Usuteaduslik Ajakiri

The establishment of the Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church: history and interpretations

2024-05-16T21:18:52+00:00

The birth of the Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church (now officially Orthodox Church of Estonia) and political changes in 19th and 20th century Europe are inseparable from each other. As a result of the crumbling of great empires, new states emerged in north-eastern and eastern Europe along with corresponding new autocephalous and autonomous Orthodox churches. This article analyses the changes in Estonian ecclesiastical life in the context of the centralization policies in the late 19th century Russian Empire (i.e., Russification) and the dissolution of tsarist rule at the start of the 20th century. Particular attention is devoted to the activity of the Estonian Orthodox community in connection with the establishment of Estonian statehood in 1918, which in the 1920s gave rise to the Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church. The events are placed in the context of similar processes in south-eastern Europe, with a focus laid on Estonian historiography while also examining the Russian approach to history, which continues to be rooted in the imperial tradition.

Leeripraktika õigeusu kirikus Eestis 1866–1940

2024-05-19T13:46:36+00:00

Catechesis in Estonian Orthodox Congregations in 1866–1940

This article examines the history of formation and development of catechesis in Estonian Orthodox congregations in 1866–1940. Catechesis, originally a form of youth work in the Lutheran Church, was borrowed and “domesticated” as an educational practice by the Orthodox Eparchy of Riga, and later by the Estonian-speaking congregations of Estonian Apostolic-Orthodox Church, as early as in the second half of the 19th century.
The first part of this article is retrospective to the introduction of catechism classes as a form of catechesis for church youth in the Estonian Orthodox congregations in Riga Eparchy until 1917. The second part of the article explores the development of catechism teaching in the EAOC congregations and the discussion concerning the catechism and youth work in church periodicals in 1918–1933. The third part deals with the EAOC catechism teaching practice, including the development of youth work during the silent era in 1934–1940.

Soome õigeusu peapiiskopkonna kanoonilised piirid ja seda puudutav arutelu 1945−1957

2024-05-19T14:21:54+00:00

Eesti õigeusu kiriku tekstiilide päritolu ja kohalikud mõjud

2024-05-19T14:09:24+00:00

Estonian Orthodox Church liturgical textiles, their origin and local specifics

This article explores liturgical textiles in the Estonian Orthodox Church, examining their historical development, theological significance and contemporary manifestations. Focusing on altar covers, eileton, chalice veils (aer and kalymmata), Epitaphios, and antimension. In this article, I will present liturgical textiles preserved in Estonian Orthodox churches and divide them into four periods. The Tsarist period (since 1840s), the period between the two world wars, the Soviet period and the period of the restored Estonian Republic. The research problem is the lack of knowledge regarding the preservation and age of textiles in Estonian Orthodox churches.
To find the answer, I conducted fieldwork studying church textiles in Estonia and compared them to those in neighbouring countries such as Finland and Russia. I analysed order catalogues of church inventory from Tsarist Russian factories and the Project of the Scientific Department of Church Arts at Saint Tikhon’s Orthodox University of Humanities in Moscow. Information about textiles from the period between the two world wars was collected from Estonian Orthodox Church newspapers of that time. Data on Soviet-era textiles was gathered through interviews with old priests and parish clerks. Information on textiles from the period of the restored Estonian Republic was obtained through interviews with priests and clergymen. Contemporary textiles were compared with modern church inventory ordering catalogues.

Autocéphalie-autonomie et le droit ecclésio-canonique pré-juridictionnel

2024-05-19T13:58:35+00:00

Autocephaly-Autonomy and the Ecclesiocanonical pre-jurisdictional Right

In recent times, we have not received any concept of “Ecclesial Diaspora” (sic) since both the Synodical era of the Canonislation of the 1st millennium and our Ecclesio-canonical tradition of the 2nd millennium. The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople acts on the basis of Ecclesio-canonical Law which belongs exclusively to the Chalcedonian Ancient Patriarchate of a City and which is analyzed into a proto-jurisdictional right to assign an Autocephaly to Its territories and also into a pre-jurisdictional right to reactivate an inert, already assigned Autocephaly or Autonomy (cf. Albania, Estonia) or to assign an Autocephaly to the territory of a newly established State, a territory which, until the assignment of the new Autocephaly, was the canonical territory of another Autocephalous Territorial Church (cf. Ukraine and Skopje-North Macedonia).

Saateks

2024-05-30T10:01:12+00:00

Eesti õigeusu lühike ajalookronoloogia ja Eesti Apostlik-Õigeusu Kiriku andmeid

2024-05-30T10:03:36+00:00