Levéltári Közlemények, 87. (2016)
1956 - Levéltár és egyház a forradalomban - Seres Attila: "Átvészelni a legnehezebb napokat". A moszkvai patriarchátus magyarországi egyházközségei 1956 őszén orosz levéltári iratok tükrében
Átvészelni a legnehezebb napokat Attila Seres „Making through the hardest days” Parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate in Hungary in the autumn of 1956 in the light of archival documents After World War II the Kremlin considered the Russian Orthodox Church as an instrument to its international politics. Its aim was to provide central role for Moscow as the capital of Eastern-European church-community by organizational unification of the autocephalous churches of nations with orthodox majority (Romania and Bulgaria). Furthermore, its aim was to increase the influence of the Moscow Patriarchate in countries with non-orthodox majority either with the integration of the Greek Catholic Church or with the consolidation of the organizational structure of the church. In 1951 and 1952, eight Hungarian orthodox parishes joined the Moscow Patriarchate, mostly those communities whose jurisdiction was unclarified. They were unified by Moscow under an apostolic administration of a dean. This disclosure of documents uses sources from the State Archive of the Russian Federation (GARF) and from the Russian State Archive of Contemporary History (RGANI). It demonstrates the crisis caused by the Hungarian revolution of 1956 in the life of these parishes. In addition it shows how debates on the jurisdiction renewed, and how the parishes and priests, who were loyal to Moscow, accommodated to the urgent situation under the pressure of the revolution. 207
