The Russian Orthodox Church and the Peoples of Eastern Siberia: the Communicative Aspect of Incorporation into the Empire (a Problem Statement)

The institute of governor-general authorities is one of the most important political institutes of imperial Russia. Its importance in the country's outlying territories was exceptional. At the same time, the importance of the Russian Orthodox Church in the outlying regions of the country was also significant. The Church promoted the integration of the country's outlying territories into a single imperial framework. Unfortunately, in world and Russian history there have been numerous instances of confrontation between secular and spiritual authorities. These confrontations often led to open conflicts. An example of this is the confrontation between the governor-general of Eastern Siberia Lawinski A.S., and Irkutsk Archbishop Irinej, discussed in this article.

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On the Issue of Missionary Activity of Priests of the Russian Orthodox Church Among the Native Population of North-Eastern Siberia in the XVIII – XIX centuries

Bylye Gody ◽

10.13187/bg.2019.2.502 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 52 (2) ◽

Keyword(s):

Russian Orthodox ◽

Orthodox Church ◽

Eastern Siberia ◽

Native Population ◽

Russian Orthodox Church ◽

North Eastern

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Revisiting the Problem of the Relationship between the Renovationist and “Gregorian” Church Structures in Eastern Siberia in 1926–1934

The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University Series Political Science and Religion Studies ◽

10.26516/2073-3380.2021.37.100 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 37 ◽

pp. 100-111

Author(s):

S. S. Kulpinov ◽

Keyword(s):

Russian Orthodox ◽

Orthodox Church ◽

Eastern Siberia ◽

Russian Orthodox Church ◽

Local Structures ◽

The Status ◽

Church Structures ◽

The Relationship

The article analyzes the relationship between the renovationist and «Gregorian» church structures in Eastern Siberia in 1926-1934. The article examines the position of the central and local structures of the Provisional supreme church council in relation to renovationism, as well as the view of the renovationist Holy Synod on the «gregorian» schism in the Russian Orthodox Church. The article analyzes the information about the structures of the PSCC in the materials of the renovationist dioceses in Eastern Siberia, and also examines switching of the clergy and communities from the renovationism to the “gregorian” schism and vice versa in Eastern Siberia. The author came to the conclusion that in Eastern Siberia the “gregorian” schism did not pose a significant threat to renovationism, therefore, contacts were restricted to acceptance of the clergy and communities, as well as pronouncement of the status of the PSCC structures and the departure of communities and clerics to them.

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Philaret, Metropolitan of Moscow and the Russian Church Policy in the Eastern Siberia

Przegląd Wschodnioeuropejski ◽

10.31648/pw.3602 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 45-58

Author(s):

Irina Smirnova

Keyword(s):

Far East ◽

Russian Orthodox ◽

Orthodox Church ◽

Eastern Siberia ◽

Crimean War ◽

Russian Orthodox Church ◽

Missionary Work ◽

Documentary Sources ◽

The Far East ◽

Church Policy

The article is devoted to the Church policy of the Russian Orthodox Church in Eastern Siberia and the Far East with the participation of the Metropolitan of the Moscow Philaret (Drozdov, 1782–1867). Until recently historians did not focus their attention on “Asian” perspective of his activities, though there is an extensive historiography devoted to Moscow prelate. The most important aspects of the missionary activity of the Russian Orthodox Church in Eastern Siberia during the 1810s – 1860s are considered on the basis of materials from Russian archives (RSHA, St. Petersburg) and the little-known documentary sources. Particular attention is paid to the fate of the British Ecclesiastical Mission (1818–1840) and the development of Orthodox missionary work in the Trans-Baikal region, the missionary work of St. Innocent (Veniaminov) in the Far East, the Russian Church policy in the Amur and Primorye regions after the Crimean War (1853–1856), the reorganization of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Beijing (1860–1864). The role of the Metropolitan Philaret in the Russian Church diplomacy in the Far East is studied in the context of Russian-Chinese relations in the mid-Nineteenth Century.

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Dostoevsky and Kierkegaard in the Context of State Censorship: Problem Statement (with a Postscript on the ‘Hostage Syndrome’). Part I.

The Dostoevsky Journal ◽

10.1163/23752122-01401007 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 14-15 (1) ◽

pp. 65-109

Author(s):

Irene Zohrab

Keyword(s):

Soren Kierkegaard ◽

The Other ◽

Russian Orthodox ◽

Orthodox Church ◽

Problem Statement ◽

Russian Orthodox Church ◽

Lutheran Church ◽

Imperial Russia

Readers of diverse persuasions have viewed Fedor Dostoevsky (1821- 1881) and Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) as precursors of existentialism. The intention of this paper is to reconsider this perceived affinity between the two writers in the context of State censorship operating during their lifetimes in their respective countries, one writing and publishing in Imperial Russia that upheld the official Greco-Russian Orthodox Church, and the other in the Kingdom of Denmark with its State Lutheran Church.

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Christian unity: the search for ways to achieve

Ukrainian Religious Studies ◽

10.32420/2001.18.1150 ◽

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.

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