Yakov Krotov
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Yakov Krotov is a Russian journalist, historian, radio host and Orthodox priest.
Yakov Krotov is of mixed Russian (on his father's side) and Jewish (on his mother's side) descent. After graduation from biological department of Moscow State University
in 1982, he worked as a librarian and archivist. In 1991 he started his journalistic career and published numerous articles about the problems on tolerance in Russia, freedom of conscience, Christianity and democracy.
From 1997 he works for the Radio Free Europe
, making regular talk-shows under the title "From the Christian point of view".
He has been lecturing in the United States
on the Russian Orthodoxy
as a Bradley Visiting Scholar.
He is married and has two sons.
Yakov Krotov is of mixed Russian (on his father's side) and Jewish (on his mother's side) descent. After graduation from biological department of Moscow State University
Moscow State University
Lomonosov Moscow State University , previously known as Lomonosov University or MSU , is the largest university in Russia. Founded in 1755, it also claims to be one of the oldest university in Russia and to have the tallest educational building in the world. Its current rector is Viktor Sadovnichiy...
in 1982, he worked as a librarian and archivist. In 1991 he started his journalistic career and published numerous articles about the problems on tolerance in Russia, freedom of conscience, Christianity and democracy.
From 1997 he works for the Radio Free Europe
Radio Free Europe
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is a broadcaster funded by the U.S. Congress that provides news, information, and analysis to countries in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Middle East "where the free flow of information is either banned by government authorities or not fully developed"...
, making regular talk-shows under the title "From the Christian point of view".
He has been lecturing in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
on the Russian Orthodoxy
Russian Orthodox Church
The Russian Orthodox Church or, alternatively, the Moscow Patriarchate The ROC is often said to be the largest of the Eastern Orthodox churches in the world; including all the autocephalous churches under its umbrella, its adherents number over 150 million worldwide—about half of the 300 million...
as a Bradley Visiting Scholar.
He is married and has two sons.
His electronic library and blog
Some of his publications online
- Sermon by priest Yakov Krotov, The moleben at the Cathedral of the Redeemer blessed and sanctified rocket forces of Russia. Well, it seems to be closer to heaven than sanctified BMWs of the new Russian rich, Novaya GazetaNovaya GazetaNovaya Gazeta is a Russian newspaper well known in the country for its critical and investigative coverage of Russian political and social affairs....
, September 6, 2007 - A country where sociopathy won
- Army soul of Russia
- Unity of the Church