The orthodox landscape in Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk) before the Word War II: historical and statistical analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-152
Author(s):  
Dmitry S. Bakharev ◽  
Elena M. Glavatskaya
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Religious Organizations ◽  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Weak Effect ◽  
Russian Orthodox Church ◽  
Soviet State ◽  
The City ◽  
Religious Landscape

This article focuses on the decline of the Russian Orthodox Church landscape during the period 1917-1941 in one of the key Russian provincial cities — Ekaterinburg (named Sverdlovsk in 1924). It was during this period that the Soviet state carried out the most comprehensive attacks on religion, closing churches, destroying religious organizations and their buildings as well as persecuting religious leaders. We use the “religious landscape” concept to analyze the evolution of the religious situation in the city. However, we studied not only the main markers of religion in Ekaterinburg, but also the number of parishioners and the frequency of everyday religious rites. The study is based on documents extracted from the local archives and statistical aggregates. This allowed us to reconstruct the decline of the Orthodox landscape and its main features in three different periods between 1917 and 1941. We argue that the Bolsheviks’ anti-religious measures in the 1920s should be considered as part of the general European secularization, which started before 1917. The data obtained give grounds to put forward a hypothesis about the weak effect of the Bolsheviks’ measures regarding the Orthodox Church nucleus — its active parishioners, for about 25% of the city’s population kept practicing the main religious rites until the mid-1930s.

scholarly journals The consequences of the Romanian occupation of 1941–1944 for the Orthodox Church of Moldova

Rusin ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 190-204
Author(s):  
V.A. Sodol ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Religious Organizations ◽  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Material Damage ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Russian Orthodox Church ◽  
Republic Of Moldova ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Church Buildings

The article presents the facts of material damage caused by the German-Romanian invaders to the institutions of the Orthodox Church of Moldova. The analysis of the archives of the Republic of Moldova, the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic and the works of researchers revealed three stages of damage inflicted by the invaders on religious organizations. The total amount of damage amounted to 91.5 million rubles, including church buildings – 22,580,000 rubles (including the churches of Pridnestrovie – 4,192,423 rubles). The invaders destroyed the buildings of 44 churches and 2 chapels, partially damaged 22 churches. Dozens of valuable religious shrines were removed from Moldovan churches and monasteries. The most valuable loss is a copy of the Gerbovetsky Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God (worth 120 mln rubles). The invaders also stole church utensils and priestly vestments. The motive for these actions was the alleged desire to “save” the shrines from destruction by the Bolsheviks. The leadership of the Russian Orthodox Church has repeatedly raised the question of returning the valuables taken by the occupiers to the Romanian side. However, the problem has not been solved, though a small part of the property stolen by the invaders returned to the Moldovan churches.

scholarly journals The Relations between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Soviet State in Central Asia in the 1940s - Mid 1960s (Illustrated by the Example of the Tashkent Deanery)

2020 ◽  
pp. 52-56
Author(s):  
Yu.N. Tsyryapkina
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
The State ◽  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Russian Orthodox Church ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Soviet State ◽  
Property Relations ◽  
Central Asian ◽  
The Church

In this article the author examines state-church relations in Central Asia in the 1940s - mid 1960s illustrated by the example of the Tashkent Deanery during the period of the development of the Russian Orthodox Church under the patronage of the institute of state commissioners for the Russian Orthodox Church. On the basis of an analysis of unpublished archival sources, the author describes the process of reconstruction of parishes on the territory of the Tashkent and Central Asian dioceses, analyzes the economic and property relations between the state and the church, and the financial activities of the Orthodox parishes of the Tashkent deanery. The author focuses on issues related to the staff of Orthodox priests assigned to parishes, their level of education. The author briefly touches on the problem of Catholics and representatives of the Armenian Gregorian Church, who were not allowed to establish houses of prayer. The article provides statistics of the rituals requested in Tashkent in the context of the Assumption Cathedral and the Alexander Nevsky Church. The author comes to the conclusion that the demand for Orthodox rituals in the churches of Tashkent was associated with the high proportion of the Russian population living in the capital.

RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF BASHKORTOSTAN: DYNAMICS OF THEIR NUMBER (ACCORDING TO THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION)

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (4) ◽  
pp. 100-105
Author(s):  
R.R. MUKHAMADEEVA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Religious Organizations ◽  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Russian Orthodox Church ◽  
Republic Of Bashkortostan ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Republic

This article examines the dynamics of the registration of religious organizations in the Republic of Bashkortostan (according to the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation), as well as the ratio of religious organizations by the type of religion, belonging to the Administration of Muslims, the diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, type of settlement, districts and cities of the Republic of Bashkortostan, districts of Ufa in the general composition of all religious organizations registered in the Republic of Bashkortostan. The research results given in this article demonstrate that one-fifth of religious organizations registered in the Republic of Bashkortostan to date formalized their activities in 2003; Muslim religious organizations accounted for 72.3% of all registered religious organizations; the predominance of Muslim religious organizations among the religious organizations registered annually in the Republic of Bashkortostan remains stable. The overwhelming majority of the Orthodox religious organizations belong to the Russian Orthodox Church Moscow Patriarchate (ROC-MP), among the Protestant religious organizations the Pentecostal organizations comprise more than half, i.e. about 61% (60.5%). This article can be used by public authorities, researchers, students and post-graduate students.

August 9 — the day of the Great Martyr Panteleimon, the holy healer

2021 ◽  
pp. 78-80
Author(s):  
Oksana Aleksandrovna Rybachok
Keyword(s):  
Twelfth Century ◽  
The Body ◽  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Young Doctor ◽  
Russian Orthodox Church ◽  
Orthodox Christian ◽  
Christian Churches ◽  
The Family ◽  
The City

On August 9, Orthodox Christian churches celebrate the day of remembrance of one of the most revered saints - the Great Martyr Panteleimon. Panteleimon the healer - under this name we know the saint who provides all kinds of support to doctors and contributes to the recovery of the sick. His veneration in the Russian Orthodox Church dates back to the twelfth century, when Prince Izyaslav placed the image of Panteleimon on his battle helmet. Born into the family of a noble pagan, the young man lost his mother early and was raised by his father, who decided to teach his son the art of healing. Having met the Christian Ermolai, who was in exile and guarded the secret of his religion, the young doctor was baptized. This happened after seeing the body of a dead boy bitten by a snake on the street of the city, whom Panteleimon was able to bring back to life by the power of prayer.

Economic basis of management of religious organizations

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir Stolyarov ◽  
Svetlana Pozdnyak
Keyword(s):  
Theological Education ◽  
Religious Organizations ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Russian Orthodox Church ◽  
Economic Basis ◽  
State Educational

The textbook discusses the economic basis of the economic activity of Orthodox religious organizations. Its chapters are devoted to the characteristics of the Russian Orthodox Church as an economic system, the ownership of religious organizations, their financial and economic activities, business activities, taxation, labor relations and remuneration. General laws of the main economic relations and processes, mechanisms of their implementation are revealed. Theories, concepts and approaches, possible models of successful management of religious organizations are presented. Each Chapter presents a set of tasks that make up the workshop. Meets the requirements of Federal state educational standards of higher education of the latest generation. For students of higher theological education. It can be useful for teachers, undergraduates, practitioners of religious organizations, as well as anyone interested in the economic problems of the Russian Orthodox Church. Will provide assistance in self-education and obtaining background information.

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