Priesthood
Grigorieff was formally ordained a Russian Orthodox priest at St. Nicholas Cathedral in Washington D.C. in 1969 at the age of 50. He was designated as the cathedral's second priest at the time. He introduced English language services to the cathedral during the 1970s and was appointed dean in 1986. Grigorieff was given the title of dean emeritus in 1998.
He continued to publish books, in both English and Russian, on the topics of linguistics and religion. His most recent work was "Dostoevsky and the Church," which was published in 2002 in Moscow.
Grigorieff was awarded the Order of St. Innocent by Patriarch Aleksy II of the Russian Orthodox Church of Moscow. This marked the first time that the order had been awarded to a priest in the United States.
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