Word: patriarch
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Russian Orthodox archbishop of Berlin, his assistant, Archpriest Sergei Tolojewsky, and Father Arkadyi Zakidalsky arose excitedly at three o'clock in the morning. They were going to Moscow. Emigrants from the Soviet Union for more than 20 years, they were about to return as guests of the Patriarch of atheist Russia...
...hour the three nervous churchmen, their long, greying beards straggling down the breasts of their black gowns, shifted from one foot to the other on their doorstep. The car arrived at 6:30. They still had no passports. In fact, they had never received the written invitation from the Patriarch. But they had had several telephone calls from the Kommandatura's suave Colonel Alexander Tulpanov, telling them that the Patriarch was awaiting them impatiently...
...afraid to ask for anything you want," they were told at the hotel, "even if it is bird's milk." Later, the travelers were taken to call on the Patriarch. There they met Archdeacon Gregori Antonenko and others of the Patriarch's entourage, went to see a nearby church which was functioning. Said Father Sergei: "There are some 34 churches now in Moscow, filled to capacity every Sunday. Young people, old people, everybody comes. But somehow Moscow is a crude village. All the time I was there I didn't see a single intelligent face...
Necessary Compromises. But Father Sergei was much impressed with the Patriarch. "He greeted us with great feeling. He is an able man, quiet and good and simple. He has made his compromises with the Soviet state, compromises which were necessary. As a result he lives well, has automobiles, servants, and a chance tp travel wherever he wants...
...Soviet Union to see for ourselves that the Church was being allowed to function in Russia, in order that on our return to western Europe we could spread the glad tidings to our flocks. Also we found much interest in those Orthodox dioceses still under the authority of the Patriarch of Constantinople. We were asked on our return to Berlin to try to go to Munich, where several dioceses are still under the wing of Constantinople. We were to persuade them to come back under the authority of the Patriarch of Moscow. In order to help us in our work...