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It had been determined by Archimandrite Joseph that the prototype icon was of Byzantine style, based on a description written by the Russian Orthodox priest and martyr, Jacob Ivanovich Brilliantov. [6] In 1993 it was installed in the Vysotsky Monastery, [7] where it is now venerated as wonder-working, particularly in healing from addiction ...
The Russian Orthodox church was drastically weakened in May 1922, when the Renovated (Living) Church, a reformist movement backed by the Soviet secret police, broke away from Patriarch Tikhon (also see the Josephites and the Russian True Orthodox Church), a move that caused division among clergy and faithful that persisted until 1946.
As part of their persecution of Christians, they confiscated many relics of saints, including Seraphim. Furthermore, his biographer Seraphim Chichagov, who came to become a metropolitan, was arrested, sentenced to death and executed by firing squad in 1937 (and is also celebrated as a Russian Orthodox saint).
John of Kronstadt or John Iliytch Sergieff [3] (pre-reform Russian: Іоаннъ Кронштадтскій; post-reform Russian: Иоа́нн Кроншта́дтский; 31 October [O.S. 19 October] 1829 – 2 January 1909 [O.S. 20 December 1908]) was a Russian Orthodox archpriest and a member of the Most Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Matrona Dmitrievna Nikonova (Russian: Блаженная Матро́на Дими́триевна Ни́конова (Московская), romanized: Blazhennaya Matrona Dimitrievna Nikonova (Moskovskaya); [1] 1881/1885 – 2 May 1952 [2]) is a canonized saint of the Russian Orthodox Church who is said to have had the gifts of prophecy, spiritual vision, and healing from early childhood.
Modern icon of All Saints of Russia. The Feast of All Saints of Russia, [1] also known as The Feast Day of All Russian Saints [2] Resplendent in the Russian land (Russian: Собор всех святых, в земле Русской просиявших), is a day of remembrance celebrated in the Russian Orthodox Church on the second Sunday after Pentecost.
Eastern Orthodox Church: Canonized: 1694 by Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church: Major shrine: relics at the Nikolayevsky Monastery of Verkhoturye part of relics at the Ascension Church of Ekaterinburg and the Assumption cathedral of Ekaterinburg: Feast: First translation of relics: 12 (25) May. Synaxis of All Saints of Siberia: 10 (23) June