Missionary work of the Khanty-Mansi Metropolia in the settlements of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Yugra in 2016-2022 (by the example of the Yugra diocese)

Abstract

The study is devoted to determining the main areas of the missionary work of the Khanty-Mansi Metropolia in the settlements of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Yugra in 2016-2022, using the example of the Beloyarsk and the Berezovsk deaneries of the Yugra diocese. The paper describes the functions, the results of educational and missionary activities of the Yugra diocese in urban and rural settlements of the district, including in national settlements where representatives of indigenous peoples (Khanty, Mansi) live. The main areas of the anti-sectarian activity of the Yugra diocese in the settlements of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Yugra are revealed. The scientific novelty lies in the fact that, using the example of territorial church structural divisions and on the basis of documents introduced for the first time into scientific use, the modern experience of the missionary activity of the Khanty-Mansi Metropolia of the Russian Orthodox Church in the territory classified as the regions of the Far North is characterized. The study has shown that in modern conditions, when it comes to the forms and methods of missionary work, their targeted orientation – internal and external missions – is clearly distinguished. It is noted that in regional church divisions, especially in territories remote from direct transport links with difficult natural and climatic conditions, where the deaneries of the Khanty-Mansi Metropolia perform missionary work, the “mission of presence” is relevant and in demand.

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Funding

The publication was funded by the Russian Science Foundation and the Government of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Yugra, research project No. 22-28-20414, https://rscf.ru/project/22-28-20414/.

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Publication history

• Received: September 27, 2023.
• Published: November 9, 2023.

Keywords

• миссионерская работа
• Русская православная церковь
• Ханты-Мансийская митрополия
• Ханты-Мансийский автономный округ – Югра
• Югорская епархия
• Белоярское благочиние
• Березовское благочиние
• missionary work
• Russian Orthodox Church
• Khanty-Mansi metropolia
• Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Yugra
• Yugra diocese
• Beloyarsk deanery
• Berezovsk deanery

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