The seventeenth century in Russia was marked by profound political and religious upheaval, beginning with the Time of Troubles (1598–1613). The crises – including invasion, famine, pretenders to the throne – were interpreted by the so-called Zealots of Piety in starkly religious and moral terms, as punishment for corruption in the priesthood and impurities in…
Parmi les œuvres célèbres de la littérature hagiographique arménienne, on compte la Vie de Stépanos Siunétsi (†735), éminent philosophe, théologien, grammairien et hymnographe, l’un des plus grands représentants de la littérature patristique arménienne, auteur d’un certain nombre d’œuvres originales, de commentaires et de traductions d’une grande valeur. Selon diverses sources historiques, il est aussi l’auteur…
The Sticherarion is one of the oldest and most widespread types of music book in space and time of the Byzantine and post-Byzantine period. From the beginnings of Byzantine notation and the transition to the so-called Round notation, a key milestone seems to have been the elaboration of the repertoire of the Sticherarion by Ioannis…
Attention to dynamics between centre(s) and peripheries has become a common methodological pillar in Byzantine liturgical studies over the last decade, directing attention to the development of the ‘Byzantine’ rite beyond Byzantium. But until now, it has largely supported only the study of the Euchologion and Horologion, containing presidential prayers and the fixed part of…
Jean-Baptiste Thibaut AA (1872–1938) was one of the first West European scholars who studied the manuscript sources and liturgical practices of the Southern Slavs. He spent several years teaching in Bulgaria – he was a lecturer at the Catholic colleges in Plovdiv (1898–1899) and Varna (1901–1903). During this period, he published the article “The Chants…