Dr Matthew Raphael Johnson brings us a new Orthodox Nationalist looking at the Mystic Emperor Michael II (1648-1708) and the Kitezh idea in revolutionary, Petrine Russia. Most Russian historians claim that he did not exist. Michael II was the eldest son of Tsar Alexis, but was quickly sent into internal exile as the ruling class…
Dr Matthew Raphael Johnson presents another edition of the Orthodox Nationalist, this time dealing with the Koliivshchyna rebellion, sometimes called the Haidamak revolt, which began in 1768. It’s spiritual foundation was the Abbot of the Motronynskyi (or Motroninsky) Monastery near Chyhyryn in western Ukraine, Abbot Melchizedek (Jaworski). In this powerful address, Dr. Johnson calls on the…
By M. Raphael Johnson. Ukraine is little studied, known or understood in the West. Some claim she is a part of Russia, others Poland; others deny her a unique cultural status or even deny a unified “Ukrainian” culture. Others know nothing of her at all.