Coronation of New Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia...

Next week, the new Patriarch of Moscow and of all Russia will be crowned. In 1917, Tikhon was elected.  Moscow, the 5th of November, 1917. Along with many Moscovites, about 300 members of the Russian Council gathered at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. Here they are. Each of them signed his own portrait.  Vladimir Bagdanovich, an artist and member of the Council, drew more than 200 portraits of the members. Here is Professor Pakrovsky and here Yevloghiy, Archbishop Volinsky, who later became head of the Russian Church in France. Vinyamin, Metropolitan of St. Petersburg, who was shot and killed in 1923, canonized as a martyr. Katovsky, Archpriest of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, also shot and killed, and canonized. Viktar Vasnyisof the painter. Sergei Bolgakov the philosopher. Speransky. Pavel Dymitrovich Lapin. The hermit Alexei of the Zousimp4a Hermitage was in charged with drawing the name of the new Patriarch from the ballot box. There were three candidates. The Metropolitan of Novgorod, Arseniy, the Metropolitan Antony and the Metropolitan of Moscow, Tikhon. The Divine Providence fell on Tikhon. "How many tears I will cry, and how many groans will I utter during my service as Patriarch. From this day forward I will be in charge of all Russian churches, and I will die for them every day."

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