“Initially[...this...]book was to be a condensed translation of Innokentii, Mitropolit Moskovskii i Kolomenskii po ego sochineniiam pis’mam i razskazam sovremennikov [Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, According to His Writings, Letters, and the Stories of His Contemporaries] by Ivan Barsukov (Moscow: 1883). Soon, however, it became clear that this would be inadequate. [...]Barsukov himself was not content to stop there, but continued for the next twenty years collecting materials on this great hierarch which he eventually published in six volumes. Turning to these, we found them often superior in content, style and clarity to those included in the early biography. [...]When subsequently another source[...]was found to augment the narrative[...], it was decided to work directly from the primary sources rather than be bound to Barsukov’s rather limited initial collection.” —“Introduction”
CONTENTS
FOREWORD by His Beatitude, Theodosius, Archbishop of New York and Metropolitan of All America and Canada INTRODUCTION PART ONE: THE PREPARATION Chapter 1: Childhood Chapter 2: Decision Chapter 1: Layover PART TWO: “ENLIGHTENER OF THE ALEUTS” Chapter 1: Aunalakhskha Chapter 2: The Aleuts Chapter 3: Kisagunak Chapter 4: Buildings Chapter 5: The Shaman Chapter 6: The Price and Fruit of Missions Chapter 7: Home Life and Labors Chapter 8: End of An Era Chapter 9: The Tlingits Chapter 10: Fort Ross Chapter 11: “In A Little While You Will Not See Me” PART THREE: HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD AND BACK AGAIN PART FOUR: “APOSTLE TO AMERICA” Chapter 1: “Dangers on the High Seas” Chapter 2: The Return Chapter 3: Petropavlosk Chapter 4: Kamchatka Chapter 5: The Coming of Change Chapter 6: The Verdict PART FIVE: THE VENIAMINOVS The Veniaminovs PART SIX: THE ASIAN YEARS Chapter 1: The Background Chapter 2: Expansion Chapter 3: Conflict In St. Petersburg Chapter 4: The Triumph Chapter 5: Yakutsk Chapter 6: Shipwreck and A Saint Chapter 7: New Tides of Change PART SEVEN: METROPOLITAN OF MOSCOW Chapter 1: The Call Chapter 2: The Coming Chapter 3: Descent of Darkness Chapter 4: “Let Your Light So Shine” Chapter 5: “No Stranger To Missionary Work” Chapter 6: Memory Eternal EPILOGUE
Item Number: BKV748 Publication data: Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2006 Format: softcover Number of pages: 345 Dimensions (l × w × h): 21.6 cm × 14.0 cm × 2.6 cm ISBN-10: 0‒913836‒60-5 ISBN-13: 978‒0‒913836‒60-6
