The Russian Orthodox Community in Hong Kong

The Russian Orthodox Community in Hong Kong
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 307
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ISBN-10 : 9781793616746
ISBN-13 : 1793616744
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Book Synopsis The Russian Orthodox Community in Hong Kong by : Loretta E. Kim

Download or read book The Russian Orthodox Community in Hong Kong written by Loretta E. Kim and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-08-23 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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