Academic Periodical

The Quarterly Journal of St. Philaret’s Institute

ISSN: 2658-7599 (print)
2713-3141 (online)

Abstracts and Reviews

Natalya Adamenko, Research Associate, Mission and Catechesis Research and Methodology Centre (Moscow)

Therefore Go. Book Review: Anastasios (Yannoulatos), Archbishop. Even to the Ends of the Earth : Studies in Mission History. Moscow : Sts. Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Postgraduate Studies, 2018. 224 p.

Issue №28, pp. 203–207

Kirill Aleksandrov, Ph.D. in History, Associate Professor, St Philaret’s Institute (Moscow, Saint Petersburg)

Disputes over the Ruin

Issue №33, pp. 187–216

Alexander Kopirovsky, Ph.D. in Education, Associate Professor Head of the Theology Department, Research Fellow, SFI (Moscow)

Вook review: “Khodakov M. A. Chrestomathy on Iconology”. Moscow :
PSTGU Publ., 2020. 172 p.

Issue №35, pp. 293–298

Alexander Kornilov, Doctor of History, Professor, National Research Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod

Book Review: Petrov, Ivan. Between Two Evils: Orthodox Clergy in the Temporarily Occupied Territory of the RSFSR in 1941–1944

Issue №40, pp. 270–276

Viktor Alexandrov, Ph. D. (Medieval Studies), Independent scholar

Book review: Prikhodko G. Bishop and canonical territory: I–XIII centuries

Issue №46, pp. 150–158

Viktor Alexandrov, Ph.D. in Medieval Studies, Independent scholar (Hungary, Budapest)

Book review: Protopr. Nikolay Afanasyev. Willow of Edessa and his time

Issue №26, pp. 206–209

Yulia Antipina, Independent scholar (Saint Petersburg)

Book abstract: Sergei Nikolayevich Bulgakov / Ed. A. P. Kozyrev. Moscow : Political Encyclopaedia, 2020. 631 p. : ill. (Philosophy of Russia in the first half of the twentieth century)

Issue №37, pp. 205–207

Yulia Balakshina, Doctor of Philology Assistant Professor, Academic Secretary, St Philaret’s Institute (Moscow)

Reviewing the Debates

Issue №21, pp. 153–164

Yulia Balakshina, Doctor of Philology, Associate Professor, Academic Secretary, St Philaret’s Institute (Moscow)

Book review: St. Petersburg Martyrologue: On the 100th Anniversary of the Beginning of the Persecution against Believers in God in Russia

Issue №24, pp. 170–175

Yulia Balakshina, Doctor of Philology, Associate Professor, Academic Secretary, St Philaret’s Institute (Moscow)

Book review: History of church brotherhoods in Russia

Issue №25, pp. 198–202

Irina Bulanova, Ph.D. in Psychology, Associate Professor of Psychology Department, Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology of Education, Moscow State Pedagogical University (Moscow)

Book review: Psychology of Religion in Russia in XIX and early XXI centuries : [Joint monograph] / Ed. by K. M. Antonov. М. : PSTGU, 2019. 534, [2] p.

Issue №34, pp. 256–260

Dmitry Kalugin, Ph.D. in Philology, Professor, Senior Research Fellow, HSE Campus in Saint Petersburg (Saint Petersburg)

Yulia Balakshina, Doctor of Philology, Academic Secretary, St Philaret’s Institute; Associate Professor, Herzen State Pedagogical University (Moscow; Saint Petersburg)

Book Review: Manchester L., Sdvizhkova D. (eds.) (2019). Faith and Selfhood in a Changing Society: Autobiography and Orthodoxy in Russia in the late 17th and early 20th centuries: [collection of articles]. Moscow : New literary review. 408 p.

Issue №36, pp. 271–275

Sergey Firsov, Doctor of History Professor, UNESCO Chair, A. I. Herzen Russian State Pedagogical University (St Petersburg)

Betrothal to Christ: Orthodox Brotherhoods in Russia. Book review: Orthodox Brotherhoods in the History of Russia: On the 100th Anniversary of Patriarch Tikhon’s Calling to Forge Spiritual Bonds in Community: a collection of research papers : In 2 v. Moscow: Transfiguration Centre for Culture and Education, 2018.

