Olga Birmileyeva, B. A. in Theology, SFI (Moscow)
pp. 40–58
The article reconstructs the history of the diocesan brotherhood existed from 1877 to 1918 in the territory of the Ryazan and Zaraysk diocese. The author bases her study on the documents kept by the Foundation of the Brotherhood of St. Basil, Bishop of Ryazan. The records, numbering 290 and covering all the years of the brotherhood’s existence, are stored at the State Archive of the Ryazan region.
Keywords: Brotherhood of St Basil’s, Bishop of Ryazan, missionary work, Bishop Palladius (Rayev), history of brotherhoods.