Syllabus
Paganism. Folklore, traditions, festivals, customs.
Beresta. Lubok.
Russian folk handicrafts, applied arts. The influence of Christianity on the Russian culture.
Moscow - the third Rome. Russian Orthodox Christianity.
Basic attributes of the Orthodox Church. Comparison of Catholic and Orthodox liturgies.
Orthodox cathedral. Icon painting.
Important Russian painters of icons. Religious festivals.
Pascha (Easter). Orthodox Church in Bohemia.
Slavophilism and Westernism. Russian Messianism.
Dekabrists (Decembrists). Pan-Russian movement.
Russian revolutions and their legacy in Russian culture. Seeking the third way.
Annotation
Aiming students at fundamental cultural and religious movements and development tendencies of the Russian culture, giving them information about the most important figures in broader European context as well as about religious and secular traditions and customs
Paganism. Folklore, traditions, festivals, customs. Beresta. Lubok. Russian folk handicrafts, applied arts. The influence of
Christianity on the Russian culture. Moscow ? the third Rome. Russian Orthodox Christianity. Basic attributes of the Orthodox
Church. Comparison of Catholic and Orthodox liturgies. Orthodox cathedral. Icon painting. Important Russian painters of icons. Religious festivals. Pascha (Easter). Orthodox Church in Bohemia. Slavophilism and Westernism. Russian
Messianism. Dekabrists (Decembrists). Pan-Russian movement. Russian revolutions and their legacy in Russian culture.
Seeking the third way.