«Тruth and unity with zealots are in the soul» Letters of the monkmartyr archimandrite Neophyte (Osipov) the hieromartyr archbishop Seraphim (Samoilovich), 1927±1928

Abstract

This is the first publication of letters of st. monkmartyr archimandrite Neop hyte (Osipov) to st. hieromartyr archbishop Seraphim (Samoylovich), to since Маy, 1927 till October, 1928. Archimandrite Neophyte was the personal secretary of St. Patriarch Tikhon. These letters were found in the PSTGU archive of to hieromartyr Seraphim (Samoylovich) in the handwriting original and handwritting copy.

Keywords

• The Russian Orthodox Church
• the persecution against the Church
• the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia
• the “right” Church opposition
• the epistolary heritage