Resumption of holiday at Local Counsil The Feast of All Saints of Russia

botis turaev

the merit restore , honoring memory of day of russian saints belong professor of petrograd university boris turaev , hieromonk athanasius (sakharov). both members of all-russian local counsil, held in 1917-1918.

march 15, 1918 boris turaev, @ meeting of division of worship, preaching , church, introduced report counsil, where, in particular, notes in our sorrowful times, when single russia became broken when our sinful generation trampled fruit feats of saints worked in caves of kiev , in moscow, , in thebaid of north, , western russia on creation of unified russian orthodox church, seem s time restore forgotten holiday, reminds , our rejected brothers generation generation unified orthodox russian church, , let him small tribute our sinful generation, , small atonement of our sins .

august 20, 1918 turaev s report reviewed council, , finally, on august 26, on saint s day of holiness patriarch tikhon, made historic decree: 1. rebound existed in russian church, celebration of memory of day of saints russian. 2. celebration of takes place in first sunday of peter s fast .

council decided publish revised , expanded service of monk gregory @ end of color triodion. hurry involved in work, boris turaev , hieromonk athanasius came conclusion borrow of monk gregory service can small part, whereas else needed remake: partly composing of entirely new hymns (this work has assumed boris turaev) partly select characteristic , best of existing prayer books, individual services russian saints (this job did monk athanasius).

turaev , hieromonk athanasius wish push through counsil, service, long consil closed. therefore, september 8, 1918, @ penultimate meeting of liturgical department of local council, incomplete new service has been reviewed, approved , transferred subsequent approval of patriarch , holy synod.