POKROVSK-NININSKAYA FEMALE MISSIONARY COMMUNITY: A FAILED ATTEMPT OF MISSIONARY SERVICE IN YAKUTIA

Abstract

On the basis of historical sources, the paper considers the previously untold story of the first women's missionary community for educational purposes created in Yakutsk region in the early 20th century in the context of the all-Russian women's missionary movement.

Keywords

• women's missionary community
• outreach
• christianization
• orthodoxy in yakutia
• monastery
• bishop
• abbot
• noviciate