Memoirs of members of the Holy Council of the Orthodox Russian Church in 1917-1918.

The collection presents the memories of members of the Holy Council of the Russian Orthodox Church in 1917-1918 concerning its work and significance for the history of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church (1917-1918), All-Russian Local Council – the first Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church since the end of the 17th century, which opened on August 15 (28), 1917 in the Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin. His most important decision was the restoration of the Patriarchate in the Russian Church on October 28, 1917, which put an end to the synodal period in the history of the Russian Church. The Council coincided with such important events in Russian history as the war with Germany, the speech of General Kornilov, the proclamation of the Republic in Russia (September 1, 1917), the fall of the Provisional Government and the Bolshevik coup, the dispersal of the Constituent Assembly, the publication of the Decree on the separation of church and state and the beginning of the Civil War. war. The Council made statements in response to some of these events. The Bolsheviks, whose actions and legalizations were directly condemned by the Council (or personally by the Patriarch), did not make any serious attempts to interrupt its activities.