Philaret, Metropolitan of Moscow, 1782-1867

Author: Vladimir Tsurikov

Form: Paperback

Pages: 208

Metropolitan Philaret (Drozdov)of Moscow (1782-1867) was a towering figure in 19th-century Russian culture, the leading intellectual force in the Russian church and an influence on such writers as Alexander Pushkin, Lev Tolstoy, and Fyodor Dostoevsky. This volume collects papers in English and Russian by leading scholars of the Russian church from a colloquium held on November 3-4, 2002, at Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary in Jordanville, NY.