Translated by Fr. Alvian Smirensky This essay, written in 1954, was inspired by the controversy surrounding the death in 1953 in New York of Russian socialist and revolutionary Vladimir Mikhailovich Zenzinov. Zenzinov had been involved in the Revolution of 1905 and was later an official in Alexander Kerensky’s provisional government, but opposed the October 1917[…..]
Download this articleArchbishop John (Shakhovskoy)
Born in Moscow as Prince Dimitry Shakhovskoy in 1902. Worked as a missionary priest in Europe and wrote poetry. Moved to the US and was elected to the See of San Francisco of the future Orthodox Church in America, where he served for over 25 years.
