Ecclesiastical Relations of the Lower Danube and the South-Western Crimea in the Early Byzantine Period
Journal: Brepols eBooks
Year: 2025

This paper is dedicated to the little-studied problem of ecclesiastical relations between the Lower Danube and the south-western Crimea in the early Byzantine period. Based on the analysis of various sources, two clear types of ecclesiastical links between these regions have been identified. The first is the role of the ecclesiastical province of Scythia at the early stage of the formation of the bishopric of Chersonesus, as well as in the further development of the local legend about the origin