“AN ATTRACTIVE IDEA OF PAROCHIAL BOARDS OF TRUSTEES...” (BASED ON THE DOCUMENTS FROM EASTERN SIBERIAN DIOCESES DATED 1914-1917)

Abstract

The article is based on research literature and published sources and it reveals charity work of parochial boards of trustees in the beginning of the XXth century. The historical analysis is limited by Eastern Siberia, serving as an example of religious aspect of civic activity genesis in pre-revolutionary Russia. The importance of parochial boards of trustees in material and non-material support to soldiers and their families during World War I is described. The factors that reduced the opportunities of parochial boards of trustees are emphasized in the evaluation of useful and necessary function of the boards. The following conclusion is drawn: different conditions in which the activity of this or that board of trustees developed influenced the differences in budgets and measures of support they gave.