Awarding of the clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church for participation in military operations of the XIX - early XX centuries

Abstract

The article is devoted to the practice of rewarding Russian Orthodox clergy for their activities during the war period of the 19th - early 20th centuries. The publications study the options for rewarding clergy for military merits, and also indicate the possibility of posthumous rewarding for them and shortening the standard three-year period. Patriotic War of 1812, the Crimean, Russian-Turkish, Russian-Japanese and World War I campaigns. It is known that priests who accomplished feats awarded special imperial pectoral crosses specially designed for them on the Vladimir or St. George ribbon. The article presents the facts regarding these pectoral crosses as a nation, as well as the possibility of using them as a worship service during everyday life. In addition, it is pointed out that, according to the clergy reward system established by the beginning of the 19th century, the work of clergy in wartime circumstances could be marked by the traditional granting of the right to wear a distinctive element of liturgical vestments or raising to the next hierarchical degree.