Obrzęd nałożenia paliusza metropolitom – historia i teologia

Author(s): Karol Litawa / Language(s): English,Polish Issue: 51/2018

The term pallium derives from Latin and signifies “coat”. It is a strip made of white wool, worn on shoulders, used as an element of a liturgical attire of a Metropolitan Archbishop. The pallium is decorated with six Greek crosses, three pins and silk black trimmings. Its meaning is to emphasize the liturgical function and power of a Metropolitan Archbishop and his unity with the Holy See. The liturgical rite for imposing the pallium in the history had many modifications, and the present form was approved by Pope Francis in 2015. The rite itself underlines the pastoral responsibility of the Shepard towards his flock. It is a visible sign of unity, of the communion with Holy See and it is also a call for evangelical fortitude.

Encomia in the Slavonic Сopies of Euthymius Zigabenos’s Panoplia Dogmatike

Author(s): Mariyana Tsibranska-Kostova / Language(s): English Issue: 3-4/2017

The paper examines the texts encomia in the Slavonic copies that contain the First and the Second book of Euthymios Zigabenos’s 12th century Panoplia Dogmatike. The focus is on the following written evidence: the Slavonic translation of PD First book from the first to the 11th chapter included in two manuscripts: HM.SMS 186 – a 16th century copy from Hilandar monastery, and another 16th century manuscript – miscellany III c 16, Mihanovich collection in HAZU; the only copy containing the Second Book of PD in Slavonic – Ms. Slav. BAR 296 from the repository in the Library of the Romanian Academy of Sciences in Bucharest, dated from the very beginning of the 15th century; the famous Zagreb miscellany of Vladislav the Grammarian from 1469 with excerpts from PD. The texts of encomia are published as a complex for the first time. The author sustains the hypothesis that the Slavonic translation of PD had a close connection with the Athonite monastic brotherhood, whose orthodoxy and orthopraxy was the main engine for both the appearance of the translation, and its subsequent use and spread, especially in Ottoman times, when the Orthodoxy, more than ever, needed the dogmatic bases of its identity. The article tries to answer the question about the role of encomia in this process.

В новите броеве на списанията на издателство ,,Аз-буки“ четете

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2019

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Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 3/2019

CULTURE, LANGUAGES AND CUSTOMS IN THE BALKANS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF WESTERN TRAVELERS OF THE 15th CENTURY

Author(s): Ivayla Popova / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2019

The present study focuses on texts of Western Travelers (Konrad Grünemberg, Pietro Casola, Arnold von Harff, Felix Fabri) and data pertaining to the culture, languages and customs of the Balkan people. Curious details about wedding and funeral customs in the Balkans we can found in the travel notes of Konrad Grünemberg. Arnold von Harff provides valuable data on Balkan languages – Slavic, Greek, Albanian and Turkish, including short dictionaries of these languages. In the travel notes of Western pilgrims and travelers, the ethnic diversity of the Balkans is consistently reflected. The western texts state that the majority of the Balkan population was Christian Orthodox. At the same time, there is interesting information on the minorities of Gypsies and Jews in a suburb of Modon, and their characteristic cultural features are discussed at length.

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Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 6/2019

Залезът на средновековна България

Author(s): Krasimira Yordanova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2016

The Decline of Medieval Bulgaria

В новите книжки на научните списания на издателство Аз-буки четете

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2016

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Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 3/2016

Guide for authors

Към читателя

Author(s): Nadya Kantareva-Baruh / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2016

Икономика, търговия и градски живот в лангобардска и византийска Южна Италия (X – XI в.)

Author(s): Georgi Dimov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2016

At the beginning of the 11th century, in the aftermath of the long rule of the Macedonian dynasty (867 – 1056), the Byzantine Empire was going through a political, cultural and economic upsurge. After winning victories over Bulgarians, Arabs, Georgians and Armenians the Empire extended its borders by consolidating many of its former territories. At that time city life in the Byzantine Empire was making headway at a scale unknown since late Antiquity. A century later some Norman adventurers, on pilgrimage to Monte Sant’ Angelo – Gargano, lent their swords in 1017 to the Lombard cities of Apulia against the Byzantines. From 1016 to 1030 the Normans were pure mercenaries, serving either Byzantine or Lombard. In the second half of 11th century their leaders joined in the organized attempt to wrest Apulia from the Byzantines, who had lost most of that province by 1040. Bari was captured by the Normans in April 1071, and Byzantine authority was finally terminated in Italy, five centuries after the conquest of Justinian I.

