By Daniela Kalkandjieva
This publication tells the awesome tale of the decline and revival of the Russian Orthodox Church within the first half the 20th century and the miraculous U-turn within the angle of the Soviet Union’s leaders in the direction of the church. within the years after 1917 the Bolsheviks’ anti-religious rules, the lack of the previous western territories of the Russian Empire, and the Soviet Union’s isolation from the remainder of the area and the ensuing separation of Russian emigrés from the church have been disastrous for the church, which declined very considerably within the Twenties and Thirties. even if, whilst Poland used to be partitioned in 1939 among Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, Stalin allowed the Patriarch of Moscow, Sergei, jurisdiction over orthodox congregations within the conquered territories and went on, later, to inspire the church to advertise patriotic actions as a part of the resistance to the Nazi invasion. He agreed a Concordat with the church in 1943, and persisted to motivate the church, in particular its claims to jurisdiction over émigré Russian orthodox church buildings, within the fast postwar interval. in line with wide unique study, the e-book places ahead loads of new info and overturns proven pondering on many key points.
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30 The widely announced Renovationist claims regarding church government, however, were a forgery. Immediately after meeting with them on May 12, Patriarch Tikhon wrote to Mikhail Kalinin, the chairman of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee of the Bolshevik Party, about his decision to appoint the metropolitans Agathangel (Preobrazhenskii) of Yaroslavl’ and Veniamin (Kazanskii)31 of Petersburg as temporary administrators of the Russian Church. 32 In this letter, the patriarch explicitly mentioned that the civil authorities had confirmed Agathangel’s entrance to Moscow.
The ecumenical patriarchate succeeded in saving its see in Istanbul but had to make many concessions. In October 1923, Patriarch Meletios IV resigned. His successor, Gregory VII, also had a difficult time before gaining legal recognition. Dissolution of the Russian Orthodox Church 21 In March 1924, he was accused by the Kemalists of plotting against their state. In this difficult moment, the Patriarch of Constantinople received unexpected support from Bolshevik Russia. 54 As a result, Gregory VII abandoned his predecessors’ policy regarding the Russian Orthodox Church.
As a result, in April 1924, the Polish Orthodox Church adopted the new calendar. Facing strong resistance from its Ukrainian and Belarusian flock, however, the government reconsidered this decision and in August permitted some parishes to use the old calendar. 122 While waiting for Moscow’s answer, the Polish Synod decided to prepare myrrh during Lent in 1924. Perceived as a sign of autocephaly, this act provoked strong objections from Moscow. 123 On June 5, Patriarch Tikhon also refused to grant autocephaly to the Orthodox community in Poland.
