The Russian Orthodox Church in the occupied territories of the Caucasus in August 1942 — February 1943 [PDF]
The status and activities of the Russian Orthodox Church in the 1942-1943 is analysed on the material of the North Caucasus and the Kuban. Battle for the Caucasus and the Battle of Stalingrad — the crucial events of the World War II — were accompanied by
Shishkin Evgenii, priest
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Patriarch Tikhon and the Patriarchate of Constantinople: to the question about the causes of the actual breakup of relations [PDF]
The article discusses the development of relations between the Russian and Constantinople Churches during the rule of the Saint Patriarch Tikhon (1917–1925).
Mazyrin Aleksandr, priest
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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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On the Ideology of the Renovationist Church Groups in the first half of the 1920s: the First All-Russian Congress of the “Union of Church Revival” in 1924 and its main Decisions [PDF]
The article is devoted to the formation and final formalization of the ideology of the “Union of Church Revival” in the context of the development of the Renovationist schism in the Russian Orthodox Church in the first half of the 1920s.
Kulpinov Sergey, Deacon
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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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“It is necessary to act with extreme caution in order to protect the soviet authorities from any accusations of interference in religious affairs”. An unknown document of the State Political Directorate on instigating the split in the Russian Orthodox Church [PDF]
The article introduces a new document of the GPU Secret Department on the instigating the Renovationist split in the Russian Orthodox Church. This is the postal telegram No.
Savin Andrey
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Written in early 1944, a letter of confidence from Patriarch Sergius (Stragorodsky) to bishop Dimitri (Gradusov) reveals the nature of the friction between the head of the Moscow Patriarchate and the Georgian Catholicos-Patriarch Kallistratus (Tsintsadze).
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The Letters of the Holy Martyr Benjamin, Metropolitan of Petrograd to Holy hierarch Tikhon, the Patriarch Moscow and All Russia (the publication) [PDF]
The publication off ers the unknown letter metropolitan Benjamin to Holy Patriarch Tikhon (the Moscow metropolitan in that time) in September, 1917 — July, 1918.
Smoliakova Inna
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The Lists of Churches, Religious Communities and Places of Worship in the Towns of Russia in the Second Half of the 1920s Presented to the All-Russian Central Executive Committee [PDF]
The originals of the documents published in this article are being kept in the State Archive of the Russian Federation. The documents throw light upon diffi cult period in the history of Russian Orthodox Church, refl ect schisms, separations of the 1920s ...
Kovaleva Irina
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Freedom of Church and Freedom of Society: Historical Experience and Actual Problem in Today’s Russia [PDF]
The article deals with the interrelation between the freedom of the church and the freedom of the society in Russian history and in the contemporary period.
Margaret Shilkina
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