Представата за склави и тюрки в „Стратегикона“ на Псевдомаврикий

Author(s): Ivan Stoyanov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2016

The purpose of the current study is to examine Maurice’ Strategikon – its genre specifics and the way they affect the nature of the information regarding the state and social evolution of the various barbarous people scattered through the Eurasian Barbaricum. We will focus mainly on the differences and similarities in the images of the nomads – Turks and Avars, and the sedentary Sclavs, living both on the border regions of the Roman Empire. We shall distinguish the sustainable antique topoi form those specific and objective characteristics – resulting from the development of the Roman-Barbarian relations from the late fifth century, which formed the image of the other in the minds of the Romans through the Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages.

Бележки върху демографската, религиозната и стопанската история на селищата по поречието на Въча през последната четвърт на XV – XVI в.

Author(s): Damian Borisov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2016

This study aims to trace in detail the development of demographic and religious processes in the settlements along the river Vacha during the last quarter of the 15th century – 16th century using data from Ottoman registers.

В новите броеве на списанията на издателство ,,Аз-буки“ четете

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2016

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Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 1/2016

Каменная летопись Каламиты-Инкермана

Author(s): Vladimir P. Kirilko / Language(s): Russian Issue: 6/2019

The first defense structure of Kalamita was a Byzantine fortress of 550—650: it protected the passage to the Heraclean Peninsula. Not earlier than 1422 and as late as the end of 1423, most likely in spring or summer of 1423, its early medieval debris was used for building a new fortification in its place. The new structure belonged to a ruler of Theodoro who started a war against Caffa. In October-November 1423, the defense structures of Kalamita were massively damaged by a 9-degree Yalta earthquake and restored in 1425—1427. In 1434, Kalamita was burnt down by a Genoese punitive expedition led by Carlo Lomellini. Further restoration works aimed to erect a stone wall to defend the suburb. The fortifications of the Theodoro fortress were substantially reconstructed within 1450—1475, with the support of the Genoese authorities. In 1475—1771, Kalamita belonged to the Ottomans, who at the end of the 16th century (the earliest), but, most likely in the 17th — early 18th century, added two new fortifications to the fortress: wallgang and glacis.

The Dedicatory Inscription of Saint George Church at Akraifnion, Boeotia (1311).

Author(s): Alexandra Kostarelli / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2019

L’église de Saint George, un édifice en croix inscrite avec coupole, de type complexe à quatre colonnes, est située au pied de l’acropole de l’ancienne Acraephia. À l’époque de l’occupation franque, le village portait lenom de Karditsa et faisait partie du duché d’Athènes. La recherche s’est longtemps accordée sur l’idée que la constructionde l’église devait être attribuée à Antoine le Flamenc, un chevalier français mentionné par l’inscriptionvotive. Le donateur aurait fait bâtir l’église en l’honneur de saint George, saint militaire auquel il devait sa surviependant la bataille de Halmyros (1311), lorsque les Catalans anéantirent l’armée franque. Les récents travaux deconservation, financés par le programme opérationnel régional Thessalie-Grèce continentale-Épire 2007-2013, ontcependant révélé que l’évolution architecturale de l’édifice est bien différente: le chevalier franc n’aurait fait querénover une église qui existait déjà. Le présent article propose donc une nouvelle lecture de l’inscription, recentréesur une analyse des transcriptions précédentes faites par J. A. Buchon et W. Miller, et montre que les anciennesinterprétations du texte étaient sans doute erronées. Bien qu’il soit actuellement impossible de déterminer laséquence précise des événements mentionnés par l’inscription, il est certain qu’ils se sont produits avant et après 1311 (date de la bataille et également date de l’inscription). Des observations détaillées, associées aux phases deconstruction du monument et aux couches ultérieures de sa décoration murale, viennent confirmer ces idées.

Monumentele medievale de pe Valea Târnavelor.

Author(s): Dragoș Năstăsoiu,Ferenc Mihály,Lorand Kiss / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2019

Международна научна конференция „Граници и граничност в южнославянските култури: градското и библейското“

Author(s): Tsvetomira Danova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 39/2019

Первый международный Петербургский исторический форум

Author(s): N. V. Turygina / Language(s): Russian Issue: 2 (26)/2019

The article highlights issues related to the problems of studying the history of Eastern Europe, the definition of Slavic identity and the construction of national Slavic historical memory, which were discussed by domestic and foreign researchers in the framework of the First international St. Petersburg historical forum (October 29–November 3, 2019).