthony
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The following memoirs, published here in installments, recount the dramatic events of 1920 as experienced by Protopresbyter Gregory Lomako, a witness to the collapse of White Russia, the evacuation from southern Russia, and the beginnings of Russian church life in exile.
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Priestmonk Alexis (Lisenko)
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On June 12, 2026 Priestmonk Alexei (Lisenko) reposed in the Lord in Chicago. Father Alexei was born in France into a White Russian émigré family and grew up in San Francisco during a time when Russian Orthodox Christians of different jurisdictions often lived as one close-knit community. Although his family belonged to North American Metropolia he knew ROCOR’s people of …
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The Munich Conference on the History of the Russian Church Abroad: Days 2 & 3, the Conclusion
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The Munich conference on the history of the Russian Church Abroad explored questions of memory, identity, and historical responsibility while bringing together scholars and clergy for what may have been the first fully professional academic conference organized organically within ROCOR itself.
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Munich Conference on the History of the Russian Church Abroad: Day 0 and Day 1
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ROCOR in Germany Is a Church that Organically Grew There
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Conference Program (German)
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Preparations for the Academic Conference Marking the Centennial of the German Diocese Are Underway
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Our online portal Historical Studies of the Russian Church Abroad is organizing an academic conference in Munich this May, dedicated to the centennial of the German Diocese.
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“The Process of the Rebirth of Russia Has Begun”
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An important historical witness to the development of the Russian Church Abroad.
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A Letter to Metropolitan Anthony (Khrapovitskii)
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An important testimony to how the Russian diaspora sought to understand the life of the Church in Soviet Russia.
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Relations between the Orthodox Church in America and the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia
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Joint Statement of the Commissions of the Orthodox Church in America and the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia
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Determination concerning the Catacomb Church of the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (1971)
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The Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia affirmed its spiritual unity with those persecuted believers in the Soviet Union who were often called the “Catacomb Church,” confessors of the faith forced to live in concealment in order to preserve the truth of Orthodoxy under atheistic rule.
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Sustaining Our Work Through Monthly Donations
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Ongoing research, publications, and educational work require continuity rather than one-time support. Regular monthly donations through the Fund for Assistance help ensure that this work can continue steadily and responsibly.
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Accessing the ROCOR Studies Patreon Archive
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From 2017–2024, ROCOR Studies published more than 800 posts on Patreon devoted to the history of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, canon law, and Byzantine tradition, all of which are now freely accessible to registered readers.
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ROCOR Studies Online Store Has Been Launched
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An invitation to visit an online store featuring ROCOR Studies–branded products.
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Looking Back and Looking Ahead: My ROCOR Studies Work in 2025–2026
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In this update I share what I was able to accomplish this past year along with the projects and goals I am working toward in 2026.
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Saint Spyridon, Saint Herman, and the Living Memory of the Church
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Marking the feasts of Saint Spyridon and Saint Herman with greetings to all celebrating the Nativity, and an invitation to deepen your journey through Church history.
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The 1944-1945 Diary of Archimandrite Seraphim (Ivanov). Highlighting the Relationship Between the St. Job of Pochaev Brotherhood and the Russian Liberation Army
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This study explores how the 1944–1945 diary of Archimandrite (later Archbishop) Seraphim (Ivanov) illuminates the forced, contingent, and often ambivalent cooperation between the Brotherhood of St. Job of Pochaev and General Vlasov’s Russian Liberation Army, showing how this small but influential monastic community sought to preserve its publishing apostolate and serve the Church while navigating political, military, and spiritual pressures in wartime Europe.
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