Dinamika Elit Gereja dalam Panggung Politik

The church is an organizational organization that takes the interests of various church elites and parties to become a competition arena for local political elites. Thus, the elite church became the target of political elites and academics who wanted to seize power. This condition is evident, in various political constellations, religious organizations are laden with political contracts. Involve church elites in political momentum, there is support and response. This research explains how church elites compete on the political front and the views of church members of the church involved in politics. The methodology used is descriptive qualitative by determining informants using a purposive technique, in which the informants are determined based on their capacity to answer questions that are the locus of this study. The informants in the study were 13 people. The research location is in North Halmahera Regency. The results of the research show that political momentum contains political views and interests, thus giving permission to the church split (GMIH). The church elite (pastor) with its theological mission transformed into a practical political mission, the community (congregation) was educated with the political education of race, ethnicity, and religion which was then considered as the truth that all levels of society must accept.

Court Singing Capella and Divine Рractice of the Russian Orthodox Church

В настоящей статье предпринята попытка рассмотреть влияние Придворной певческой капеллы на развитие богослужебной практики Русской Православной Церкви в Синодальный период. После церковного раскола XVII в. продолжающееся развитие богослужебной практики не находило отражения в корпусе богослужебных книг. В XVII в. в Русской Церкви было два практически равновеликих по значению образцовых столичных хора: хор патриарших певчих дьяков и хор государевых певчих дьяков. С упразднением патриаршества и переносом столицы в Санкт¬-Петербург в Синодальный период истории Русской Православной Церкви Придворная певческая капелла стала главным церковным хоровым коллективом, основной обязанностью которого было пение за богослужением в придворных церквях. В XIX в. Придворная певческая капелла была на делена особыми административными правами в церковно-¬певческой сфере, связанны ми с цензурой церковно-¬певческих произведений и подготовкой церковных регентов. Исключительные права по изданию церковно¬-певческих книг в Русской Православной Церкви, закрепленные Святейшим Синодом за Придворной певческой капеллой, стали причиной широкого распространения литургических особенностей богослужения придворных церквей в Российской империи. Практика обязательной аттестации церковных регентов Придворной певческой капеллой усилила распространение не только её церковно-¬музыкальной традиции, но и придворного литургического порядка, что оказало существенное влияние на практику совершения кафедрального и приходского богослужения. Изучение богослужебной практики Русской Православной Церкви в XVIII-XX вв. немыслимо без учёта деятельности и наследия Придворной певческой капеллы. This article attempts to consider the influence of the Court Singing Chapel on the development of divine practice of the Russian Orthodox Church during the synodal period. After the Church split of the 17th century, the continuing development of liturgical practice was not re flected in the corpus of liturgical books. In the XVII century the Russian Church had two almost equal in importance exemplary Metropolitan choirs: the choir of Patriarchal singing deacons and the choir of sovereign singing deacons. With the abolition of the Patriarchate and the transfer of the capital to Saint Petersburg during the Synodal period of the history of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Court singing Capella became the main Church choral group, whose main duty was to sing at divine services in the court churches. In the 19th century, the Court singing chapel was giv en special administrative rights in the Church singing sphere related to the censorship of Church singing works and the training of Church Regents. The exclusive rights to publish Church sing ing books in the Russian Orthodox Church, which were assigned by the Holy Synod to the Court singing chapel, caused a wide spread of liturgical features of the service of court churches in the Russian Empire. The practice of mandatory certification of Church Regents by the Court singingchapel has increased the spread of not only its Church music tradition, but also the court liturgical order, which has had a significant impact on the practice of performing Cathedral and parish ser vices. The study of the liturgical practice of the Russian Orthodox Church in the XVIII-XX centuries is unthinkable without taking into account the activities and heritage of the court singing chapel.

Montenegro’s political divisions will use church split

Headline MONTENEGRO: Political divisions will use church split

Anti-renovationist opposition in the Orthodox Church in the territory of Donetsk region (1922 – 1925)

The historical circumstances of theorganizational development of the Renovatonist movement in the Orthodox Church in Donbas remain one of the less investigated pages of the Ukrainian Local Church history. Even though the problem of the Ukrainian Church history of the interwar period has been studied by manyresearchers, a large number of questions exist which require elaboration. Nowadays based on the earlier unknown material, it is possible to widen the general picture of the mentioned events. That`s why the main purpose of the article is to figure out a holistic picture based on a comprehensive analysis of historical sources and scientific literature, as well as the grounds of the anti-renewal opposition's struggle against the reformation and organizational development of theRenovatonist movement in the Orthodox Church in the territory of Donetsk province in 1922 – 1925. The originality of the article involves an attempt to research the events of Donbas Church history without traditional historical clichés, and in this case, all the trends of Ukrainian ecclesiastic life of that time should be considered. In our strong opinion ignoring the deep needs of interecсlesiastic life’s normalization led to a Church split. With the help of the atheistic government, theRenovation movement achieved its institutiona organization. The characteristic issue of the religious life in Donbas was its relative conservatism. That was the main cause of the slow development pace of the reformationally oriented Ukrainian Orthodox Autocephalous Synodal Church. Moreover, while speaking about the Synodal Church should be taken into consideration the demonstratively loyal attitude of the Ukrainian Renovationist clerks to the atheistic government. That`s why despite the renovational hierarchs` attempts to the complete curtailment of church reforms the Synodal Church in Donetsk region could cover only a third of the Orthodox parishes on the land’s territory. These circumstances testify to the lack of awareness of the scope of the problem of the national church reformation by the hierarchs of the Synodal Church. The history of the organizational development of the Donbas Renovatonist movement proves the need for the introduction of modern methods of missionary activity against the backdrop of the implementation of a strategy of implementation of current church reforms to effectively develop local Orthodox eparchies. In conclusion, it`s worth mentioning that nowadays the research of Donbas church history of the interwar period is complicated by the difficult political situation in the region. Unfortunately, the material of the Lugansk and Donetsk archives is unavailable for Ukrainian researches, but gradual actualization of this problem makes the strong prospects for its fast research in the future.

