Христианская философия

Father John of Kronstadt (in the world Ivan Ilyich Sergiev), for many years at the turn of the 19th century -XX centuries was the rector of the Kronstadt St. Andrew's Cathedral. Official historical science, speaking about philanthropists and charity in Russia, almost never mentioned the name of Father John. Meanwhile, the Kronstadt shepherd rightfully occupies one of the first places among Russian philanthropists. It is difficult to overestimate the influence of John of Kronstadt on the minds and souls of his contemporaries: a brilliant speaker, writer, publicist, who was not afraid to enter into heated polemics with Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, whom he deeply respected as a great writer, but considered his views on the development of Russian statehood and the denial of the church disastrous for the future generations. The literary heritage of Father John is part of the spiritual heritage of the nation.