Methods of Missionary Activity of Orthodox Preachers among Kazakhs in the XIX century
Методы миссионерской деятельности православных проповедников среди казахов в XIX веке
Sadvokassova Z.T. Kabuldinov Z.Ye. Margulan A.S. Orazov R.E.
1 March 2022International Network Center for Fundamental and Applied Research
Bylye Gody
2022#17Issue 1135 - 144 pp.
The problems of the activity of Orthodox missionaries and ministers of the Church in the XIX century among Kazakhs have been insufficiently studied. The article highlights some aspects of the process of baptism of Kazakhs, based on the sources introduced into scientific circulation for the first time - archival documents and periodical materials. The authors draw attention to the fact that the baptism of Kazakhs at the initial stage took place without the participation of missionaries and was sporadic, situational in nature. Since the first Orthodox Kazakh steppe were tsarist officials and Cossacks, the first baptized include children who were bought and workers, who served with Russian residents of the border territories. The huge distances between settlements created objective difficulties in the spread of Orthodoxy. The activities of church servants at first focused on Russian immigrants. Attempts to attract Kazakhs to the bosom of the Church did not give the desired results, due to their nomadic lifestyle. It was more expedient to use mobile forces in the person of missionaries. Having founded their camp, they could carry out their work for a long time, moving together with nomads, moving from one village to another. The activity of the missionaries was organized, they used various methods of influencing the consciousness and feelings of the Kazakhs. The missionaries conducted propaganda among the most diverse categories of the indigenous population: men and women, adults and children, people in difficult life situations - prisoners, the sick - fell into their sphere of influence. Of particular interest is the work of Orthodox preachers among Kazakh women, who, even after Islamization, were characterized by a certain openness and freedom, unlike Muslim women in Central Asia. Copyright
baptism , Islam , Kazakhs , neophytes , nomads , Orthodox missionaries , Russian Church
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