THE RELIGIOSITY OF AN INTER-PARISH CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX BROTHERHOOD IN CONTEMPORARY RUSSIA AND METHODS OF STUDYING IT
THE RELIGIOSITY OF AN INTER-PARISH CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX BROTHERHOOD IN CONTEMPORARY RUSSIA AND METHODS OF STUDYING IT

Summary/Abstract: The paper is an attempt to describe the phenomenon of religiosity from within, in the process of its formation, by referring to the Orthodox Christian tradition. Orthodox religiosity is presented by way of describing the Inter-Parish Brotherhoods – informal religious communities in contemporary Russian Orthodox Church. The research focuses on the Transfiguration Brotherhood – a contemporary Orthodox inter-parish brotherhood, because it is a subject that influences both the religiosity of its members and the society around them. The Brotherhood unites a few dozen communities in some 40 cities in 8 different countries and comprises about 2,000 people; in that sense, it is representative of different regions, populated areas, gender, age and professional groups of Russian society.

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