Saint Russia. Essay on the history of Orthodoxy in Russia

This book is simultaneously spiritual and historical content. Constantly checking the course of the historical life of society as a whole with the course of church life itself, the author consistently and convincingly shows the role of the Russian Orthodox Church in its significance in the creation of the Russian state, in the formation, development and strengthening of Russian national identity.
History and Orthodox Church are the basic principles underlying this publication. In fact, the widest circles of modern readers acquire a systematic summary of the history of Russian Orthodoxy in inextricable connection with the history of Russia. That is why the book can not only turn out to be interesting and useful for many lovers, so to speak, "private", individual reading, but also to serve as a textbook is equal to secular and spiritual educational institutions - a kind of "introduction of the Russian Orthodox Church in the history of the Russian Orthodox Church."