ORTHODOX CHURCH LIFE OF STAVROPOL-ON-VOLGA IN 1917-1955
The article examines the problems of the position and activities of the Russian Orthodox Church in Stavropol-Togliatti in 1917-1955, as well as religious life in the city at that time. The activity of local clergymen is considered. It is proved that after October 1917 a new stage began in the church history of Stavropol-on-Volga. As in all of Russia, the capital of the Stavropol churches was nationalized, religious societies were deprived of the rights of a legal entity. At the beginning of the 20s of the XX century all items of value, including those of worship, were removed from the churches of Stavropol-on-Volga under the pretext of "helping the starving" By the end of the 30s XX century from the clergy who served in the Stavropol churches, no one remained, almost all the clergy were repressed, starting in 1919, the Assumption Church was closed in 1930, the Trinity Cathedral - in 1936. Only with the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War, changes in the state-church relations that led to the opening of the Nikolsky Church in Stavropol-on-Volga (in the bell tower at the Trinity Cathedral).