Interaction of Russia and the Russian Orthodox Church with Christian communities in Egypt and Ethiopia in the second half of the 19th — early 20th century
https://doi.org/10.15829/2686-973X-2021-68
Abstract
The article presents the history of the relationship of the Russian Orthodox Church with the Christian communities of Egypt and Ethiopia. The article is also concerned with the issue of contacts between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Coptic Church of Egypt in the second half of the 19th and early 20th century. The first almost informal contacts between representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Alexandria Patriarchate allowed Egyptian Christians to get acquainted with the activities of the Russian Orthodox Church, and representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church — with the real state of the religious, political and cultural situation in Egypt. The article also examines the attempts of representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church to establish ties with the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, which was part of the Alexandria Patriarchate until 1959.
Keywords
Alexandria Patriarchate,
Coptic Church,
Russian Spiritual Mission,
Sinai,
Ethiopian Orthodox Church,
Holy Land,
bishop Porphyrius (Uspensky),
Sinai Monastery
Supporting agencies: The research was funded by RFBR according to the scientific project No. 20-014-41002 “Interaction between Russia and the Russian Orthodox Church with Muslim and Christian communities in the Middle East”.
About the Authors
V. Michael Nigusie Kassae
RUDN University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Nigusie Kassae V. Michael - DSc. in history, professor, Department of theory and history of international relations
Moscow
N. N. Morozova
RUDN University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Nadezhda N. Morozova - PhD in history, senior lecturer, Department of foreign languages, Faculty of humanities and social sciences
Moscow
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Nigusie Kassae V., Morozova N.N. Interaction of Russia and the Russian Orthodox Church with Christian communities in Egypt and Ethiopia in the second half of the 19th — early 20th century. Russian Journal of Church History. 2021;2(4):26-36. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.15829/2686-973X-2021-68
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