A pilgrimage in Russia
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This article is the account of a pilgrimage made to Russia by Father Michel Evdokimov and twelve members of his Saints-Peter-and-Paul parish in Châtenay-Malabry, visiting the Saints-Boris-and-Gleb parish in Moscow. In the form of a personal testimony, the text describes the ecclesial and social reality of post-Soviet Russia: material deprivation, massive religious renewal, shortage of priests, and intense catechetical effort. The author observes popular piety, the veneration of icons, and liturgical vitality, while also reporting on Christian initiatives engaged in the defense of human rights and education in democratic values. The contribution of this testimony is twofold: it documents the concrete conditions of the Orthodox renaissance in Russia in the early 1990s and illustrates the building of fraternal ties between Orthodox communities in France and Russia.
This article has not been translated yet — it is available in its French version here.
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