scholarly journals Framing of Abortion and Church-State Relations in Russian Orthodox Online Portals

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 1084
Author(s):  
Caroline Hill
Keyword(s):  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
Morality Policy ◽  
Russian Orthodox Church ◽  
Framing Strategies ◽  
Church State Relations ◽  
Religiously Based ◽  
State Relations ◽  
Shed Light

Over the past two decades, clerics in the Russian Orthodox Church have found a new outlet for morality policy discussions: news portals, blogs, and other sites that comprise a virtual public sphere of Russian Orthodox online media. One prominent issue discussed herein is abortion in Russia, a subject that has spawned debates about possible regulation and prevention measures. This article analyzes statements regarding abortion made by clerics and others serving in the Russian Orthodox Church via Russian Orthodox online portals. Using typologies for framing strategies established through research of morality policy and church-state relations in Russia, this analysis will show that rational-instrumental frames were employed more frequently than religiously based or procedural arguments, and frames expressing affinity and disillusionment with the state were utilized more often than those evoking church-state symphony or anti-government disestablishment. In addition, it will shed light on framing strategies between online portals with varying degrees of proximity to the Moscow Patriarchate.

scholarly journals Missionary Activity of Russian Orthodox Church in the Second Half of the XIX - Early XX Centuries (Vyatka province)

2020 ◽  
pp. 401-419
Author(s):  
E. N. Nemchaninova ◽  
M. Yu. Polovnikova
Keyword(s):  
Local Level ◽  
The State ◽  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Russian Orthodox Church ◽  
Regional Approach ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
History Of ◽  
Church State Relations ◽  
State Relations

The study is devoted to the analysis of the missionary activity of the Russian Orthodox Church in the second half of the XIX - early XX centuries in the context of the history of church-state relations of the period. An attempt is made to classify the key problems of missionary activity based on an analysis of its leading areas using a regional approach. Based on archival documents (primarily the reports of Vyatka bishops and governors), the main problems of the missionary activity of the Russian Orthodox Church in the vast Vyatka province, which is one of the largest in empire in terms of population are analyzed in the paper. The authors proceed from the position that the organization of missionary activity was an important element in ensuring the unity of the state in the period under review, and in this regard consolidated the interests of secular and spiritual authorities both at the central and regional levels. The range and content of the problems of missionary activity, according to the authors, were largely determined by the specifics of the national and confessional composition of the population of the region, the nature of its settlement, as well as unique models of church-state relations that developed at the local level.

scholarly journals Renegation in the Russian Orthodox Church: Undermining Foundations or Purification? To the Question of Church-State Relations in the 1960es

2014 ◽  
pp. 114-119
Author(s):  
Dmitry I. Sazonov
Keyword(s):  
Communist Party ◽  
The State ◽  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Russian Orthodox Church ◽  
The Public ◽  
Church State Relations ◽  
The Times ◽  
State Relations ◽  
The Church

Addresses the times of the Khrushchev thaw as a period of the Russian Orthodox Church persecution. The public rejections of faith by some priests or Renegation were among its instruments. Their “revelations of religion” were used for propaganda of atheist worldview by the Communist Party representatives. However, the Renegation has not undermined the Church foundations; the author argues that it has only expelled Vicars of Bray and disappeared as a phenomenon when new relationship between the State and the Church was established

scholarly journals The Peculiarities of Soviet Confessional Politics in the Mid-1960s in the Ryazan Region

2020 ◽  
pp. 36-46
Author(s):  
Ю.В. Гераськин ◽  
И.Е. Кленяева
Keyword(s):  
Church History ◽  
Religious Organizations ◽  
Historical Period ◽  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Primary Concern ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Russian Orthodox Church ◽  
Church State Relations ◽  
The Right ◽  
State Relations

В статье исследуется государственная конфессиональная политика середины 1960-х годов, после отстранения Н. С. Хрущёва от власти. В качестве примеров используются материалы Рязанской области. Целью работы является попытка проанализировать процесс изменений в сфере государственно-церковных отношений, выявить характерные черты и особенности. Рассматриваемый исторический период был поворотным от эпохи гонений на религию к более или менее лояльному диалогу с религиозными организациями. Освещаются новеллы в сфере законодательства о культах и вероисповедной политике власти. Объектом особой заботы рязанского уполномоченного были незарегистрированные общины истинно православных христиан, старообрядцев, мусульман и особенно евангельских христиан-баптистов (ЕХБ). В отношении представителей ЕХБ было организовано уголовное преследование, им не разрешалась ни под каким предлогом аренда молитвенных помещений, что создавало тем самым непреодолимое препятствие для их государственной регистрации. Власть была озабочена также растущей доходностью Русской православной церкви. Особое внимание в статье уделяется эпизодам, связанным с сопротивлением верующих рецидивам проводимой государством антирелигиозной политики, с отстаиванием представителями разных религиозных деноминаций конституционного права на свободу вероисповедания. Изложенные в статье факты иллюстрируют наличие проблем в процессе нормализации взаимодействия органов государственной власти и религиозных организаций, что, в свою очередь, свидетельствует о неоднозначности и противоречивости поворота к новому формату работы. Стереотипы прошлых лет изживались достаточно трудно, поэтому процесс нормализации отношений государственных органов с верующими протекал медленно. Материал, изложенный в публикации, может быть полезен при изучении учебных курсов по истории России, истории Русской православной церкви, религиоведения. The article investigates Soviet confessional politics in the mid-1960s after N. S. Khrushchevʼs resignation. The authors illustrate their ideas using materials related to the Ryazan region. The aim of the article is to analyze changes in the sphere of church-state relations and to single out some characteristic features. The investigated historical period symbolized a transition from religious persecution to a milder attitude towards religious organizations. The article treats some novels issued by the Soviet law system and regarding cults and confession politics. Unregistered Christian, Muslim, Baptist and Old-Believer communities were the Ryazan Ombudsmanʼs primary concern. Evangelical Christian Baptists were legally persecuted and were strictly forbidden to rent church buildings and prayer rooms and therefore could not get registered. The authorities were troubled by the growing wealth of the Russian Orthodox Church. The article focuses on some episodes associated with Christian resistance to anti-religious campaigns launched by the Soviet authorities and with religious representativesʼ attempts to defend the right of believers to freedom of religion. The authors of the article provide facts that highlight strenuous relations between the Soviet authorities and religious organizations. Stereotypes of the past were difficult to discard and overcome and the normalization of church-state relations was a long process. The article can be used in Russian history courses, in Russian Orthodox Church history courses and in religious studies courses.