Is there any hope for church unity?

his article gives some perspectives on the causes of the Reformed Churches split since the time of reformation and how these divisions impacts on church unity discussions today. Since reformation, church divisions took place in various forms and discussions about church reunification became a focal point in the reformed world. These splits amongst reformed churches seem to have caused traumatic stress and inflicted deep wounds that are very difficult to heal in full, especially in the context of South Africa. This article briefly looks at some causes of split in the reformed world by paying attention to the work of Lukas Vischer and also by sketching some few causes of church split within the Dutch Reformed family of churches in the South African context. This article does not really pay attention to an in-depth discussion on church unity, rather, it places the interest on issues of church divisions which impact negatively on the true unity of the church. A question can be asked: can we really hope for a genuine unity of the church given the history of these splits? Put it differently: Is there any hope for an authentic church unity amongst reformed churches locally and globally? The article argues that the history of these divisions makes it very hard if not impossible to hope for an authentic church unity, given the currently lived experiences of divisions, the irreconcilability of people and the unhealed wounds inflicted in the past. For an authentic church unity to be achieved and lived positively, the article suggests that injustices of the past needs to be addressed, especially between the Dutch Reformed family of churches.

ОбновленческиймитрополитА.И.Введенский:личностькакгосударственныйпроект

В статье анализируется биография обновленческого митрополита А.И. Введенский в контексте истории движения, где он был главным идеологом. Советский реновационизм был государственной инициативой, поэтому встает вопрос о том, чьи интересы представляли исполнители, личные или общественные деятели. Автор обнаружил готовность А.И. Введенский выполнил любые, порой противоречивые требования советской власти со времен распада Церкви в 1922 году. Поэтому делается вывод, что с 1922 года личность А.И. Введенский был разработан как правительственный проект. Однако все действия, выполненные А.И. Введенский содержал личный компонент. Он хотел бы подчеркнуть свою идеологическую приверженность церковным реформам, искреннее неприятие Патриаршего контроля над Церковью, и с 1918 года он стремился к союзу с правительством. На дебатах и проповеднических проповедях митрополит говорил с внешней торжественностью, что доказывало его лояльность реноваторским идеям. Но после краха обновленчества и до самого последнего дня он не совершал покаяния, которое обеспечило бы ему скромную, хотя и мирную жизнь. Его амбиции постоянно сдерживали его, что подчеркивалось многими современниками.The article analyzes the biography of the Renovationist Metropolitan A.I. Vvedensky in the context of the history of a movement where he was the main ideologist. Soviet Renovationism was a state initiative, therefore comes the question about whose interests were represented by the executors, personal or public appears. The author discovered the willingness of A.I. Vvedensky to perform any, sometimes contradictory, demands of the Soviet government since the Church split in 1922. Therefore, a conclusion is made that since 1922 the personality of A.I. Vvedensky was developed as a government project. However, all the actions performed by A.I. Vvedensky contained a personal component. He would emphasize his ideological commitment to the Church reforms, a sincere rejection of the Patriarchal control over the Church, and since 1918, had been seeking an alliance with the Government. At the debates and Renovationist sermons, the Metropolitan would speak with an external solemnity that proved his loyalty to the Renovationist ideas. But after the Renovationism collapsed and until his dying day, he did not do penance which would provide him with a modest though peaceful life. He was continuously restrained by his ambition which was also underlined by many contemporaries.

Preconditions of the formation and organizational development of the Mariupol eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Autocephalous Synodal Church in 1922 – 1937

The historical circumstancesof the organizational development of the Renovatonist movement in the Orthodox Church in Donbass still remain one of the less investigated pages of the Ukrainian Local Church history. Despite the fact thatthe problem of Ukrainian Church history of interwar period has been studied by many researchers, a large number of questions exist which require elaboration. Nowadays on the basis of the earlier unknown material it is possible to widen the general picture of the mentioned events. That`s why the main purpose of the article is to figure out the circumstances of the organizational development of the Renovatonist movement in the Orthodox Church in Mariupol region during the first decades of the Soviet rule in Ukraine. The originality of the article involves an attempt to research the events of Donbass Church history without traditional historicalclichés, and in this case all the trends of Ukrainian ecclesiastic life of that time should be considered. In our strong opinion ignoring the deep needs of interecсlesiastic life’s normalization led to a Church split. With help of the atheistic government the Renovationist movement achieved its institutional organization. The characteristic issue of the religious life in Donbass was its relative conservatism. That was the main cause of the slow development pace of the reformationally oriented Ukrainian Orthodox Autocephalous Synodal Church. Moreover, while speaking about the Synodal Church should be taken into consideration the demonstratively loyal attitude of the Ukrainian Renovationist hierarchs to the atheistic government. That`s why despite the renovationist hierarchs` attempts to minimize the reformative tendencies the Synodal Church in Mariupol region could cover only half of the Orthodox parishes on the land’s territory. The Mariupol eparchy was one of the biggest in Donbass. In conclusion it`s worth mentioning that nowadays the research of Donbass church history of interwar period is complicated by the difficult political situation in the region. Unfortunately the material of the Lugansk and Donetsk archives is unavailable for Ukrainian researches, but gradual actualization of this problem makes the strong prospects for its fast research in future.

Ukraine-Russia church split will spark property rows

Headline UKRAINE/RUSSIA: Church split will spark property rows

Ukraine church split will energise 2019 elections

Headline UKRAINE/RUSSIA: Church split will energise voters