The Peter's stage of secularization process

The article is devoted to the secularization processes that took place in Russia since the XVIII century. The object of this article in the context of socio-cultural dynamics is the process of secularization in the domestic culture. The subject was the genesis and specificity of the Peter I stage of secularization processes. The purpose of the study is to analyze the origins and explicate the specifics of secularization processes in Russia. To achieve the set goal of the study, it is assumed that the following tasks will be solved: 1) to identify the relevant categorical meanings of the concepts “secular” in the application to secularization in Russia; 2) to identify the role of the religious in the cultural space of Russia; 3) to describe the main manifestations of domestic secularity. Explicating the genesis and specifics of Russian secularization, it can be concluded that the distinctive feature of the Peter I stage of secularization was not only the transfer of Church and monastery lands to the state, but also the giving of the functions of a state institution to the Church, as well as the formation of a secular educated society. The main distinguishing parameter of Peter’s secularization was that secular culture displaced the transcendent dimension from culture. The gradual emergence of the culture of the “immanent framework” was forcibly produced on the basis of Peter’s reforms. At the same time, ideological transcendences (God and the Kingdom of God) retained their significance for the cultural space of Russia. However, having turned into a social institution in the Synodal epoch, the Church performed functions uncharacteristic of it. This period of Russian secularization laid the foundations for the subsequent Soviet period of secularization, which was forced and repressive in nature.