Limits and possibilities of apostolicity as shown by the concepts of "apostle" and "equal to the apostle" in the Orthodox tradition with relation to saints Mark and Andrew, Cyril and Methodius, Nina of Georgia, Sava of Serbia and Vladimir"
2010
Abstract
The article deals with historical saints from the eastern Christian tradition, which served as paradigms for the development of the cultural and religious identity for the nations in which they served. Further it discusses the issue of how these figures where compared to the apostolic tradition found in the Gospels and how these defined or redifined the coneptions of the apostle and the equal to the apostles.