The clergy of the Sukhum Cathedral, 1965 Sitting from left to right: 1) Hieromonk Raphael (Karelin); 2) Archpriest Maxim Kontsevich; 3) Archpriest Nikolay Magaldadze; 4) Bishop Roman of Sukhum-Abkhazia (Petriashvili); 5) Hegumen Philagrius (Kaminsky); 6) Priest Alexander (Shatirishvili). Standing…

Graduate Nazariy Kiut at the graduation ceremony of the Moscow Theological Seminary (now Hieromonk Ignatius).
Photo 24 × 17 cm, black and white.
In the photo, graduate Nazariy Kiut (now Hieromonk Ignatius) is…

Photos of priest Nikolay Ladaria (late ХІХ − early ХХ centuries)

Priest of the Kaldakhuara Church Trofim Meladze. Photo, 12 × 7.5 cm. Trofim Meladze lived in the village of Kaldakhuara and served as a psalmist in the neighboring village of…

According to information provided by Svetlana Shankaya, Samson Minaya was a serving priest of an Orthodox church located in the town of Tkvarchal. He was born in a large family…

Ruslan Sarsaniya was born on January 31, 1978 in the town of Gudauta. In 1982 he was baptized in the Church of the Intercession of Theotokos in Gudauta.
 
Finished high…

Dmitry Dbar was born on January 18, 1972 in the village of Mgudzirkhua, Gudauta district. In 1988 he finished school №1 in Gudauta, then entered the second course of the Sukhum…

Adgur Ampar was born in the town of Gudauta on May 18, 1972. In 1986 he finished 8 classes at Abkhaz school №10 in Sukhum.
 
In the same year…

(Dates of birth and death unknown) Joseph Lakrba was a nobleman, priest. He finished the Stavropol Theological Seminary (1887), worked as a teacher in the Sukhum School. Joseph Lakrba taught his pupils only in the Abkhaz language. He was…

Gregory Leiba was a resident of the village of Mgudzyrkhva, Gudauta district. In the beginning of XXth century Gregory Leiba served as a deacon in the church of St….

In the first quarter of the XXth century the priest Panteleimon Samaa (Picture №1) served in the wooden church of the Resurrection of Christ in the village of Achandara (Abkhazia, Gudauta district). The church was built in 1869….