Holiday Services and Church Celebrations in Old Moscow

5 hrs. 23 min.

Language Russian

Author Grigory Georgievsky

Narrator Stanislav Fedosov

Description

The publication is a collection of materials published in the 1890s in various Moscow periodicals and compiled based on the works of prominent researchers of Russian antiquity—Nikolai Krasnoseltsev, Ivan Zabelin, and others. Although Grigory Georgievsky’s book was popular even before the Revolution (as evidenced by 4 reissues), over time the significance of this collection increased greatly. A fairly modest edition turned into one of the main and authoritative sources, without which modern articles and research on the history of Moscow festivities and ceremonies rarely get by.
Grigory Petrovich Georgievsky [1866–1948]—professor of book science, archivist, custodian of the Manuscripts Department of the Rumyantsev Museum. Born in the village of Glinki in the Gzhatsk district of the Smolensk province into a family of a priest. A graduate of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy. Worked at the Rumyantsev Museum (later the State Library named after V. I. Lenin) for 58 years. Grigory Petrovich Georgievsky compiled a book devoted to the history and traditions of the major holidays celebrated in Russia since ancient times and in its ancient capital. The collection “Festive Services and Church Celebrations in Old Moscow” is one of the main and most authoritative sources on the history of Moscow festivities and ceremonies.

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