Platon Rozhdestvensky
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Platon Rozhdestvensky, born Porphyry Theodorovich Rozhdestvensky, was the Russian Orthodox Archbishop of the Aleutians and North America from 1907 to 1914 and again from 1922 to 1934. He was also reme
c. 1907
Metropolitan Platon in 1921
Most Holy Synod
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The Most Holy Governing Synod was the highest governing body of the Russian Orthodox Church between 1721 and 1917. It was abolished following the February Revolution of 1917 and replaced with a restor
Platon Rozhdestvensky
…the goal of protecting newly arrived immigrants from Austria-Hungary, Galicia, and Russia. In 1909, he was recalled to Russia briefly to serve on the Most Holy Synod. Under Platon's leadership, efforts were made to nationalize the church. In February 1908, Platon organized an Albanian Orthodox Mission in America…
Headquarters of the Holy Synod of the Russian Empire in St. Petersburg
The participants of the Extraordinary Meeting of the Holy Synod on July 26, 1911 in the main hall of the Metropolitan Housing in Alexander Nevsky Lavra.
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