Pseudo-Dionysius And Christian Visual Culture, c.500–900. (2020) Editors: Francesca Dell’Acqua, Ernesto Sergio Mainoldi, Palgrave Macmillan. Serie: New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture. ISBN 978-3-030-24768-3; ISBN 978-3-030-24769-0 (eBook). doi:10.1007/978-3-030-24769-0. Review

Pseudo-Dionysius And Christian Visual Culture

Beguines of Languedoc — “other” Beguines and the cult of their saints

The religious movement of the Beguines in Languedoc in the first quarter of the XIV century is a unique phenomenon of the development of the ideology of spirituals — ideology that arose within Franciscanism. Using his example, it is possible to clearly trace how the ideology of educated intellectuals, who developed it and discussed it within their own order, passed to groups of representatives of the urban population. The new adherents of the teaching developed it within the framework of their idea of how a “classical” religious movement should be built — their own saints, martyrs, martyrologies and holy relics appeared. In Western historiography, in the presence of a large amount of collected material, the activities of individuals who have left written evidence of the development of the doctrine of the Holy Spirit are actively studied, however, there is no connection between how these ideas were practically introduced into the minds of people far from intellectual disputes and their development within urban population groups.

Tradition and historical reconstruction in modern Church art on the example of the “Apocalypse” by Nikolai Masteropulo (from the point of view of the Medievalist)

The article deals with Apocalypse cycle of cloisonné enamels created in the early 2000-s by Russian and Greek artist Nilolaos Masteropoulos. The article analyses the concept of this creation, conceived as an actual art work made by medieval tool — ancient technique of cloisonné enamel, reconstructed and reconceived by the artist. The choice of the old technique which disappeared in byzantine tradition in 13th century is united with the subject which was not typical for byzantine art at all and appeared only in the early 15th century in the wall painting of Annunciation Cathedral of Moscow Kremlin, ordered by Russian prince and painted by Byzantine artist Theophanes the Greek. This union, demonstrating the artist’s deep knowledge in the art history and scientific literature, does not turn this Apocalypse into intellectual rebus or kind of historical reconstruction. Reviving ancient techniques and using ancient symbols, Nikolaos Masteropulos created an actual art work, intended for beholding by his contemporaries.

The Ethiopian Orthodox Church and its role in the State before 1974

The aim of the study is to consider the role and place of the Ethiopian Orthodox Christian Church in preserving the ancient traditions and culture of the peoples of Ethiopia. The history of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church is closely related to that of the Alexandrian Orthodox Church, but for a significant part of its history it fought for autocephaly, which was achieved only under Emperor Haile Selassie I. The most important function of the Church in Ethiopia was education and spread of literacy, the preservation and transfer of knowledge in the field of religion and public administration. The objective of the study is to analyze how this function was implemented during the first half of the XX century. The research is based on the documents of the Archive of Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation and of the Ethiopian Microfilm Laboratory EMML.

Arnold Esch (2019). Von Venedig ins Heilige Land und nach Ägypten. Pilgerberichte als historische Quelle (Römische Quartalschrift, 2019, Bd.114, H.1-2, S.56-79. ISSN 0035-7812)

В публикации представлен обзор статьи доктора профессора Арнольда Эша, посвященной различным аспектам паломнических записок в качестве исторического источника. Доктор А. Эш представляет многогранную картину мира позднего Средневековья непосредственно перед эпохой географических открытий через призму источников личного происхождения.

Plague as a means of religious controversy. Continuation

Продолжение перевода памфлета Джорджа Уайтхеда, начало которого опубликовано в N 4 (2020). Предшествующая публикация (Previous publication): Метлицкая З. Ю. Чума как средство религиозной полемики. Российский журнал истории Церкви. 2020;1(4):55-63. doi:10.15829/2686-973X-2020-4-44

Review. Buseva-Davydova I. L. (2019) Russian Icon painting from Armory Chamber to Modern: looking for sacred image. SPb., 2019.

Рецензия на книгу: Бусева-Давыдова И. Л. Русская иконопись от Оружейной Палаты до модерна: поиски сакрального образа

Historical Network Analysis. A Local, Regional, and Global Approach to Soviet Church History

The article introduces historical network analysis as a fruitful approach for scrutinizing social and other relations in church and religious history. The goal is to broaden the methodology of studying events, dynamics and processes of the past with a new perspective. This concept will shed fresh light on complex confessional relations but will also take into account relevant contexts as well as comparative aspects. The approach is promising for broadening the horizon to find new observations especially for social milieus and arenas of actions. The concept allows to re-evaluate historical sources and to detect silenced spheres and unexpected layers of acting. It can trace hidden contacts, follow personal relations cross borders — local, regional and national describe interdenominational ties during the Cold War within the Soviet Union and abroad, the functioning of underground churches, methods and ways of clandestine communication and much more.

«Service to the Three Saints Mitrofan of Voronezh, Demetrius of Rostov and Tikhon of Zadonsk» by Bishop Jeremiah (Soloviev): the history of the text

The publication consists of a research article and the first publication of the source. The article presents a historical and source-oriented commentary on the service of Bishop Jeremiah (Solovyov) to three Russian prelates who were glorified in the 1860's Mitrofan of Voronezh, Demetrius of Rostov, and Tikhon of Zadonsk. The reason for the creation of this hymnographic monument was the intention of the former bishop of Nizhny Novgorod to consecrate one of the churches under construction in honor of these saints. When writing the service to the three saints, Bishop Jeremiah relied on a wide range of sources, including the works of St. Demetrius of Rostov and the penitential canon of Cyril of Turov. The publication is intended to illustrate Bishop Jeremiah's work as a hymnographer and to present a little-known example of a service to Russian saints composed during the Synodal period of the history of the Russian Church.

Sergey Nikitovich Savinsky (1924-2021) and the Historical Self-Awareness of Evangelical Christians-Baptists

The article presents biographical information about the first confessional historian of Russian Evangelical Christians-Baptists, S. N. Savinsky. He authored a number of chapters on the Russian-Ukrainian Evangelical-Baptist community in a book titled “History of Evangelical Christians-Baptists in the USSR” (1989), until that time the only book on the history of his own denomination published during Soviet times. Described is his work as member of the Historical Commission of the All-Union Council of the Evangelical Christians-Baptists. The article traces four trajectories of the worldwide evangelical revival into Russia: the late German Pietism, the North America revival movement, the influence of the worldwide Evangelical Alliance, and the early German Pietism. S. N. Savinsky basic concepts of evangelical revival and uniqueness of the Russian Evangelical-Baptist community are analyzed.