Orthodox Christianity in Imperial Russia : A Source Book on Lived Religion.

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Spellings and Dates -- Maps -- Introduction: Faith and Story in Imperial Russia -- 1 The Miraculous Healing of the Mute Sergei Ivanov, 22 February 1833 -- 2 The Miraculous Revival and Death of Princess Anna Fedorovna Golitsyna, 22 May 1834 -- 3 Monastic Incarceration in Imperial Russia -- 4 Letters to and from Russian Orthodox Spiritual Elders (Startsy) -- 5 Sermons of the Crimean War -- 6 The Diary of a Priest -- 7 "Another Voice from the Lord": An Orthodox Sermon on Christianity, Science, and Natural Disaster -- 8 A Ukrainian Priest's Son Remembers His Father's Life and Ministry -- 9 Akathist to the Most Holy Birth-Giver of God in Honor of Her Miracle-Working Icon Named "Kazan -- 10 A Nineteenth-Century Life of St. Stefan of Perm (c. 1340-96) -- 11 Written Confessions to Father John of Kronstadt, 1898-1908 -- 12 An Obituary of Priest Ioann Mikhailovich Orlovskii -- 13 Not Something Ordinary, but a Great Mystery: Old Believer Ritual in the Late Imperial Period -- 14 Orthodox Petitions for the Transfer of the Holy Relics of St. Stefan of Perm, 1909 -- 15 Dechristianization in Holy Rus? Religious Observance in Vladimir Diocese, 1900-1913 -- 16 Petitions to the Holy Synod Regarding Miracle-Working Icons -- 17 Missionary Priests' Reports from Siberia -- 18 Petitions to "Brother Ioann" Churikov, 1914 -- 19 Archimandrite Toviia (Tsymbal), Prior of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra: Memoirs and Diaries (Selections) -- 20 "From Ignorance to Truth": A Baptist Conversion Narrative -- Glossary and Abbreviations -- Further Reading -- List of Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

Beyond enhancing our understanding of Orthodox Christianity as practiced in Imperial Russia, this thoughtfully edited volume offers broad insights into the relationship between religious narrative and social experience and reveals religion's central place in the formation of world views and narrative traditions.

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