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Name: Re-consecration in Patriarch Nikon’s interpretation

Authors: Sevastianova Svetlana Klimentievna

Institute of Philology of the Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

In the section Study of literature

Abstract: On the basis of vast source material it has been concluded that Patriarch Nikon understood re-consecration as a special ceremony of elevating one to the patriarchal chair; by his position he approved the significance of the Moscow Patriarchate, defended the universal character of the Moscow Patriarchdom, magnified the role of spiritual authority in society.

Keywords: re-consecration when a bishop changes a chair, or elevates a priest to the patriarchal chair, church legislation, the continuity of moscow ranks from the universal church, «objection», metropolitan of gaza paisius ligarid, boyar s.l. streshnev

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