Issue №32, pp. 214–219

Dmitry Gasak, First Vice Rector, St Philaret’s Institute (Moscow)

Zoya Dashevskaya, Senior Lecturer, St Philaret’s Institute (Moscow)

Book review: The Systemic Problems of Orthodoxy: Analysis, Relaxion, Search for Solutions. Materials of the first seminar. Мoscow : “Sobornost” Project, 2020. 104 p.

Issue №37, pp. 190–199

Alexey Gomankov, Dr. Sci. (Geology and Mineralogy), Leading Researcher, St. Petersburg, Russia

‘And God Created…’. Book Review: Brink G. van den. ‘And the earth produced’

Issue №44, pp. 248–255

Igor Kurlyandsky, Cand. Sci (History), Senior Researcher, Institute of Russian History, Russian Academy of Sciences

Book review: Christian denominations in the occupied territories of the USSR in 1941–1944 : Collective monograph

Issue №46, pp. 159–166

Julia Shtonda, Cand. Sci. (Philology), Senior lecturer, St. Philaret’s Institute

Spirit, Person, and Community in Wolfhart Pannenberg’s theology. Book Abstract: Pannenberg W. Anthropologie in theologischer Perspektive. Göttingen : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2011. 540 S.

Issue №48, С. 238–245

Julia Shtonda, Cand. Sci. (Philology), Editor of The Quarterly Journal of St. Philaret’s Institute, Moscow/Voronezh

The Workshop Overview “New Christian Anthropology: ‘Horizontal’ and ‘Vertical’ Dimensions of a Person” (Moscow, October 18, 2021)

Issue №40, pp. 249–259

Ludmila Komissarova, Independent Scholar (Moscow)

“Old Russian Sects” of the 18th — 20th Centuries: New Data and New Approaches. Review of the thematic issue of the journal “State, Religion and Church in Russia and Worldwide”. 2020. N. 3 (38)

Issue №39, pp. 268–275

Ksenija Koncarevic, Ph. D. (Philology), Department of Slavic Studies, Faculty of Philology University of Belgrade

Book review: Oktoikh. Selected Hymns in Russian and Church Slavonic. Translated by Fr. Georgy Kochetkov, Z.M. Dashevskaya, P.S. Ozersky, Ya.R. Pantueva. Moscow : SFI Publ., 2023. 128 p.

Issue №48, pp. 228–237

Alexander Kopirovsky, Ph.D. in Education, Professor, SFI (Moscow)

Book review: Matveeva Yu. G. Decorative fabrics in Ravenna mosaics. Semantics and cultural and semantic context. Kiev; Kharkiv: Spirit and Litera, 2016

Issue №27, pp. 174–178

Alexander Kopirovsky, Cand. Sci. (Pedagogy), Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Theology, Researcher, St. Philaret Institute

Book review: Bik O. V. The interior of the Orthodox church: images and trends. History and modernity

Issue №46, pp. 133–149

Fr. Konstantin Kostromin, Cand. Sci. (History), Cand. Sci. (Theology), Associate Professor, Vice-Rector for Research, St. Petersburg Theological Academy, St. Petersburg, Russia

How to write the history of the temple. Book review: Karpuk D. A. Putilovskaya Church of St. Nicholas and the Martyr Queen Alexandra: History, Modern Traditions. St. Petersburg; N. Novgorod : Soyuzpoligraf, 2020. 604 p., ill.

Issue №45, pp. 182–186

Lidia Kroshkina, Cand. Sci. (Cultural Studies), Senior Lecturer, Russian State University of Humanities, St. Philaret’s Institute, Moscow

Book abstract: Plekon, Michael. Living Icons: Persons of Faith in the Eastern Church

Issue №40, pp. 277–285

Aleksandr Lavrov, Doctor of History Professor, Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris)

Book review: Vorobyova N. V. Patriarch Nikon: Power, Faith, Image. Moscow, St Petersburg : Centre for Humanitarian Initiatives, 2019. 343 p.

Issue №32, pp. 201–208

Natalya Likvinceva, Ph.D. in Philosophy, Senior Researcher, Alexander Solzhenitsyn House for the Russian Diaspora (Moscow)

Book Review: Ermishin O. T. Philosophy of the Russian Abroad of the XX Century. Мoscow; St Petersburg : Summer garden (“Letniy Sad”), 2019. 303, [1] p.

