Open AccessIlarion Zeremski and Irinej Ciric at the Moscow ecclesiastical academy: A contribution to the history of formation of Serbian theological elite in Russia
Author(s) -
Vladislav Puzović
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
zbornik matice srpske za društvene nauke/zbornik matice srpske za društvene nauke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0836
pISSN - 0352-5732
DOI - 10.2298/zmsdn1762251p
Subject(s) - serbian , elite , context (archaeology) , bishops , theology , political science , sociology , classics , history , law , philosophy , archaeology , linguistics , politics
According to documents from Moscow archives, the religious and scientific context, historical course and theological significance of the studying of two important Serbian bishops and theologians, Ilarion Zeremski and Irinej Ciric, at the Moscow Ecclesiastical Academy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries have been researched. The process of their theological education in Sergiev Posad, so far unknown to Serbian science, was of a decisive importance for their theological and scientific work latter. In this paper, through the educational and scientific activities of their professors, are presented the currents of Russian academic theological thought at the time of their schooling. Their schooling is followed from the admission to the Academy to the acquisition of candidate of theology degree, with an emphasis on the importance of the final results in the form of their candidate dissertations. It is pointed out that Zeremski and Ciric represent the best testimony to the justifiability of theological and academic cooperation between Serbia and Russia in this period. Possitive outcomes, in their case, were the most visible in the field of Serbian biblical studies, church history and liturgical studies.