The Olonets diocese monasteries: public role and main development trends (18th and early 20th centuries)

The article discusses the revival and development of the problems of the Orthodox monastic communities in the Russian North after the destructive processes of secularization. The main part of the monasteries activity in the review period fell on the time of significant changes in the public consciou...

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Main Author: Pulkin Maxim Viktorovich
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Russian
Published: Institute of Modern Humanitarian Researches 2023
Subjects:
asceticism
believers
monks
orthodox communities
religious life
History of scholarship and learning. The humanities
AZ20-999
Russian North
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/0c8ce0fbac0144f693acf899d0f23f19
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Summary:The article discusses the revival and development of the problems of the Orthodox monastic communities in the Russian North after the destructive processes of secularization. The main part of the monasteries activity in the review period fell on the time of significant changes in the public consciousness caused by bourgeois reforms. In this regard, the significance of Orthodox monasteries as a stronghold of spirituality and Christian norms of life increased noticeably. The main attention in the article is paid to the problems of the internal life of Orthodox monasteries: economic processes, norms and features of the management of monasteries, the internal structure of monastic communities, control over their activities by the spiritual authorities.

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