Using the example of the Orthodox and Protestant churches, the process of interference by state authorities in the internal affairs of religious organisations in 1917–1928 is considered. The mechanisms of influence on believers, clergy and the leadership
Ivan I. Yanushevich
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The policy of the Soviet state and the Renovationist schism in Kuban, region (1922–1923) [PDF]
This article reconstructs the evolution of renovationist schism in the Kuban Diocese, which was one of the main outposts of the schism in the country, based on a wide range of unpublished sources from state and departmental archives.
Nikita Kiyashko
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Evolution of the attitude of metropolitan (patriarch) Sergiy (Stragorodskiy) to the renovationist schism in the 1920–1940s [PDF]
This article deals with changes in the attitude of metropolitan (Patriarch at the end of his life) Sergiy (Stragorodskiy; Russ. Сергий Страгородский) to the Sovietinspired Renovationist schism (Russ. обновленческий раскол) in the Russian Orthodox Church.
Alexander Mazyrin
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Yakut period of service of bishop Sofroniy (Arefiev) [PDF]
Using various types of sources — ego-documents, investigative materials and periodicals — this article provides previously unknown data on the stay of Bishop Sofroniy (Arefi ev) at Yakut see in 1919–1921.
Inna Yurganova
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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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The сommissioners’ institution of the Renovationist schism: tasks, functions, activity peculiarities [PDF]
This article attempts to give a comprehensive assessment of the process of creation, activity and liquidation of the commissioners’ institution in the system of church governing bodies of the Renovated Church in the 1920s and 1930s.
Viktar Baranenka
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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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