Abstract
In the article analyzed the social and political consequences of pandemic of coronavirus for the Russian Orthodox Church in the context of the reaction of different European churches on the quarantine rules and critics towards the church inside Russia. The author used the structural-functional and institutional approaches for the evaluation of the activity of the Russian Orthodox Church, was analyzed the sources of mass-media and the public claims of the clergy. In the article was made a conclusion that Orthodox Church expressed itself during the struggle with coronavirus as national civic institute where could be represented various even polar views. Also the parish activity leads to the formation of the democratic society affiliated with the Church and the role of that phenomenon have to be explored in a future. The coronacrisis makes open the inner potential of the civic activity and different forms of the social service in Russian Church. In the same time pandemic provoked the development of the volunteer activity in the around-church environment and also in the non-church circles among the young people and the generation of 40th age where the idea of the social responsibility for themselves and people around and the significance of the civil rights was one of the popular ideas till 2019. The conditions of the self-isolation also forced the clergy to struggle for their parishioners and once again renovate the role of the church in the society and in the cyber space.
Highlights
In the article was made a conclusion that Orthodox Church expressed itself during the struggle with coronavirus as national civic institute where could be represented various even polar views
In the same time pandemic provoked the development of the volunteer activity in the around-church environment and in the non-church circles among the young people and the generation of 40th age where the idea of the social responsibility for themselves and people around and the significance of the civil rights was one of the popular ideas till 2019
Большая часть епископата Русской православной церкви (РПЦ) во главе с патриархом Кириллом сразу поддержала государственную политику по борьбе с коронавирусом, а заявления главы церкви во многом повторяли принципиальные рекомендации основных источников указаний: президента В.В
Summary
Проведен анализ социальных и политических последствий пандемии для Русской православной церкви в контексте реакции различных европейских церквей на введение карантина и критики в адрес православия внутри России. Что Православная церковь проявила себя в ходе борьбы с коронавирусом как национальный гражданский институт, где могут быть представлены полярные взгляды, а приходская активность ведет к формированию демократического сообщества, роль и влияние которого еще предстоит оценить. В социальных сетях даже смерти священнослужителей от болезней были использованы для критики в отношении Русской православной церкви (РПЦ).
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