The Abandoned City and the City Rediscoved. The Fate of St. Sergius of Radonezh and Other Fathers of the Russian Church

Olga Viktorovna Kireeva

The Abandoned City and the City Rediscoved. The Fate of St. Sergius of Radonezh and Other Fathers of the Russian Church

Управленческое консультирование. 2018;0(6):200-206

Journal Title: Управленческое консультирование

ISSN: 1726-1139 (Print); 1816-8590 (Online)

Publisher: North-West institute of management of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Society/Institution: Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

LCC Subject Category: Political science: Political institutions and public administration (General)

Country of publisher: Russian Federation

Language of fulltext: Russian, English

Full-text formats available: PDF

AUTHORS

Olga Viktorovna Kireeva (State Polar Academy)

EDITORIAL INFORMATION

Double blind peer review

Editorial Board

Instructions for authors

Time From Submission to Publication: 12 weeks

Abstract | Full Text

The article is devoted to the Genesis of monasticism in Ancient Russia as the earliest form of deurbanization in Russian culture. The reasons of the rejection of mundane life, the creation of monasteries accoding to the image of the “heavenly city” and causes the return of the monks to the city “sinful” are analysed, the forms of monasticism, the fate of the hermits and monks in extant sources are considered.