The place of the Orthodox clergy in the service system of the Russian state since its formation in the XV century is considered. In the process of further historical development, the service system was transformed towards the weakening of the state citizenship of the estates. However, with the gradual dismantling of the feudal model of attaching all estates and classes to compulsory public service, the status of the clergy in Russia did not fundamentally change. This phenomenon of social relations is described on the materials of the Yenisei province of the second half of the XIX century. Taking into account the predominantly agrarian type of economy in Siberia, the main attention in the study is paid to rural parishes. Based on archival materials, the main functions of rural parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the performance of public service are determined, the role of the clergy in the implementation of public tasks is assessed: state record keeping, education, public order protection, etc. The policy of embedding the clergy in the system of state institutions created not only serious problems within the spiritual corporation, but also
complicated the interaction of government institutions and the church. Revolutionary sentiments developed within the Church itself, which were expressed in the future in support of February 1917 and the broad movement of Renovationism.
For citation:
Shushkanovа E.A. On the State service of the clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church: (Based on the materials Yenisei province), Ivanovo State University Bulletin, Series: Humanities, 2022, iss. 1, pp. 123—130.