Another reform that Peter focused on was that of the church. When the Patriarch of that time, which was Adrian died in 1700, Peter did not find another one. Instead, he left it up to the government, known as the Monastryskii Prikaz, who took control of the church property. “In 1721, the Ecclesiastical Reservation officially abolished the church hierarchy and placed it under the control of the holy Synod, which was entirely connected to the state.” (“Peter the Great-Domestic Reforms,” 2015) Peter looked at this as an opportunity to make money and he tried making as much as he could. “The 1721 Regulation controlled what the clergy could.” (“Peter the Great-Domestic Reforms,” 2015) The clergy’s responsibility was to work for the state, and promoter
