Metropolitan Leonty on Metropolitan Anthony: The Complex Memory of the Russian Emigration
May 14, 2026
Metropolitan Leonty (Turkevich), First Hierarch of the North American Metropolia, passed away on this day in 1965.
The history of the Russian Orthodox emigration is often viewed through the lens of later jurisdictional conflicts and ideological divisions. Over time, familiar categories emerged: ROCOR, the Metropolia, the Paris school, “libera…
