THE EMERGENCE OF RESISTANCE TO ECUMENISM IN THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (ROC) IN THE POST-PERESTROIKA PERIOD OF RUSSIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 74-93
Author(s):  
V.A. LIVTSOV ◽  
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A.V. LEPILIN ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
International Level ◽  
World Council Of Churches ◽  
Russian Orthodox Church ◽  
The World ◽  
World Council ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Emergence Of Resistance

The main purpose of the article is to analyze the emergence of opposition to ecumenism in the Rus-sian Orthodox Church (ROC) in the post-perestroika period of Russia. The article examines the issues of interaction between the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) and the World Council of Churches (WCC), the aspects of opposition to the ecumenist movement in the Russian Federation in the post-Soviet realities. The author comes to the conclusion that in the post-perestroika period, a number of representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church were negatively disposed towards ecu-menism and considered this movement a heresy. The issues of this kind caused disagreement not only at the international level, but also within the structure of the ROC itself.

INTERACTION OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH AND FOREIGN RUSSIAN CHURCH EMIGRATION WITH THE ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT IN 1940–60-s.

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 75-86
Author(s):  
V.A. LIVTSOV ◽  
Keyword(s):  
State Power ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
World Council Of Churches ◽  
Russian Orthodox Church ◽  
Political Interests ◽  
The World ◽  
World Council ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of the article is to consider the relationship between the Russian Orthodox Church and the breakaway Russian Orthodox Church Abroad and the Western European Exarchate of Constantinople Patriarchate for parishes of the Russian tradition with the World Council of Churches. These relations are analyzed from the point of view of the participants' political interests and interference of party and state power in the USSR into these processes.

The Ecumenical Contribution of the Russian Orthodox Church

1959 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edmund Schlink
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
World Council Of Churches ◽  
Negative Contribution ◽  
Russian Orthodox Church ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Ecumenical Movement ◽  
The World ◽  
World Council

The Orthodox Church within the Soviet Union has so far made no direct contribution to the ecumenical work which has been done in the World Council of Churches since its constitution in 1948 and before that in the ecumenical movement which led up to its constitution. The political situation has so far prevented this—just as the autocephalous Orthodox Churches of the Balkans, which shared in the ecumenical work before the Second World War, have found it impossible to do so since they have been in the Communist sphere of influence. There is, to be sure, a negative contribution from the Moscow Patriarchate, namely the ‘Resolution on the question of “The Ecumenical Movement and the Orthodox Church”’, passed in July 1948 in connexion with the jubilee celebrations of the Russian Orthodox Church on the occasion of the fifth centenary of its independence, and in accordance with this the refusal on 1st August 1948 of the invitation from the general secretariat of the World Council of Churches to participate in the Conference of Churches in Amsterdam. In this connexion, however, it must be borne in mind that at that time and as a result of many years of isolation it was hardly possible for the Russian Orthodox Church to take an objective view of the World Council, inasmuch as the Council's understanding of itself before the Amsterdam Conference could in fact only be discerned imperfectly from written documents alone, and in particular the important Toronto declaration clarifying this understanding was not made until 1949.

‘Peace, Peace and Rumours of War’

2000 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 767-770
Author(s):  
W. R. WARD
Keyword(s):  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Anglo Saxon ◽  
World Council Of Churches ◽  
Real Thing ◽  
Russian Orthodox Church ◽  
Protestant Churches ◽  
The World ◽  
World Council ◽  
The Cold War

Nationaler Protestantismus und Ökumenische Bewegung. Kirchliches Handeln im Kalten Krieg (1945–1990). By Gerhard Besier, Armin Boyens and Gerhard Lindemann (postscript by Horst-Klaus Hofmann). (Zeitgeschichtliche Forschungen, 3.) Pp. vi+1074. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 1999. DM 86. 3 428 10032 8; 1438 2326This is indeed a formidable offering – three and a half books by three and a half authors, all for the price of one and a half – and it must be admitted to those whose stamina or German quail at the prospect that some of the viewpoints and a little of the material by two and a half of the contributors has been made available in English in Gerhard Besier (ed.), The Churches, southern Africa and the political context (London 1999) at £9.99. The soft option is, however, no substitute for the real thing, which, like that other blockbuster, the late Eberhard Bethge's Bonhoeffer, is a contribution both to scholarship and to a struggle inside the German Churches. This, readers in the Anglo-Saxon world need to assess as best they can. It is not often that attempts are made by both the World Council of Churches and their principal paymasters in the German Churches to stop the publication of a work of scholarship, to be foiled (in best nineteenth-century style) by the liberalism of the German Ministry of the Interior; but that has happened here. And the rest of the world has the more reason to be grateful to the ministry for the authors have exploited the archives of the Stasi and the KGB, access to the latter of which has now been closed under pressure from the Russian Orthodox Church, which appears to have more to hide than anyone.The link between all this and Besier's inquiries in America is provided by the sad fate of the Protestant Churches of the Ost-Block during the Cold War.

scholarly journals THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE STATE AUTHORITIES OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN THE CONTEXT OF THE COMPLICATING EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SITUATION IN THE WORLD

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
И.С. ИЛЬИН
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
The State ◽  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Russian Orthodox Church ◽  
The World ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Epidemiological Situation

В статье рассматривается взаимодействие органов и представителей государственной власти Российской Федерации с Русской Православной церковью в условиях пандемии COVID-19. Приводятся отдельные примеры данного взаимодействия, обозначаются возможные последствия данных взаимоотношений, которые могут оказать существенное влияние на дальнейшее развитие государственно-церковных отношений в Российской Федерации и непосредственно повлиять на внутреннею политику, проводимую в стране. При подготовки статьи была использована широкая источниковая база. Для проведения более объективного анализа происходящих событий приводятся мнения отдельных экспертов и специалистов по вопросу государственно-церковных отношений в Российской Федерации, цитируются выдержки из официальных документов.

