Comments on: St. Alexander Hotovitzky on St. John of Kronstadt http://orthodoxhistory.org/2009/10/01/st-alexander-hotovitzky-on-st-john-of-kronstadt/ The Society for Orthodox Christian History in the Americas Wed, 08 May 2013 13:30:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Isa Almisry http://orthodoxhistory.org/2009/10/01/st-alexander-hotovitzky-on-st-john-of-kronstadt/comment-page-1/#comment-300 Isa Almisry Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:23:02 +0000 http://orthodoxhistory.org/?p=929#comment-300 Once he was sent for on behalf of the Princess Elizabeth, consort of Duke Sergius and a sister of the present Czarina. The Princess was ill and his prayers were wanted. Father John is said to have asked the Czar whether the Princess had entered the Greek Church from conviction or merely as a matter of policy – she was a German and originally a Lutheran. Astounded at his holiness, the ruler of All the Russias sharply told the prelate to mind his own business. Father John drew himself to his full height, fixed a penetrating glance on his imperial master and replied:

“That is just what I am doing, your Majesty. God, whose humble servant I am, demands that this question should be answered.”

Whether it was answered or not is not known.”

LOL. Since she has been glorified as St. Elizabeth the Neo-Martyr, I think it is known.

]]> By: OrthodoxHistory.org » Blog Archive » Isabel Hapgood on St. John of Kronstadt http://orthodoxhistory.org/2009/10/01/st-alexander-hotovitzky-on-st-john-of-kronstadt/comment-page-1/#comment-246 OrthodoxHistory.org » Blog Archive » Isabel Hapgood on St. John of Kronstadt Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:09:35 +0000 http://orthodoxhistory.org/?p=929#comment-246 [...] couple of weeks ago, we reprinted St. Alexander Hotovitzky’s 1904 account of his meeting with St. John of Kronstadt. Nearly a decade earlier, the famous translator Isabel Hapgood wrote her own profile of St. John [...]

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