. The religion of Russia. A study of the Orthodox Church in Russia from the point of view of the Church in England. a-tion and expansion proceeded, and during this period theRussian Christians looked to the archbishops of Kieff forleadership and governance. In 1325, however, the GrandPrince Ivan I, with the strong approval of the aged Arch-bishop Peter, Metropolitan of Kieff, established his capitalat Moscow, which thereafter became both the civil andreligious centre of the Slav tribes, now gradually unitingunder one leader against the menace of the Tatar , the city of innumerable
. The religion of Russia. A study of the Orthodox Church in Russia from the point of view of the Church in England. a-tion and expansion proceeded, and during this period theRussian Christians looked to the archbishops of Kieff forleadership and governance. In 1325, however, the GrandPrince Ivan I, with the strong approval of the aged Arch-bishop Peter, Metropolitan of Kieff, established his capitalat Moscow, which thereafter became both the civil andreligious centre of the Slav tribes, now gradually unitingunder one leader against the menace of the Tatar , the city of innumerable churches, of everlastingbells, of endless processions, of palace and church combined,of tombs and thrones, and relics and treasures, has eversince been the Holy City of Russia, round which havegathered all the noblest aspirations of the Russian Petrograd has become the head of the nation, Moscowremains its heart. From the neighbouring2 monastery of 1 Liturgy: , the Communion Service, Eucharistic Office, or Mass,exclusively. 2 Neighbouring as Russians count distance. It is nearly fifty >5h +J s c ^ ?: 2 s o .£> < u IC w — < i o - h ?a c a W £. P ~ K o U z~ H « — Z -< X -a ± - a HISTORY OF THE RUSSIAN CHURCH 9 the Holy Trinity came the inspiration which sent forth theGrand Prince Dmitri to the battle of the Don, where thedreaded Tatars, so long masters of Russia, received thecrushing defeat which checked for a time their domina-tion. In 1472 it was the Archbishop Bassian who almostdrove the disheartened Grand Prince Ivan III to that lastadvance, when the Tatars fled before the Russian thou fear death? Thou too must die as well others;death is the lot of all, man, beast, and bird alike; noneavoid it. Give these warriors into my hand, and, old as Iam, I will not spare myself, nor turn my back upon theTatars. England owes much to her Church, but Russiaowes yet more, her very existence. Nor was the Churchlacking in the secon
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