Issue №33, pp. 226–229

Roman Lunki, Dr. Sci. (Policy), Deputy Director of the Institute of Europe RAS, Moscow, Russia

“The End of Liberal Religion. Book review: Bodrov A., Tolstoluzhenko M. (eds.)

Issue №44, pp. 238–247

Alexey Mazurov, Dr. Sci. (History), Professor, Rector, St. Philaret’s Institute, President, State Social and Humanitarian University (Moscow, Kolomna, Russia)

Book review: Sukina L. B. The Late Autumn of the Russian Middle Ages. Essays on the cultural history of the Moscow State of the XVI–XVII centuries

Issue №42, pp. 179–184

Irina Mochalova, Ph.D. in Philosophy, Associate Professor, Department of the History of Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy, Saint Petersburg State University (Saint Petersburg)

To Translate Means to Understand (on the Release of the New Russian Translation of Plato’s dialogue “Sophist”)

Issue №33, pp. 217–222

Aleksei Muraviev, Dr. Sci. (History), Associate Professor, Senior Research Fellow, HSE University, Moscow

Book review: Lavrov A. S., Morokhin A. V. Adherents of piety. Sketches of church and literary activity. St. Petrsburg: Nauka, 2021. 336 p.

Issue №41, pp. 174–181

Larisa Musina,

Olga Yaroshevskaya

Annotation of the book: Behr J. John the Theologian and his Paschal Gospel: A Prologue to Theology (Beer J. John the Theologian and his Easter Gospel: A Prologue to Theology)

Issue №27, pp. 171–173

Elena Nepoklonova, Ph.D. in Philology, Associate Professor, Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping (St Petersburg)

Book Review: Annenkova E. I. Konstantin Aksakov. The Joyfulness of the Spirit. St Petersburg : Rostok, 2018. 320 p.

Issue №31, pp. 243–253

Konstantin Obozny, Ph.D. in History, Head of the Department of Church History, St Philaret’s Institute (Moscow)

Book Review: The Way from the Shepherd to the Pastor: Protopr. Vitaly Borovoi: In memoriam.

Issue №26, pp. 200–205

Konstantin Obozny, Ph.D. in History, Head of the Department of Church History, SFI (Moscow; Pskov)

Book review: O. V. Borisova. Persecuted, but not Abandoned: The Diocese of Tashkent and Central Asia, 1943–1961. Moscow : SFI, 2019. 446 p.: ill.

Issue №29, pp. 156–159

Konstantin Obozny, PhD in History, Head of the Department of Church History, SFI (Moscow)

Petrov I.V. The Orthodox Baltic States of 1939-1953: The period of wars, repressions and international contradictions

Issue №22, pp. 108–110

Konstantin Obozny, Cand. Sci. (History), Associate Professor, Dean, Faculty of History, Head of the Department of Church and Social History, St. Philaret’s Institute, Moscow/Pskov

The Roundtable Overview “Russian Village on the Eve of the Great War 1914–1918” (Moscow, October 15, 2021)

Issue №40, pp. 239–248

Oleg Davydov, Dr. Sci (Philosophy), Lecturer, St. Andrew’s Biblical Theological Institute

Book review: Milbank J. Theology and Social Theory

Issue №46, pp. 167–171

Olga Orlova, Deputy Dean, Faculty of Theology, St Philaret’s Institute (Moscow)

Book review: Dikhanova-Vnukovskaya L. А. “Instead of Miracles or the Gift of Prophecy”: Jesuit Missionary Strategy in Asia in the Sixteenth Century. St Petersburg : Aletheia, 2020. 224 p. : ill.

Issue №37, pp. 200–204

Tatiana Pantchenko, Independent Researcher

Once again to the question of the theology of unity. Regarding the book by N.N.Pavlyuchenkov “Theology of unity. From F.V.J.Schelling to P.A.Florensky”. Moscow : PSTGU, 2023. 604 p.

Issue №49, pp. 259–273

Tatiana Pantchenko, Ph.D. in Philosophy, independent researcher (Amsterdam)

Theology of theological academies and theology of the laity? Book Review: Antonov K. M. (2020). How religion is possible? Philosophy of religion and philosophical problems of theology in Russian religious thought of the 19th – 20th centuries: In 2 v. Moscow : PSTGU Publ. V 1. 605, [1] p .; V. 2. 366, [2] p.

