<div><strong>What is ROCOR Studies?</strong>

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<div>The primary mission of the website Historical Studies of the Russian Church Abroad (ROCOR Studies) is to analyze with empathy the past of our church without omitting difficult episodes or inconvenient truths. I believe that without such a wholistic approach to history, we will not be able to find answers to difficult questions that we are facing at the present time.

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<div>During decades of polemics, ROCOR authors have focused on problematic aspects of the history and theology of our opponents, without placing under scrutiny our own “side of the story.” This approach has prevented us from reflecting on our history in a balanced way.

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<div><strong>A Glimpse from 2024</strong>

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<div>Over 100 items were posted on the website during 2024, in English and/or Russian, including:

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<li>Interviews with Archbishop Peter (Loukianoff); Archpriest Nikolai Artemoff, Great- Schema-priestmonk John (Abernathy);

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<li>Documents from Russia and Abroad pertaining to ROCOR’s history;

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<li>Audio-recordings;

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<li>Discussions of Russian literature within the ROCOR (Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago).

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<div>A considerable achievement in the global field of Russian studies has been the preparation of a database of the historical ROCOR periodical Pravoslavnaia Rusʹ (1928-2005). This creation of the database was performed by Reader Dmitry Anashkin (d. 2018), funded by Metropolitan Laurus, and posted on the website by Dr. Walker R. Thompson. The database works as an index of all the articles (more than 30k records) and allows searches by various criteria. A demo version is already available online at:

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<div><a href="https://www.rocorstudies.org/2025/01/27/index-of-historical-pravoslavnaia-rus" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"></a><a href="https://www.rocorstudies.org/2025/01/27/index-of-historical-pravoslavnaia-rus" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><a href="https://www.rocorstudies.org/2025/01/27/index-of-historical-pravoslavnaia-rus" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.rocorstudies.org/2025/01/27/index-of-historical-pravoslavnaia-rus</a></a>ʹ-articles/

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<div><strong>A Ten-Month-Сut of the Website Traffic (Feb-Nov. 2024)</strong>

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<div>There were a number of visitors without valid location data who are not included in these totals. This represents a significant increase over a comparable 10-month period of March–December 2023, in which there were 32,749 unique visitors to the site and 61,137 views. The top 10 countries are the same as in February-November 2024. These statistics show that the site continues to fulfil its mission, attracting a wide audience not only from countries with a traditional ROCOR presence, but also from the traditional Orthodox “homelands” and globally.

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<div>•	There are currently 597 active subscribers to the ROCOR Studies e-mail newsletter. This an increase of 27 compared with last year’s report.

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<div>•	The Historical Studies Facebook group had 3,300 members in 2023, and it has now 3,900. I share materials with this group several times a week.

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<div>•	The ROCOR Studies YouTube channel this month has reached 1160 subscribers, and the number of views has quadrupled from 3,418 in 2023 to 13,943 in 2024. We have more than 300 videos posted there, and I regularly add new ones.

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<div><strong>I Cannot Do This Alone</strong>

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<div>Most of my life is church-related. In addition to ROCOR Studies, I work as an educator at three Orthodox Christian institutions and continue to share my academic expertise with the public.

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<div>I could not run ROCOR Studies without an input from translators and editors, which has to be paid for. The Fund for Assistance to the Russian Church Abroad supporters my expenses for the website and for my other activities as an educator in the amount of $700 per month. But this January, I spent $1,198 on these expenses, of which $498 came from my own pocket. Last month was not typical, but I do need to supplement the grant from the Fund for Assistance.

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<div>So, my goal is to raise an extra $300 a month for 2025, for a total of $3,600. This money will be used to cover editors’ honoraria and my expenses as an educator. In 2024, I gave presentations in six ROCOR parishes: one in New England, three in the southern USA, one in London, England, and one in Stuttgart, Germany.

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<div>My hope is that ROCOR Studies, with further help from the FFA and all who care about our mission, will make the website a sustainable operation that will continue its existence for many more years and even after and beyond the scope of my life.

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<div><em>Protodeacon Andrei,</em>

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<div><em>Founder &amp; Director</em>

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