TOWARDS THE NEW RUS
A new Rus, strong in her faith in Christ God and the Holy Trinity,
will be raised up on the bones of the martyrs.
St John of Kronstadt, 1905
Beloved Land, soon to made fragrant and all-holy, shone through and
warmed by the love of so many martyrs' blood, there is an unknown redolence
and effulgent light in thy still brightening churches; we neither ask
why, nor question how - but we know and feel and have Faith.
Premonition from Orthodox Christianity and the English Tradition, 1974
And you, have you repented for the murdered Tsar, for the Russia that
has been laid to waste, for the faith that has been profaned?
Elder Nikolai Guryanov (+ 2002) (Reminiscences p. 49)
In 1980 there were 19 monasteries or convents in the Russian Orthodox
Church. Exactly twenty years ago, in 1987, the Russian Church consisted
of 67 dioceses and 6,893 parishes. Today the story is different:
Bishops (2007) ... 182
Priests and deacons (2006) ... 29,450
Parishes (2006) ... 27,303
Nuns (2006) ... 10,072
Monks (2006) ... 5,920
Convents (2006) ... 376
Monasteries (2006) ... 337
Theological Academies, Orthodox Universities, Theological Institutes, Seminaries and Theological Institutions (2006) ... 84
Orthodox High Schools (2006) ... 200
Schools in which The Foundations of Orthodox Culture course or similar courses are taught (2006) ... 11,184
Sunday Schools (2006) ... 9,920
Social
foundations (old people's homes, alms-houses, charities, rehabs for drug
addicts and alcoholics etc) (2006) ... 1,433
Number of services celebrated by Patriarch Alexis (2006) ... 170