Issue №36, pp. 249–270

Alina Patrakova, Cand. Sci. (Philosophy), Academic secretary, Senior lecturer, St. Philaret’s Institute

Book abstract: Marc-Antoine Costa de Beauregard. Le Sacrement de l’Homme. Paris: Editions Cerf, 2021. 288 p.

Issue №48, pp. 246–250

Alina Patrakova, Cand. Sci. (Philosophy), Senior Lecturer, secretary of the Theology Department, St. Philaret’s Institute; Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Cultural Studies, Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow, Russia

Book review: Charles Miller. The Gift of the World. Introducing the Theology of Dumitru Stăniloae. Moscow : St. Andrew’s Biblical Theological Institute, 2021. XVI, 192 p.

Issue №45, pp. 172–181

Irina Protopopova, Ph.D. in Cultural Studies, Associate Professor, Head of the Platonov Research Center, Russian State Humanitarian University; Editor in Chief, Journal “Platonic Investigations” (Moscow)

Book Review: Plato. The Statesman / Translation, analysis, comments by R. V. Svetlov. St Petersburg : Plato philosophical Society, 2019. 212 p.

Issue №33, pp. 223–225

Rodion Savinov, Cand. Sci. (Philosophy), Associate Professor, Department of History and Philosophy, St. Petersburg State University of Veterinary Medicine, St. Petersburg

Book Review: Vdovina, Galina. Chimeras in the Forests of Scholasticism: Ens Rationis and Objective Being

Issue №40, pp. 260–269

Rodion Savinov, Ph.D. in Philosophy, Senior lecturer, Saint Petersburg State Academy of Veterinary Medicine (St Petersburg)

Book review: Vdovina G. V. Intentionality and Life : Philosophical Psychology of Post-Medieval Scholasticism. Moscow, St Petersburg : Centre for Humanitarian Initiatives, 2019. 588 [4] p. (Humanitas)

Issue №32, pp. 209–213

Margarita Shilkina, Cand. Sci. (Philosophy), Dean of Religious Studies Faculty, Chief of the Chair of Humanities and Science, St. Philaret’s Institute, Moscow

Overview of the All-Russian (National) Scientific Conference with international participation “Religion and Media: ‘The New Normal’” (Moscow, December 9–10, 2021)

Issue №41, pp. 169–173

Mikhail Smirnov, Doctor of Sociology, Professor, Pushkin Leningrad State University

Christian churches on the “parabola of politicization”. Book review: Lunkin R. N. Churches in Politics and Politics in churches. How modern Christianity is changing European society: Monograph. Мoscow : IE RAS: Nestor-History, 2020. 504 p.

Issue №38, pp. 281–286

Alexey Somov, Ph. D. in Theology, Associate Professor, St Philaret’s Institute; Translation Projects Consultant, Institute for Bible Translation; Senior Research Fellow, Oriental Studies and Comparative historical linguistics at the Institute for Social Sciences Russian Presidential, Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (Moscow, Russia)

Book Review: Bergmann Claudia D. Festmahl ohne Ende: Apokalyptische Vorstellungen vom Speisen in der Kommenden Welt im antiken Judentum und ihre biblischen Wurzeln

Issue №42, pp. 169–178

Marina Verkhovskaya, Independent Scholar, Moscow

Book abstract: Maximov Alexey, priest. Catholic Missiology: History. Theory. Hermeneutics. Moscow: PSTGU Publ., 2021. 384 p.

Issue №41, pp. 182–187

Olga Yaroshevskaya, Ph. D. in Medicine, Associate Professor, Hospital Pediatrics Department, Russian National Research Medical University (RNRMU) (Moscow)

Abstract: Hengel M., Schwemer A.-M. Jesus and Judaism. Moscow: St Andrew’s Biblical Theological Institute, 2016. 724 p. (contemporary biblical studies)

Issue №30, pp. 247–250

Gleb Yastrebov, Senior lecturer, St Philaret’s Institute (Moscow)

Book review: Kloppenborg J. S. Christ’s Associations: Connecting and Belonging in the Ancient City. New Haven; London : Yale University Press, 2019. 536 p.

Issue №37, pp. 186–189

Gleb Yastrebov, Senior Lecturer, St Philaret’s Institute (Moscow)

Book review: Tiwald M. The Sayings Source: A Commentary on Q. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer Verlag, 2020. 238 p.

Issue №39, pp. 261–267

Congratulations on defending Ph. D. thesis

Issue №42, pp. 207–212