Open AccessArchimandrite Zosima: the Ways of Presentation in Temporal and Ecclesiastical Environment
Author(s) -
Bushmakov Andrey
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
tehnologos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2687-0266
pISSN - 2687-0258
DOI - 10.15593/perm.kipf/2021.1.01
Subject(s) - orthodoxy , presentation (obstetrics) , charisma , period (music) , meaning (existential) , state (computer science) , hero , history , population , phenomenon , sociology , literature , law , classics , aesthetics , political science , art , epistemology , philosophy , archaeology , medicine , demography , algorithm , computer science , radiology
The presentation of a church leader by the example of Archimandrite Zosima, a missionary of Krasnoufimsky district in Russia in the post-reform period has been considered in the article. The author tries to reconstruct the peculiarities of self-presenting in everyday life of this church figure, known as the founder of a large monastery and at the same time as the hero of a scandal, convicted for debauchery of youth. In modern historical and religious studies dedicated to the leaders of the Russian Church of the post-reform period, actual cultural interpretations are rarely used. The study of available sources, first of all of archival documents remained in the funds of the State Archives of Perm Territory, made it possible to restore a number of features of Zosima's presentation aimed both at the masses of population of the district and at highranking secular and religious officials. The novelty of the article is characterized by the introduction of new archival and museum sources into circulation and by the address to the methodology of sociologist Irving Hoffmann in order to understand the historical meaning of the studied phenomenon. A wide range of social problems at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries is considered on the basis of Zosima’s case. The author explains the success of Archimandrite Zosima presentation not so much by his personal charisma and talents as by the peculiarities of the religious culture of Russian Orthodoxy in the post-reform period. Using the model of Orthodoxy proposed by Antonio Gramsci, one can see the potential demand for the figures of "holy elders" to whom believers who were not only at the first (popular), but also at the middle (book) level of the Orthodox religion could turn for spiritual support and exhortation. The success of Zosima's presentation was connected with the central place of the monastery created by him and could not be separated from his image. The images constructed by him were corresponded with the expectations of the common people and a part of the educated public. He was able to choose effectively the "wings" and play his part in the definite moment of time in accordance with the arranged scenery