Ascent to the summit

By Saint Herman of Alaska Brotherhood

Subjects: Église orthodoxe, Biography, Christian martyrs, Orthodox Eastern Church, Death, Biographies, Witness bearing (Christianity), Clergé, Témoignage (Christianisme), Clergy, Alpinistes, Martyrs chrétiens, Mountaineers

Description: The biography of a champion mountain climber and alpine rescuer living in the North Causasus (Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Russia), Fr. Igor Rozin, who converted to the Eastern Orthodox Faith and was ordained to the priesthood. He was killed by a Muslim extremist in 2001 for being a Christian priest in the predominantly Muslim town of Tyrnyauz.--Publisher.