role of orthodoxy 1855-1894

What did pobestonstev believe about non-orthodox

Disloyal

What did tsar have in relation to church

Divine right + a holiness amking him a saint on earth

What did the tsar divine right tie in with

The notion of him being the father of the russian empire

What % of population was subscribed to orthodoxy

70%

How did church establish control

Moral domination over the superstitious peasantry

How did villages have connection with church

Priests had close ties with villages

Role of a priest

• Read out imperial manifestos and decrees

• Keep stats on birth, death etc

• Find opposition

Priests relation with police and issue with this

Inform police of suspicious activity + pass on statements given in holy confession to secular authorities although church states it shouldnt be shared

Who gave church increased power on primary education

Delyanov

What did capitals of estonia and latvia have

Huge onion domed cathedrals built

Under russification what was made an offence

To publish criticism or to convert from orthodoxy

Which churches were subject to persecution

Uniate church and armenian church

How many catholics and lutherans converted and in what region

40k in poland and the baltic provinces

How many pagans converted

50k

Evaluation of the number of converts to orthodoxy

Many later reverted

What happened to autonomous churches

Control was exerted over them

Who in particular was persecuted

radical sects (e.g. old believers) who settled in remote areas of siberia

Issue with connection to orthodoxy for manh

Little relevance to factory workers as it didnt keep up with urbanisation

Who disparaged the clergy

Many of all classes

What were priests often regarded as

Money grasping and bad role models

What did liberal clergy want to do? but…

Regenerate church and reform relations with tsraist state but were silenced

Role of pobestonstev 1880-1905

Over-procurator

When was there a report and what about

1858 about clerical poverty and behaviour

What did the 1858 report encourage valuez to do

Set up an ecclesiastical commission to look into the church organisation and practice

When was eccelesiastical commission set up

1862

When were reforms introduced to improve education of priests

1868