title: The Struggle of Believers against the Disclosure of Holy Relics in the European North of Russia in 1918–1920
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metadata.value: Bardileva, Yu. P.
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metadata.value: Kuz, V. V.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2020-07-07T17:51:51Z
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metadata.value: 2020-07-07T17:51:51Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2020-06
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metadata.value: Bardileva Yu. P., Kuz V. V. ‘The Struggle of Believers against the Disclosure of Holy Relics in the European North of Russia in 1918–1920’, Modern History of Russia, vol. 10, no. 2, 2020, pp. 398–413.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu24.2020.208
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/18548
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metadata.value: Based on a systematic and problem-chronological approach, and drawing on materials from federal
  and regional archives of the Russian Federation and works of Russian and foreign scholars, this article identifies
  the theological foundations of veneration for holy relics and their roles and value for believers. This sets up a
  study of the causes and consequences of the campaign for the disclosure of holy relics in the European North of
  Russia, believers’ actions to protect the relics of revered saints, and results of this struggle. Questions about the
  origin of the cult of relics, their early Christian or ancient origins, and the evolution of ceremonies connected with
  them are the focus of modern studies. The understanding of the term “relics” and the idea of their sacred status
  have undergone significant evolution in the history of the Russian Church. Understood differently in Orthodox
  theology and among ordinary clergy and parishioners, the cult of relics became one of the most important directions
  for atheistic and anti-clerical policy of the Soviet government in its first years. An inspection of the contents
  of shrines was supposed to reveal the corruption of the saints, and thus to expose “the centuries-old deception
  of the working people by the clergy” and thus to nullify the influence of the Church. Data on how the majority of
  believers responded to this policy are analyzed. The article concludes that the fight against relics as an important
  element of anticlerical measures led to apparent success, but failed to achieve the main goal — to eliminate the
  cult of saints and martyrs as such.
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metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Modern History of Russia;Volume 10; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Russian Orthodox Church
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: European North
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: monasteries
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: disclosure of holy relics
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: believers
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: clergy
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The Struggle of Believers against the Disclosure of Holy Relics in the European North of Russia in 1918–1920
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metadata.value: Article
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