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    Εισαγωγή, διακίνηση και πρόσληψη των ρωσικών ειδών εκκλησιαστικής τέχνης στην ύστερη οθωμανική Μακεδονία
    (Institute for Mediterranean Studies - F.O.R.T.H., 2025-11) Κωστόπουλος, Τάσος
    Exploring the goals, the channels and the modalities of the transfer of objects of ecclesiastic art from the Russian Empire to Ottoman Macedonia, an area situated at the border of the Slav and Greek-speaking world, this book focuses on the contradictory interplay between this transfer and the rival nation-building processes of that region during the long nineteenth century (i.e. to the outburst of the Balkan wars in 1912). Its four chapters investigate in turn the traditional patterns of this transfer before the age of nationalisms, its relation with the Slav-Bulgarian “revival” of the 19th century, the specific forms it took in the Athos monastic community during the mass influx of Russian monks (and subsequent clash between local adherents of Greek and Russian nationalism), as well as the various private channels which contributed to the dissemination of Russian religious artefacts in the Macedonian hinterland – from pilgrims to Jerusalem or the itinerant traders known as afenja to the officially-sanctioned alms-gathering missions (ziteia) to the Russian Empire.
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    Religious Identity and Cultural Politics of the Great Powers in the Cretan State (1898-1913)
    (Institute of Art Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2025) Katopi, Sofia
    This paper analyses the cultural policies implemented by the Russians in the Rethymno region of Crete during the Cretan Autonomy period and the subsequent tensions that arose with the Italians. Furthermore, it examines how the Russians employed their Eastern Orthodox faith, which was shared by the Christian Cretans, to gain support and advance their agenda in contrast to the Italian Catholics or the Protestant British. In this context, the modernization works conducted by the Russians are surveyed along with the transfer of ecclesiastical items from Russia to be donated or sold to churches in the Rethymno area.
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    An Icon in Wars
    (Institute of Art Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2025) Komashko, Natalia ; Gergova, Ivanka
    The Shipka Monastery preserves an unpublished icon of the Virgin Mary appearing to St. Sergius of Radonezh,which has a long chronicle inscription telling the story of the original icon in the Trinity-Sergius Lavra and its participation in a series of wars. The copy in the Shipka Monastery was probably worked in the Lavra after the middle of the 19th century. A number of features of the original icon can be described as rare or unique. The inscriptions with accounts of the icon’s participation in military actions, added gradually on the icon, covering the period from 1585 to 1855, are unique to the Russian tradition.
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    Icons and Wars: Some Examples from the Russo-Turkish War 1877-1878
    (Institute of Art Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2025) Nikolov, Angel
    This article discusses the topic of the journey and fate of icons during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878. The personal involvement of Emperor Nicholas I in the war between Russia and the Ottoman Empire in 1828 (and especially in the events of the siege and capture of Varna) is discussed not only as a reason for the high reputation of the Russian ruler among the Bulgarians, but also as a reason for the popularity of images of this emperor and his son. The importance of Emperor Alexander II’s presence in the theatre of battle, his and the heir to the throne’s donations of bells, icons, entire iconostases and utensils to the churches of various towns and villages in Bulgaria are also commented on. For the first time, several icons that were presented during the war by church hierarchs and monasteries to the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian army Nicholas Nikolayevich are published – today these objects of art are kept in the Regional Military History Museum in Pleven.
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    Intercultural and Visual Art Transfer in Central Europe and the Balkans. Ruthenian-Ukrainian and Romanian Art from the 15th to the Early 19th Century
    (Mega Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca; Editura Muzeului Național al Unirii, Alba Iulia, 2023)
    The book is part of the ERC Consolidator Grant RICONTRANS editorial programme (grant agreement no. 818791) and contains 11 studies on cultural and artistic transfers between the former Polish-Lithuanian Community and the Romanian territories (Moldova, Muntenia and Transylvania).