Organisation of church singing in the Church of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste in the Townof Pechora during the nazi occupation in 1941–1944

The article is devoted to the problem of organizing church services in a Russian provincial church during the Nazi occupation of 1941-1944 on the example of the Church of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste in the city of Pechora, Pskov region. Archival documents have been deposited in the church - accounting acts and books from the XVIIIth century allowed to trace its history, the organization of church life and the peculiarities of the administration of divine services. The rich library of old printed books that has been preserved allowed us to imagine in detail how the church service was organized, according to which books and notes were sung in the Pechora church in its various periods. Rich singing traditions, supported by talented regents, and a powerful large parish made it possible to preserve the male composition of the singing group, which worked through the entire occupation. Priests and regents were replaced, but the main choral group remained unchanged. The payment for the church choir has changed. Women's voices were transferred to the amateur cast, however, if possible, they were supported financially. Almost all the years of the war, worship was conducted according to the Gregorian calendar at the request of the German authorities, despite the Julian calendar adopted by the Moscow Patriarchate. At the first opportunity, the Russian parish of the Forty Martyrs switched to worship in the old style at the beginning of 1944