Traditions
Orthodox
The Eastern churches' reading of the Fathers, the councils and the liturgy.
Writers
Metropolitan of Moscow · 1782–1867
Philaret of Moscow
Metropolitan of Moscow for nearly fifty years; he wrote the Longer Catechism, approved by the Holy Synod in 1839.
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Catechism
The Longer Catechism of the Orthodox, Catholic, Eastern Church
The Russian Orthodox catechism approved by the Holy Synod in 1839 and used in schools: faith, hope and love, set out in questions and answers.
Russian novelist · 1821–1881
Fyodor Dostoevsky
A convicted conspirator who came back from Siberia with the Gospel; his novels are the Russian Church’s argument with unbelief.
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Novel · 14 parts
The Brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky's last novel (1880): three brothers, a murdered father, and the questions of faith, suffering and freedom, with Father Zosima's teaching and Ivan's Grand Inquisitor.
Fathers this tradition reads
Portraits are drawn in the site’s engraved style from paintings and prints on Wikimedia Commons: Philaret of Moscow (Vladimir Hau (1817-1895) / Владимир Гау; public domain); Fyodor Dostoevsky (Unknown author; public domain).
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