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Another City

A Journal of Orthodox Culture

More articles by Igor Tsukanov

How to Pray in the Event of Civil War: The Unusual Story of the Prayer of Patriarch Hermogenes

November 11, 2019 / Igor Tsukanov

Ilya Glazunov, “The Poles Throw St. Hermogenes into Prison” (detail), 2008

“How have we arrived,” asks Stanford University historian Victor David Hanson, “at the brink of a veritable civil war?” And a recent "Washington Post" headline reads: “In America, talk turns to something not spoken of for 150 years: Civil War.” Surely the political and cultural polarization of America has now reached levels comparable to that … [Read more...] about How to Pray in the Event of Civil War: The Unusual Story of the Prayer of Patriarch Hermogenes

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