«The priest’s ministry is on the cross, but also on Sunday». Interview with the oldest teacher of the KoTS, Archpriest Alexander Karyagin, in connection with the 50th anniversary of his service in holy orders

Mikhail I. Zhigalov

Kostroma theological seminary, Kostroma, Russia

Email: brfhec2@yandex.ru

ORCID: 0000-0002-9789-5386

Issue: № 1 (17), 2022

Pages: 152–164

Annotation

This article presents an interview with the oldest teacher of the Kostroma Theological Seminary, head of the Department of Church History and Church-practical Disciplines, Candidate of theology Archpriest Alexander Karyagin (b. 1949). In this interview, Father Alexander, in particular, talks about the life of the Church in the 60–80s of the twentieth century; study at Leningrad theological schools; his church and diplomatic service in Bulgaria. Special attention in the interview is paid to the person of Metropolitan Nikodim (Rotov), who became for Father Alexander an example of service to the Church of Christ and Holy Russia.

Keywords

interview, Church, ministry, church-diplomatic ministry, Metropolitan Nikodim (Rotov), Archpriest Alexander Karyagin

For citation

Zhigalov M. I. «The priest’s ministry is on the cross, but also on Sunday». Interview with the oldest teacher of the KoTS, Archpriest Alexander Karyagin, in connection with the 50th anniversary of his service in holy orders // Ipatievsky vestnik. 2022. № . 1. P. 152–164 (In Russian). https://doi.org/10.24412/2309–5164–2022–1–152–164