«To further the reduction of monasteries and hermitages were only on the church line»: government and church in the era of a new war of religion in the Ukrainian SSR in 1958-1959

Goyuk Serafim Mikhailovich

this article analyzes the content and nature of changes in the Church policy of the government of N. S. Khrushchev, caused by the strengthening of supporters of the "hard" course of state-religious relations among the highest party circles. On the basis of materials, the Board studied conducting in 1958-1959 the first phase of the destruction of the monasteries on the territory of the Ukrainian SSR – the region with the most religious population and the large number of communities, identified problems of interaction of the Council with the party and state bodies, the working methods, the public reaction to anti-Catholic actions of the government.

Keywords:Russian Russian Orthodox Church, Russian Orthodox Church, Orthodox monasteries, political war with religion, state-Church relations, Plenipotentiaries.