"Educated, intelligent, rather self-controlled, possessing a good deal of cunning and intellect": on some features of personality of the main renegade of 20th century Alexander Osipov prior to transition to service to the atheistic state

This article deals with the personality of archpriest Alexander Osipov, the prominent Orthodox priest, who in the middle of the 20th century renounced his faith in God and became an active fi ghter against the Russian Orthodox Church. The main purpose of the article is to comprehend main reasons for...

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Main Author: Ivan Petrov
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: St. Tikhon's Orthodox University 2017-12-01
Series:Vestnik Pravoslavnogo Svâto-Tihonovskogo Gumanitarnogo Universiteta: Seriâ II. Istoriâ, Istoriâ Russkoj Pravoslavnoj Cerkvi
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Online Access:http://periodical.pstgu.ru/ru/pdf/article/6197