Discussion on the Date of the Construction of the Church of Beheading of John the Baptist in Kerch
Journal: Античная древность и средние века
Year: 2025

The discussion on the date of the construction of the Church of Beheading of John the Baptist in Kerch has been being continuing from the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. P. I. Sumarokov was the first to mention the epitaph carved on one of the marble columns supporting the church vault. N. N. Murzakevich, F. K. Brun, and other researchers determined the chronology of the construction of the church according to this epitaph dating to 757 AD. In 1883, V. V. Latyshev published corr