scholarly journals EPHREM (KUZNETSOV), VICAR BISHOP OF SELENGINSK — A NEW MARTYR AND CONFESSOR OF RUSSIA: LIFE PAGES

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 3-10
Author(s):  
Drobotushenko E. V. ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Russian Orthodox Church ◽  
Local Council ◽  
John The Baptist ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
The Status ◽  
Complete Study ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Right

The article describes the life of a Vicar of Transbaikal Diocese, the Right Reve- rend Bishop of Selenginsk Ephrem (Kuznetsov). His biography has become the subject of analysis by researchers, however, it is impossible to say that today it is full. The authors of publications, citing the facts from the life of the bishop, often do not make references to the sources, and this does not allow us to speak about the unambiguous reliability of all the information provided. It should also be noted that the same data is rewritten from article to article. At the same time, the researches pay little attention to the activity of Ephrem (Kuznetsov) as an author of a significant number of published works. It is widely known that the bishop was a member of the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church in 1917–1918, but there is no information about his activities in this status. In the history of Transbaikal Orthodoxy there are few figures, who became famous not only in the re-gion, but also beyond its borders, due to their heroic conduct, and not to the status. They were Varlaam (Nadezhin) — the missionary, founder and first abbot of Chikoy Monastery of the John the Baptist, then Vicar Bishop of Selenginsk, later Bishop of Yakutsk and Vil-yui, Bishop of Ryazan and Zaraysk, church writer Meletiy (Yakimov). An equally bright personality who did a lot for the development of Orthodoxy in Transbaikalia was Ephrem (Kuznetsov). We have made an attempt to collect the known facts on the life of Bishop Ephrem using the methods of collection, analysis and synthesis of material. The article re-flects archival materials, as well as publications of the bishop. The available data do not allow us to speak about the complete study of the biography of the Right Reverend Ephrem (Kuznetsov), thus further serious work with sources is required to fill in its blank pages.

The emergence and proliferation of the shaloput sect in the Pavlograd district of the Yekaterinoslav province (second half of the 19th century)

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Community ◽  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Russian Orthodox Church ◽  
Special Scientific ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
First Time

Purpose. The article aims to highlight the history of the emergence and spread of the shaloput sect in the Pavlograd district of the Yekaterinoslav province. Research methodology. The methodological basis of the article is formed by the principles of historicism and objectivity, implemented using several methods: general logical (analysis and synthesis), as well as classification, comparative, and periodization methods. Scientific novelty. For the first time in Russian historiography, the subject of a special scientific study was the sect of pranksters and its activities in the Yekaterinoslav province. Based on missionary and police reports, the role of Grigory Shevchenko in the creation of the sect is considered, the area of ​​its distribution within the region is highlighted, the national and social composition of its members is determined. Conclusions. It has been established that Grigory Shevchenko brought in the Pavlograd district of the Yekaterinoslav province the shaloput doctrine from the southern Ukrainian regions, probably from the Tauride province. The sect he created was by its nature Christover or Khlyst. Its dogmas and ceremonial were of a pronounced mystical coloring. Grigory Shevchenko remained a completely independent leader of a group of his fellow believers, he did not belong to any more ramified community, and his community throughout its existence remained an autonomous unit. The attitude of the dignitaries of the Russian Orthodox Church and representatives of the secular authorities to the new religious organization was extremely negative. Various means of pressure were used against the sectarians: from forced interviews to sentences of the rural community and outright repression by punitive bodies.

