Participation of far eastern eparchies of the Russian Orthodox Church in the socio-cultural life of the Far East in the 1990s

The paper, using archival sources and media materials, examines the participation of the Far Eastern eparchies of the Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate in the socio-cultural life of the Far East in the 1990s. The main forms of education of representatives of diocesan structures and individual clergy among the population of the region are noted. The effectiveness of different approaches to the organization of cultural and scientific events organized by the secular authorities together representatives of Orthodoxy is analyzed. The authors come to the conclusion that the peculiarity of the revitalization of religion in the Far East in the 1990s was the demand of the population in gaining new knowledge about the history of the region, the history of Christianity and the ROC MP. Moreover, it was as the desire of Far Eastern eparchies to organize educational activities, expand their sphere of influence, using a variety of forms of work.