PROPERTY AND LAND RELATIONS OF RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH AND STATE IN RUSSIA

The article examines the property and land relations of the Church and the state in the history of Russia. It is shown that the current normative documents in the field of material and land maintenance of the Church do not always reflect the specifics of the activities of the Church. This can be explained by the fact that the structure of the emerging land-material structure of the Orthodox Church and its application are fundamentally new and little studied in the current conditions of our country. A detailed analysis of this article in the historical aspect of all components of the land and material base of the Orthodox Church in modern conditions seems relevant from all points of view. The article deals with the previously insufficiently studied problem, which determines the key evolutionary factors in the agrarian sector of the Russian Church economy. At the same time, the transformation of the economic layer of diocesan farms, chapels and private owners from the spiritual hierarchy is revealed. Particular attention is paid to the modern experience of the work of church farms, which makes it possible to determine the theoretical aspects of financing the Orthodox clergy and its place in the organization of accounting for the property of the Orthodox Church. The article comprehensively summarizes and comprehends the state experience in providing the churches and monasteries with land plots, identifies factors that led to a change in state policy towards the Church in the 1990s of the XX century. (C) 2018 Published by Future Academy www.FutureAcademy.org.UK