Saints and Demons. Notes on the Posthumous Fate of Disgraced Tsar Ivan the Terrible

In the book, the example of six monastic cloisters, explores the tradition of the Church the remembrance of the victims of mass repression during the reign Ivana Groznogo after the introduction of liturgical usage "synodic disgraced" 1583 Complete freedom in choosing the ways of remembrance executed co-religionists, provided the first king of the Moscow monastery authorities, has created a unique a situation where one kalugery commemorated them as revered pious dead, while others, on the contrary, - as the infernal "Zalozhnev" dead, doomed to eternal afterlife harvest Nia. The latter is in full compliance mindset of Grozny, to realize their vast knowledge of book and traditional culture in the penile system, which is based on the principle of killing not only the flesh but also criminal soul was laid. Elaborate symbolism of "rites" penalty "sovereign disobedient" in the era oprichnina with particular clearly manifested in the "crazy" deliberate practice of extermination belonged to them "nasty" property. Designed for both professional historians as well as for anyone interested in the history of the Fatherland.