scholarly journals Stained Glasses and Coloured Lenses: The Pussy Riot Case as a Critical Issue for Multidisciplinary Scholarly Investigations

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katya Tolstaya
Keyword(s):  
Critical Issue ◽  
The Other ◽  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
Russian Orthodox Church ◽  
Pussy Riot ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
Soviet Russia ◽  
State Relations

The Pussy Riot performance and the ensuing case posed a challenge not only to power structures in Russia, but also to scholars studying post-traumatic post-Soviet Russia. The case exposed the complex of ideology, image- and myth-forming on all societal levels, not least regarding the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) and church-state relations. This essay proposes a kaleidoscopic approach in order to ask how to get to the real persons beyond the images. At the same time it discusses epistemological limits of scholarly engagement with the ‘other’ by scrutinising the question of objectivity and normativity in the humanities and the deficit of approaches like the insider/outsider dichotomy and the linguistic and narrative turns. Given the heterogeneity of present-day Orthodoxy, there is no identifiable Orthodox ‘other’ or ‘insider’; and this leads to the question how to define ‘Orthodoxy’ itself. The essay thus identifies a paradox which is yet to be solved.

Russian Orthodox concordat? Church and state under Medvedev

2011 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 667-683 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irina Papkova
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Style ◽  
Church And State ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Russian Orthodox Church ◽  
Church State Relations ◽  
The Government ◽  
Soviet Russia ◽  
State Relations ◽  
The Church

The literature on church-state relations in post-Soviet Russia has been slowly but steadily expanding over the past two decades. The period since 2008, however, remains underdeveloped, as existing analysis has focused on specific issues rather than attempting an overview of the larger trends since the above-mentioned changes in the leadership of both institutions. Seeking to address this gap, this article explores the implications of the nearly coincidental changeovers in leadership in the Moscow Patriarchate and the secular state for church-state relations in Russia, both near and long-term. The first part of the article sets up the context for understanding the new church-state dynamic, by discussing in some detail the state of the relationship under Patriarch Aleksii II. The conclusions are that, under Aleksii tenure, the church could be considered a relatively weak institution, as it was unable for the most part to strengthen its position in Russia through legislative means. The second part focuses on the process whereby the new patriarch came to be elected in 2009, intending thereby to shed some light on Kirill I's leadership style and political agenda. The third part discusses concrete changes in the church-state relationship that have occurred on the federal level since 2008. The final section proposes some conclusions regarding the importance of the Russian Orthodox Church as a political actor in the contemporary Russian Federation, suggesting that despite the recent gains in the church's political fortunes, the ROC's position in society and particularly vis-à-vis the government remains vulnerable in key respects.

scholarly journals “Saratov font”: Complication of church-state relations in the USSR in the late 1940s (based on materials from the Saratov Volga region)

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 403-409
Author(s):  
Yana Yu. Guseva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Volga Region ◽  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Russian Orthodox Church ◽  
Saratov Region ◽  
Subsequent Publication ◽  
State Relations ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Church

The article reveals the relationship between the Soviet state and the Russian Orthodox Church (the ROC) in the late 1940s on the territory of the Saratov Volga region. After several years of a forced truce, the state began to tighten its religious policy again and resumed an active anti-religious campaign. One of the reasons was the scandal in the Saratov region in 1949, connected with the mass bathing on the Epiphany holiday and the subsequent publication of I. Ryabov’s feuilleton called “Saratov font” in the Pravda newspaper. The anti-religious campaign that followed these events revealed multiple manifestations of religiousness in the Saratov region of both the ordinary population and representatives of the authorities. It turned out that many people participated in the sacraments of the Church, wore crosses and provided all possible assistance to the Church. As a result, a wave of administrative punishments started again: believers were expelled from the party, fired from their jobs. But a complete rupture of relations between the state and the church did not happen, which was associated with the intense foreign policy activities of the ROC and its participation in the struggle for peace.

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