THE INTELLIGENTSIA AND THE CHURCH FROM THE 70S TO THE 80SOF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. THE FACTOR OF RELIGIOUSNESS

Abstract

The article considers the phenomenon of the return of intelligentsia to the Russian Orthodox Church in the 70s - 80s of the twentieth century. The increasing religiousness of some part of intelligentsia of the period under review is described. The reason for protesting against the postulates of the socialist system was the disappointment in the official party doctrine, which had turned into a dead dogma. It is shown that the protest against the tenets of the socialist system gave rise to the intelligentsia’s dissident movement, some of which had defined their religious identity, however, in a broad sense, were non-denominational. The"Orthodox dissidents"’ protest was directed not only against the policies of the party-state apparatus, but also against the "silent Church." Based on the study of the factor of intelligentsia’s religiousness, in contrast to the pronounced protest movement presented the other position seeking ideals of the intelligentsia, mostly gathered around the clergy and Church brotherhoods, expressed in the desire to be in a Church, created in her a certain intellectual, missionary environment.