CONTRIBUTION OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH INTO VICTORY OVER NAPOLEON IN THE PATRIOTIC WAR OF 1812
The article examines the main spheres of the activity of the Church on the interaction with the army at the beginning of the XIX century on the basis of the developed system of relations of the war time. The paper shows that the Russian Orthodox Church was an influential spiritual and ethical force of the Russian state and played an important role in the Patriotic War of 1812. It conducted multilateral work addressed to the nation with a view to form resistance movement and to maintain religious-patriotic moods.