The Third Rome. 500 Years of the Russian Imperial Idea

A thoughtful reflection by the renowned religious scholar and philosopher Ilya Veyvürko—on the Russian path and the church; on the ancient Russian recipe for greatness and the right of Rus’ to claim the Roman imperial legacy. On how the famous thesis of Elder Philotheus—“Two Romes have fallen, and the third stands, and there will not be a fourth”—concerns us today.