Eastern Orthodoxy in China - History and Modernity

Abstract

The article highlights the history of the Russian ecclesiastical mission and other church institutions of the Russian Orthodox Church in China since the 17th century; the formation, current state, problems and prospects of the Chinese Orthodox Church, which received independence from the Moscow Patriarchate in 1956; the influence of Chinese Orthodoxy on humanitarian ties between the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China. The article considers the development of the Church in the context of the official religious policy, the continuing political regulation of religions by the State institutions and the Communist party.