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The state of the contemporary researches on Orthodox hagiology [PDF]
Elpis, 2013 exaly +2 more sources
Aleksander Nevski pühakulugu [PDF]
Mäetagused, 2019 The article gives an insight into the hagiology (Old Russian житие) of Alexander Nevsky (ca. 1220–1263), Grand Prince of Novgorod and Vladimir. It was probably put down in the 1280s, at the Nativity Monastery in Vladimir, where his body was initially ...
Enn Ernits
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Hailing and Hallowing: Persian Hagiographies, Interpellation, and Learning How to Read
Religions, 2023 This essay discusses the pedagogical value of hagiology by examining how medieval Persian hagiographies can be used to explore the concept of “interpellation”: the process by which individuals are constituted as subjects in particular ideological systems.
William E. B. Sherman
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The Biblical Theme in the Historical Monographs of Georgy P. Fedotov
RUDN Journal of Philosophy, 2022 The article stresses that Georgy P. Fedotov's systematic reference to the Bible enabled him in his historical monographs (Abelard, St. Filipp Metropolitan of Moscow, Saints of Ancient Russia, Spiritual Poems ) to reconstruct the spiritual reality of past
Alexey A. Gaponenkov +1 more
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Comparison as a Provisional Activity
Religions, 2020 The careers of many scholars in various disciplines have been focused on the study of hagiography, including that of the author. Yet, as those scholars have uncovered new knowledge and employed new interpretations of the materials at hand, the very ...
Nikolas O. Hoel
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ASCETICISM AS A PRACTICAL EXPRESSION OF TRADITIONAL VALUES IN RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CULTURE
Russian Studies in Culture and Society, 2023 This article analyzes the experience of Orthodox asceticism and its practical expression as the realization of the meaning of human existence. In Russia, the ascetics of faith and spirit have always received special attention from society, they were ...
Ivan V. Makarov, Vladislav V. Pasechnik
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Is Comparison Based on Translatable Formal Concepts?
Religions, 2020 Fully realized ethical and metaphysical concepts have intension and extension only within an historically situated epistemic tradition. Only people who live the epistemic tradition fully understand the concept and can accurately identify items that ...
Kevin Guilfoy
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GREAT MUSICAL FORMS DEDICATED TO SAINTS CYRIL AND METHODIUS
Forum Teologiczne, 2023 This article takes a closer look at the great musical forms dedicated to Saints Cyril and Methodius. These are mainly liturgical compositions related to the worship of the two saints. This group includes a medieval Mass propria (e.g. Parchment Missal no.
Piotr Towarek
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Some Foundational Considerations on Taxonomy: A Case for Hagiography
Religions, 2019 Since its now notorious mid-1800s historiographical positivist critiques, the term hagiography was often contested as a valid and valuable category for the comparative study of religious phenomena.
Massimo A. Rondolino
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Wall paintings in churches with a limited Christological cycle [PDF]
Zograf, 2004 This paper deals with twelve small Cretan and Peloponnesian churches, painted in the 13tn, 14tn and 15th centuries. The iconographical program in these churches includes very limited Christological cycles.
Koukiaris Silas, Archimandrite
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