BISERICA ORTODOXĂ DIN BASARABIA CA INSTRUMENT DE PROPAGARE A CULTULUI IMPERIAL PRIN DISEMINAREA DATELOR RELEVABILE A FAMILIEI IMPERIALE

Abstract

Right from the moment of the annexation of Bessarabia by the Russian Empire, the institution of the Orthodox Church, in addition to its moral-spiritual activity, is also transformed by the autocratic administration into a propaganda tool. In addition to the propagation of the Russian tradition and elements of Russification, one of the directorial lines in which this institution was involved was also related to the maintenance of the propagation of the Russian imperial cult, started since the period of the Russo-Turkish war of 1806-1812 by the exarch Gavriil Bănulescu-Bodoni. From the middle of the 19th century, in addition to other instruments, the method by which the Orthodox Church, in order to amplify the popularity of the imperial family from the liturgical chair, also recorded important events in the life of the autocrat, came into use. It is precisely this tool that we will try to describe through the proposed communication.