Khristianstvo na blizhnem Vostoke

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Authors: Dmitrii V. Safonov

This publication continues the introduction into scientific circulation of a set of documents from the State Archive of Israel (Safonov, 2017, 2018 a-b) related to the activities of the Office of the Orthodox Palestinian Society in Jerusalem in 1948–1951. Some of the documents over these years were published by us in 2013 in the writings of the Sretensky Theological Seminary (Safonov, 2013), but the documents presented in this publication were not included in the previous one. The main documents on the history of the Office of the Orthodox Palestinian Society in the early years of the state of Israel were published by us earlier. The published set of documents characterizes the everyday problems associated with the property of the Orthodox Palestinian Society in Jerusalem and the activities of the secretary of the farmstead management V.A. Samarsky, who headed the Office in 1948–1951, by their decision. The documents allow you to restore many unknown events and details related to Russian property, including those acquired or built during the British Mandate, the activities of the Orthodox Palestinian Society Office in Jerusalem, the situation and life of Russian people living in the Holy Land at that difficult time.

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Authors: Kirill M. Ivanisov

Based on a number of historical sources and the materials from the Russian emigration newspapers published in the United States, the article reproduces the situation that developed from June to December 1941 in the Orthodox parishes in the USA. The Russian Orthodox Church in America at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War was represented by the North American Metropolis of the ROCOR Synod of Bishops, led by Metropolitan Theophilos (Pashkovsky), as well as the exarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church in the United States, headed by Metropolitan Benjamin (Fedchenkov). The question of support for the Russian people at war with Nazi Germany caused a serious discussion among representatives of the American church emigration. The discussion spread out on the pages of major American newspapers and was accompanied by widespread public outcry. At the time of the German army’s massive attack on Moscow, the hierarchs of the North American Metropolis asked to postpone the decision on assistance to the Soviet Union in a telegram that was addressed to F. Roosevelt. The issue of the restricted freedom of religious conscience in their homeland was mentioned as the main reason. The Council of Hierarchs of the North American Metropolis approved the same line in their attitude. Metropolitan Benjamin (Fedchenkov), while defending the position of the Moscow Patriarchate and Metropolitan Sergius (Stragorodsky) and urging everyone to fervently pray for the victory of the Russian army over the Germans, encouraged the representatives of the Russian emigration in America to "be with our people, and not against them," i. e. to start the cooperation with USSR in the very near future. He managed to have a serious impact not only among the Russian emigrants, but also on broad sectors of the American society and the US government during the period of serious political decisions.

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Authors: Dmitrii V. Safonov

Новая рубрика журнала «Христианство на Ближнем Востоке» посвящена творческому наследию выдающегося богослова, историка, писателя и поэта Николая Николаевича Лисового (23.10.1946–7.01.2019). Публикации в новой рубрике «"Долг неоплатный". Памяти Николая Николаевича Лисового», которая открывается сценарием фильма о святой равноапостольной княгине Ольге, призваны сделать доступными малоизвестные работы Н.Н. Лисового, еще не публиковавшиеся или вышедшие в малодоступных ныне изданиях и отсутствующие в сети Интернет, привлечь внимание широкой аудитории, прежде всего молодежной, к творчеству приснопамятного Николая Николаевича. Редактором рубрики является член редакционного совета журнала священник Димитрий Сафонов.