The Resolution of the 1917–1918 Local Council “On Church Preaching”: Historical Context and Crucial Tasks

• Main Author: Lidia Kroshkina
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: St. Philaret’s Christian Orthodox Institute 2017-08-01
• Series: Вестник Свято-Филаретовского института
• Subjects: sermon; church preaching; the holy concil of the russian orthodox church; pastoral ministry; missionary brotherhoods; проповедь; церковное проповедничество; священный собор православной российской церкви; пастырское служение; благовестнические братства
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• ISSN: 2658-7599; 2713-3141

This article analyses one of the resolutions of the 1917–1918 Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, entitled “On Church Preaching”, focusing on its origins and related debates. The author also addresses the question of how the issues raised in the conciliar document were discussed before the Council and solved in the years since. The article is based on various publications on church preaching dated back from the late XIX – early XX centuries. Of particular interest are the Resolution’s paragraph concerning the establishment of missionary brotherhoods and the consideration of how this initiative was further implemented.