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«Belonging not to the roots of levit and not to an ecclesiastical school, i have always admired our ecclesiastical estate …»
Abstract
The correspondence between two representatives of Russian church diaspora - the professor of St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris Archimandrite Cyprian (Kern) and the Protopresbyter of Russian Orthodox Church Abroad BasilVinogradov -covers the period from 1857 to 1859. The main subjects of correspondence:the activity of Ecclesiastical academies in Russia till 1917, the clarification of Russian theologians’destinies and thespecial features of an orthodox Liturgy. Published letters were found in the Fund of Archimandrite Cyprian (Kern) at St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris.
Keywords
Cyprian (Kern), protopresbyter Basil Vinogradov, St. Sergius orthodox theological institute in Paris, spiritual school, pastoral service