Section 09: Legacy and Reception

The living cult and the modern reception. The first file treats the veneration as it lives today — the feast on 11 July (24 July New Style), the patronage of widows and converts, the iconography of the crowned princess holding a church, and the dedications and hymnography; the second is the scholarship-and-reception capstone — Franklin and Shepard, the source-criticism of the Primary Chronicle, the dating debates, and the contested Russian and Ukrainian memory of the saint.

Tradition: Russian Orthodox (Equal-to-the-Apostles)

Contents

File Topic
Veneration The feast (11 July O.S. / 24 July N.S.); patroness of widows and converts; the iconographic type (the crowned foundress with a church in hand); dedications and shrines; the hymnography
The Rus’ Conversion Narrative and Scholarship Franklin and Shepard, The Emergence of Rus 750–1200; the source-criticism of the Povest’ vremennykh let (Shakhmatov, Ostrowski); the dating debates; Raffensperger’s European frame; and the contested Russian/Ukrainian memory, presented both-sides per the methodology

How to Use

  • Read Veneration for the cult as it is kept — feast, patronage, icon, and song.
  • Read The Rus’ Conversion Narrative and Scholarship for the modern critical picture and for the contested national memory — the capstone that returns to the discipline the whole collection embodies.

Cross-References