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<blockquote data-quote="Mackerel snapper" data-source="post: 1565847" data-attributes="member: 24577"><p>Never mind, I’ll answer that myself: </p><p></p><p><em>The expression <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sergianism&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank"><strong>Sergianism</strong></a> [<a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE" target="_blank">ru</a>], which designates a policy of unconditional loyalty to the Soviet regime practised by the leadership of the Russian Orthodox Church, and is associated with his 1927 declaration [<a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%8F" target="_blank">ru</a>], is derived from his name<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarch_Sergius_of_Moscow#cite_note-1" target="_blank">[1]</a> (see the <strong>Declaration of loyalty toward the USSR</strong> section below).</em></p><p><em></em></p><hr /><p><em></em></p><p><em>DECLARATION OF LOYALTY TOWARD THE USSR</em></p><p><em>Seeking to convince Soviet authorities to stop the campaign of terror and persecution against the Church, Sergius, acting patriarchal locuk tenens, tried to look for ways of peaceful reconciliation with the government. On July 29, 1927, he issued his famous declaration [<a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%8F" target="_blank">ru</a>]: an encyclical letter where he professed the absolute loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet Union and to its government's interests. In it, he namely stated:</em></p><p><em></em></p><p></p><p><em>This declaration, sparked an immediate controversy among the Russian Eastern Orthodox, many of whom (including many notable and respected bishops in prisons and exile) broke communion with Sergius. This attitude of submission to the USSR is sometimes derogatorily called "Sergianism [<a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE" target="_blank">ru</a>]", after Met. Sergius and his declaration, and is to this day deemed by some Eastern Orthodox Christians, especially True Orthodox, as a heresy.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Sergius also formed the Temporary Patriarchal Council (later called Synod) which received recognition from the Soviet government. In 1934, Sergius assumed a more elevated title of "His Beatitude, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna" and in 1936, following a false report of Metropolitan Peter of Krutitsy's death in prison (in fact, he was still alive until his execution in 1937), Sergius assumed the position of patriarchal locum tenens. Despite his pledges that the ROC would not interfere in secular affairs and would be loyal to the state, the arrests and executions of Eastern Orthodox clergy by the GPU and later the NKVD, destruction of Eastern Orthodox cathedrals, churches, icons, seminaries and so on were commonplace throughout the 1920s and 1930s. Before the 1941 German invasion, for the entire USSR, only 4 bishops remained who were not imprisoned or exiled. Likewise, of the 50,000 Russian Orthodox priests in 1918, only 500 remained by 1935.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarch_Sergius_of_Moscow#cite_note-6" target="_blank">[6]</a></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Patriarchal locum tenens Peter of Krutitsy died in 1937.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Only after the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 did Joseph Stalin finally start to scale back the anti-religious campaign, needing the moral support of the Church during the war. In the early hours of September 5, 1943, Stalin met with the three chief hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church and promised some concessions to religion in exchange for their loyalty and assistance. Among the concessions were the permission to open the Moscow Theological Seminary and Academy, the release of imprisoned clerics, the return of some church property, including the famous Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra. In return, the Soviet government put the Church under the control of its secret services.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mackerel snapper, post: 1565847, member: 24577"] Never mind, I’ll answer that myself: [I]The expression [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sergianism&action=edit&redlink=1'][B]Sergianism[/B][/URL] [[URL='https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE']ru[/URL]], which designates a policy of unconditional loyalty to the Soviet regime practised by the leadership of the Russian Orthodox Church, and is associated with his 1927 declaration [[URL='https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%8F']ru[/URL]], is derived from his name[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarch_Sergius_of_Moscow#cite_note-1'][1][/URL] (see the [B]Declaration of loyalty toward the USSR[/B] section below). [/I] [HR][/HR] [I] DECLARATION OF LOYALTY TOWARD THE USSR Seeking to convince Soviet authorities to stop the campaign of terror and persecution against the Church, Sergius, acting patriarchal locuk tenens, tried to look for ways of peaceful reconciliation with the government. On July 29, 1927, he issued his famous declaration [[URL='https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%8F']ru[/URL]]: an encyclical letter where he professed the absolute loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet Union and to its government's interests. In it, he namely stated: [/I] [I]This declaration, sparked an immediate controversy among the Russian Eastern Orthodox, many of whom (including many notable and respected bishops in prisons and exile) broke communion with Sergius. This attitude of submission to the USSR is sometimes derogatorily called "Sergianism [[URL='https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE']ru[/URL]]", after Met. Sergius and his declaration, and is to this day deemed by some Eastern Orthodox Christians, especially True Orthodox, as a heresy. Sergius also formed the Temporary Patriarchal Council (later called Synod) which received recognition from the Soviet government. In 1934, Sergius assumed a more elevated title of "His Beatitude, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna" and in 1936, following a false report of Metropolitan Peter of Krutitsy's death in prison (in fact, he was still alive until his execution in 1937), Sergius assumed the position of patriarchal locum tenens. Despite his pledges that the ROC would not interfere in secular affairs and would be loyal to the state, the arrests and executions of Eastern Orthodox clergy by the GPU and later the NKVD, destruction of Eastern Orthodox cathedrals, churches, icons, seminaries and so on were commonplace throughout the 1920s and 1930s. Before the 1941 German invasion, for the entire USSR, only 4 bishops remained who were not imprisoned or exiled. Likewise, of the 50,000 Russian Orthodox priests in 1918, only 500 remained by 1935.[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarch_Sergius_of_Moscow#cite_note-6'][6][/URL] Patriarchal locum tenens Peter of Krutitsy died in 1937. Only after the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 did Joseph Stalin finally start to scale back the anti-religious campaign, needing the moral support of the Church during the war. In the early hours of September 5, 1943, Stalin met with the three chief hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church and promised some concessions to religion in exchange for their loyalty and assistance. Among the concessions were the permission to open the Moscow Theological Seminary and Academy, the release of imprisoned clerics, the return of some church property, including the famous Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra. In return, the Soviet government put the Church under the control of its secret services.[/I] [/QUOTE]
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