Руска словенска добротворна друштвa и Српско подворје у Москви (1874–1917)
Russian Slavic Benevolent Societies and the Metochion of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Moscow (1874–1917)

Summary/Abstract: The Metochion of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Moscow was opened on 13 December 1874, at the initiative of Metropolitan Mihailo and with the support of the Moscow Slavic Benevolent Committee. During its existence, it had a very important role in strengthening of Serbian-Russian relations, not only in ecclesiastical, but also in cultural, educational, scholarly and economic terms. It also played a political role. As a representative office of the Serbian church and, at the same time, as the first official Serbian authority in Russia, it strongly advocated Serbian interests and supported the Serbian national movement, which was especially reflected in the wars for liberation and union. In that respect, the heads of the Metochion of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Moscow had good cooperation with both the Slavophiles and the Neoslavists of Moscow and took an active part in the work of Slavic charity societies in Moscow. In those activities, archimandrite Sava (Grbović), archimandrite Kiril (Jovičić) and archimandrite Mihailo (Urošević) played an important part. The aim of our paper is to provide a short summary of the activities of the Slavophiles and the Neoslavists of Moscow in the context of international circumstances and to, at least partly, shed light on the role of the Serbian representative office in the realization of the Serbian national question.

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