Mesyatseslovs memory of the Russian Orthodox Church

2020 ◽  
pp. 160-198
Author(s):  
Макарий Веретенников
Keyword(s):  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Russian Orthodox Church ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
Liturgical Texts ◽  
History Of ◽  
Complete Form ◽  
Characteristic Features ◽  
Heaven And Earth ◽  
The Church

Статья посвящена содержанию, общим принципам построения и характерным особенностям календаря, или месяцеслова, Русской Православной Церкви. Автор использует методы анализа и синтеза. В итоге делаются нижеследующие обобщения. Месяцеслов был принесён на Русь из Византии в достаточно завершённом виде, однако в процессе исторического развития он дополнился особенными русскими праздниками. Календарь-месяцеслов - это грандиозный собор святых, подвизавшихся в разных местах на протяжении веков, единение Церкви Небесной и земной, история святости и история нашей Церкви. Месяцесловным памятям посвящены составленные гимнографами богослужебные тексты, которые поются и читаются в храмах. Традиционно почитается день кончины угодников Божиих, память открытия мощей святых, перенесения их святых мощей или же день канонизации угодников Божиих, реже - день их рождения. Фенологические наблюдения русского народа связаны с повседневной деятельностью и увязаны с месяцесловом, что свидетельствует о его проникновении в повседневную жизнь русского человека. The article is devoted to the content, General principles of construction and characteristic features of the calendar, or mesyatseslov, of the Russian Orthodox Church. The author uses methods of analysis and synthesis. As a result, the following generalizations are made. The mesyatseslov was brought to Russia from Byzantium in a fairly complete form, but in the course of historical development it was supplemented with special Russian holidays. The calendar-mesyatseslov is a grandiose council of saints who have labored in different places over the centuries, the unity of the Church of Heaven and earth, the history of holiness and the history of our Church. Liturgical texts composed by hymnographers, which are sung and read in churches, are dedicated to the mesyatseslovs memory. Traditionally, the day of the death of saints, the memory of the discovery of the relics of saints, the transfer of their Holy relics, or the day of the canonization of saints, less often - the day of their birth are honored. Russian people’s phenological observations are related to their daily activities and are linked to mesyatseslov, which indicates its penetration into the daily life of the Russian people.

scholarly journals On the peculiarities of the regional lawmaking process

2020 ◽  
pp. 25-38
Author(s):  
Olga Anatolevna Fomicheva
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Process Analysis ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Legislative Initiative ◽  
The Right

The subject of this research is practice of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation applied in legal regulation of lawmaking process. Analysis is conducted on legislation of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation regarding the establishment of their rights to realization of the legislative initiative. The author’s arguments on carrying out the analysis of regional legislation with regards to establishment of a circle of subjects with the right of legislative initiative are grounded on the scholars’ opinion that the status of the subject of realization of legislative initiative is special. The fact of recognition of the subject of lawmaking process as a subject of legislative initiative is a juridical fact bot only for acquisition of the right to introduction of a bill, but also guarantees for participation in lawmaking process of the parliament. Therefore, establishment of a circle of subjects with the right of legislative initiative is crucial in determination of peculiarities of the regional lawmaking process. Application of the general scientific methods of analysis and synthesis, allowed arranging the circle of the subjects of lawmaking process into groups, as well as formulate a conclusion on the specificities of setting rules for the lawmaking process realized in constituent entities of the Russian Federation. The philosophical methods of cognition of legal reality allowed determining the general rules of lawmaking process, summarize the acquired data, and comprehensively examine the research materials. Having analyzed the practice of legal regulation, the author identified the flaws in terminology used in practice of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. Recommendations are made to pay closer attention to ambiguity of legislation in some regions of the Russian Federation. A conclusion is formulated on the positive experience that can become an example for other constituent entities of the Russian Federation in setting rules for the lawmaking process.

scholarly journals Political Implications of Orthodox Identity: An Example of the World Russian People’s Council

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 600-613
Author(s):  
Natalya D. Shikher
Keyword(s):  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Freedom Of Conscience ◽  
Russian Orthodox Church ◽  
Political Implications ◽  
The World ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Religious Associations ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Right

