The Thyateira Confession

“The Thyateira Confession” by Metropolitan Philaret Chief Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia An Appeal to the Primates of the Holy Churches of God, and their Eminences the Orthodox Hierarchs Instructing us to preserve firmly in everything the...

Two Letters to Archbishop Averky

METROPOLITAN PHILARET’S TWO LETTERS TO ARCHBISHOP AVERKY http://vertograd-eng.blogspot.com/1998_12_01_archive.html The two letters attached below – one official, the other informal – were written by His Eminence Philaret to His Eminence Averky, then...

Letter to Fr. Victor Patapov

A LETTER FROM METROPOLITAN PHILARET (VOZNESENSKY) TO A PRIEST OF THE CHURCH ABROAD CONCERNING FATHER DIMITRY DUDKO AND THE MOSCOW PATRIARCHATE [Letter to Fr. Victor Patapov] His Eminence Philaret’s letter attached below was inspired by the story of Dimitry...

Epistle 1965

EPISTLE OF METROPOLITAN PHILARET FIRST HIERARCH OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OUTSIDE OF RUSSIA TO THE BRETHREN IN CHRIST, ORTHODOX BISHOPS AND ALL WHO HOLD DEAR THE FATE OF THE RUSSIAN CHURCH (1965)   In recent days the Soviet Government in Moscow and various parts...