RELATIONS BETWEEN THE MOSCOW PATRIARCHATE AND THE FINNISH AUTONOMOUS ORTHODOX CHURCH IN THE 1960S – EARLY 1970S ACCORDING TO CHURCH SOURCES

Sergey Leonidovich Zvonarev

Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Church-wide postgraduate and doctoral studies named after Saints Equal to the Apostles Cyril and Methodius, Moscow, Russia

Email: zvonariov@rambler.ru

Issue: № 1 (25), 2024

Pages: 84

Annotation

The article proposed to the reader is aimed to get acquainted him with the Church sources revealing the relationship between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Finnish Autonomous Orthodox Church during the period when Metropolitan Nikodim (Rotov) was the President of the Department for External Church Relations. The proces sing and analysis of archival materials, primarily the Archive of the Department for External Church Relations, and official church publications allow us to conclude about the benevolent nature of bilateral church contacts in various areas of interaction. The settlement of disputes over the canonical status of the Church of Finland has made it possible to achieve such a level of cooperation.

Keywords

Finnish Autonomous Orthodox Church, canonical territory, patriarchal parishes, Metropolitan Nikodim, Archive of the Department for External Church Relations

For citation

Zvonarev S. L., archpr. Relations between the Moscow Patriarchate and the Finnish Autonomous Orthodox Church in the 1960s – early 1970s according to church sources // Ipatievsky vestnik. 2024. № 1. Р. 84–93 (In Russian). https:// doi.org/10.24412/2309– 5164–2024–1–84–93