THE MISSIONARY PRIEST IN SIBERIA: IDEAL AND REALITY (ON THE MATERIALS OF RELIGIOUS PERIODICALS OF THE 2
ND HALF OF THE XIX – EARLY XX CENTURY)
N. A. Zemlyakova
Keywords: Siberian missionary, ideal, religious periodicals
Abstract
The paper characterizes an ideal image of a missionary priest in Siberia, which was constructed on pages of the religious orthodox periodical press. Its studying allowed to understand what qualities a missionary priest acting in Siberia had to possess and which goals could be achieved owing to those qualities. The ideal constructed by the orthodox periodical press not always coincided with reality, but it impelled a missionary priest to long for self-perfection necessary for his successful activity.
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