hidden Adrian (Blinsky) (1722 - 1812), hieromonk, clergy figure Adrian, a hieromonk (in schema named Adrian; in the world - Vasily Ioannovich Blinsky; 1722 - 1812), a zealot of godliness, the superior of the Konevets Monastery. He was born in a noble family, early became an orphan and was disinherited.... more

hidden Agricola Mikael (1510- 1557), clergy figure Agricola, Mikael, (about 1510- 1557), a Finnish clergy figure, founder of the Finnish literary language. During 1536-1539 he was apprenticed the Wittenberg University to Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon. Mikael Agricola was the Head of the... more

hidden Aleksiy Compassion Society Aleksiy Compassion Society, it was one of the biggest in the Eparchy of St Petersburg. Aleksiy Compassion Society was founded on the basis of the complex of the charitable establishments and the community of nurses which were organized... more

hidden Aleksy (Simansky) (1877 - 1970), patriarch, clergy figure Aleksy (Sergey Vladimirovich Simansky; 1877 - 1970), a patriarch. Sergey Vladimirovich Simansky was born in the family of a chamberlain. In 1896 he graduated from the Nicholas Lyceum, in 1899 he graduated from the department of law of the Moscow... more

hidden Antony (Bochkov) (1803-1872), hegumen, clergy figure Antony (Aleksey Polikarpovich Bochkov; 1803-1872), a hegumen, clergy figure, ecclesiastical writers. He studied in a private boarding school, took part in literary life. In the 1820s he often went to Revel; he published some essays, two stories... more

hidden Baptism Baptism. Kind of Protestantism. In 1880 the first baptist prayer hall was opened in St Petersburg, in 1884 the first congress of baptists and the Evangelical Christians of Russia, closed to it, took place in St Petersburg. Soon the ban on the... more

hidden Catholicism Catholity. The Catholic churches were in Novgorod and Ladoga in the North-West of Russia during the Kievan Rus. In 1293 the chapel were built in the Vyborg Fortress which was founded by Swedes, from 1351 it became the parish church of St Olaf. ... more

hidden Cheremenetsky Monastery of St. John the Theologian The Cheremenetsky Monastery of St. John the Theologian (the locality of Cheremenets, the Luga district). The monastery was founded in 1478 according to the order of Ioann III on an island of Cheremenetsky Lake. In the second half of the 16th... more

hidden Churikov, Ivan Alekseyevich (1861-1933), preacher Churikov, Ivan Alekseyevich (1861–1933), preacher, founder of the teetotaller movement. He graduated form the village school, then he was trader.After his wife committed suicide and after the fire destroyed his property, he distributed the... more

hidden Edinoverie Edinoverie (E.), union of the Old Belivers with the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) on the basis of the hierarchy obedience of the Old Belivers to ROC with preservation of the Old Belivers order of services and ceremonies which were formed... more

hidden Eparchy of Saint Petersburg Eparchy of Saint Petersburg , territorial-administrative unit of ROC (Russian Orthodox Church). It was established according to the order of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna on 1 September 1742, before it was territorially included into the Novgorod... more

hidden Eparhy of Vyborg and Finland The Eparchy of Vyborg and Finland. In 1809 Finland was included into the Russian Empire. There were about twenty five thousand members of the Orthodox Church (the majority of members was in the Ladoga rigion) in sixteen parishes of Finland in... more

hidden Eparhy of Korelia Eparchy of Korelia (Korelian and Oreshsky/Oreshkovsky Eparchy; according to other names - Korelian and Koporsky). It was founded in 1595 after Tyavzinsky Treaty of Peace with Sweden when the town of Korela (now the town of Priozersk) was given back... more

hidden Eparhy of Novgorod Eparhy of Novgorod. It is one of the oldest eparchies in Russia (it has been being since 992). The eparchy was the largest, it included five administrative regions (pyatinas) as well as the Pskov, Onega Lake, Karelia lands and the region of the... more

hidden Eparhy of Olonets and Kargopol The Eparchy of Olonets and Kargopol. Othodox monasteries and churches of the Olonets region (the territories of present-day Korelia, partly of the Vologda and Leningrad Regions) were originally included into the Eparchy of Novgorod. The foundation... more

hidden "Evangelical Chistianity", see Baptism reference

hidden Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Ingria Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Ingria (ЕLC of Ingeia). Oganizing of ЕLC of Ingria began when Russia surrendered the South shore of the Gulf of Finland and the Karelian Isthmus to Sweden according to the Treaty of Stolbovo in 1617... more

