Tsarebozhiye
Tsarebozhiye[1] (Russian: Царебожие, Tsar-as-God[2]) is a heretical doctrine that Nicholas II is the redeemer of the sins of the Russian people, that for this reason he possessed a special nature, pure of sin, and Russia is the Kingdom of God on earth, restraining the whole world from acceptance of Antichrist.
The recognized centers of this heresy are Diveyevo and Bogolyubsky monasteries near Vladimir.[citation needed]
History
In 1925, in the Serbian city of Novi Sad, a book called “Sacrifice” appeared, the author of which went under the pseudonym Enelle. The book offers an obscure interpretation of the murder of Tsar Nicholas II and his family, arguing that in addition to the political motives for the murder, there were also occult ones.
The author describes an inscription that was supposedly left on the site of the murder that reads “Here, by the order of secret forces, the Tsar was sacrificed for the destruction of the State. All nations are informed of this.” Enelle then proceeds to claim that a Jewish organisation of black magicians whose goal is “the destruction of the established world order and the enslavement of brutalised humanity.”
Religious scholar Stanislav Panin thinks that these Orthodox-Monarchist ideas began to gain popularity after the publication of the book “Sovereignty of the Spirit” under the name of Metropolitan Ioann (Snychev).[3]
References
- ^ Orthodox ISIL, Not Yet Banned in Russia. September 12, 2017. By Alexander Soldatov, Novaya Gazeta. Translated by Linden Marno-Ferree
- ^ Menaia: an example of hymnographyc literature and a tool to shape the orthodox worldview edited by Helena Pociechina & Alexander Kravetsky
- ^ Russia’s Orthodox Terrorists: The Crusade Against “Matilda”. September 15, 2017