St. Elizabeth the New Martyr: The Quest to Restore the Order of Deaconesses

by Elena Belyakova, Nadezhda Belyakova

St. Elizabeth Fyodorovna (1864–1918) occupies a special place in Russian history.

Elena Belyakova, Nadezhda Belyakova

Elena Beliakova (left) is a lead researcher at the Center for the History of Religion and the Church at the Institute of Russian History (Russian Academy of Sciences) and a professor of church history at Moscow State University and St. Philaret Theological Institute. She specializes in canon history and the history of Russian Orthodox Church, and has authored monographs on Russian canon law, church jurisdiction, issues of discipline related to the Moscow Council of 1917–18, and the status and rights of women in the Russian Church.

 

Nadezhda Beliakova (right) is a senior researcher at the Center of Religion and Church Studies at the Institute of Global History (Russian Academy of Sciences) and an associate professor in the Department of Theology at National Research Nuclear University. Her academic interests include daily church life in the USSR, religious aspects of Cold War, and the role of women in the history of the church. She has authored or coauthored books on the relationships between Christian churches and communism, on women in evangelical communities in the USSR, and on women in the history of the Russian Orthodox Church in the twentieth century.

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