1. The first-fruits of Russian Christianity -- 2. The church and the growth of Russian culture -- 3. The Tartars and Prince Alexander Nevski -- 4. The re-birth of the nation -- 5. St. Sergius of Radonezh -- 6. The Moscow tsardom and the Russian Church -- 7. Ivan the Terrible and St. Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow -- 8. Tsar Theodor and the establishment of the patriarchate in Moscow -- 9. The time of troubles -- 10. The orthodox in Poland and Lithuania -- 11. The Great Schism and the Russian Church -- 12. The failures and achievements of Moscow culture -- 13. Peter the Great and the abolition of the patriarchate -- 14. The church under the St. Petersburg Empire -- 15. Saints, missionaries and prophets -- 16. The collapse of the Empire, and the restoration of the patriarchate -- 17. The Christians and the godless -- 18. The Russian Church during and after the Second World War -- 19. The church of Russia and the Christian West -- 20. The message of the Russian Church.