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Unseemly acts of canonized monarchs: an experience of theological analysis
Studia Humanitatis, 2015 The article discuses an "unpopular" aspect of hagiology-crimes and other nefarious acts of canonized monarchs. The analysis solves a theological dilemma: how can atrocities unite with Holiness. It is noted that if real or alleged crimes are attributed to
Nikolsky Evgeny Vladimirovich
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Semper in Motu. Topical Philological Studies of Bulgarian Scholars [PDF]
Филологический класс, 2015 The present review includes three monographs of Bulgarian philologists. Reneta Bozhankova examines the position of Cyrillic script literature and Internet communication, methods and strategies of cultural heritage digitization, questions of netlore and
Kochetkov, A. N. +1 more
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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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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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Pitannâ Lìteraturoznavstva, 2013 The title of Zbigniew Herbert’s poem “Fra Angelico: Martyrdom of Saints Cosmas and Damian” suggests that the poem is a typical ekphrasis. Such descriptiveness seems to be confirmed by the author's segmentation of the text (and at the same time of the ...
Roman Bobryk
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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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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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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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Imetegija Stepan: püha Permi Stefani kuju komi legendides [PDF]
Mäetagused, 2014 The article compares the biography of St. Stephen of Perm, written by Epiphanius the Wise, with the stories about the miracle maker Stephen known in Komi folklore.
Pavel Limerov
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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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