SOME FEATURES OF THE SOCIAL ROLE OF THE ORTHODOX MONASTERIES IN TOBOLSK EPARCHY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 18TH CENTURY
The article is aimed at examining the issue of sending retired servicemen to Tobolsk eparchy monasteries as well as it concerns conditions of their accommodation there. Besides, there are statistical data about the number of soldiers living in Siberian monasteries. The research shows peculiar features of this fact in Tobolsk eparchy history, analyzed on the basis of archival documents. Moreover, the article reveals the main tendencies and changes caused by political reforming relations between the Russian government and the Russian Orthodox Church.
Keywords: Siberia, Tobolsk eparchy, monasteries, retired servicemen, almshouses, Empress Elizabeth, F. Soymonov, Metropolitan Paul (Konyuskevich)
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Issue: 9, 2012
Pages: 9 — 12
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