COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS OF THEOLOGICAL SCHOOLS OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OF THE 20TH–21ST CENTURIES

Pavel V. Bochkov

Kostroma Theological Seminary, The rector of the church of St. Luke of the Archbishop of Krasnoyarsk, Norilsk, Russia

Email: frpavel@inbox.ru

ORCID: 0000-0002-3218-6706

Issue: № 1 (25), 2024

Pages: 94

Annotation

The article examines such an original and unique phenomenon in the world of faleristics and numismatics as commemorative medals of theological schools of the Russian Orthodox Church, also known as desktop commemorative medals. Commemorative medals of theological schools became widespread in the 20th–21st centuries. among representatives of teaching corporations, employees of various kinds of church institutions and, of course, graduates of theological schools, both clergy and laity. Commemorative medals are the object of collecting by both falerists and numismatists, and as a phenomenon are located at the intersection of the interests of these two original and multifaceted trends in collecting. In the article, in chronological order, the reader is offered commemorative medals of theological academies and theological seminaries, known to the author, which are dedicated both to the anniversaries of the theological schools themselves, and to outstanding representatives of church science of the past and present. Commemorative medals of theological schools of the Russian Orthodox Church, having arisen in the difficult Soviet historical period for the Orthodox Church, became evidence not only of the revival of the corporate spirit of the highest theological school, but also a noticeable and valuable contribution to modern church phaleristics, numismatics and Russian church applied art.

Keywords

theological academy, theological seminary, medals of theological schools, commemorative medals, table medals, church faleristics, church numismatics

For citation

Bochkov P. V., priest. Commemorative medals of theological schools of the Russian Orthodox Church of the 20th–21st centuries // Ipatievsky vestnik. 2024. № 1. Р. 94–116 (In Russian). https:// doi.org/10.24412/2309–5164–2024–1–94–116