The History of Russian Christianity

This history is intensive as well as objective, providing fluency in the events, people and eras of Russian Christianity, covering the higher levels of Church activity but saints and serfs, dissenters and sectarians as well.

PROLOGUE

1

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I. INTRODUCTION

1

(1)

II. SOURCES

2

(2)

III. NAMES, PLACES, AND DATES

4

(3)

IV. ABBREVIATIONS

7

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PART 1. THE PRE-HISTORIC ERA

9

(12)

1. APOSTLE ANDREW

9

(5)

2. THE PRINCES ASKOLD AND DIR

14

(2)

3. PRINCES OLEG AND IGOR AND PRINCESS OLGA

16

(2)

4. EARLY ORTHODOXY IN RUSSIA

18

(3)

PART 2. THE ERA OF KIEVAN RUSSIA

21

(66)

5. GRAND PRINCE VLADIMIR THE GREAT

21

(7)

6. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF VLADIMIR'S CONVERSION

28

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7. THE BAPTISM OF RUSSIA

34

(3)

8. PRINCE YAROSLAV

37

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9. THE EARLY METROPOLITANS

38

(3)

10. METROPOLITANS ILARION AND KLIMENT

41

(3)

11. EARLY SAINTS AND MARTYRS

44

(3)

12. RULES OF THE RELIGION

47

(2)

13. MONASTERIES AND MONASTICISM

49

(5)

14. THE PECHER MONASTERY

54

(5)

15. CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS STRIFE AND JUSTICE

59

(3)

16. PAGAN REACTIONS

62

(2)

17. ECCLESIASTICAL FINANCES

64

(3)

18. CHURCH-STATE RELATIONSHIP

67

(3)

19. EARLY DISSENTERS, JEWS AND CATHOLICS

70

(2)

20. MORALIIY OF KIEVAN RUSSIA

72

(4)

21. RELIGIOUS LITERATURE

76

(4)

22. ORTHODOX HOLIDAYS

80

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23. WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY FASTS

81

(2)

24. THE MONGOL TNVAS[ON

83

(4)

PART 3. THE ERA OF MONGOL OCCUPATION

87

(68)

25. METROPOLITAN KIRILL III

87

(6)

26. METROPOLITAN MAKSIM

93

(2)

27. METROPOLITAN PETER

95

(3)

28. METROPOLITAN THEOGNOST

98

(3)

29. METROPOLITAN ALEKSEI

101

(4)

30. ARCHIMANDRITE MIKHAIL THE PATRIARCHAL INTERVAL

105

(3)

3]. METROPOLITAN PIMEN

108

(5)

32. METROPOLITAN KIPRIAN

113

(4)

33. METROPOLITAN EOTIUS

117

35. THE STRIGOLNIKS

12l

(112)

35. METROPOLITAN ISIDORE AND THE COUNCIL OF FLORENCE

124

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36. METROPOLITAN JONAH

130

(4)

37. METROPOLITAN THEODOSIUS

134

(1)

38. METROPOLITAN FILIPP I

135

(2)

39. CHURCH DEVELOPMENT DURING THE OCCUPATION ERA

137

(2)

40. MONASTERIES AND MONASTICISM

139

(2)

41. SERGEI OF RADONEZH

141

(2)

42. SOLOVETSKI MONASTERY

143

(1)

43. EXPANSION OF MONASTERIES

144

(3)

44. MORALITY AND NATIONAL LIFE

147

45. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

l49

46. SHINTS AND FOOLS IN CHRIST

15l

(140)

PART 4. THE ERA OE MOSCOVITE RUSSIA

155

(68)

47. METROPOLITAN GERONTI

155

(3)

48. ABBOT JOSEPH VOLOTZKI METROPOLITAN ZOSIMA, AND THE JUDAIZERS

158

(14)

49. METROPOLITAN SIMON

l67

50. METROPOLTTAN VARLAAIM

172

(4)

51. MOSCOW -THE THIRD ROME

l73

52. ELDER NIL OE SOR

l75

53. SCHOLAR MAJSIM THE GREEK

176

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54. METROPOLITAN DANIEL

180

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55. METROPOLITAN JOASAF

182

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56. METROPOLITAN MAKARI

183

(6)

57. ABBOT ARTEMIE

189

(2)

58. METROPOLITAN AFANASI

191

(1)

59. METROPOLITAN FILIPP II

192

(3)

60. METROPOLITAN KIRILL IV

195

(1)

61. METROPOLITAN ANTONI AND THE ENIGMA OF TSAR IVAN IV (THE TERRIBLE)

196

(2)

62. METROPOLITAN DIONYSEI

198

(1)

63. THE ANTI-TRINITARIAN MOVEMENT

199

(5)

64. THE SAINTS OF MOSCOVITE RUSSIA

204

(2)

65. EXPANSION OF RUSSIAN ORTHODOXY

206

(3)

66. ECCLESIASTICAL AND MONASTIC CONDITIONS

209

(4)

67. MORAL CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE

213

(2)

68. THE DOMOSTROI

215

(2)

69. ELDERS AND MYSTICS

217

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

223

(2)

PRIMARY SOURCES

223

(1)

SECONDARY SOURCES

224

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INDEX

225

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