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Because Fr Alexander came to the priesthood through the gates of secular culture

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worship and what it means to live by the teaching of the Ten Commandments and the Beatitudes

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Diary of a Russian Priest brand_Hermitage Athonite Incense Because Fr Alexander came toAlexander Elchaninov, one of the most gifted priests of the Russian emigration, died from a tragic illness in 1934, at the age of fifty three. In his early years he was involved in the cultural and religious movements which transformed the country's literature and art during the period of 1900 1910. He was ordained comparatively late in life, after passing through the harrowing experience of the 1917 revolution. While deeply rooted in the spiritual