Discussion on Christianization of Everyday Life among St. Petersburg Clergy in 1907–1908 [PDF]
The Revolution of 1905 gave birth to the internal Church movement for renewal of Church life. Impressed by the revolutionary events the liberal clergy and laity of this movement called it “liberation”; in the period of the movement there was really a ...
I. VORONTSOVA
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Renovationists and the Soviet government in 1923 in the coverage of the Exarch of Russian Catholics
The publication introduces into scientific circulation three documents of 1923, identified in the archive of the head of the Papal Mission to help the hungry in Russia, fr. Edmund Walsh, stored in the library of Georgetown University (USA).
A. L. Beglov
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A Skeptical Pilgrim: Theodore Dreiser and the Russian Orthodox Church in 1927 [PDF]
During his trip to the Soviet Union (4.11.1927–13.1.1928) Theodore Dreiser among other things paid much attention to the Soviet religious policy and the relations between the church and the Soviet state.
Panova Ol'ga
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«In the interests of increasing the influence and prestige of the USSR in the Middle East». Report of the soviet representative in Turkey to authorities of the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs of the USSR on situation in the Patriarchate of Constantinople in 1924 [PDF]
This publication introduces an important document from the Archive of foreign policy of the Russian Federation. This document illustrates the attitude of the People's Commissariat for Foreign Aff airs of the USSR towards the Patriarchate of ...
Aleksandr Mazyrin
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The Renovationist Schism in the Don Region and the Activities of «Archbishop» Melchizedek (Nikolayev) [PDF]
The article deals with the history of the renovationist schism in the Diocese of Don and Novocherkassk and with the role played in that process by “Archbishop” Melchizedek (also known as Nikolayev, Nikolev, or Nikolin).
Shadrina Alla
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“Archbishop” Vladimir (Ivanov) and the renovationist schism in Kuban in 1941–1945 [PDF]
The appeal to this topic is conditioned by the following factors: the increased interest of the Russian state and society in the Church and the frequent attempts to bring schism and disorder into the Church.
Toporov Maxim, Priest
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Formation of prerequisites for the renovationist schism among the liberal nobility and clergy of Orel guberniya in 1900–1917 [PDF]
Based on the analysis of the periodicals of Orel guberniya of the early 20th century, as well as information on the public utterances of provincial public fi gures on the Church question in the pre-revolutionary period, the author reconstructs the ...
Timofey Balyko
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To the question about «the revisionist nature of sergianstvo» [PDF]
The article deals with ecclesiastical polemics 1920–1930-ies, namely the prosecution of the Deputy Locum Tenens Metropolitan Sergius (Stragorodsky) in the pursuit of innovative ways as they pushed against him by the representatives of the «right» Church ...
Mazyrin Aleksandr, priest
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On the history of Grigorian Schism: little-known letter of chairman of the “Temporary Higher Church Council” to the deputy patriarchal locum tenens, 1926 [PDF]
This publication makes public a little-known polemical letter from archbishop Grigory (Yatskovskiy), the leader of the Grigorian schism that originated in December, 1925, to the Deputy Patriarchal Locum Tenens metropolitan Sergius (Stragorodsky).
Alexander Mazyrin
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The paper is based on available sources and deals with Nicholas Avtonomov’s biography which has not been widely known so far. N.P. Avtonomov (1889-1979) is regarded as an ecclesiastical adventurer and turncoat.
Bochkov Pavel Vladimirovich
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