Material support of the Orthodox parish clergy in Uman district in the 19th – early 20th century

Journal Title: Eminak - Year 2016, Vol 2, Issue 1

Abstract

The article studies material support of the Orthodox parish clergy in Uman district of Kyiv province and a main component of this social status in the 19th – early 20th century. The main sources of material support are revealed: income from land, donations of parishioners, payment for religious rites, financing from state treasury. The evolution of practice when income was distributed between the members of the parish clergy has been defined. In general, the clergy of Uman district was well provided with land. It is stated that the welfare of the clergy was improved by the measures taken by the government in 1842. Among them there were the introduction of wages for the clergy of the parish and realization of «Statute on providing the Orthodox rural clergy with land, houses, and one-time benefit in the Western provinces». It often led to complication of relations between the clergy and the parishioners as the peasantry had to make additional payments for the Church. Such components of the clergy’s material support as habitation and pension have been examined. It has been found that the process of providing parishes with houses was recovered in late 19th century. The dynamics of the state policy on improving the welfare of the Orthodox parish clergy is shown. The government measures resulted in the fact that the clergy gradually reached the same material level as the wealthy social strata. In early 20th century the priesthood was quite rich part of population.

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Vitaliy Tatsiyenko

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Vitaliy Tatsiyenko (2016). Material support of the Orthodox parish clergy in Uman district in the 19th – early 20th century. Eminak, 2(1), 32-40. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-223621