The article examines the conceptual ideas of the World Russian Peoples Council, acting under the auspices of the Russian Orthodox Church, regarding the implementation of the right to freedom of conscience and the status of religious associations in Russia. Furthermore, the speeches of heads of the states at the Councils were studied for their attitude to the ideological content of the activities of this organization. On the basis of the data obtained, the author attempts to find a correlation between the proposals voiced at the Councils on changing certain aspects in the religious sphere and the reforms of the Russian legislation on freedom of conscience. As a result of this study, a striking coincidence was revealed between the two factors mentioned: the provisions discussed at the Councils, as a rule, after some time were reflected in Russian normative legal acts. Not having sufficient grounds for declaring an unambiguous causal relationship between conciliar ideas and legislative reform, one can, in any case, assume a significant impact of the activities of the World Russian Peoples Council on the state policy in implementation of the right to freedom of conscience in modern Russia.

scholarly journals DIRECTIONS OF DEVELOPMENT OF COOPERATION CRIMINAL-EXECUTIVE SYSTEM AND TRADITIONAL CONFESSIONS WHEN PERFORMING PUNISHMENTS RELATED TO ISOLATION FROM THE COMPANY

2018 ◽  
pp. 87-91
Author(s):  
Andrey Petrovich Skiba
Keyword(s):  
Social Impact ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Russian Orthodox Church ◽  
Religious Influence ◽  
The Social ◽  
Penal Institutions ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Right

The subject of the study is studying the interaction between the penitentiary system (MIS) and traditional confessions in the execution of sentences related to the isolation of the convict from society. The purpose of the study is to study the religious influence exerted by clergymen representing traditional confessions (the Russian Orthodox Church, etc.) as an integral part of the social impact, which, according to Art. 9 PEC of the RF refers to one of the main means of correcting convicts. The main results of the research, proceeding from the provisions of the penal enforcement legislation, reflect the directions for regulating the exercise of the right of convicts in penal institutions to freedom of conscience and freedom of religion associated with the establishment of restrictions on its implementation by convicts; inviting clergymen to the convicts, their communication and ensuring security in this communication; organization of religious ceremonies and ceremonies; development of the legal framework for the interaction of MIS and traditional confessions by concluding relevant agreements.

The Oxford Handbook of the Use of Force in International Law

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Use Of Force ◽  
Security Challenges ◽  
Democratic Action ◽  
The Status ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Right

This Oxford Handbook is a comprehensive and authoritative study of the modern law on the use of force. Over 50 experts in the field offer a detailed analysis, and to an extent a restatement, of the law in this area. The Handbook reviews the status of the law on the use of force and assesses what changes, if any, have occurred as a result of recent developments. It offers cutting-edge and up-to-date scholarship on all major aspects of the prohibition of the use of force. Part I reviews the history of the subject and its recent challenges, and addresses the major conceptual approaches. Part II covers collective security, in particular the law and practice of the UN organs, and of regional organizations and arrangements. Part III considers the substance of the prohibition of the use of force and the right to self-defence and associated doctrines. Part IV is devoted to armed action undertaken on behalf of peoples and populations, including self-determination conflicts, resistance to armed occupation, and forcible humanitarian and pro-democratic action. The possibility of the revival of classical, expansive justifications for the use of force is addressed in Part V, followed by Part VI which considers new security challenges and the emerging law in relation to them. Part VII ties the key arguments developed in the book into a substantive conclusion. The Handbook is essential reading for scholars and students of international law and the use of force, and legal advisers to both governments and NGOs.

scholarly journals Problems of Misionarity in the Works and Decisions of the Local Council of 1917-1918

2020 ◽  
pp. 226-242
Author(s):  
Сергей Александрович Пименов
Keyword(s):  
Past Century ◽  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Russian Orthodox Church ◽  
Detailed Consideration ◽  
Local Council ◽  
Church Mission ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Church

