This article examines the reports on the status of the Irkutsk, Yenisei and Trans-Baikal dioceses as a source for studying the clergy ethos, which is defined as the correlation of normative values with their practical activities and everyday behavior. The author reconstructs the normative model of behavior of the white clergy and its transformation in connection with the change in the objective conditions of its activities. The author analyzes the ideas of the diocesan leadership about the differences between “what is” and “what is proper” in the clergy pastoral activities, causes, consequences and measures to overcome these differences. The content of the reports allows us to conclude that in the late 19 – early 20 centuries there was a certain “worldliness” (Great Apostasy) of the clergy ethos, since the normative behavior model implies an increase in the responsibility of the parish clergy not only for pastoral, but also for public service.

Oglezneva Galina Vasilievna, Candidate of Sciences (History), Associate Professor, Department of History of Russia, Irkutsk State University, 1, K. Marx st., Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation, e-mail: gogl@mail.ru

Oglezneva G.V. Reflection of the Clergy Ethos in the State of the Dioceses Reports on Eastern Siberia (the Second Half of the 19^th – Early 20^th Centurу). The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series History, 2021, vol. 36, pp. 23-31. https://doi.org/10.26516/2222-9124.2021.36.23 (in Russian)

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