ON THE QUESTION OF THE AUTHORITY OF THE PRIEST ON THE EXAMPLE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CLERGY OF THE 1960S-1970S

Dmitry I. Sazonov

Kostroma Theological Seminary, Kostroma, Russia

Email: sazonow63.12@ gmail.com

Issue: № 4 (20), 2022

Pages: 84

Annotation

The study refutes the established stereotypes of historiography of state-church relations of the 1960s in relation to the clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church on the basis of facts and historical evidence. The analysis of the studies given in historiography shows that secular and ecclesiastical historians who consider the situation that developed in the middle of the twentieth century in parishes consider it from the perspective of their idealistic ideas about a certain "golden time", see it from the standpoint of a literal reading of the open documentary base and the general narrative of state propaganda, which tried to break the will of the clergy, distort his idea of his vocation. Instill a stereotype of handicraft. The examples given of the personalities and activities of the authoritative and charismatic clergy in the USSR during the 1960s allow us to conclude that only thanks to the high authority of the priesthood among the believing people and "non-believers", achieved by meeting the high ideals of their recognition, it was possible to preserve the church organization, as well as open the gates of the Church for many millions of our compatriots who came to The Church in the 1990s.

Keywords

parish, believing people, parish reform, rector, repression

For citation

Sazonov D. I., archpriest. On the question of the priest authority on the example of the clergy representatives of the 1960s–1970s // Ipatievsky vestnik. 2022. № 4. Р. 84–93 (In Russian). https:// doi.org/10.24412/2309–5164–2022–4–84–93