Histrorical Parallels: Metropolitan Macarius and Patriarch Nikon (The New Documents of their activity)

Foreward, comments and preparation of the text

Authors

  • Archimandrite Makary (Veretennikov) Holy Trinity- St. Sergius Lavra

Keywords:

Metropolitan Macarius, Patriarch Nikon, Metropolitan Philip, One hundred heads council, Moscow Council of 1666–1667, interrelations of The Church with The State, Valday monastery, charter

Abstract

The article briefl y describes the activities of Metropolitan Macarius and Patriarch Nikon, demonstrating elements of commonality in their writings. In the Appendix the article applies to the publication of the charter sent by Metropolitan Makarius in Aleksin with the resolutions of the One hundred heads council of 1551 and the charter to Metropolitan Nikon of Novgorod on the recitation of the Psalter in the church, preserved in a manuscript dating to the middle of the XVIIth century.

Author Biography

Archimandrite Makary (Veretennikov), Holy Trinity- St. Sergius Lavra

Doctor in Ecclesiastical History, laureate of the Macarius Prize

Published

2024-02-02

Issue

Section

Editions and translations