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Russia's Early Modern Orthodox Patriarchate - Apogee and Finale, 1648-1721 (Hardcover)
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Russia's Early Modern Orthodox Patriarchate - Apogee and Finale, 1648-1721 (Hardcover)
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Patriarch Nikon, the most energetic, creative, influential, and
obstinate of Russia's early religious leaders, dominates this book.
As Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, Nikon's most important
initiative was to bring Russian religious rituals into line with
Greek Orthodox tradition, from which Russia's practices had
diverted. Kiev's Monastery of the Caves served as a medium for his
transmission of Greek notions. Nikon and Tsar Alexis I (r.
1645-1676) envisioned Russia's transformed into a new Holy Land.
Eventually, Nikon became a challenger for Imperial authority. While
his reforms endure, failed policies and poor political judgment
were decisive in his fall and in the Patriarchate's reduction in
status. Ultimately, the reforms of Peter the Great (r. 1682-1725)
led to its replacement by a new, government-controlled body, the
Holy Synod, which nevertheless carried out a continuity of Nikon's
policies. This exceptional volume contextualizes Nikon's
Patriarchate as part of the broader continuities in Russian History
and serves as a bridge to the present, where Russia is forging new
relationships between Church and power.
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