Alexis Medvedkov, a priest servant of the Lord
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This article by Job Getcha presents the life and holiness of Archpriest Alexis Medvedkov (1861–1934), canonized by the Ecumenical Patriarchate in 2004. Adopting a hagiographic and historical approach, the author traces the journey of this priest born in the Smolensk region, ordained on the advice of Saint John of Kronstadt, then forced into exile following the Bolshevik revolution of 1917. After a stay in Estonia, Medvedkov exercised his ministry in Ugine, in Savoy, among Russian émigré workers, under difficult material and pastoral conditions. The article documents the discovery of his incorrupt body in 1956, the translation of his relics to Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois in 1957, and the miracles attributed to him. It thus shows how a discreet holiness, rooted in daily service and prayer, was gradually recognized by the Orthodox community of the Russian emigration in France.
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