№ 2253. 200th anniversary of Archimandrite Antonin (Kapustin), a public, church and state official

 

Archimandrite Antonin (1817-1894) is an officer of the Russian Orthodox Church and an outstanding Russian religious and political figure, archaeologist, historian, religious writer, Byzantine scholar, and the head of the Russian Orthodox Ecclesiastical Mission in the Holy Land.

Antonin was elected an honorary member of many Russian and international associations and awarded with order of Saint Vladimir 2 degree and Saint Anna’s 1 degree, to name just a few.

The postage stamp features the portrait of Archimandrite Antonin, the Transfiguration Church in Baturino village of the Kurgan Region, where his father was a senior priest, and the Ascension Monastery in Jerusalem, where the Archimandrite Antonin was buried.