St. Anthony of Kiev and the Earliest History of Russian Monasticism (Novitiates in Old Rus’)
According to the Russian Primary Chronicle, when St. Anthony settled in his cave near Kiev, people joined him and he tonsured them as monks. We know, however, that in certain cases he did not tonsure the newcomers but sent them to be tonsured by a priest (hieromonk). Obviously St. Anthony was not a...
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Moscow State University of Education
2016-08-01
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| Online Access: | http://slovene.ru/ojs/index.php/slovene/article/view/150 |