Towards the нistory of the Renovationist group “Union of communities of the Ancient Apostolic Church”

The initial period of the history of the Renovationist schism was marked by the strong mutual hostility of the leaders of the schism, which led to the emergence of three main rival groups: the «Living Church», the «Union for Church Revival» and the «Union of Communities of the Ancient Apostolic Chur...

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Main Author: Alexey Rodionov
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Published: St. Tikhon's Orthodox University 2025-12-01
Series:Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия ИИ. История, история Русской Православной Церкви
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description The initial period of the history of the Renovationist schism was marked by the strong mutual hostility of the leaders of the schism, which led to the emergence of three main rival groups: the «Living Church», the «Union for Church Revival» and the «Union of Communities of the Ancient Apostolic Church» (SODATs). The SODATs, led by Archpriest («Archbishop» since May 6, 1923) Alexander Vvedensky, stated the need to simplify worship and shrines, equalize the rights of clergy and laity, involve all believers in socially useful labor, establish exclusively married (white) episcopate, close urban monasteries and transform rural ones into labor communes. SODATs relied on the educated urban clergy. During the short period of the group's existence from October 1922 to August 1923, most of its reform initiatives were not implemented. The members of the SODATs took an active part in the work of the Renovationist «local council» of 1923, but the «council» generally followed the program of the «Living Church» rather than SODATs. SODATs obeyed the decision of the Plenum of August 8, 1923, which abolished the groups and declared its commitment to conservatism in Church life. Soon the SODATs was forgotten. Despite the fact that SODATs is described in works devoted to the Renovationist schism, and the SODATs leader, Alexander Vvedensky, is still the most famous figure of this schism, the activity and doctrine of SODATs has not yet become the object of special research in the scientific literature. Even the "Orthodox Encyclopedia" does not have the article about SODATs. This publication is intended to fill this research gap.
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spelling doaj-art-604ca29d24644bbca460171bf427748a2025-08-20T03:27:56ZrusSt. Tikhon's Orthodox UniversityВестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия ИИ. История, история Русской Православной Церкви1991-64342409-48112025-12-01123123101119http://dx.doi.org/10.15382/sturII2025123.101-1195Towards the нistory of the Renovationist group “Union of communities of the Ancient Apostolic Church”Alexey RodionovThe initial period of the history of the Renovationist schism was marked by the strong mutual hostility of the leaders of the schism, which led to the emergence of three main rival groups: the «Living Church», the «Union for Church Revival» and the «Union of Communities of the Ancient Apostolic Church» (SODATs). The SODATs, led by Archpriest («Archbishop» since May 6, 1923) Alexander Vvedensky, stated the need to simplify worship and shrines, equalize the rights of clergy and laity, involve all believers in socially useful labor, establish exclusively married (white) episcopate, close urban monasteries and transform rural ones into labor communes. SODATs relied on the educated urban clergy. During the short period of the group's existence from October 1922 to August 1923, most of its reform initiatives were not implemented. The members of the SODATs took an active part in the work of the Renovationist «local council» of 1923, but the «council» generally followed the program of the «Living Church» rather than SODATs. SODATs obeyed the decision of the Plenum of August 8, 1923, which abolished the groups and declared its commitment to conservatism in Church life. Soon the SODATs was forgotten. Despite the fact that SODATs is described in works devoted to the Renovationist schism, and the SODATs leader, Alexander Vvedensky, is still the most famous figure of this schism, the activity and doctrine of SODATs has not yet become the object of special research in the scientific literature. Even the "Orthodox Encyclopedia" does not have the article about SODATs. This publication is intended to fill this research gap.https://periodical.pstgu.ru/ru/pdf/article/8673alexander vvedensky «union of communities of the ancient apostolic church» renovationism the russian orthodox church religion in the ussr new economic policy patriarch tikhonалександр введенский союз общин древле-апостольской церкви обновленчество русская православная церковь религия в ссср нэп патриарх тихон
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Towards the нistory of the Renovationist group “Union of communities of the Ancient Apostolic Church”
Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия ИИ. История, история Русской Православной Церкви
alexander vvedensky
«union of communities of the ancient apostolic church»
renovationism
the russian orthodox church
religion in the ussr
new economic policy
patriarch tikhon
александр введенский
союз общин древле-апостольской церкви
обновленчество
русская православная церковь
религия в ссср
нэп
патриарх тихон
title Towards the нistory of the Renovationist group “Union of communities of the Ancient Apostolic Church”
title_full Towards the нistory of the Renovationist group “Union of communities of the Ancient Apostolic Church”
title_fullStr Towards the нistory of the Renovationist group “Union of communities of the Ancient Apostolic Church”
title_full_unstemmed Towards the нistory of the Renovationist group “Union of communities of the Ancient Apostolic Church”
title_short Towards the нistory of the Renovationist group “Union of communities of the Ancient Apostolic Church”
title_sort towards the нistory of the renovationist group union of communities of the ancient apostolic church
topic alexander vvedensky
«union of communities of the ancient apostolic church»
renovationism
the russian orthodox church
religion in the ussr
new economic policy
patriarch tikhon
александр введенский
союз общин древле-апостольской церкви
обновленчество
русская православная церковь
религия в ссср
нэп
патриарх тихон
url https://periodical.pstgu.ru/ru/pdf/article/8673
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