The Emergence of Liturgical Awards of the Clergy in the Russian Orthodox Church

Abstract

The article describes the emergence of hierarchical awards for the clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church. In this publication, considerable attention is paid to the process of establishing the main liturgical awards in the Synodal period. In addition, it is determined that initially hierarchical differences were not considered literally awards and the erection of a certain rank or the assignment of a special part of the liturgical vestments to the cleric was accompanied by his appointment to a responsible position. The author examines in detail the ways of awarding the clergy with the first established awards and focuses on the important semantic characteristics of each award.