What A Hero Is

Metropolitan Benjamin of St. Petersburg before the Petrograd Revolutionary Tribunal, June 1922

In the turbulent years of the Bolshevik Revolution. the Orthodox faithful of Petrograd found refuge in the calm, spiritual constancy of their beloved archpastor. His kindness and simplicity had long ago won their hearts, and it was no surprise when, in the summer of 1917, he was elected metropolitan by popular vote. A few months [...]