Skurat, Konstantin Efimovich

Born on August 29, 1929 in the village of Komaysk, Poland (now the Vitebsk region of Belarus ) in a peasant family.

He studied first in a Polish school, during the years of occupation - German, after the liberation of Belarus - Soviet. He graduated from secondary school with a silver medal.

In 1951 he graduated with honors from the Minsk Theological Seminary , after which he entered the Moscow Theological Academy , which he graduated in 1955 (also with honors). For his work on the topic “The Christian doctrine of prayer and its significance in the matter of moral improvement,” he received the degree of candidate of theology and was left at the academy as a professor scholarship holder in the Department of History of the Russian Church and a teacher of the Moscow Theological Seminary.

Since 1955 - teacher of Moscow theological schools ( catechism , history of the Russian Church , general church history, dogmatic theology , pathology , Greek , history of the Ancient Church). In 1964 he was awarded the title of Associate Professor.

In 1970 he defended his master's thesis on the theme “ Soteriology of St. Athanasius the Great ” and was awarded the title of professor .

In 1978, she was awarded a doctorate in church history for her work “Local Orthodox Churches”.

Since 2003, Honored Professor of the Moscow Theological Academy and an honorary member of the Minsk Theological Academy.

Since 2008, Honorary Professor of the Yaroslavl Theological Seminary .

June 15, 2014 awarded the degree of Doctor of Theology ^[1] .

• Order of St. Prince Vladimir III degree (1971)
• Order of St. Prince Vladimir II degree (1979)
• Order of the Rev Sergius of Radonezh III degree (1985)
• Order of the Rev Sergius of Radonezh II degree (1989)
• Order of the Rev Sergius of Radonezh, I degree (2014)
• Order of St. Prince Daniel of Moscow III degree (1995)
• Order of St. Prince Daniel of Moscow II degree (1999)
• holy order Moscow Macarius II degree (2004)
• holy order Cyril of Turovsky I degree (2008)
• Order of Honor of Kuzbass (2014)
• Order of Glory and Honor of the I degree (2019)
• Orders of the Alexandrian, Bulgarian Orthodox Churches, medals of the Jerusalem and Romanian Orthodox Churches, the Russian Federation, as well as the Moscow Theological Academy, St. Petersburg Theological Academy

