Sacred Beliefs In Russian Religion

The Russian Orthodox Church has a very dark unspoken past. The Russian Orthodox Church changed many policies over the years leading to many casualties. The Russian Church to many people was a sign of fear and change they were uncomfortable with.

During the time period of Stalin’s rule, Russian society was full of chaos and citizens were constantly living in fear. Education, where you live, medical care, and other basic social goods were completely controlled by state departments. The quality of life in the Soviet Union greatly decreased due to the fact that citizens were forced to live in overcrowded areas and had very little to eat, often leading to starvation. Aside from the harsh living conditions, they also had very restricted civil rights. The Soviet people had no political freedoms and were allowed very limited economic freedom, freedom of assembly, and freedom of religion. “Worship of Stalin was encouraged but religious worship was strongly discouraged. - In Muslim areas, women were forbidden to wear the veil and pilgrimages to Mecca were banned. Church leaders were arrested and imprisoned. Those who escaped arrest were forbidden to organise any religious activity in public” (Life under

Many things reflect Russia’s diverse culture but two main things are art and the church.

Religion manifests itself everywhere around the world. Although all beings are different we come together as one transcendence being the host. Sacred rituals are performed, honoring beliefs in accordance to ones religion. Rituals are performed for a wide array of reasons, some being a sort of rite of passage, healing the sick and even birth or death rituals. Judaism, Santeria, and Christianity all have ceremonies and rituals, some carried out as different as night and day, and some for the same purposes. These religions in depth have more in common than the eye can see, devotion, transcendence and worship to a higher absolute power. All participating in Sacred Ritual.

Spanish Conquistadors conquered native people and forced them into compliance into their religion of Roman Catholicism upon these people. Spanish colonization of overseas land incorporated the use of friars and priests to convert people as a means of incorporating and conquering. The Russian empire unified Siberia and brought the Russian Orthodox faith to them, using religion to unify and expand their empire. The Russian conquest of Siberia allowed the Russians to spread their faith and use it as a way to conquer. From 1450 - 1750, religion became a way to rapidly grow an empire and also became an important method of

The Russian Orthodox Church supported the White Army which in the end was the losing side of the Russian Civil War after the October Revolution. The Soviet government saw the church as a "counter-revolutionary" organization. The Soviet government also believed the church had a great influence on society. Even though the Soviet Union claimed religious tolerance, the government still discouraged organized religion and tried its best to remove religious influence from Soviet society.

Russia was mostly made of Orthodox Christians while Western Europeans were mostly made of Catholics. The reason for the Russians being Christian and the western Europeans being catholic is that czars ruled Russia while Europe was not. Furthermore, Russia was later ruled by communism, and Europe being ruled by democratic republics.

The country has over 5,000 Russian Orthodox churches. Many are built anew or under repair on parish and local budgets money. Russia religion varies significantly Rather it be a question of as easy opposed to west; Catholicism and Protestantism to Eastern Order; Islam as opposed to Christianity; many were to blame identifying cultural faults across the continent. Russia has been a innovator for many cultural traditions and events, such as humanism which have consequently been spread across internationally. This classical concept influenced the creation of art and literature beyond the continent.

While they have different branches, these branches represent the regions they originated from. For example, the Greek Orthodox church originated in Greece, and the Russian Orthodox church originated in Russia. Since it is one religion with many branches, the services follow the same format. Another element of the orthodox churches is they consider every member of every branch to be connected. In other words, a member of the Greek Orthodox church could attend a Russian Orthodox church and be accepted as a member even though their true membership lies in a different branch.

To Russia, Islam has always been looked upon as a threat. This is why Russia is always exerting efforts in order to coexist with Muslims peacefully for the state’s own political goals. The Russian government believes that in order to maintain the state’s stability, they have to direct how Islam and islamic traditions are interpreted. Russia also fears the rise of Saudi-influenced radicals in the region, therefore the Russian Federation forbids certain sects such as the Salafis and all kind of Wahhabis (Crews). Islam in Russia is practiced like in many other Muslim countries, where Russian muslims nominate a cleric to the head of the Muslim community in Russia who does not only act as a religious leader but also acts as a political leader (Crews). Islamic architecture in Russia is also found to be a lot similar to the Islamic architecture in major Muslim countries. Mosques in Russia have domes and minarets and the interior is decorated with floral mosaics and islamic inscriptions.

One of the world's great cities, Moscow (Russian Moskva) is the capital of Russia. Since it was first mentioned in chronicles of 1147, Moscow has played a vital role in Russian history; indeed the history of the city and of the Russian nation are closely interlinked. Today Moscow is not only the political centre of Russia but also the country's leading city in population, in industrial output, and in cultural, scientific, and educational importance. For more than 600 years Moscow has been the spiritual centre of the Russian orthodox church Although many places of worship were closed, converted into museums, or destroyed after the Revolution, Moscow retained a number of functioning Russian Orthodox churches in addition to a few other Christian

In Russia religion's influence was much different. There wasn't much influence at all in the period of 1815 to 1919. Czar Alexander proposed the Holy Alliance under which monarchs would pledge themselves to rule according to Christian teachings; here alot of them didn't have any sincerity, especially Alexander. Religion also intensified things as in France, Russia decided to intervene when the Greeks revolted against the Turks, claiming the need to protect fellow Christians from the Muslims. Russia has been Communist for a very long time already, and as such they are atheistic and they also persecuted organized religion as a rival for the people's loyalty. But since the collapse of Communist for reasons other than religion, it has allowed churches to practice freely, like the Russian Orthodox, have shown a surprising amount of popular support.

After the 4th century when Constantinople emerged as a great capital and church center, tensions sometimes arose between its leaders and the bishop of Rome. After the fall of Rome to Germanic invaders in 476, the Roman pope was the only guardian of Christian universalism in the West. He began more explicitly to attribute his dominance to Rome’s being the burial place of Saint Peter, whom Jesus had called the “rock” on which the church was to be built. The Eastern Christians respected that tradition and recognized the Roman patriarch to a measure of honorable authority. But they never believed that this authority allowed the papacy to overrule another church or that it made the pope into a

When discussing Russia’s demographics, it is important to note that it is the largest country in the world, ranging across 17.1 million square kilometers. Russia thus has many different ethnic groups, languages, and religions. Russia’s reported population from 2017 is 143.9 million which includes over 170 ethnic groups designating as their nationalities. Russia’s major ethnic groups are Russian and Tatar with their languages being the top two as well. As for religion, Russians are mostly Russian Orthodox or Muslim, and the 2% are other Christians. To top it all off, “Russia has one of the best mass-education systems in the world, producing a literacy rate of 98%” (higher than most Western European countries) (O’Connor), consisting of primary school, secondary school, and higher education.

Our Russia has a long history. We have our own tradition, culture and own way to do