The Second All-Russian Congress of Orthodox military and navy clergy of 1917

Authors

  • Eleonora V. Starostenko A. Kuleshov Mogilev State University, 1 Kasmanaŭtaŭ Street, Mahilioŭ 212022, Belarus

Keywords:

the World War I, The February Revolution, Orthodox military priesthood, Orthodox church, Department attached to Protopresbyter of military and navy priesthood, protopresbyter of military and naval clergy

Abstract

The Second All-Russian Congress of military and navy clergy, which was held in July 1917 in the city of Mogilev is considered. The reasons of its carrying out and features of its organization are regarded. It is established how the revolutionary events of February 1917 influenced on the agenda of the congress (for example the introduction of the principle of election in the military and navy clergy department). In addition the position of the clergy of the army according to political activities and support of political parties and organizations is shown. The attitude of the clergy to current events and how to present these events in sermons is revealed. The questions which are put to the congress are listed and the analysis of the most important of them is given (for example questions of charity, charity activities and wearing of a secular dress, the education of a priest of the department, personnel issues, reorganization of the printed organ «Vestnik voennogo i morskogo dukhovenstva»). The author gives evaluation to the congress and the reasons why the congress could not make positive changes in the position of the priest in the army are called.

Author Biography

  • Eleonora V. Starostenko, A. Kuleshov Mogilev State University, 1 Kasmanaŭtaŭ Street, Mahilioŭ 212022, Belarus

    postgraduate student at the department of history of Belarus and Eastern Slavs, faculty of history and philology

References

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  2. Starostenko E. V. [All-Russian congress of military and navy Clergy of 1917 in Mogilev]. Gistoryja Magiljova: minulae i suchasnasc’ : collect of pap. of X int. sci. conf. (Mogilev, 25–26 May, 2017). Mogilev, 2017. P. 197–201 (in Russ.).
  3. Shavelsky G. [Russian church before the revolution]. Moscow : Artos-Media, 2005 (in Russ.).
  4. Kapkov K. G. [Commemorative book of military and navy Clergy XIX – early XX centuries. Reference materials]. Moscow : Letopis’, 2008 (in Russ.).

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Published

2017-12-29

Issue

No. 4 (2017): Journal of the Belarusian State University. History

Section

World History

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Starostenko, E.V. 2017. The Second All-Russian Congress of Orthodox military and navy clergy of 1917. Journal of the Belarusian State University. History. 4 (Dec. 2017), 71–75.