Wpływ średniowiecznej kultury południowosłowiańskiej na wschodnią i zachodnią Słowiańszczyznę

• Authors: Canev Canko

Title variants

EN

The Influence of Medieval South Slavic Culture on the Eastern and Western Slavdom

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The Orthodox trend in Polish culture has not been fully appreciated yet. Usually, when speaking about the Orthodox Church in Poland, we connect it with religious centers, first of all in Constantinople and then in Moscow.Most scholars seem to forget that Orthodox culture does not stem from these centers only. Exceptionally important centers are still underestimated; these include the Holy Mount of Athos, Bulgaria, and later also Serbia, while in separate cases even East Christian centers such as Palestine, Egypt (Sinai), Syria, Antioch and Cappadocia played their roles. Quite often South Slavic countries not only acted as intermediaries in the transfer of Byzantine culture to Eastern and Western Slavic lands but also participated actively in the process of creating a common Orthodox and Slavic culture.The paper seeks to demonstrate that during the Middle Ages there were seldom direct relations between the eastern regions of Poland and Western Russia (Ruthenia) and Constantinople, they were rather mediated by or with the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.This aspect is illustrated by examples from the history of the Orthodox Church, of medieval literature and church architecture, and by examples of the spread of worship of East Slavic saints in the territory of Poland.

Keywords

EN

Medieval South Slavic Culture; Orthodox culture; orthodox church

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie
• Journal: Acta Polono-Ruthenica
• Year: 2006
• Volume: Tom 1 Nr XI
• Pages: 57-65

Dates

published

2006-12-01

Contributors

author

Canev Canko

• Lublin

Identifiers

ISSN

1427-549X