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When a Monk Helped a Soviet Bureaucrat Take Up an Unlikely Profession

Tradition and Sanity

One thousand seven hundred years ago today — on June 19 in the year of Our Lord 325 — the Nicene Creed was adopted by the Council after which it is named. Today, in a spirit of rejoicing for this inestimable gift of divine assistance to the early Church in the midst of one of the worst crises that had afflicted and would continue to afflict her — the Arian controversy — I would like to share an absolutely delightful chapter from one of my favorite books to read aloud, Everyday Saints and Other Stories, edited by Metropolitan Tikhon Shevkunov: “Father Avvakum and the Religious Affairs Commissioner from Pskov." This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.traditionsanity.com/subscribe