RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN MODERN HISTORY FROM REVOLUTION TO EVOLUTION

Man as a microcosm represents a combination of several spheres: inorganic, organic, psychological and spiritual. At the same time, the highest sphere of human nature is the spiritual one, which plays the role of a personal centre. It is in the spiritual realm that the human spirit can unite with the divine Spirit through our Lord Jesus Christ, and the person himself can find perfection and true realisation in God. At the same time, a human community based on the acceptance of Jesus Christ as a bearer of a new being is called the Church. One falls into idolatry when rejecting God and putting other values and ideas in His place. Finite values, put in the place of the infinite God, acquire demonic power, which is illustrated by the bloody history of the Russian revolution of 1917, the civil war and numerous repressions that followed the Bolsheviks` power grab. And yet, the Kingdom of God reappeared in the history of Russia, which coincided with the end of the Soviet rule and the arrival of the desecularisation age. This served as another reminder of any great earthly kingdom's temporary nature, and of the eternal nature of the Kingdom of God constantly present in history, represented in the world by the Church.