hidden Fyodor (Fyodor Ilyuch Polzikov) (1756-1822), clergy figure, schemamonk Fyodor (Fyodor Ilyuch Polzikov; Filimon after taking of monastic vows; 1756-1822), a schemamonk, a zealot of godliness. In 1782 Fyodor went into a monastery in secret from his family, in 1784 he was taken the monastic vows by Venerable Paisius... more

hidden Gavriil (Petrov-Shaposhnikov) (1730-1801), metropolitan, clergy figure Gavriil (Petr Petrovich Petrov-Shaposhnikov; 1730-1803), a metropolitan, clergy figure. P.P. Petrov-Shaposhnikov was born in the famoly of a priest, in 1753 he was graduated from the Slave-Greek-Latin Academy in Moscow. Since 1754 he worked in the... more

hidden Gostinopolsky Monastery of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker The Gostinopolye Monastery of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. It was located on the right bank of the Volkhov River to the south from the present-day village of Veltsa of the Volkhov district (the terrain feature of Nicholas pogost). The monastery... more

hidden Grogory (Chukov) (1870-1955), metropolitan, clergy figure Grigory (Nikolay Kirillovich Chukov; 1870-1955), Metropolitan, clergy figure, Doctor of Theology. Nikolay Kirillovich Chukov was born in a peasant family. In 1889 he graduated from the Olonets Ecclesiastical Seminary, in 1895 he graduated from the... more

hidden Holy Trinity Monastery of St. Aleksandr of Svir, the The Holy Trinity Monastery of St. Alexander of Svir (the village of Staraya Sloboda/ Svirskoye, the Lodeynoye Pole district). The monastery was founded by Venerable Alexander Svirsky. In 1484 he settled in a forest area nearby the Svir River in... more

hidden Holy Trinity Monastery of St. Antony Dymsky, the The Holy Trinity Monastery of St. Anthony Dymsky (the settlement of Bronevik, the Boksitogorsk district) is one of the ancientest in the Saint Petersburg eparchy. It was founded by Venerable Anthony Dymsky (according to a version of the... more

hidden Icons, revered and miracle-working Icons, revered and miracle-working. The Miracle-Working Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God, according to the legend , was painted by Apostle Luke. It was moved from Jerusalem to Constantinopole, where it dissappeared in 1383 and it appeared above... more

hidden Ignaty (Bryanchaninov) (1807-1867), sainted hierach, clergy figure Ignaty (Dmitry Aleksandrovich Bryanchaninov; 1807-1867), an ecclesiastical writer, theologian, sainted hierach. Dmitry Aleksandrovich Bryanchaninov studied in the Main Engineering College in St. Petersburg from 1822 untill 1827. He was in the first... more

hidden Ioann of Kronstadt (Sergiyev) (1829-1908), Saint, clergy figure Ioann of Kronstadt (Ivan Ilyich Sergiyev; 1829-1908), Saint, clergy figure. Ioann of Kronstadt was a famous preacher and ecclesiastical writer. He graduated with honours from the Arkhangelsk Ecclesiastical College, Seminary in 1851 and the St.... more

hidden Ioann (Snychev) (1927-1995), metripolitan, clergy figure Ioann (Ivan Matveyevich Snychev;1927–1995) metropolitan. He studied at the Technical College in Orsk; from 1945 he was in the city of Buzuluk, firatly as a lay brother, then he was a subdeacon of Bishop of Chkalovsk and Buzuluk Manuil... more

hidden Iov (? -1716), metropolitan, clergy figure Iov (middle of the 17th c. – 1716), the Metropolitan of Novgorod, clergy figure. He was from the ecclesiastical circle of Nizhny Novgorod by birth. He was professed as a monk in the Holy Trinity-St Sergius Monastery in youth . From 1690 he was... more

hidden Isidor (Nikolsky), (1729 - 1892), metropolitan, clergy figure Isidor (Nikolsky Iakov Sergeyevich; 1799–1892), the Metropolitan.He was borne in the deacon family. He graduated from the ecclesiastical college and the seminary in Tula (1821), then he graduated from the ecclesiastical academy in St Petersburg... more

hidden Islam Islam. Devotees of Islam, mainly tatars, appeared in the St Peresburg Guberniya in the early 18th с, when the working people, from the central regions of Russia, were assembled for building the new capital city according to the order of Peter I.... more