Tsarebozhiye
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Tsarebozhiye
The propagators of such ideas are very often ultra-conservative Russian nationalists and monarchists. A number of church leaders, in particular Priest Daniil Sysoev, have condemned the doctrine as heretical.
Some of the followers of Tsarebozhiye are united in a small non-canonical "Royal Orthodox Church" (TsPTs), which arose in 2008 on the basis of the "Brotherhood of the Tsar-Redeemer", headed by Vadim Kuznetsov. The "Holy Government Synod" of the TsPTs is headed under the name of Bishop Alexy by the former archpriest of the Russian Orthodox Church Alexander Ivannikov, who was defrocked in 2010.[3]
Tsarebozhiye adherents may also hold other fringe views that exist in part of the Orthodox community such as: the veneration of non-canonical icons, the rejection of insurance policies as well as Taxation identification numbers, extreme anti-semitism as a result of belief in the Judeo-Bolshevik Conspiracy Theory, and the desire to canonize Rasputin, Ivan the Terrible, and Igor Talkov. In this regard, adherents place particular emphasis on giving a sacred meaning to the Russian Empire and the Russian people, who, in their opinion, are "God's chosen". Critics in the mainstream orthodox church see a connection with the teachings of the Khlysty sect, up to the opinion that those who hold these views are a sect of Khlysts. Comparisons have been drawn to archaic king cults, as well as newer religions such as Rastafari, where the late emperor of Ethiopia is deified, others compare their die-hard fanaticism and fascist-adjacent beliefs to groups such as ISIL and the old Black Hundreds[1]
Origins
The roots of Tsarebozhiye were planted by white emigres after the Russian Civil War. According to historian Andrei Kostryukov, in the 1920s and 1930s, political and public organizations of the Russian Diaspora actively demanded that the ROCOR leadership officially canonize the royal family. There were also opinion pieces in monarchist newspapers about the death of the emperor as an "expiatory sacrifice".[4] In particular, the sacrifice is mentioned in the so-called "Prophecy of Abel" (published in Harbin in 1931, authenticity is disputed), where the king is directly called "The Redeemer", who accepted the crown of thorns due to the betrayal of the people, and likened to an immaculate lamb.[5]
After the Second World War, the Russian Church Abroad constantly preached about the murder of the Romanovs' being a sin of the Russian people. First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad Metropolitan
On December 22, 1956, the ROCOR Council of Bishops decided to declare June 4/17 a day of universal fasting and repentance. After the requiem on this day, it was prescribed to read a special prayer of repentance, which was sent out to numerous parishes.[6] The Council of Bishops in 1967 decided in all liturgical commemorations to call the emperor "the murdered Tsar-martyr."
See also
References
- ^ a b Orthodox ISIL, Not Yet Banned in Russia. September 12, 2017. By Alexander Soldatov, Novaya Gazeta. Translated by Linden Marno-Ferree
- ^ Menaia: an example of hymnographyc literature and a tool to shape the orthodox worldview edited by Helena Pociechina & Alexander Kravetsky
- ^ "Иерархия церквей | Царская Православная Церковь (Братство Царя Искупителя)". www.hierarchy.religare.ru. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
- ^ a b Kostryukov A. A. On the preparation of the canonization of the royal family in the Russian Church Abroad Archival copy of March 24, 2020 on the Wayback Machine. //Bulletin of the Orthodox St. Tikhon Humanitarian University. Series 2: History. History of the Russian Orthodox Church. - No. 52 (3). — 2013.
- ^ Grigoriev A. Theology of the Tsar-Redeemer Archival copy of September 18, 2017 on the Wayback Machine//NG-Religions. — 11/17/2010______
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