Sergei Michailovich Trufanov was a lapsed hieromonk, a charismatic preacher, an enfant terrible of the Russian Orthodox church, panslavist, and actor.
Trufanov in Donskoy Monastery, 10 February 1913
Rasputin, Hermogen and Iliodor next to each other in 1906. In 1912 Alexandra ordered Hermogen to be banished to a monastery after he beat Rasputin with a crucifix; Iliodor went into exile after the attack by Khioniya Guseva in June 1914.
Iliodor during a procession in 1910
Frolishi monastery
Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was a Russian mystic and faith healer. He is best known for having befriended the imperial family of Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia, through whom he gained considerable influence in the final years of the Russian Empire.
Portrait of Rasputin, c. 1910s
Pokrovskoye in 1912
Rasputin with his children
Makary, Bishop Theofan and Rasputin, 1909