Sidorkin, A.I. Punishments related to deprivation of liberty and limitation of liberty in canon law: problems of legal regulation of systematization and reception by ancient Russia’s lawmakers.

Abstract: As A.I. Sidorkin notes, all the novel features of Byzantine, western and Russian church penitentiary practices, including formation of the institutions of deprivation of liberty and limitation of liberty, were always based on the canon views of ancient Christianity. These views were related to the punishing role of the church and repentance of those, who violated the church rules. This article is devoted to the study of church punishments. Author analyzes the sources of Byzantine church law and differences in the western and Russian orthodox canon theories.