'The Terrible Danger is Looming...': Archbishop Vitaly Maximenko and Socialism
| Autor: | Kovaleva Elizaveta O. |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Almanac “Essays on Conservatism”. 4:93-100 |
| ISSN: | 2542-1301 2409-2517 |
| Popis: | The article considers the attitude of a famous cleric and the most prominent representative of the Black Hundred movement in Volhynia, Archbishop Vitaly (Maximenko), towards the theory and practice of socialism. The views of Father Vitaly on socialist doctrine are reconstructed here based on periodicals and his writings, most of which are introduced into the academic discourse for the first time. The article demonstrates that the Archimandrite of the Pochaev Lavra took a dim view both of socialists themselves and the main points of their doctrine and their practical implementation. He denied the idea of blending Christianity and socialism. At the same time, Vitaly (Maximenko) developed intense socio-economic activities aiming to relieve the plight of the Volhynian peasantry and prevent it from becoming a social base of left-wing parties. Rejecting socialism as a political ideology and condemning it from the religious perspective, the Pochaev Archimandrite still properly understood the needs and aspirations of Volhynian peasants. He managed to tear them away from the influence of the leftist parties and organized them into the largest department of the Union of the Russian People. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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