Ipatievsky Vestnik № 3 (15), 2021

The article provides an overview of the current situation with respect to the well-known similarities in the biblical Book of Proverbs of Solomon and in the ancient Egyptian treatise "The Teachings of Amenemopa". The author in the form of a table gives the most complete list of parallels with the names of some researchers pointing to these places. For a comprehensive assessment of the situation, the table is provided with several translations of sources. The text of the article describes a brief background of the problem and outlines the existing points of view.

The article reveals the main methods of overcoming the social processes of secularization in the interpretation of the Orthodox Archbishop and Hieromartyr Ilarion Troitsky. Comprehending the social phenomena of secularization from a theological standpoint, he proposes open and active missionary activity, church enlightenment, restoration of the canonical structure of the Church, refusal to rationalize Christianity, etc.

The relevance of the canonicity as concept took one of the main positions in christian art today. This article explains the idea of canon and canonicity in it's original meaning as well as the senses that came up and got attached to it in later times. Combination of canonicity principles and theological tradition expressed in art on the one hand, and creative approach on the other may bring the evolution of sacred art and architecture. The article is indicating this significant features in modern creativity: inviolability of the dogma doctrine that faces constantly changing tradition.

This article presents, in chronological order, materials received from various sources (including documents for the first time introduced into scientific circulation from the archives of the Holy Synod, relating to the tradition of the annual transfer of the miraculous image of the Mother of God from Kostroma to Galich), which were collected by the author in order to write a book about Feodorovskaya Icon of the Queen of Heaven. All dates in the text are in the old style; abbreviations are disclosed without additional reservations or (if they may be ambiguous) by means of square brackets; the author's explanations are in square brackets. Quoting is done primarily in accordance with modern spelling and punctuation standards.

The article characterizes the sources for studying the history of the Orthodox Church and spiritual education. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of written sources reflecting the development of the Kostroma Theological Seminary over a long historical period. The main attention is paid to the study of the Orthodox periodicals, reflecting the charitable activities of the KDS in the late XIX - early. XX centuries. The research was carried out on the basis of the analysis of the content of the most famous periodical of that time - "Kostroma Diocesan Gazette", which came out in 1885-1917. A qualitative description of the activities of the charitable "Society for Aid to Needy Students in the Kostroma Theological Seminary" (1899-1917) has been carried out. The reports of the Society, published on the pages of this periodical, have been subjected to a thorough comparative analysis. They contain valuable factual and statistical data characterizing the peculiarities of the charitable activities of the theological seminary, the largest educational institution at that time. This article is one of the last scientific works of the author.

This article is dedicated to Semyon Ivanovich Shirsky, a native of the Kostroma hinterland, a graduate of the Kostroma Theological Seminary, the St. Petersburg Theological Academy and who taught a course of Scripture in his native Kostroma Seminary for 10 years. Shirsky S.I. went from a seminarian to a teacher, and later from a secretary of the Kostroma spiritual consistory to a prosecutor and manager of the office of the Georgian-Imereti Holy Synod office. In 1891 Shirsky S.I. was promoted to actual state councilor. He was the author of scientific works on teaching the Law of God in public schools. Buried in the city of Kostroma in the Epiphany-Anastasin monastery. In this article, the author, on the basis of the archival materials of GAKO introduced into scientific circulation for the first time, traced the life path of one of the outstanding pupils and teachers of the Kostroma Theological Seminary, unjustifiably forgotten, but at the same time made a significant contribution to spiritual education, and also touched upon those individuals, with whom the fate of S.I.Shirsky intersected The year 2021 marks the 130th anniversary of his death, and this article will be a contribution to the memory of our fellow countryman who worked in the field of Christ.

The article reveals the genre and stylistic features of the "Tale of the Life of Alexander Nevsky", examines the significance of this work in the context of ancient Russian novels of the XIII – XVII centuries.

The article is devoted to the issue of using the badges of graduates of theological schools of the Russian Orthodox Church, the insignia of masters, candidates and doctors of theology, as well as other badges of theological schools in the recent period of the history of the Russian Church. Based on the grains of available information, it is known that only a few Russian seminaries had in their practice the experience of giving their graduates their own badges, and even fewer theological schools today have their own commemorative, jubilee or award signs and medals. In Ukrainian theological educational institutions under the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church, this practice has become more widespread. It is safe to say that these signs are very rare and are of undoubted interest both from the point of view of phaleristics, and from the side of evidence of the era of revival and the formation of theological schools in modern times and their activities in training church personnel.

The article is devoted to the problems of speech culture in the modern language reality and the function that speech culture performs in the professional activity of a teacher of a higher educational institution. The concept of "speech culture" and its multidimensional nature, problems arising in modern language practice, and ways to overcome them are considered. The role of eloquence in the professional activity of a teacher.

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