Published date:Feb 11 2022

Journal Title: KnE Social Sciences

Issue title: Integration Processes in the Russian and International Research Domain: Experience and Prospects

Pages:108–111

DOI: 10.18502/kss.v7i3.10431

Maxim V. Pulkinmvpulkin@mail.ruKarelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences

This article discusses the main patterns in the formation of church property and the provision of the parish clergy with the means of subsistence. It is revealed that the natural and consistent evolution of property relations between the clergy and the laity over more than two centuries did not lead to significant changes. The emergence of parish trusteeships, called upon to place the spending of church funds under the joint control of the clergy and the laity, essentially led to the consolidation of the previously established norms of relations between the priest and parishioners in property matters.

Keywords: clergy, finance, budget, property, peasants, Christianity, Orthodoxy, income

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