Archimandrite Damascene (Orlovsky) Has Published a New Book: ‘Through Suffering to Communion: New Martyrs of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus’

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DOI 10.28995/2073-0101-2018-3-953-959

Zinaida P. Inozemtseva

Moscow, Russian Federation

Magazine Vestnik Arhivista / Herald of an Archivist, Moscow, Russian Federation

Archimandrite Damascene (Orlovsky) Has Published a New Book: ‘Through Suffering to Communion: New Martyrs of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus’

Abstract

The reviewed book of Archimandrite Damascene (Orlovsky) ‘Through Suffering to Communion: New Martyrs of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus’ describes 24 life paths of hierarchs and clergymen canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church and their spiritual endeavors amid anti-religious persecution of the 20th century. The book opens a door into the world of the heroes of spirit, who recreated reality in the most stifling time of mass anti-religious repression on the territory of the former Russian Empire. New martyrs come to life in the book to show an example of living Christian ideal (as imagined in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus) within this world. The group portrait of new martyrs shows features of national elite. Their spiritual endeavor, concludes the author's, is a phenomenon in the history of our currently divided people, which gives hope for creating a new unity through suffering. The source base that has provided biographical and hagiographic material for the book conclusively represents the realities of period in its macro and micro aspects. It consists of archival documents and oral history sources, most of which are being introduced into scientific use by the author. The review recognizes high scientific and archaeographic level of the book, as well as its informative value. The text includes 500 citations from archival documents and scholarship, as well as some documents, rare photographs, and scholarly commentary. It is of value for scientists who study the history of the Church and explore the role of individual and religious consciousness in the historical process.

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Keywords

Russian Orthodox Church, archival sources, oral history sources, new martyrs

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About author

Inozemtseva Zinaida Petrovna, PhD in History, magazine Vestnik arhivista / Herald of an Archivist, deputy editor-in-chief Moscow, Russian Federation, 8-917-586-76-72; This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Submitted 7.02.2018, published:

INOZEMTSEVA, Z. P. Izdan trud arkhimandrita Damaskina (Orlovskogo) “Edinstvo cherez stradaniya. Novomucheniki Rossii, Ukrainy i Belarusi” [Archimandrite Damascene (Orlovsky) Has Published a New Book: ‘Through Suffering to Communion: New Martyrs of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus.’ In Russ.]. IN: Vestnik arhivista / Herald of an Archivist, 2018, no. 3, pp. 953-959. doi 10.28995/2073-0101-2018-3-953-959