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Nataliya Sukhova,
Doctor of History, Doctor of Church History,
Professor Faculty of Theology at St. Tikhon's Orthodox University,
Head of the Scientific Center of the history of theology
and theological education at St. Tikhon's Orthodox University,
23 B, Novokuznetskaya ul., Moscow, 115184,
Russian Federation
suhovanat@gmail.com
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The article is devoted to the research of Russian theologians dedicated to one of
the most famous historical fi gures in the history of the Christian Church of the fi rst
millennium – the Patriarch of Constantinople Photios (IX). Personality and acts of
patriarch Photios are evaluated extremely ambiguous and assessed not only Western but
also Eastern theologians of both Church history and theological viewpoints. For the
Russian Christianity patriarch Photius has a special signifi cance: it is enough to recall
the “Photios baptism”, Photios homily “on the invasion of Russia” (860), “Encyclical
Letter” to the East the patriarchal throne (1867), fi rst teachers Cyril and Methodius.
The article covers 30 years (1885–1915) and has two time “assemblies”: 1885–1900s
and 1900–1915s. On the basis of published
and unpublished documents, the author
considers the range of estimates of the Most Holy Patriarch Photios, given by the
Russian theologians and Church leaders, highlighting three areas: Slavic, who
valued the role the Patriarch Photios played in the Christian education of the Slavs;
“grekofi los”, who demanded the incorporation of Patriarch Photios’
name in Russian
calendars; fi ghters against “east Popery”, who recognized the historical and theological
merits of the Patriarch Photios, but stand fi rm on non-recognition of his canonization.
However, all of these items together were largely due to the views of the late 19th – early
20th century: the relationship of the Orthodox Churches of the era, the specifi cs of
church-state relations in Russia, which were often relocated on “Byzantine symphony”.
Thus, “the matter of the Patriarch Photios” became certain
litmus test for identifying
the “hot spots” and the internal discussions in the Russian academic theology.
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