THE PRIOR OF NERCHINSKAYA ASSUMPTION CHURCH ARCHPRIEST I.G. ZNAMENSKY
The article dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the beginning of Archpriest Ioann Grigorievich Znamensky’s service in Nerchinskaya Assumption Church describes the life and deeds of the "venerable elder" recreated by the documents of the State Archives of the Zabaikalsky Krai (Transbaikal territory) and periodic diocesan publications of Chita and Irkutsk in XIX century. On the example of the Archpriest I.G. Znamensky’s activities, the author tries to represent the features of living and ministry of XIX century provincial clergy, to reveal the relationship of clergy and laity, as well as to analyze the economic and charitable activities of the prior and parish community.