The apostle of China

Archbishop Guri (Karpov, 1814-1882) worked for many years in the Beijing Spiritual Mission. He translated the New Testament, psalter, a number of liturgical books into Chinese. The Equal -to -the -Apostles of St. Guria in China brought rich fruits to the Russian Orthodox Church: hundreds of Chinese accepted Orthodoxy.

The Bishop Guri did a lot for the Tauride diocese, which he headed in 1867, becoming a bishop, and later - the Archbishop of Tauride and Simferopol.

“Unlimited devotion to his high vocation, meekness, which is only characteristic of the humble wisdom of a deep Christian, hard work to exhaustion - these are the distinctive features of the saint who were inherent in his youth,” - a contemporary I. wrote about him. AND. Palympsestov.

St. Guri (Karpov) was glorified in the face of local saints by the decision of the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of May 18, 2008.

In the proposed book, except for biography, the sermons of St. Guria Guria were collected , uttered by him from the Crimean department, as well as teachings for different occasions. Prayer and troparia are attached to the saint.