The Quarterly Journal of St. Philaret’s Institute

Basilius J. Groen, emeritus professor of liturgical studies and sacramental theology, the University of Graz, the UNESCO chair for intercultural and interreligious dialogue in South-eastern Europe; visiting professor, the Catholic University of Leuven, the Institutum Liturgicum in London and Farnborough, the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome (Graz, Austria)

Consecration of Chrism: Symbol of Ecclesial Unity?

pp. 121–129

Marina Naumova, Vice Rector for Development, St. Philaret’s Institute; Postgraduate student, SS Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute of Post-Graduate Studies (Moscow)

The Origin and Purpose of Church Canons in N. P. Aksakov’ Writings

pp. 130–151

Publications

Andrey Kostryukov, Dr. Sci (History), Cand. Sci. (Theology), Leading Researcher, research office of contemporary history of Russian Orthodox church, Professor, Department of general and Russian church history and canon law, Orthodox St. Tikhonovsky Humanitarian University (Moscow, Russia)

Revisiting the jurisdiction of Moscow Patriarchate (Unapproved draft decree of 1950)

pp. 152–168

Overviews, Reviews, Congratulations

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

pp. 169–178

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

pp. 179–184

Ilona Skorobogatova, Editor, The Quarterly Journal of St. Philaret’s Institute (Moscow, Russia)

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

Overview of the conference ‘Witness of the Faith: In Memory of Protopresbyter Alexander Schmemann’

pp. 185–196

Yana Pantueva, Cand. Sci. (Philology), Associate Professor, St. Philaret’s Institute (Moscow, Russia)

Overview of the conference ‘Archpriest Sergius Bulgakov: Beauty — Sofia — Church’

pp. 197–206

Congratulations on defending Ph. D. thesis

pp. 207–212

Obituary