The Church in post-Soviet Russia. Revival, quality of faith, dialogue with society

Is it possible to say that for the first time in the history of post-Soviet Russia, there were doubts about the special status of the Russian Orthodox Church as the largest social institution? Society asks the church questions and awaits answers to them, forming a new request for the general vision of the future. The position of the church in this dialog will form not only the clergy, but also the laity. Their understanding of the tradition and religious practices, their attitude to the Soviet past and the realities of the post-Soviet life author of the essay subjected to deep critical analysis. Relying on the personal experience of participation in church life, he comes to unexpected, and sometimes paradoxical conclusions