The Russian Orthodox Spiritual Mission in Korea

The Russian Orthodox Spiritual Mission in Korea. The article is dedicated to the Russian Orthodox Spiritual Mission in Korea, uneasy and tragic peripeties in its fate. Founded in the very end of the 19th century, the Mission successfully developed its activities which were impeded by the Russian-Japanese War of 1905–1907. The most considerable blow to the Mission’s activities was struck by the revolutionary events in Russia in 1917–1918. Russia has lost both religious and political influence in Korea. The Mission was experiencing pecuniary embarrassment and difficulty in the jurisdictional plan. Finally the Mission has to obey the Constantinople Patriarchate in the beginning of 1950.