О чем нам говорят посвящения церквей в Московской Руси XVI–XVII вв.? Дискуссия
What can the names of churches in Muscovite Rus’ of the 16th–17th centuries tell us? Discussion

Summary/Abstract: How did the sacred space of Orthodox dioceses develop in the 15th–17th centuries? Is it possible to identify patterns in the dedication of Orthodox churches to certain saints? The participants in the discussion analyze these issues based on their own research in different territories of Muscovite Rus’ — the European part and Siberia. Research shows that the construction of churches and their dedication to Orthodox saints and Orthodox holidays is a kind of indicator of the spiritual development of the territory and its habitation. The dynamics of dedications of altars of city and monastery cathedrals, city and rural parish churches reflects the peculiarities of the formation of the parish structure and shows the relationship between national and local processes. The study of churches in Muscovite Rus’ becomes representative after the appearance of detailed descriptions of the rural space at the end of the 15th century. Transformations of the social structure of the state, changes in internal and external borders lead to dynamic changes in the dedications of churchaltars and changes in the parish structure.

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