THE DIFFERENCE OF UNDERSTANDING AND MEANINGS IN THE ADOPTION OF THE REFORM OF PARISH ADMINISTRATION IN 1961 BY THE CHURCH AND THE STATE. THE DISCOURSE OF HISTORY

Dmitry I. Sazonov

Kostroma Theological Seminary, Kostroma, Russia

Email: sazonow63.12@ gmail.com

Issue: № 1 (17), 2022

Pages: 128–134

Annotation

The article is devoted to the fundamental differences in the understanding of the reform of parish administration adopted by the Russian Orthodox Church under state pressure during the campaign to return to «Leninist norms» in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The adoption of the external forms of the congregational structure of the parish turned into an ecclesiastical and canonical catastrophe due to the difference in understanding and goals of the state and the Church. Based on the study and comparison of various meanings embedded by the ideologically atheistic party and state apparatus on the one hand, and the church hierarchy on the other, it was possible to determine the boundaries of different understanding and goals of the state and the Church. On the basis of the studied documents, it was possible to find out and determine the conclusions about the form and content of the reform, which, due to the difference in meanings and the contradictions that arose, led to a crisis in church parish life.

Keywords

person, parish, community, reform, parish life.

For citation

Sazonov D. I., archpriest. The difference of understanding and meanings in the adoption of the reform of parish administration in 1961 by the Church and the state. The discourse of history // Ipatievsky vestnik. 2022. № . 1. P. 128–134. https://doi.org/10.24412/2309–5164–2022–1–128–134