ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE OF RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN YAKUT REGION

• Published in: Rusya Araştırmaları Dergisi
• Main Author: KILIÇASLAN, Yusuf
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Turkish
• Published: Tekin Aycan TAŞCI 2023
• Subjects: Russian Empire;Yakut Region;Orthodox Cruch;Sakhas;Synod;Diocese; Rusya İmparatorluğu;Yakut Bölgesi;Ortodoks Kilisesi;Sahalar;Sinod;Piskoposluk; Российская империя;Якутская область;Православная Церковь;Саха;Синод;Епископство; Late Modern Russian History; Yakınçağ Rusya Tarihi; Sakha; Rus’; Kamchatka; Yakut; Саха; Siberia
• Online Access: https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/rusad/issue/81824/1296779; https://doi.org/10.48068/rusad.1296779

Explaining the establishment and centralization process of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Yakut region periodically is very important in order to make the missionary activities carried out on Sakha Turks more understandable. The study was planned from the general to the specific, and the sources giving general information about the Russian Orthodox Church and the works examining the history of Orthodox Christianity in the Yakut Region were used chronologically. In this chapter, the reforms of the Russian Orthodox Church were briefly mentioned, the diocese, blagochiniye and prihod systems were discussed, and the manifestation of these institutions in the Yakut Region was tried to be revealed. The Yakut Region came under the rule of the Russians from 1620, and from 1638, the religious and administrative structure began to be established in the region simultaneously. The first church in the Yakut region was built by Petr Beketov in the Lena Castle, built in 1632. In time, the church and chapel network emerged thanks to the churches built inside the castles built by the Russian Kozak Detachments. The emergence of a central unity between the churches took place at the end of a long process. The most important reason for this is the geographical distance of the region from Moscow. Therefore, the Russian Orthodox Church structuring was carried out gradually in the region. The Yakut spiritual administration continued its activities as the dean of the Siberian Metropolitan, Tobolsk, Irkutsk, Kamchatka Diocese, and finally, with the establishment of the independent Yakut Diocese, the region gradually became both the religious and administrative center of Far East Siberia. After Peter I abolished the Patriarchate and activated the Holy Synod, the Orthodox religious institutions in the region also changed. The Holy Synod took the place of the Patriarchate, and the Bishops took the place of the Metropolitans. The dioceses are divided into sub-units such as dean and decimal. Again, the surrogate priesthood status was ...