Embassy, Emigrants and Englishmen: The Three Hundred Year History of a Russian Orthodox Church in London

The unlikely history of a centuries old church located at the heart of one of the world’s greatest cities.
Founded in the early eighteenth century by a Greek Archbishop from Alexandria in Egypt, the church was aided by the nascent Russian Empire of Tsar Peter the Great and joined by Englishmen finding in it the Apostolic faith. It became a key centre of Orthodox Church life for Western Europe and America until the Bolshevik revolution and ultimately proved to be a haven for the many refuge...