Saint Luke. The paths of heaven and earthly roads... Kalikinskaya E.

The life of St. Luke - the great surgeon, the Archbishop of Crimean, the martyr of the camps and the laureate of the Stalin Prize - is so rich in events that the researchers are constantly finding new data. The biographer of St. Ekaterina Kalikinskaya, the author of four books about him, the director of the Museum of St. Luke in Pereslavl, in this publication analyzes the discoveries of the last ten years and the most interesting information from previous studies, including his own. New paradoxical facts relate to periods not illuminated in the famous biography of the saint. Against the backdrop of dramatic events during persecution of the Church, the spiritual stamina and amazing courage of this beloved by many of the saint reveal with particular force.