Historic Models of the Russian Orthodox Church-State Relations and Their Influence on Today’s Church-State Relations

Abstract

The article analyses models of church-state relations in our country that have been formed depending on changes of the state power and the Russian Orthodox Church historically from the ancient times. The author emphasizes the fact that the tendencies of rising dependence of the church from the state has been always accompanied by the experience of inner independence. It passes through all the Russian history and becomes clearly manifested in the XX century. An important conclusion of the article is an indication of the split of ecclesiologic experience of the XX century which led to formation of opposite tendencies in the life of the modern Russian Orthodox Church, which in its turn influences the interior schism.

Keywords

• church-state relations
• symphonia of state and church power
• synod period
• church independence from the state
• period of the christianization of rus'
• moscow rus' period
• церковно-государственные отношения
• симфония церковной и государственной власти
• синодальный период
• независимость церкви от государства
• период крещения руси
• период московской руси