Northern Russian Monastic Culture
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2016
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Ohio State University. Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures
Ohio State University. Resource Center for Medieval Slavic Studies
Ohio State University. Resource Center for Medieval Slavic Studies
Abstract
The breakup of the Soviet Union awoke a renewed fascination in
Russian Orthodoxy that reanimated interest in monasticism and
its cultural impact on Russian history. Yet the modern period had
produced little rigorous research into early Russian Orthodox
monasticism as a spiritual way of life. Among other things, the
organic quality of Orthodox monastic life requires a discussion of
monasteries’ regional contexts and the role of the leader/teacher.
Regional context and spiritual leadership reveal differences among
similar types of communities (such as differences among various
cenobia, or among various sketes) in social make-up, economic
function, and even pious forms. Another important direction to
pursue is to move away from a focus on one type of text toward
the integration of the variety of sources contained in monastic
libraries and archives.
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Spock, Jennifer B. "Northern Russian Monastic Culture." Tapestry of Russian Christianity: Studies in History and Culture. Nickolas Lupinin, Donald Ostrowski and Jennifer B. Spock, eds. Columbus, Ohio: Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures and the Resource Center for Medieval Slavic Studies, The Ohio State University, 2016, 229-259.