Declassified UFO / UAP Document
The Time Is Favorable... A Conversation with a Priest of the Russian Orthodox Church
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This document is a 1988 interview transcript from a JPRS report discussing the changing relationship between the Soviet state and the Russian Orthodox Church during the millennium of the Christianization of Russia. It highlights the impact of glasnost on religious and cultural discourse.
This document is a page from a 1989 JPRS report containing an interview originally published in the Russian journal SOTSIOLOGICHESKIYE ISSLEDOVANIYA in 1988. The text features a conversation between Gennadiy Batygin, the deputy chief editor of the journal, and Innokentiy, a candidate of theology and teacher at the Leningrad Seminary for Monastic Priests. The discussion centers on the significance of the millennium of the Christianization of Russia (988-1988) and the evolving social and political landscape in the Soviet Union under the conditions of glasnost. The participants reflect on the historical difficulties faced by religious life in the USSR and the recent efforts to foster a more realistic dialogue between the state and the church, noting a meeting between General Secretary M.S. Gorbachev and Patriarch Pimen as a significant development in addressing these complexities.
A mutual desire to deal with this complexity was expressed at the meeting between CPSU Central Committee General Secretary M.S. Gorbachev and the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, Pimen, and members of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church.
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Official Assessment
The document discusses the changing social climate in the USSR in 1988, specifically regarding the relationship between religion, culture, and politics during the millennium of the Christianization of Russia.
Key Persons
- Gennadiy BatyginDeputy chief editor of SOTSIOLOGICHESKIYE ISSLEDOVANIYA
- InnokentiyCandidate of theology, teacher at the Leningrad Seminary for Monastic Priests
- M.S. GorbachevCPSU Central Committee General Secretary
- PimenPatriarch of Moscow and all Russia