articles

• Holy noble Grand Duke Mikhail Yaroslavich of Tver // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1958. No. 4. P. 68-72.
• Metropolitan of Moscow Plato as a preacher // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1958. No. 10. P. 57-64.
• Christian prayer // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1958. No. 11. P. 42-48.
• St. Peter, Metropolitan of Moscow // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1959. No. 8. P. 54-59.
• St. John Climacus - teacher of prayer // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1964. No. 4. P. 57-63.
• Glorious anniversary (to the 150th anniversary of the Moscow Theological Academy) // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1965. No. 1. P. 16-23 (co-authored with a priest S. Sokolov, A. I. Ospov, V. Borozdinov)
• The end of the school year in Moscow theological schools // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1967. No. 7. p. 12-15.
• Filaret evening // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1967. No. 2. pp. 24-26.
• The triumph of Orthodoxy // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1968. No. 4. p. 6-8.
• Holy Easter night // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1968. No. 6. p. 6.
• Church of the Holy City // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1968. No. 11. P. 42-48.
• Serbian Orthodox Church (reference) // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1969. No. 9. p. 60.
• Autocephalous Orthodox Church in America // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1971. No. 5. P. 50-54.
• Autocephalous Orthodox Church in America // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1971. No. 6. P. 57-60.
• Soteriology St. Irenaeus of Lyons // Theological works. M., 1971. No. 6. P. 47-78.
• Soteriology of St. Athanasius the Great (abstract of the dissertation of the same name submitted for the degree of Master of Theology) // Theological works. M., 1971. No. 7. P. 257—262
• Hellas Orthodox Church // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1972. No. 11. P. 49-50.
• Hellas Orthodox Church // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1972. No. 12. P. 49-52.
• The completion of human salvation - deification (according to the creations of St. Athanasius the Great) // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1973. No. 5. P. 61-64.
• The Orthodox Church of Cyprus (pages of spiritual life) // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1973. No. 7. P. 52-56.
• Orthodox Autocephalous Church in Czechoslovakia // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1973. No. 2. P. 47-50.
• Orthodox Autocephalous Church in Czechoslovakia // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1973. No. 3. P. 46-51.
• Pages of the spiritual life of the Orthodox Church in Czechoslovakia. Saints of the Czech Republic and Slovakia // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1973. No. 4. P. 45-47.
• Salvation and the Church (according to the creations of St. Athanasius the Great) // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1973. No. 8. P. 63-68.
• Doctrine of sv. Athanasius the Great about the Incarnation as the basis of salvation // Theological works. M., 1973. No. 11. P. 120-128.
• Romanian Orthodox Church // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1974. No. 1. P. 47-54.
• Primate of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church after the restoration of its patriarchate // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1975. No. 6. P. 38-41.
• The current situation and spiritual life of the Bulgarian Church // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1976. No. 3. P. 54-57.
• The Second Congress of Orthodox Theological Schools // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1977. No. 3. P. 43-49.
• Aspects and facts of the history of Russian-Bulgarian brotherhood and friendship // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1978. No. 4. P. 56-59.
• Aspects and facts of the history of Russian-Bulgarian brotherhood and friendship // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1978. No. 5. P. 47-50.
• The Church as a Place of Sanctification (John 17, 17-19) // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1979. No. 2. P. 75-79.
• The Orthodox Church of Finland // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1979. No. 8. p. 54-57.
• The Orthodox Church of Finland // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1979. No. 9. P. 46-49.
