At the risk of pimping my own blog but on a related note, the Russian Orthodox Church commemorated 400 years of the Imperial Dynasty on the Feast of Sts Peter and Paul with a Patriarchal Liturgy in the Imperial crypt. See... http://ad-orientem.blogspot.com/2013/07/liturgy-for-feast-of-holy-apostles-and.html
Nice to see St Alexander Nevsky mentioned here ! He was REALLY great.
Regarding the above, the Soviet-originated Moscow Patriarchate is some shadow of the REAL Russian Orthodox Church.
I saw that link provided above elsewhere but would not look at it. These are the equivalent of imposters, not bona fide hierarchs. Just to clarify for readers who don't know the background of the Stalin-founded "Moscow Patriarchate".
At the risk of pimping my own blog but on a related note, the Russian Orthodox Church commemorated 400 years of the Imperial Dynasty on the Feast of Sts Peter and Paul with a Patriarchal Liturgy in the Imperial crypt. See...
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They have uploaded the entire service.
Nice to see St Alexander Nevsky mentioned here !
ReplyDeleteHe was REALLY great.
Regarding the above, the Soviet-originated Moscow Patriarchate
is some shadow of the REAL Russian Orthodox Church.
I saw that link provided above elsewhere but would not look at it.
These are the equivalent of imposters, not bona fide hierarchs.
Just to clarify for readers who don't know the background of the
Stalin-founded "Moscow Patriarchate".