Поместный Собор 1917-1918 гг., имеет для истории Русской Православной Церкви огромное значение, т. к. несмотря на прошедший век, отделяющий нас от событий той эпохи, его роль не до конца осмыслена и оценена. Его наследие нуждается в серьезном и вдумчивом исследовании, а многие из идей, высказанных тогда, были бы полезны и востребованы сегодня. Одна из основных проблем, которая была поставлена на повестке заседания Поместного собора 1917-1918 гг. - это Миссионерская деятельность Церкви. Начиная с XVIII в. этот вопрос стаял в России краеугольным камнем, т. к. в церковной миссии ощущался явный упадок. Это было связано, прежде всего, с тем, что Церковная миссия не имела централизованной организации, с помощью которой бы данная деятельность носила бы не эпизодический, а регулярный характер. Целью данной статьи является подробное рассмотрение миссионерской проблематики в работах и решениях Поместного Собора 1917-1918 гг. В ходе исследования автор выделяет проблемы Православной Миссии в России в нач. XX в., проводит анализ основных документов и постановлений Собора, относящихся к данной тематике, и ставит вопрос об их жизнеспособности на сегодняшний день. The local Council of 1917-1918 is of great importance for the history of the Russian Orthodox Church. Despite the past century separating us from the events of that era, its role is not fully understood and appreciated. His legacy needs serious and thoughtful research, and many of the ideas expressed then would be useful today. One of the main problems that was put on the agenda of the meeting of the local Council of 1917-1918 is the Missionary activity of the Church. Since the XVIII century this question had bacame the cornerstone in Russia because the Church’s mission became noticeable decline. This was due to, first of all, the fact that the Church mission did not have a centralized organization, with the help of which this activity would be not episodic, but regular. The aim of this article is a detailed consideration of missionary issues in the works and decisions of the local Council of 1917-1918. In the course of the study, the author highlights the problems of the Orthodox Mission in Russia in the early XX century, analyzes the main documents and resolutions of the Council relating to this topic, and raises the question of their viability today.

Return of the Moscow Theological Academy to the walls of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra in 1948

2019 ◽  
pp. 78-103
Author(s):  
Алексей Константинович Светозарский
Keyword(s):  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Historic Buildings ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Spiritual Education ◽  
Russian Orthodox Church ◽  
Long Time ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Trinity

В настоящей статье читатель узнает об истории возобновления богословской и духовной жизни Московской духовной академии в стенах Троице-Сергиевой Лавры. Постепенно, шаг за шагом в ведение Церкви были переданы исторические здания Московской духовной академии. Во многом благодаря дипломатическому таланту Святейшего Патриарха Алексия, многочисленные письма с просьбами и ходатайствами в Совет по делам Русской Православной Церкви, возглавляемый Г. Г. Карповым, были удовлетворены. Однако это далось не просто. После встречи трёх иерархов нашей Церкви - митрополитов Сергия (Страгородского), Алексия (Симанского) и Николая (Ярушевича) - с главой правительства СССР И. В. Сталиным начался процесс воссоздания системы духовного образования. Но довольствоваться помещениями Новодевичьего монастыря из-за возрастающего количества студентов долго не получилось. Со временем сложилась благоприятная обстановка для возвращения Московской духовной академии в келью преподобного Сергия. Сложностям процесса передачи исторических зданий и посвящена данная статья. In this article the reader will learn about the history of the resumption of theological and spiritual life of the Moscow Theological Academy within the walls of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. Gradually, step by step, the historic buildings of the Moscow Theological Academy were handed over to the Church. Largely due to the diplomatic talent of His Holiness Patriarch Alexis, numerous letters of request and petition to the Council on the Affairs of the Russian Orthodox Church, headed by G. G. Karpov, were granted. However, this was not easy. After three hierarchs of our Church - Metropolitans Sergii (Stragorodskii), Alexii (Simanskii) and Nikolai (Yarushevich) - met with the head of the USSR government, Stalin, the process of recreating the system of spiritual education began. But it was not possible to be content with the premises of Novodevichy monastery due to the increasing number of students for a long time. Eventually, the conditions were favourable for the return of the Moscow Theological Academy to the cell of the Venerable Sergius. The complexities of the process of transferring the historic buildings are the subject of this article.

scholarly journals YAKUTIA AS A PART OF THE KAMCHATKA DIOCESE (1856 – 1869): FEATURES OF CHURCH MANAGEMENT

