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History of Christianity of Russia, volume 1

Volume 1 of a 3 volume complete history of the Christianity of Russia is now available: This first volume covers the period from Apostle Andrew to the death of Tsar Ivan the Terrible, a period of almost 1600 years. The information provided is intensive and objective, dealing with the events, people and politics of the development and expansion of Christianity in Russia. The book covers the earliest of traditions, the rise and dominance of the Russian Orthodox Church, the many dissenters and sectarians that evolved over the centuries and their persecution, and the influx of Catholicism and Judaism and other minority religions into Russia. The history covers the involvement of tsars and princes, as well as saints and serfs, and monks and mystics. (This 3-volume series of the history of Christianity of Russia will extend to the conclusion of Soviet authority in 1990.)



Available at Barnes & Noble, Borders, or your local bookstore, or on the internet from Amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D087586287X/algorapublishingA/104-5869398-1981502

Regards,

Daniel H. Shubin

author



TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART 1 - PRE-HISTORIC ERA

Andrew Apostle
Askold and Dir
Oleg, Igor and Olga
Early Orthodoxy
PART 2 - ERA OF KIEVAN RUSSIA

Vladimir the Great
Historical Background of Vladimir�s Conversion
The Baptism of Russia
Yaroslav
Early Metropolitans
Metropolitans Ilarion and Kliment
Early Martyrs and Saints
Rules of the Religion
Monasteries and Monasticism
The Kiev Pecher Monastery
Civil and Religious Strife and Justice
Pagan Reactions
Ecclesiastical Finances
Church-State Relationship
Early Dissenters, Jews and Catholics
Morality of Kievan Russia
Religious Literature
Orthodox Holidays
Fasts of Wednesday and Friday
The Mongol Invasion
PART 3 - ERA OF MONGOL OCCUPATION

Metropolitan Kirill III
Metropolitan Maksim
Metropolitan Peter
Metropolitan Theognost
Metropolitan Aleksei
Archimandrite Mikhail
Metropolitan Pimen
Metropolitan Kiprian
Metropolitan Fotius
The Strigolniks
Metropolitan Isidore and the Council of Florence
Metropolitan Jonah
Metropolitan Theodosius
Metropolitan Filipp I
Church Development
Monasteries and Monasticism
Sergei of Radonezh
Solovetski Monastery
Expansion of Monasteries
Morality and National Life
Religious Education
Saints and the Fools in Christ
PART 4 - ERA OF MOSCOVITE RUSSIA

Metropolitan Geronti
Joseph Volotzki, the Judaizers and Metropolitan Zosima
Metropolitan Simon
Metropolitan Varlaam
Moscow � The Third Rome
Elder Nil of Sor
Maksim the Greek
Metropolitan Daniel
Metropolitan Joasaf
Metropolitan Makari and the Hundred-Chapters Council
Abbot Artemie
Metropolitan Afanasi
Metropolitan Filipp II
Metropolitan Kirill IV
Metropolitan Antoni and the Enigma of Tsar Ivan IV the Terrible
Metropolitan Dionysei
The Anti-Trinitarian Movement
The Saints of Moscovite Russia
Expansion of Russian Orthodoxy
Ecclesiastical and Monastic Conditions
Moral Condition of the People
The Domostroi
Elders and Mystics

JoeS

Since the word 'Russia' did not exist until the 18 th century to define the new expanded empire of Muscovy, it is clear that these authors have made some serious nomenclature errors in their analysis of history, or perhaps this is an attempt to flood the market with non-academic propaganda.

Here is a wonderful picture of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Patriarchal Sobor being constructed on the left bank of the Dnipro facing the most holy of Orthodox site - the Pecherska Lavra (Monastery of the Caves) seen in the background on the hills of Kyiv, Ukraine.

New Ukrainian Greek-Catholic (Byzantine) Patriarchal Sobor @ Kyiv, Ukraine [ugcc.org.ua]

It is no coincedence that this site on the river Dnipro was chosen. It is the very site where Grand Prince Volodymyr of Kyiv-Rus (not Russia) baptized his people.

Soon the new Ukrainian Orthodox-Catholic Patriarchate of Kyiv will be in full communion with both Rome and Constantinople, ending a centuries old shameful scism of Apostolic Christianity.

We live in interesting times.

Hritzko

I need a history lesson here.

I thought Russia was evangelized by the Eastern Orthodox Church? Regarding the St. Andrew origin --- I am aware that there is some issue regarding the St. Andrew origin of the See of Constantinople, as there is no record of such a claim until the seventh century. It is argued that it was invented as a means to go "one up" on the claims of Rome during a time when there was contention between Rome and Constantinople.

I realize that Russia has had pretensions of being the "Third Rome." Could this acquisition of the St. Andrew "legend" be a reflection of this claim to be the "Third Rome," much like Constantinople (supposedly) invented its origin from St. Andrew? Or is this claim (by the Russian Church) simply directly related to its origins from Eastern Orthodoxy via Constantinople who itself claimed to have been established by St. Andrew?

Blessings,
Marduk