Middle East Direction in the Diplomatic Mission of the Moscow Patriarchate in 1943 — the mid-1950s

The article analyzes the practice of restoring church contacts between the Russian Orthodox Church and the patriarchs of the Orthodox East and the reconstruction of the church infrastructure in the Holy Land after the break in the Second World War in 1943 until the end of the Stalinist era. Russian Orthodox Christianity was able to regain its presence in the Holy Land through the organization of diplomatic visits and gifts to the new head of the Russian Church, Patriarch Aleksei I, with the support of the Soviet government. This "return" after the formation of the State of Israel and with its support was accompanied by the displacement of the structures of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad and the redistribution of church property in the region. The restoration of the presence of the USSR and the ROC in the region had long-term consequences for state-church relations in the USSR.

Keywords

Russian Orthodoxy, Middle East, church diplomacy

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30.05.2021

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15.09.2021

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GOST	Kail M. Middle East Direction in the Diplomatic Mission of the Moscow Patriarchate in 1943 — the mid-1950s // ISTORIYA – 2021. – V. 12. – Issue 8 (106) [Electronic resource]. URL: https://history.jes.su/S207987840016650-4-1 (circulation date: 09.12.2023). DOI: 10.18254/S207987840016650-4
MLA	Kail, Maksim "Middle East Direction in the Diplomatic Mission of the Moscow Patriarchate in 1943 — the mid-1950s." ISTORIYA 12.8 (106) (2021) DOI: 10.18254/S207987840016650-4
APA	Kail M. (2021). Middle East Direction in the Diplomatic Mission of the Moscow Patriarchate in 1943 — the mid-1950s. ISTORIYA 12(8 (106)) DOI: 10.18254/S207987840016650-4

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