Public Image of Eastern Orthodoxy

L. Bailey Heather

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Focusing on the period between the revolutions of 1848-1849 and the First Vatican Council (1869-1870), The Public Image of Eastern Orthodoxy explores the circumstances under which westerners, concerned about the fate of the papacy, the Ottoman Empire, Poland, and Russian imperial power, began to conflate the Russian Orthodox Church with the state and to portray the Church as the political tool of despotic tsars.As Heather L. Bailey demonstrates, in response to this reductionist view, Russian Orthodox publicists launched a public relations campaign in the West, especially in France, in the 1850s and 1860s. The linchpin of their campaign was the building of the impressive Saint Alexander Nevsky Church in Paris, consecrated in 1861. Bailey posits that, as the embodiment of the belief that Russia had a great historical purpose inextricably tied to Orthodoxy, the Paris church both reflected and contributed to the rise of religious nationalism in Russia that followed the Crimean War. At the same time, the confrontation with westerners' negative ideas about the Eastern Church fueled a reformist spirit in Russia while contributing to a better understanding of Eastern Orthodoxy in the West.

Sujets

• Former Soviet Union
• Philosophie et théologie
• Post-Soviet states
• Russia
• Russie
• France

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• Publié par: Cornell University Press
• Date de parution: 15 juin 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781501749537
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

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THE PUBLIC IMAGE OF EASTERN ORTHODOXY

A volume in the NIU Series in Orthodox Christian Studies Edited by Roy R. Robson

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THE PUBLIC IMAGE OF EASTERN ORTHODOXY

F ra nce a nd Russi a , 1848–1870

H e at h e r L . B a i l e y

NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY PRESS AN IMPRINT OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS Ithaca and London

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Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data Names: Bailey, Heather L., 1969– author. Title: The public image of Eastern Orthodoxy : France and Russia, 1848–1870 / Heather L. Bailey. Description: Ithaca : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2020. | Series: NIU series in Orthodox Christian studies | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2019032669 (print) | LCCN 2019032670 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501749513 (cloth) | ISBN 9781501749537 (pdf ) | ISBN 9781501749520 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Russkaia pravoslavnaia tserkov'—Public opinion—History—19th century. | Public opinion—Russia—History—19th century. | Public opinion—France—History—19th century. | Russia—Foreign public opinion, French. Classification: LCC BX491. B35 2020 (print) | LCC BX491 (ebook) | DDC 281.9/47—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019032669 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019032670

Jacket design: Richanna Patrick

Jacket illustration: Artist unknown.Russian Orthodox Cathedral, Paris.19th century. Pen and black and brown ink, brush and brown, gray, and blue/green wash, gouache, over graphite, 20 3/16 x 13 7/16 in. (51.2 x 34.2 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966.

In loving memory of Jack and Oralee Bailey

Co nte nts

Acknowledgments ix Notes on Terminology and Transliteration xi

 Introduction 1. Roman Catholicism, Russian Orthodoxy, and Russophobia in France, 1830–1856 2. The Archpriest as Publicist and Polemicist 3. The “Byzantine Firework” of Paris 4. A Spectacular Success: The Paris Church, the Russian Orthodox Press, and the Public Image of Orthodoxy 5. The Church Chained to the Throne of the “Czar” 6. Guettée, Vasiliev,L’Union chrétienne, and the Public Image of Orthodoxy  Conclusion

Notes 191 Selected Bibliography 259 Index 283

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A c k n o w l e d g m e nt s

I would like to express my gratitude to the many individuals and institutions that have supported me in the process of researching and writing this work. Financial support from the College of Liberal Arts and the office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Illinois Springfield (UIS) has made this work possible. For their indispensable help with the bibliography and acquisition of materials I thank Jan Adamczyk (Interna tional and Area Studies Library), Joseph Lenkart (Manager of the Slavic Ref erence Service, International and Area Studies Library), and Geoffrey Ross (History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library) at the University of Illinois ChampaignUrbana,aswellasMaryO’BrienandCarolReeseintheInter library Loan Department of Brookens Library at UIS. Several individuals answered my questions through SINDBAD, the research information service of the Bibliothèque nationale de France—including Clélia Guillemot and Co lette Laspalles in the Département droit, économie, politique; Ingrid Bézard and Séverine Boullay in the Département philosophie, histoire, sciences de l’homme; and Roger Musnik and Mariusz Olczykowski in the Département littérature et art. I thank the archivists at the French Archives nationales and Archives diplomatiques, as well as Véronique Bontemps at the Archives di océsaines de Nantes for their assistance in locating unpublished manuscripts. Hélène and Serge Runge, parishioners at and local experts on St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Paris, met and corresponded with me, supplying me with valuable information on the history of the parish. Alexandre Jevakhoff was kind enough to meet with me and answer questions about the parish library. I especially thank Tatyana Bakhmetyeva, Nadieszda Kizenko, and Roy Robson for valuable suggestions on how the manuscript could be improved in between its original and final form. Joshua Falconer, Kevin Kain, Paul Ladouceur, and Matt Miller read parts of the manuscript and responded to my queries. Theofanis G. Stavrou offered advice and encouragement at vari ous stages of the project. Other scholars in the field and colleagues in my

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