Archpriest Gregory Prozorov (1864–1942), rector of the parish of Moscow Patriarchate in Berlin

2024

Vestnik Pravoslavnogo Svâto-Tihonovskogo Gumanitarnogo Universiteta: Seriâ II. Istoriâ, Istoriâ Russkoj Pravoslavnoj Cerkvi, Vol 116, Iss 116, Pp 93-115 (2024)

The article examines the biography of one of the significant figures of the Russian Orthodox Church of the twentieth century – Archpriest Grigory Yakovlevich Prozorov. After graduating from the Kiev Theological Academy, he was actively engaged in pedagogical and spiritual-educational, as well as socio-political activities, being an adherent of extreme right-wing views. In exile, in Serbia and since 1924 in Germany, Archpriest G. Prozorov remained under the jurisdiction of Metropolitan Evlogiy (Georgievsky), refusing to submit to Bishop Tikhon (Lyashchenko) of the ROCOR. Since 1930, he was the only representative of the Church of the Moscow Patriarchate in Germany, remaining faithful to it until the end of his life. The parishioners of the temples of Archpriest Gregory were famous scientists S. L. Frank and I. A. Stratonov. canonical and property, disagreements between the three branches of Russian Orthodoxy in Germany: ROCOR, "Evlogians" - supporters of Metropolitan Evlogy and the Moscow Patriarchate, on the other hand – in the face of harassment by German punitive authorities, in particular, the Gestapo. The article is based on numerous materials, first introduced into scientific circulation from the Bundesarchiv (Berlin), the Russian State Military Archive and Russian emigrant periodicals in Germany.

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St. Tikhon's Orthodox University, 2024.

archpriest grigory prozorov, kiev at the beginning of the twentieth century, germany in the 20-30s of the twentieth century, berlin, russian emigration, parishes of the moscow patriarchate abroad, rocor, metr. eulogius (georgievsky), metr. eleutherius (bogoyavlenskij), metr. sergiy (stragorodsky), bishop tikhon (lyashchenko), s. l. frank, i. a. stratonov, gestapo., протоиерей григорий прозоров, киев в начале хх в., германия в 20-30-е гг. хх в., берлин, русская эмиграция, патриаршие приходы за границей, русская православная церковь заграницей, митрополит евлогий (георгиевский), митрополит елевферий (богоявленский), митрополит сергий (страгородский), епископ тихон (лященко), с. л. франк, и. а. стратонов, гестапо., History of Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics, DK1-4735, History and principles of religions, BL660-2680