GOLUBINSKIJ, EEFGENIJ. - Professor of ecclesiastical history at the Ecclesiastical Academy of Moscow (1834-1912). He was the first to dare to challenge the often distorted or even false traditional ideas of his predecessors by using recently published sources critically examined by him. It is therefore not surprising that, especially in the early years of his teaching, he had to contend with the officials of the state censorship. Nevertheless, the Metropolitan of Moscow, Macario Bulgakov, gave him strong protection.
G. published many works, for example, on Russian saints. However, his masterpiece remains the History of the Russian Church (4 vols., Moscow 1886-1917), which covers all aspects of ecclesiastical administration and religious culture. Unfortunately, blindness struck this distinguished historian and father of Russian ecclesiastical history. Consequently, he was unable to continue his work, which comprised four substantial volumes, beyond the introduction of the patriarchate in 1598.