Non-commemorating
While sorting through the letters
received by Leonid Ivanovich from Bishop Athanasius, I found a message in which
Vladyka, addressing “one person”, calls on his spiritual children to start visiting
churches. Here Bishop Athanasius tells about his disagreements with Metropolitan
Sergius (Stragorodsky) . But in order
to understand what is at stake, we will have to go back to 1922, to the beginning
of Vladyka's torment.
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It was then, in the 22nd, shortly
after ow. Athanasius became bishop of Kovrovsky, vicar of Metropolitan Sergius (Stragorodsky) , a dramatic
story of their relationship began, which led to a break.
