Church and the empire in the Byzantine church-poetic monuments

The book is devoted to the reflection of the life of the Ecumenical Church and the Byzantine (Roma) empire in the Byzantine church-poetic, or hymnographic, monuments. For the first time in the monograph, the problem of historicism in Byzantine hymnography is posed. The book explores church-poetic texts from the end of the 1st to the end of the X century. - Apocalypse hymns, great glory, anthem of the Trinity, tropari Avksenti, condaki prep. The novel of the Sweeter, the canons of St. Andrei of the Cretan, John Damaskin, Cosmas of the Maumi, Joseph of the chanter. Different aspects of the life of the Church and the Empire are investigated, including Martyrdom, dogmatic disputes, wars, rebellions, earthquakes, legal conflicts. Based on gymnographic monuments in a new way, the book of Nick is highlighted in the book, the life of Prep. The novel of the Sweeter, War with Persians and Avars, ideas about society and culture, etc. The application publishes a number of monuments unrelated and not translated into Russian