The Sacral Center and the Outside World: The Problems of Interaction

Abstract

Various aspects of interaction of a sacral centre in the Okunevo village Muromtsevo district, Omsk oblast’ formed in the early 1990s and attracts many pilgrims, with the outside world are discussed in the paper. The outside world include social institutions (authorities, mass media, Russian Orthodox Church and etc), as well as the local population and persons which infl uence on this sacral complex. The obtained information will allow the identifi cation of points of contact sacral center and the outside world and determine the levels of interaction, from positive cooperation to confrontation