Saint in the space of the city (by the monuments of Novgorod hagiography)

The article offers a look at the relationship city–person on the material of medieval Novgorod hagiography. The saint, canonized by the church, in his earthly life is an example of the concentrated relationship of the individual and the city as a locus and as a community of its inhabitants. These re...

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Main Author: Darya Tereshkina
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Russian-Armenian University 2022-12-01
Series:Urbis et Orbis: Mikroistoriâ i Semiotika Goroda
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Online Access:https://urbisetorbis.rau.am/en/writer/0401706687-d-b-tereskina
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description The article offers a look at the relationship city–person on the material of medieval Novgorod hagiography. The saint, canonized by the church, in his earthly life is an example of the concentrated relationship of the individual and the city as a locus and as a community of its inhabitants. These relationships are multidimensional and can be represented as confrontation and unity. The city is an arena for the manifestation of human passions, and therefore staying in it becomes a test. Ascetics retire to the desert to be able to communicate with God and their inner selves, but they cannot be completely outside the city, they enter into diverse relationships with the urban community and its individual representatives, and the confrontation often turns into the unity of the saint and the city during the life of the ascetic. The city is a God-chosen and preserved place, and prayer for it as a prototype of the Heavenly Jerusalem and for its inhabitants becomes the constant care of the saint. The saint himself, after his earthly journey, becomes an eternal inhabitant of the city, being present in it with his relics, shrines associated with him, the very name that the townspeople worship. The city, saved by the prayers of the righteous, becomes a sacred space that organizes the spiritual life of its inhabitants.
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spelling doaj.art-6359207a97ca45b78dce6ddb1ae40bf92023-04-14T11:38:08ZdeuRussian-Armenian UniversityUrbis et Orbis: Mikroistoriâ i Semiotika Goroda2738-27292022-12-0123041https://doi.org/10.34680/urbis-2022-2(3)-30-41Saint in the space of the city (by the monuments of Novgorod hagiography)Darya Tereshkina0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2079-1116Yaroslav-the-Wise Novgorod State UniversityThe article offers a look at the relationship city–person on the material of medieval Novgorod hagiography. The saint, canonized by the church, in his earthly life is an example of the concentrated relationship of the individual and the city as a locus and as a community of its inhabitants. These relationships are multidimensional and can be represented as confrontation and unity. The city is an arena for the manifestation of human passions, and therefore staying in it becomes a test. Ascetics retire to the desert to be able to communicate with God and their inner selves, but they cannot be completely outside the city, they enter into diverse relationships with the urban community and its individual representatives, and the confrontation often turns into the unity of the saint and the city during the life of the ascetic. The city is a God-chosen and preserved place, and prayer for it as a prototype of the Heavenly Jerusalem and for its inhabitants becomes the constant care of the saint. The saint himself, after his earthly journey, becomes an eternal inhabitant of the city, being present in it with his relics, shrines associated with him, the very name that the townspeople worship. The city, saved by the prayers of the righteous, becomes a sacred space that organizes the spiritual life of its inhabitants.https://urbisetorbis.rau.am/en/writer/0401706687-d-b-tereskinanovgorod hagiographycitysaintsacralisation of spaceconfrontationunityheavenly jerusalemprototype
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Saint in the space of the city (by the monuments of Novgorod hagiography)
Urbis et Orbis: Mikroistoriâ i Semiotika Goroda
novgorod hagiography
city
saint
sacralisation of space
confrontation
unity
heavenly jerusalem
prototype
title Saint in the space of the city (by the monuments of Novgorod hagiography)
title_full Saint in the space of the city (by the monuments of Novgorod hagiography)
title_fullStr Saint in the space of the city (by the monuments of Novgorod hagiography)
title_full_unstemmed Saint in the space of the city (by the monuments of Novgorod hagiography)
title_short Saint in the space of the city (by the monuments of Novgorod hagiography)
title_sort saint in the space of the city by the monuments of novgorod hagiography
topic novgorod hagiography
city
saint
sacralisation of space
confrontation
unity
heavenly jerusalem
prototype
url https://urbisetorbis.rau.am/en/writer/0401706687-d-b-tereskina
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