COURSE DESCRIPTION

Study program Basic Module Practical theology Type and level of studies Basic academic studies Course name Church in the Era of Ecumenical Councils Teacher (lectures) Puzovic Vladislav Teacher/Associate (exercises) Teacher/Associate (additional forms of classes) ECTS 5 Course status (obligatory/elective) Elective Attendance prerequisites Course The aim of the course is to familiarize with the basic historical flows of the Orthodox Eastern Church, as well as objectives mutual familiarization of the Orthodox peoples and their Churches. Learning Students will be acquainted with the basic historical flows of the Orthodox Eastern Church, that is, with the outcomes development of autocephalous Churches from the 11th century to the present. Course content

1. Patriarchate of the Byzantine Empire 2. Eastern Patriarchate under the Muhammadan Power in the Middle Ages 3. Internal organization and life of the Church in the Middle Ages in the East 4. Holy Mountain in the Middle Ages 5. Relations with Western Christians in the light of the Fourth Crusade 6. Spiritual movements in the East in the Middle Ages-Hesychasm 7. Council in Lyon in 1274. 8. St. Gregory Palamas and church councils in the 14th century 9. Assembly in and -an attempt in Union of the Church 10. The Orthodox East after the fall of Byzantium (1453) 11. Constantinople Patriarchate in the 12. Slavic Churches in the Middle Ages (Serbs, Bulgarians, Russians) 13. Russian Church-pre-Mongolian period, Kiev Russia 14. Russian Church under the rule of Mongol 15. Russian Monasticism in the Middle Ages 16. Russian Church in the 16th Century-St. , St. Joseph of Volokolamsk, St. Maximus the Greek 17. Russian Church in the 17th century - Patriarch Nikon and Church Reform 18. Russian Church-synodal period 19. Western influences on Orthodoxy (17th-19th century) 20. Spiritual reconstruction in the East-St. Paisius Veličkovski; St. Nicodimus of Athos 21. Trnovo Patriarchate of Bulgaria 22. Bulgaria Church in the 19th Century- exarchy 23. Church in Romania-autocephaly and patriarchate 24. The origin of the Helladic Archbishopric in the 19th century 25. The Cyprus Church-19. and the 20th century (Venetian and the rule of the English, the liberation of 1960) 26. Polish Orthodox Church - recent history 27. Czechoslovakia-the restoration of Orthodoxy, Sv. Gorazd, Autocephaly 28. Orthodoxy in Albania, Autocephaly (1937); reconstruction at the end of Lectures the 20th century 29. Orthodoxy in America (last two centuries) 30. Orthodox scattering in the 20th century. Practical classes (exercises , additional forms of classes, research Literature 1 Р. Поповић Православне помесне Цркве Издање аутора, Београд 2004 2 Т. Вер Православна Црква Завет, Београд 2001 3 Ј. Мајендорф Православна Црква јуче и данас Богословски факултет, Београд 1998 4 Р. Поповић "Прилог историји чехословачке православне Цркве", Гласник СПЦ Београд 2006 5 Р. Једлински Горазд Епископ чешко–моравски Каленић, Крагујевац 1991 6 Н. Јорга Историја Румуна и њихова цивилизација Доситеј, Вршац-Београд 1935 7 М. В. Толстој Историја Руске православне Цркве Истина, Шибеник 2005 8 Р. Поповић „Бугарске егзархија“, Годишњак Православног богословског факултета у Фочи, 5 (2006) стр. 207–240. Православни богословски факултет у Фочи 2006

Number of hours per weekAdditional Lectures Exercises forms of Research work Other classes 2 Coursewo rk Lectures. Knowledge evaluation (maximum number of points 100) Pre-exam requirements Points Final exam Points Class activity 10 Written exam Practical classes Oral exam 70 Colloquia Seminars 20