• In memory of St. Basil the Great // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1980. No. 1. P. 45-48.
• Following Christ the Savior in spiritual and moral perfection (Mark 10.17-31; Rome 12,1,2,9; Phil. 2,5) // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1981. No. 10. p. 57-61.
• Word on the day of the feast of the Ascension of the Lord // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1982. No. 4. P. 37-39.
• The Nativity of the Virgin is a joy to the world // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1982. No. 10. p. 51-52.
• Pilgrimage to places of sacred memories // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1982. No. 12. P. 44-46.
• Epiphany in the life of the world // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1983. No. 1. P. 42-43.
• Words of the eternal life of His Holiness Patriarch Pimen [report at the solemn meeting in the MDA and MDS] // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1983. No. 2. P. 37-44.
• The unity of the Holy Church and the Local Orthodox Churches (dogmatic-canonical essay) // Theological works. M., 1983, No. 24, pp. 197-213.
• Fraternal visit of Patriarch Pimen to Romania (October 11-17, 1983) // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1984. No. 7. P. 6-12.
• On the day of Pentecost // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1985. No. 6. p. 33-34.
• On the day of the Assumption of the Mother of God // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1985. No. 9. pp. 41-42.
• True Prayer (Week of the Publican and Pharisee) // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1986. No. 3. P. 34-36.
• Sacrament of Penance. The Order of Confession // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1986. No. 4. P. 72-74. (in co-authorship with Archpriest Gennady Nefyodov)
• Theology of Love // ​​Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1986. No. 9. p. 36-37.
• “Sinappi-VII” [VII theological interview between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland (Mikkeli, Finland, June 3-11, 1986)] // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1986. No. 11. P. 65-67.
• The Russian Orthodox Church in the liberation of the Balkan peoples from the yoke of the Ottoman Empire // Theological works. M., 1987. No. 28. pp. 120-174.
• Dogmatic themes in Russian church literature of the XI-XVII centuries [bibl. 29] // Theological works. M., 1989. No. 29. p. 5-19.
• The theological works of Metropolitan Alexei Kalininsky and Kashinsky // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1989. No. 3. P. 31-32.
• The Patriarchate of Constantinople and the Diaspora // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1989. No. 9. pp. 60-63.
• The Patriarchate of Constantinople and the Diaspora // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1989. No. 10. p. 45-49
• St. Gregory the Theologian on any wisdom and knowledge of God (on the 1600th anniversary of the repose (389-1989)) // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1989. No. 10. p. 59-63
• Love your neighbor (according to Russian church literature of the 11th-17th centuries) // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1990. No. 3. pp. 69-72.
• The pathological works of MDA professor I.V. Popov [bibl. 120] // Theological works. M., 1990. No. 30. pp. 83-116.
• Beatitudes - the ladder of spiritual perfection // Theological works. M., 1990. No. 30. pp. 320—327.
• The inner dispensation of a Christian in the art of the church words of Ancient Russia [bibl. 32] // Theological works. M., 1993. No. 31. p. 296-313.
• On the day of the celebration of the Kursk Icon of the Mother of God “Sign” // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1995. No. 9-10. p. 60-62.
• Moscow Theological Academy in 1814-1869 // Theological Bulletin . M., 1996.V. 1. pp. 58-73
• The exposure of vices in Russian church literature of the 11th-17th centuries [bibl. 30] // Theological works. M., 1996. No. 32. pp. 223-234.
• Miterikon's instructions to reverent ascetics // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1996. No. 9. pp. 66-73.
• Christian doctrine of prayer and its significance in the matter of spiritual and moral perfection // Theological works. M., 1997. No. 33. p. 5-62.
• Saint John Chrysostom - God-Blessed Olympics // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 1997. No. 8. p. 72-79.
• The manifestation of the apostolic faith in the life of the Church // Theological Bulletin. M., 1998.Vol. 2. pp. 60-81.
• Since 1947 ...: (Memoirs) // Theological Bulletin. M., 2000.V. 2. 1999. p. 18-60.

