Zaangażowanie Patriarchatu Moskiewskiego w Estonii w kontekście rozbicia estońskiego prawosławia

• Authors: Paweł Letko

Title variants

EN

The involvement of the Muscovite Patriarchy in Estonia in the context of the break of the Estonian Orthodoxy

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Estonia is recognized by the Muscovite Patriarchy as a part of the so-called “canonical territory” of the Russian Orthodox Church (the ROC).The participation of the ROC in Estonia is connected with the split of the Estonian Orthodox Church. Two religious fractions function there in the country: the Estonian Orthodox Church of the Muscovite Patriarchy and the Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church of the Constantinopolitan Patriarchy (the EAOC). On the example of the situation in Estonia, a relation between religious issues and an aspiration to political independence can be observed there. The subject of the article is the question of how the argument in the bosom of the Estonian Orthodox Church is of a political character and what the priorities of the Muscovite Patriarchy are in the context of the existing situation. The time frames of the article are set at the first decade of the 21st century. The facts mentioned prove that authorities of the Russian Federation are also engaged in the argument discussed. The aim of Kremlin and the ROC is mutuala renaissance of Russia as an Orthodox empire and preservation of the canonical ROC's territory under Russian control.

Keywords

EN

Russian Orthodox Church; Estonia; Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church of the Constantinopolitan Patriarchy; Russian Federation

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego
• Journal: Przegląd Wschodnioeuropejski
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 4
• Pages: 171-190

Dates

published

2013

Contributors

author

Paweł Letko

• Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie

Identifiers

ISSN

2081-1128