The Russian Orthodox Church, 1917-1948 - 9781138788480

Name: The Russian Orthodox Church, 1917-1948 - 9781138788480
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

The Russian Orthodox Church, 1917-1948From Decline to Resurrection\nAuthor(s): Daniela Kalkandjieva\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138788480, 978-1138788480\nSynopsis\nThis book tells the remarkable story of the decline and revival of the Russian Orthodox Church in the first half of the twentieth century and the astonishing U-turn in the attitude of the Soviet Unions leaders towards the church. In the years after 1917 the Bolsheviks anti-religious policies, the loss of the former western territories of the Russian Empire, and the Soviet Unions isolation from the rest of the world and the consequent separation of Russian emigrs from the church were disastrous for the church, which declined very significantly in the 1920s and 1930s. However, when Poland was partitioned in 1939 between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, Stalin allowed the Patriarch of Moscow, Sergei, jurisdiction over orthodox congregations in the.