the books

• Synopsis on General Church History for the 4th Grade of the Seminary; Kiev. Spirits. seminary. - Kiev: b. and., 1979. - [2], 142 p .;
• History of Local Orthodox Churches. T. 1. - M.: Firm "Rus. lights ": ANS, 1994. - 334, [1] p. : ill .; ISBN 5-88599-001-8
• History of Local Orthodox Churches. T. 2. - M.: Firm "Rus. lights ": ANS, 1994. - 318, [1] p. : ill .; ISBN 5-88599-002-6
• Professor of the Moscow Theological Academy Konstantin Efimovich Skurat: [Bibliography / Preface. and comp. holy S. Pravdolyubova]. - M.: St. Cyprian: Society for the Promotion of the Study of the Liturgy. Rukop., 1996. - 44, [3] p. : ill .; 20 cm. - (Workers and ascetics of the 20th century; Issue 1) .; ISBN 5-89320-002-0 : B. c., 500 copies.
• Go and teach: Sat. sermons. - Minsk: Rays of Sofia, 1998 .-- 356 p .; 21 cm; ISBN 985-6171-04-0
  • Go and teach: Sat. sermons. - Sergiev Posad: Mosk. Spirits. Acad., 1998 .-- 335 s. : ill .; 22 cm; ISBN 5-88253-020-2
• Great teachers of the Church. - Wedge: The Christian. life ”, 1999. - 284, [3] p .; 20 cm. - (Series: Orthodoxy today) .; ISBN 5-93313-010-9
• Unusual in the ordinary. - Wedge: The Christian. life ”, 1999. - 78, [1] p. : ill .; 16 cm. - (Series: Orthodoxy today).
• Christian doctrine of prayer and its significance in the matter of moral perfection / K. E. Skurat. - Wedge: The Christian. life ”, 1999. - 175 p .; 20 cm. - (Series: Orthodoxy today) .; ISBN 5-93313-006-0
• About holy Orthodoxy: [Fundamentals of Orthodoxy. faith] / Konstantin Efimovich Skurat. - M.: Pro-press, 2002. - 158, [1] p. : ill., portr .; 20 cm; ISBN 5-89510-017-1
• Orthodox foundations of culture in the monuments of literature of Ancient Russia. - M.: Pokrov, 2003 (Domodedovo: KDP). - 125, [3] p .; 20 cm; ISBN 5-94790-010-6
• The Golden Age of patristic writing (IV-first half of the V century): textbook. manual on pathology / K. E. Skurat. - [M.]: Holy Trinity. Sergius Lavra: Mosk. Spirits. Acad., 2003. - 319, [1] p .;
• Glinskaya lampada: K. E. Skurat: old age in modern times. the world. - M.: Russian Chronograph 1991, 2005 (Type. AO Mol. Guard). - 222, [1] p .; 17 cm.; ISBN 5-85134-080-0
• Holy Fathers and Church Writers of the Donikeyan Period (I — III centuries): Textbook. allowance for pathology / K. E. Skurat. - Moscow: Mosk. Spiritual Acad. : Holy Trinity. Sergius Lavra, 2005. - 255, [1] p .;
• Collected works
  • T. [1]: Memories. Works on patrology (I — V centuries) [Text]. - 2006 .-- 567 p. : ill., portr .; ISBN 5-9900622-3-0 (Per.)
  • T. [2]: Instructions of the Great Teachers of the Church. - 2008 .-- 700 s. : ill., portr .; 25 cm; ISBN 978-5-903487-04-02
  • T. 3: Russian saints, their instructions. - 2009. - 831 s .; ISBN 978-5-903-487-03-5
  • T. 4: Holiness of Russia. - 2011 .-- 725 p. : ill., portr .; ISBN 978-5-905019-05-0
  • T. 5: Holy Orthodoxy. - Yakhroma: Trinity Cathedral, 2012 .-- 596 p. : Portr .; 25 cm; ISBN 978-5-905019-11-1 (Per.)
  • T. 6: I believe and confess. - [2015]. - 511 p. : ill .; ISBN 978-5-9905544-4-3
  • T. 7: From the past and present. - 2015. - 649, [2] p. : ill .; ISBN 978-5-91526-015-2 : 1000 copies.
  • T. 8: A little about a lot. - 2015. - 510, [1] p. : Fax.; ISBN 978-5-91526-016-9 : 1000 copies.
  • T. 9: Live for the glory of God: (according to the letters of the blessed Mentors of the Russian Church). - 2015. - 334, [1] p. : ill .; ISBN 978-5-91526-017-6 : 1000 copies.
  • T. 10: History of local Orthodox churches. - 2015. - 684, [3] p. : ill .; ISBN 978-5-91526-018-3 : 1000 copies.
  • Adj. to t. 10: Index of works. 1955-2015 - 2016 .-- 95 s .; ISBN 978-5-91526-019-0 : 300 copies.
• Selected Works. - Sergiev Posad: Trinity-Sergius Lavra, 2008 .-- 1014,
• The alphabet is spiritual. New Confessors of Holy Russia about the Eternal [Text] / prof. K. E. Skurat. - Moscow: Ark, 2013. - 271, [1] p. : Portr .; 25 cm; ISBN 978-5-98317-307-1
• Spiritual alphabet: from the letters of the Teachers of the Russian Church. - Moscow: Ark, 2014 .-- 223 p. : Portr .; 24 cm
• Live for the glory of God: (according to the letters of the gracious Mentors of the Russian Church). - Moscow: Ark, 2015 .-- 191 p .; 24 cm. - (The alphabet is spiritual; pr. 5) .; ISBN 978-5-906652-39-3 : 3000 copies

• Konstantin Efimovich Skurat
• Skurat Konstantin Efimovich
• Konstantin Efimovich Skurat
• Konstantin Skurat: Hypocrisy will never bring benefits