the cultural influence of the church
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- the cultural influence of the church
- 70% of the population were Orthodox believers
- religion and superstition were integral parts of peasant culture
- priests
- had close ties to villages and the state
- expected to read out imperial manifestos
- expected to read out decrees
- had to inform police of any suspicious activity
- church possessed strict censorship control
- church courts judged moral and social 'crimes' and awarded punishments to the guilty
- the government being conscious of the church's power
- 1862
- ecclesiastical commission established
- looked into the church organisation and practice
- ecclesiastical commission established
- 1868
- reforms introduced to improve priest education
- under Alex III and Delyanov, the church was given increased control over primary education
- Delyanov was the minister for education
- Alex III's russification policy promoted orthodoxy throughout the empire
- became an offense to convert from the orthodox faith
- became an offense to publish criticisms of orthodoxy
- radical sects were persecuted
- some regions saw enforced baptisms
- thousands of Muslims, Catholics and pagans were converted to orthodoxy
- 1862
- evidence the church's control over people's lives was weakening
- becoming less relevant for workers in industrialising towns
- in the countryside, superstition was sometimes stronger than trusting priests
- some liberal clergy wanted to regenerate the church and reform relations with the state
- demands suppressed by senior conservatives - included Pobedonostev
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