Theory Moscow - The Third Rome. Medieval Roots of Russian Mesianism

Abstract

The article deals with the origin and transformations of theory Moscow - The Third Rome, first formulated between 1522 and 1524 by the monk Philotheus of the Yelizarov monastery in Pskov.

Keywords

• Muscovite Russia
• Orthodox Church
• catholicism
• mesianism
• monk Philotheus