WHO OF THE GODUNOVS WAS NICKNAMED «MIKHAIL»? EPITAPH ON A WHITE STONE TOMB-STONE FROM THE GODUNOV FAMILY TOMB IN THE HOLY TRINITY IPATIEV MONASTERY (KOSTROMA)

Alexander G. Avdeev

St.-Tikhons Orthodox University, Dmitriy Pozharsky University, Moscow, Russia

Email: avdey57@mail.ru

ORCID: 0000-0001-7253-9126

Issue: № 2 (22), 2023

Pages: 161

Annotation

The paper for the first time publishes a white stone tombstone from the Godunov family tomb in the Holy Trinity Ipatiev Monastery (Kostroma). The restored text of the epitaph suggests that it indicates a representative of the Godunov family, the son of Iosif (Asan) Dmitrievich Godunov, who had two secular christian names — the baptismal Nestor and the public, non-baptismal Mikhail, under which he appears in the overwhelming majority of sources. The paper attempts to clarify the time death of Mikhail's / Nestor Godunov and certain considerations are expressed about the possible date of his birth, as well as about his personal heavenly patrons, in whose honor he was named with two Christian names.

Keywords

epigraphy of Moscow Russia, Corpus Inscritionum Rossicarum, epitaph, Kostroma, St. Trinity Ipatievskiy Monastery, family tomb, onomastics, dual naming of lay Christians, Church Calendar, Cult of Saints, Godunovs, Nestor / Michail Godunov.

For citation

Avdeev A. G., Litvina A. F, Uspenskij F. B. Who of the Godunovs was nicknamed "Mikhail"? Epitaph on a white stone tomb-stone from the Godunov family tomb in the Holy Trinity Ipatiev Monastery (Kostroma) // Ipatievsky vestnik. 2023. № . 2. Р. 161–173 (In Russian). https://doi.org/10.24412/2309–5164–2023–2–161–173