2016 ◽  
pp. 62-67
Author(s):  
I. I. Yurganova
Keyword(s):  
Local Population ◽  
Economic Structure ◽  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Church Management ◽  
Russian Orthodox Church ◽  
Far North ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Right

The paper addresses the Kamchatka period of the history of Orthodoxy in Yakutia (1856 – 1869) as one of the stages of activity of the Russian Orthodox Church on the edge of the Empire’s borders in the context of the state policy which included the tool for integration of the ethnic group of the region in the all-Russian social and economic structure in the course of intercivilization interaction. The civilization method of research was used.The role and importance of the activities of Archbishop Innokenty (Veniaminov) in changing the structures of the Russian Orthodox Church in Yakutia are defined, which contributed to the emergence of the Church’s administrative autonomy, with the establishment of the Vicariate and the reform of the Spiritual Board, and also the clergy of Yakutia with the opportunities for a number of benefits associated with specific features of living in the Far North: the payment of travel, the increased size of the salary, pension content outer payment etc. It was discovered that during the studied period the Kamchatka Bishop was granted the right to admit representatives of the local population in the clergy, which allowed to further solve the problem of staff shortages, which is topical for the Republic of Yakutia. It is revealed that being a part of the Kamchatka Diocese created the preconditions for the establishment of an independent Yakutsk and Vilyuysk Diocese.

scholarly journals THE IMAGE OF THE RITUALIST IN THE DOCUMENTS OF THE AUTHORITIES AND DESCRIP-TIONS OF RESEARCHERS OF THE OLD BELIEVERS OF BURYATIA (late 19th – early 20th century)

2020 ◽  
pp. 166-175
Author(s):  
Sergey V. Khomyakov
Keyword(s):  
Moral Education ◽  
Eternal Life ◽  
Soviet Society ◽  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Russian Orthodox Church ◽  
Old Believers ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Relationship Of

For the Old-Rite population of Buryatia, since its appearance in the region, the task of preserving the old Orthodox faith and religious unity – in their opinion, the key to the salvation of the soul and eternal life – became an urgent necessity. In the absence (or status non-recognition) of priests, guides in the faith and intermediaries between the laity and the God, the main ceremonial functions were performed by ritualists chosen by the population and not recognized as clergy by the official Church. As tasks, the article examines the issue of assessments made by researchers of the 19th – 20th centuries concerning the role of a ritualist in the life of an ordinary Old Believer, which would give the opportunity to better identify its relevance to the community. Also, analyzing the documents of the tsarist and Soviet rule, the article raises the question about the differences between them within the boundaries of permissible control and admissible jurisdiction of ritualists, which will give more information about the different vision of their potential or obvious threats to the events, which certainly was dictated by a particular policy. Hence, the aim of this work is to analyze the image of a ritualist in the studies of the Russian Orthodox Church missionaries and scientists of the late 19th – early 20th centuries, as well as in the documents of the authorities, which will enable to better understand the relationship of his status with the integrity of the community specifics and its protection from external influence. The object of the study is the status of a ritualist in the Old Believer villages of Buryatia; the subject is assessments of its activities by scientists and government agencies. As the main conclusions, it is possible to say that, taking into account the authority and significance in the settlements, the ritualists’ field of activity was much wider than the practice of worship and interpretation of the Holy books. The ritualists had a fundamental influence on the daily life of a person, in the absence of an alternative opinion, they imposed their own one in matters of medicine, as well as education and moral education of young people. It is not surprising that they were the subject of special interest of researchers who visited the villages of Old Believers of Buryatia at the turn of 19th – 20th centuries and saw ritualists as the main custodians of not only religious but cultural identity of the Old Believers as well. For the same reason, they attracted negative attention of the official authorities, who wanted to weaken their authority (the tsarist government justified this by returning schismatics to the bosom of the Orthodox Church, the revolutionary government – by the need to build a unified Soviet society).

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