Митрополит Филарет и англикано-православный диалог: к истории межконфессиональных связей
Metropolitan of Moscow Philaret (Drozdov) and the Anglican-Orthodox interaction: from the history of the interconfessional connections

Summary/Abstract: The development of the interconfessional communications between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Anglican Church is tracked. The evolution of the confessional relations is investigated on the example of contacts of the British missionaries, theologians, historians, politicians with the Metropolitan of Moscow Philaret (Drozdov; 1782-1867), who played a key role in the Church diplomacy of XIX с. For the 10-60th of the XIX century with his participation the main criteria of Orthodox and Anglican intercommunion were formulated, activity of the Russian foreign clergy with the representatives of English and American Anglican Churches was coordinated. Studying of interconfessional communications was carried out on the basis of new archival materials, taking into account a factor of foreign policy of the great powers in the Near and Far East. The research of the historical experience of the contacts of the Russian Orthodox Church with the Church of England and the American Episcopal Church is of special interest for understanding of processes of formation of the religious relations in the modern world.

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