Church Charities and Institutions

Abstract

The Russian Orthodox Church before the revolution paid much attention to issues of mercy and social service in the 19th-early 20th centuries. Charity is reinforced by the charity of individuals, unions, the church, and the state through the charity of orphans, widows, poor, crippled. The concepts of morality and spirituality were rooted in the popular consciousness. The centuries-old traditions of Russian charity were being revived. The materials of the Code of Laws of the Russian Empire include reports that in imperial Russia there was a well-defined system of social assistance and public charity.