Date of Graduation
7-2015
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in History (MA)
Degree Level
Graduate
Department
History
Advisor/Mentor
Tricia Starks
Committee Member
Alessandro Brogi
Second Committee Member
Donald Kelley
Keywords
Social sciences, Alaskan natives, Bishop tikhon, Patriarch tikhon, Russian orthodox church, Russian orthodox church in america, Sheldon jackson
Abstract
Bishop Tikhon Bellavin spent eight years serving as the head of the Aleutian and North American Diocese for the Russian Orthodox Church. During this period the Diocese underwent structural changes that have had a lasting impact on the church. Tikhon was the right Bishop to lead these transformations because, as this thesis argues, he was educated in new theological thoughts and practices. He was forced into these decisions by the following major changes in the United States: a massive increase in immigration from Eastern Europe containing Orthodox parishioners, settlement of these parishioners predominantly on the east coast, a change in Federal subsidy policy towards missionary contract schools, and Tikhon's desire for an autonomous diocese.
Citation
Krotke, K. R. (2015). The Growth of the Russian Orthodox Church in America: Influences during the Tenure of Bishop Tikhon. Graduate Theses and Dissertations Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/1245