Authors
- Astakhov Ivan E.
Annotation
After the February Revolution in the Orthodox Russian Church the destruction of the old consistory system of diocesan administration began. All over the country general diocesan congresses were held, which laid the foundation for a new administrative system. However, the question of how diocesan administration was carried out in the regions between the revolution and the congresses remains poorly studied. In the Orenburg diocese, the General Assembly of the Orenburg city clergy and the Executive Committee of the Orenburg city clergy come to the fore during this period. The article deals with the issues related to the emergence of these bodies in March 1917, their activities, as well as their decline in the summer and autumn of 1917. The author concludes that the General Assembly of the Clergy and the Executive Committee were the key administrative bodies in the Orenburg diocese in the spring of 1917, since almost immediately after their creation their influence spread far beyond Orenburg. It was these authorities that helped to maintain order in the diocese. The peak of their influence was May 1917. In the summer and autumn of 1917, after the election of the diocesan council, the activity of the assembly and the Executive Committee gradually faded, finally ceasing in the autumn of 1917.
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Astakhov, I. E. (2025). EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF CLERGY OF ORENBURG AS ORGANS OF DIOCESAN AUTHORITY IN 1917 Bulletin of the Moscow City Pedagogical University. Series "Pedagogy and Psychology", № 1 (57), 123. https://doi.org/10.24412/2076-9105-2025-157-123-137
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