The Military Clergy in the Russo-Ottoman War 1877 – 1878 – East Orthodoxy and Other Confessions
The Military Clergy in the Russo-Ottoman War 1877 – 1878 – East Orthodoxy and Other Confessions

Summary/Abstract: In the paper we followed the tradition of priests serving in the Russian Army during the wars in the 19th century. Their statute and functions and the process of establishing a centralized structure of the military clergy directly subjected to the tsar have been analyzed. Special attention has been paid to the participation of the military Orthodox clergy in the Russo-Ottoman War of 1877 – 1878 but the functions of the priests of other denominations – Catholic, Protestant, Muslim and Jewish have also been analyzed. The mechanisms of using religion for military purposes in the past and the restoration of the system of military clergy in today’s Russia were also researched.

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