The Russian Orthodox Community in Hong Kong

Loretta E. Kim; Chengyi Zhou

doi:10.5771/9781793616746

Summary

Hong Kong has been a unique society from its establishment as a political region separate from mainland China in the nineteenth century under British colonial rule until the present day as a special administrative region of the People’s Republic of China. A hub of interregional and international migration, it has been the temporary and long-term home of people belonging to many racial, ethnic, and cultural groups. This book examines the evolution of the community established by clergy and congregants of the Russian Orthodox Church. This community was first developed in the 1930s and then revived after a hiatus of over two decades from the 1970s to the 1990s with the founding of the Orthodox Parish of Apostles Saints Peter and Paul (OPASPP) at the turn of the twenty-first century. This study demonstrates how the OPASPP has become a vital provider of knowledge about Russian language and culture as well as a religious institution serving both heritage and convert believers. The community formed by and around the OPASPP is important to foster Sino-Russian relations based on individual-to-individual contact and mutual exposure to Chinese and Russian cultures in a region of China which allows spiritual and social diversity with minimal political constraints.

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Copyright year: 2021
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-1673-9
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-1674-6
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 270
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. List of Figures and Table No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
4. 1. Transliteration No access
  2. Names No access
  3. Abbreviations No access
5. Note to Readers No access
6. 1. Areas of Significance No access
  2. Methods and Sources No access
  3. Chapter Outline No access
  4. Notes No access
1. Sino-Russian Relations No access
2. Christianity in China No access
3. Religious and Ethnic Minorities in Hong Kong No access
4. Notes No access
1. Origins of the Russian Orthodox Community in Hong Kong: The 1930s to the 1970s No access
2. Russians and Orthodox Christianity in Hong Kong from the 1930s to 1970s No access
3. The Post-1997 Era No access
4. Notes No access
1. A Sketch of Russian Life in Hong Kong No access
2. The RLC and the OPASPP No access
3. Expanding Professional and Cultural Horizons for Adult Learners No access
4. Russian for Children and Youth: Building Connections between Language and Personal Identity No access
5. Notes No access
1. Translation and Publication in Mission Work No access
2. About the Community and Religious Identity No access
3. Religious Practice No access
4. Religious Culture and Belief No access
5. Notes No access
1. Cultivating New Identities and Lives: Facilitating Conversion No access
2. A Native Place: Preserving Familiarity and Tradition No access
3. Promoting Spiritual Diversity in Hong Kong No access
4. Connecting Russia and Hong Kong No access
5. Notes No access
1. Notes No access
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2. Persons No access
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Index No access Pages 257 - 268
About the Authors No access Pages 269 - 270