A Sermon on the Sunday of St. John of the Ladder

A SERMON OF METROPOLITAN PHILARET ON THE SUNDAY OF ST. JOHN OF THE LADDER   In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit   More than once, brethren, the fact has been mentioned that on each Sunday in the Great Fast there are other...

Two Letters to Archbishop Averky

Two Letters From Metropolitan Philaret To Archbishop Averky[1]   The two letters presented below — one official, the other informal — were sent by Metropolitan Philaret to Archbishop Averky, the then (in 1970) Abbot of Holy Trinity Monas­tery in Jor­danville,...

Letter to Abbess Magdalena (Countess Grabbe) 1979

A Letter from Metropolitan Philaret (Voznesensky) to Abbess Magdalena (Countess Grabbe), Superior of the Lesna Convent in France* November 26 / December 9, 1979 Your Reverence,[1]   I am writing this letter en route — onboard the ocean liner Orion, which is...

Reply to I. Solzhenitsyn

Reply of Metropolitan Philaret to I. Solzhenitsyn[1] MOST ESTEEMED ALEKSANDR ISAEVICH, On behalf of the whole Council of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia I thank you for sharing your observations and thoughts with us. We feared for your life when you were...