REGIONAL ORTHODOXY: LOGIC OF EVOLUTION (Perm Krai)

Abstract

Research is devoted to the features of development of Orthodoxy in the province which developed during the pre-revolutionary, Soviet and Post-Soviet periods. Th e main research question has two parts: whether it is possible to speak about the orthodox Renaissance in the province since 1990 and whether there are features which are steadily reproduced in historical process in local Orthodoxy. In the analysis of an orthodox community and clergy a number of factors is considered: peripheral situation and number of peoples in the region, infl uence of atheistic propaganda and secular system education, co-existence of other traditional and new religions. Two policies of orthodox life — ordinary believers and clergy are considered. Th e features of an orthodox community are characterized when using archival documents, supervision on liturgy during 2014, the carried-out questioning and two focus groups. Th e orthodox priesthood of region is characterized using archival documents, the content analysis of the regional press and sites, some interviews. Refs 10.

Keywords:

Religious Studies, Orthodox, religious community