Church Punishments for Committing the Sin of Abortion: An Analysis of the Ancient Canons and the Present Position of the Russian Orthodox Church

2020 ◽  
pp. 253-263
Author(s):  
Михаил Андреевич Зиновьев
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Traditional Values ◽  
Russian Orthodox Church ◽  
Social Concept ◽  
Official Position ◽  
National Security Strategy ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Past Experiences

В настоящее время мировая общественность с каждым днем всё больше отходит от традиционных христианских ценностей, выдвигает и принимает зачастую прямо антихристианские законопроекты. Современная политика Российской Федерации направлена на сохранение традиционных ценностей (11 пункт из Стратегии национальной безопасности РФ). В рамках возрождения духовно-нравственных ценностей остаётся неприемлемым наличие законодательства, легализующего детоубийство. Между тем, уже в Древней Церкви мы встречаем неоднократные постановления различных уровней, регламентирующие церковные епитимии для женщин, совершивших аборт, и тех, кто тем или иным образом был причастен к этому. И уже в новейшей истории Церковь реагируют на вызовы времени, рассматривает прежний опыт и издаёт новые постановления и документы. Современная официальная позиция Русской Православной Церкви на различные проблемы биоэтики, в частности аборта, излагается в «Основах социальной концепции», принятой Архиерейским собором Русской Православной Церкви 2000 г. Целью данной статьи является наиболее подробное рассмотрение канонов, посвящённых греху детоубийства, а также современной позиции Русской Православной Церкви, изложенной в «Основах социальной концепции». В ходе исследования автор проводит сравнительный анализ подходов известных канонистов, пытается проследить историческую мотивацию к принятию подобных постановлений и рассматривает современный взгляд и практику епитимий для людей, прямо или косвенно причастных к греху аборта. At present, the world community is increasingly moving away from traditional Christian values, putting forward and adopting, often directly anti Christian bills. The current pol icy of the Russian Federation is aimed at preserving traditional values? (paragraph 11 from the National Security Strategy of the Russian Federation). Within the revival of spiritual and moralvalues, the existence of legislation legalizing infanticide remains unacceptable. Meanwhile, in the Ancient Church already we meet repeated resolutions of various levels regulating church penances for women who had got an abortion as well as for those who had been involved in it some how. And in recent history the Church responds to the time challenges, examines past experiences and issues new resolutions and documents. The Russian Orthodox Church’s current official position on various issues of bioethics, abortion in particular, is set out in the “Foundations of a Social Concept” adopted by the Bishops’ Council of the Russian Orthodox Church in 2000. The purpose of this article is the most detailed consideration of the canons dedicated to the sin of infanticide, as well as the current position of the Russian Orthodox Church set out in the “Foundations of a Social Concept”. In the course of the study, the author conducts a comparative analysis of famous canonists’ approaches, tries to trace the historical motivation for the adoption of such decisions and examines the modern view and practice of penance for people directly or indirectly in volved in the sin of abortion.

scholarly journals World Russian People’s Council and Interreligious Council of Russia: New Formats of Interreligious and Interethnic Dialogue in Post-Soviet Russia at Turn of 20th — 21st Centuries

2021 ◽  
pp. 355-370
Author(s):  
Yu. Yu. Ierusalimskiy ◽  
A. B. Rudakov
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Interfaith Dialogue ◽  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Russian Orthodox Church ◽  
Traditional Religions ◽  
The World ◽  
Independent States ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Soviet Russia

The article is devoted to the study of the role of the World Russian People’s Council and the Interreligious Council of Russia in establishing interfaith dialogue in post-Soviet Russia. The speeches of delegates at council meetings and sessions of the World Russian People’s Council are analyzed. The importance of interfaith dialogue at the site of the World Russian People’s Council was confirmed by the participation of the highest clergy and clergy of different confessions of the Russian Federation and the Commonwealth of Independent States at the cathedral meeting “Russia: the path to salvation” (1998). The importance of the agreement on the establishment of the Interreligious Council of Russia (1998) for the representation in it of the “traditional religions” of the Russian Federation: Orthodoxy, Islam, Buddhism and Judaism is noted. The assessments of publicists and researchers in relation to the Interreligious Council of Russia, including critical ones, are given. It is noted that the interaction of the Russian Orthodox Church with representatives of other confessions continued at the 5th and 6th World Russian People’s Councils in 1999 and 2001. The conclusions indicate that the activities of the World Russian People’s Council and the Interreligious Council of Russia at the turn of the XX—XXI centuries showed the importance of cooperation and respectful relations between representatives of Orthodoxy, Islam, Buddhism, Judaism and other confessions.

scholarly journals Legal Protection of “Religious Feelings of Believers” in Russian Federation

2019 ◽  
pp. 48-63
Author(s):  
Наталия Сергеевна Семенова
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Russian Orthodox Church ◽  
The Russian Federation

Введение уголовной и административной ответственности за оскорбление религиозных чувств верующих в Российской Федерации вызвало неоднозначную оценку. В статье рассматривается необходимость введения указанной ответственности, понятие оскорбления религиозных чувств верующих, позиция Русской Православной Церкви, юридического сообщества, а также общества в целом. Статья подготовлена при финансовой поддержке РФФИ в рамках научного проекта №18-011-00292. The introduction of criminal and administrative liability for insulting the religious feelings of believers in the Russian Federation caused an ambiguous assessment. The article considers the necessity of introducing this responsibility, the concept of insulting religious feelings of believers, the position of the Russian Orthodox Church, the legal community, and society. The article was prepared with the financial support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research in the framework of the research project No. 18-011-00292.

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.

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