The Serbian Orthodox Church In The Independent State Of Croatia (1941 - 1945)

1982 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Zeremsky
Keyword(s):  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Independent State

scholarly journals A beleaguered church the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) 1941-1945

Balcanica ◽  
2017 ◽  
pp. 269-287
Author(s):  
Aleksandar Stojanovic
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Third Reich ◽  
Foreign Affairs ◽  
Roman Catholic Church ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Independent State ◽  
Documentary Sources ◽  
The Third Reich ◽  
Mass Killings

In the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) from its establishment only days after the German attack on Yugoslavia in early April 1941 until its fall in May 1945 a genocide took place. The ultimate goal of the extreme ideology of the Ustasha regime was a new Croatian state cleansed of other ethnic groups, particularly the Serbs, Jews and Roma. The Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC), historically a mainstay of Serbian national identity, culture and tradition, was among its first targets. Most Serbian Orthodox churches and monasteries were demolished, heavily damaged or appropriated by the Roman Catholic Church or the state. More than 170 Serbian priests were killed and tortured by the Ustasha, and even more were exiled to occupied Serbia. The regime led by Ante Pavelic introduced numerous laws and regulations depriving the SPC of not only its property and spiritual jurisdiction but even of its right to existence. When mass killings stirred up a large-scale rebellion, a more political and seemingly non-violent approach was introduced: the Croatian regime unilaterally and non-canonically founded the so-called Croatian Orthodox Church in order to bring the forced assimilation of Serbs to completion. This paper provides an overview of the ordeal of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the NDH, based on the scholarly literature and documentary sources of Serbian, German and Croatian origin. It looks at legislation, propaganda, the killings and torture of Orthodox clergy and the destruction of church property, including medieval holy relics. The scale and viciousness of some atrocities will be looked at based on unused or less known sources, namely the statements of Serbian refugees recorded during the war by the SPC and the Commissariat for Refugees in Serbia, and documents from the Political Archive of the Third Reich Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

scholarly journals Conducting a campaign to remove church values ​​during the famine of 1921-1923

2009 ◽  
pp. 170-174
Author(s):  
O.S. Bykova
Keyword(s):  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Russian Orthodox Church ◽  
Soviet Government ◽  
Independent State ◽  
Relevant Today ◽  
Role Of Religion ◽  
The Church ◽  
Active Assistance

With the development of Ukraine as an independent state, interest in its history and especially in the turning points of history is increasing. One such period was the famine of 1921-1923. At this time, contradictions between the Soviet government and the Russian Orthodox Church were particularly acute. In 1922-1923, a campaign was taken to seize church values ​​to help the hungry, in which the Church was unable to increase its authority through active assistance to the population and which significantly reduced the role of religion in the lives of Soviet people. The consequences of these events are still relevant today.

Ethnic and Confessional Politics of the Reich in Occupied Ukraine (1941-1944)

2001 ◽  
pp. 70-77
Author(s):  
Nadiya G. Stokolos
Keyword(s):  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Church Management ◽  
Traditional System ◽  
Church Life

Orthodox church life in Ukraine from the summer of 1941 to the spring of 1944 was characterized by a sharp confrontation between two Orthodox churches, administrative centers of which were located in Volyn, in Lutsk and Kremenets. The Autonomous Orthodox Church (APC) was headed by an archbishop (from December 1941 - Metropolitan) Alex (Gromadsky). After his tragic death on May 7, 1943, the APC remained virtually without a chapter, since at this time the occupation authorities abolished the traditional system of church management. The Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC) throughout its time was headed by an archbishop, and from May 1942 Metropolitan Polycarp (Sikorsky).

Christian unity: the search for ways to achieve

2001 ◽  
pp. 91-100
Author(s):  
Yu. Ye. Reshetnikov
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Turn Of The Millennium ◽  
Russian Orthodox Church ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Christian Churches ◽  
The Press ◽  
Christian Unity ◽  
Future Policy

Last year, the anniversary of all Christianity, witnessed a number of significant events caused by a new interest in understanding the problem of the unity of the Christian Church on the turn of the millennium. Due to the confidentiality of Ukraine, some of these events have or will have an immediate impact on Christianity in Ukraine and on the whole Ukrainian society as a whole. Undoubtedly, the main event, or more enlightened in the press, is a new impetus to the unification of the UOC-KP and the UAOC. But we would like to focus on two documents relating to the problem of Christian unity, the emergence of which was almost unnoticed by the wider public. But at the same time, these documents are too important as they outline the future policy of other Christian denominations by two influential Ukrainian christian churches - the Russian Orthodox Church and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. These are the "Basic Principles of the attitude of the Russian Orthodox Church to the" I ", adopted by the Anniversary Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, and the Concept of the Ecumenical Position of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, adopted by the Synod of the Bishops of the UGCC. It is clear that the theme of the second document is wider, but at the same time, ecumenism, unification is impossible without solving the problem of relations with others, which makes it possible to compare the approaches laid down in the mentioned documents to the building of relations with other Christian confessions.

Ilya Fondaminsky and the Spiritual Awakening of Asia

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 139-147
Author(s):  
Matthew Franklin Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Spiritual Awakening ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Colonial Oppression

The article tells about the life and the heritage of a significant person in Russian emigration, I.I. Fondaminsky. Being Jewish by birth, Fondaminsky became close to Slavophilism and Eurasianism. Shortly before his death, he was converted to Orthodoxy and was recognized as a saint of the Orthodox Church of Constantinople. Fondaminsky tried to reconcile leftist, Christian and monarchist ideas in his works. Another important aspect of his work was the expectation of an “awakening of the East” resulting then in the liberation of the East from spiritual and colonial oppression.

Transhumanism: the Analysis of Russian Publications and the Formulation of the Tasks of Transhumanistic Challenges Theological Comprehension

2019 ◽  
Vol 66 ◽  
pp. 409-420
Author(s):  
Abbot Vitaly Utkin
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Adequate Evaluation ◽  
Descriptive Level

The article is devoted to the review of domestic publications of the latest period devoted to the problem of transhumanism. The author offers the theological evaluation of the main discussion theses. At the preliminary descriptive level the author formulates the problems that should be solved to ensure adequate evaluation of transhumanistic challenges from the point of view of the Orthodox Church.

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