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Shusherin, Ioann.

From Peasant to Patriarch : Account of the Birth, Upbringing, and Life of His Holiness Nikon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. - Lanham : Lexington Books, 2007. - 1 online resource (218 pages)

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Account of the Birth, Upbringing, and Life of His Holiness Nikon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Written by His Cleric Ioann Shusherin; Annotations to the Account; Bibliography; Glossary of Russian Terms; Index; About the Authors.

This book chronicles Nikon's entire life, focusing on the patriarch's relationship with the Romanov royal family and his monastery building program. The narrative also features rare eyewitness accounts of monumental events and daily life in seventeenth-century Russia from a domestic perspective. The first annotated English language translation of the comprehensive text, From Peasant to Patriarch includes extensive commentary, parallel texts, and a glossary of Russian terms.

ISBN: 9780739155332 0739155334

Subjects--Personal Names:
Nikon, Patriarch of Moscow and of Russia, 1605-1681.
Nikon, Patriarch of Moscow and of Russia, 1605-1681

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ--Bishops--Biography.
Orthodox Eastern Church--Bishops--Russia--Biography.
Orthodox Eastern Church
Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Nikon, Patriarch of Moscow and of Russia, 1605-1681.
Orthodox Eastern Church--Russia--Bishops--Biography.
Russkaia pravoslavnaia tserkov--Bishops--Biography.
RELIGION--Christianity--Orthodox.
Bishops

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Russia

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Biographies

LC Class. No.: BX597 .N5 S4913 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 281.9