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«IZVESTIYA IRKUTSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA». SERIYA «POLITOLOGIYA. RELIGIOVEDENIE»
«THE BULLETIN OF IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY». SERIES «POLITICAL SCIENCE AND RELIGION STUDIES»
ISSN 2073-3380 (Print)

List of issues > Series «Political Science and Religion Studies». 2024. Vol 49

Everyday Life of Russian Clergy in the USA (Late 19th – Early 20th Century)

Author(s)
Val. V. Pechatnov, V. O. Pechatnov
Abstract
The article based on primary sources from Russian and American archives explores everyday life of Russian clergy in Aleutian and North American diocese in the late 19th – early 20th century. Especially valuable for this purpose were documents of the Alaskan Russian Church Archive at the Library of Congress Manuscript Division which were scarcely used by both Russian and American historians. They include clergy dossiers, clergy reports to their superiors, as well as internal correspondence of the Diocese Consistory with its clergy. Analyzed are all main facets of their everyday life: their legal status, financial conditions, rights and duties, parish and family life, children upbringing and education. Such an analysis provides a lively human dimension to the numerous activities of the Russian church in America during its most productive period. It also presents a vivid picture of real routine life of Russian clergy in an alien cultural environment with all its problems and needs. The final conclusion is that despite all the challenges Russian missionaries were able to adapt to American life and made a significant contribution to the growth and establishment of Orthodox Christianity in the United States.
About the Authors

Pechatnov Valentin Vladimirovich, Candidate of Sciences (History), Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, 76, Vernadskiy avе., Moscow, 119454, Russian Federation, e-mail: vpechatnov@yandex.ru

Pechatnov Vladimir Olegovich, Doctor of Sciences (History), Professor, Department of European and American Studies, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, 76, Vernadskiy avе., Moscow, 119454, Russian Federation, e-mail: vopechatnov@gmail.com

For citation

Pechatnov Val.V., Pechatnov V.O. Everyday Life of Russian Clergy in the USA (Late 19th – Early 20th Century). The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series Political Science and Religion Studies, 2024, vol. 49, pp. 109-129. https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2024.49.109 (in Russian)

Keywords
Aleutian and North American diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, The Holy Synod, Bishop Ioann (Mitropolsky), Bishop Nickolay (Ziorov), Bishop Tikhon (Bellavin), Russian clergy in the United States.
UDC
341.781.2:271.2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2024.49.109
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