Борьба с сектантством, «немецкою верою»

When in March 1915 and... Doctor of Science, Associate Professor of the Academy in the Department of History and Exposure of Russian Sectarianism A.V. Remezov submitted a petition to the Academy Council to grant him leave in order to enter the active army, Archimandrite Hilarion presented his “special opinion” to the Council. “I am not at all embarrassed by the possibility of being reproached for a lack of patriotism,” he begins his speech, expressing the opinion of a minority of members of the MDA Council, “since sometimes, in my opinion, it is the duty of patriotism that requires staying in one’s place and doing one’s direct job, for which one is assigned and for which one is prepared... I have little faith in the possibility of quickly turning a sectarian into a good engineer... Meanwhile, the fight against the Germans is not only on the battlefield, it is going on in trade, in industry, and in science. The fight against sectarianism, against this “German faith" is a fight against the same enemy spirit and enemy thought. This fight is the direct responsibility of Mr. Remezov, and in the performance of this duty he can undoubtedly be more useful, as he is already prepared with his education" 219 . History has confirmed the correctness of Archimandrite Hilarion both on a private and public scale. "Alas! – Professor I.V. Popov lamented two years later. – The sad reality is on the side of the protesters: A.V. died not from an enemy bullet, but from a debilitating disease. A significant part of A.V.’s two years of military service was spent at resorts, hospitals, hospitals” 220. And Russia was defeated not on the Russian-German front, but within the country, and this defeat had its source in a disastrous change in the people’s worldview, the loss of moral guidelines, which was, in turn, a consequence of a massive retreat from the Church. The theological, teaching and preaching activities of Archimandrite Hilarion during the academic period of his life were devoted to the need to remain in the Church, to return to it those who had fallen away through unbelief, immorality or passion for heterodoxy and sectarianism. Journals of meetings of the Council of the Imperial Moscow Theological Academy for 1915 // Theological Bulletin. 1916, No. 2. P. 69, 71 (4th page). [Popov I.V.] Living life: I. At the Academy // Theological Bulletin. 1917. No. 10/11/12. P. 431 (2nd page).