RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH’S CHARITY DURING THE RUSSIAN-TURKISH WAR OF 1877-1878
Abstract
The article examines charity activities of the Russian Orthodox Church during the Russian-Turkish war of 1877-1878. With the use of archival sources the author analyzes the amount of donations and humanitarian aid received from various regions of the Russian Empire during the entire war. The data from some dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church, as well as other forms of the Church’s assistance were used to perform the analysis. The author finally comes to the conclusion that the Church’s philanthropy played a very important role in the liberation of Slavs from the Turkish yoke.
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