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The position of monasteries in the context of state-confessional relations in the period from 1950 and 1955
Authors: Гоюк С.М.
Published: March 2023

Статья посвящена правовому положению монастырей и обителей Русской Православной Церкви в Советское время в период с 1950 по 1955 гг. Именно этот период некоторые исследователи называют «оттепелью» в церковно-государственных отношениях, так как после долгих лет репрессий Советская власть неожиданно меняет свое отношение к Церкви и даже в некотором смысле легализует деятельность Московского Патриархата. Эти шаги не обошли стороной и церковные монастыри, даже больше, осознавая факт того, что церковные обители являются сосредоточением верующих, многие действия были направлены им в материальное благо. Им был возвращен статус юридического лица, снижены налоги, а также была предоставлена в некоем роде независимость от местных административных органов. Однако указанный период был выбран неспроста, так как в 1953 г. секретарем ЦК становится Н. С. Хрущев, взгляды которого разительно отличались от его предшественника, И. В. Сталина. Он планомерно начинает проводить политику взращивания негативного восприятия Церкви через СМИ и Постановления партии, в результате чего это привело к так называемым «Хрущевским гонениям» на Церковь, что также нанесло некоторый ущерб монастырям, принадлежащих Московскому Патриархату.

The article is devoted to the legal status of monasteries and monasteries of the Russian Orthodox Church in Soviet times in the period from 1950 to 1955. It is this period that some researchers call the «thaw» in church-state relations, since after many years of repression, the Soviet government suddenly changes its attitude to the Church and even in a sense legalizes the activities of the Moscow Patriarchate. These steps were not spared by the church monasteries, even more, realizing the fact that church monasteries are a concentration of believers, many actions were directed to them for material benefit. The status of a legal entity was returned to them, taxes were reduced, and independence from local administrative bodies was also granted in some way. However, this period was chosen for a reason, since ins 1953 N. S. Khrushchev became secretary of the Central Committee, whose views were strikingly different from his predecessor, I. V. Stalin. He systematically begins to pursue a policy of cultivating a negative perception of the Church through the media and party Resolutions, as a result of which this led to the so-called «Khrushchev persecution» of the Church, which also caused some damage to monasteries belonging to the Moscow Patriarchate.
The Cross Way of the Orthodox Ascetics (a Russian Monastery on French Land)
Authors: Эйлер А.А.
Published: March 2023

Публикация раскрывает связи православного монастыря во имя Покрова Пресвятой Богородицы, расположенного в бургундском селении Бюсси-ан-От, с Крымом и русским дворянством. В ней рассказывается о непростом жизненном пути послушниц и их попытках противостоять обновленчеству («Живой церкви»), затрагиваются острые проблемы о судьбах русской эмиграции, будущем мирового православия и влиянии веры на молодое поколение. Судьбы первой настоятельницы монастыря матери Евдокии (Екатерины Куртэн) и её ближайшей сподвижницы матери Ии (Татьяны Брунс) — яркие образцы преданности до конца своим идеалам и убеждениям, смирения перед Божьей волей, милосердия, самопожертвования, неутомимой любви к ближнему. Благодаря их каждодневным трудам во имя Господа, небольшая обитель в крохотной французской деревушке получила всемирную известность как оплот православной веры, а также благодаря миссионерской и благотворительной деятельности. В статье использовано много малоизвестных фактов, ранее не публиковавшихся архивных документов. При её написании использовались различные научные методы: сравнительно-аналитический, историко-генетический, ретроспективный, индукции, дедукции, принципы объективизма, историзма. Такой подход позволяет пролить свет на неизвестные страницы в биографиях монахинь, проследить, какими путями пришли они к Богу и какое влияние имели на окружение, в том числе — молодежь. Статья в очередной раз свидетельствует о живучести традиций канонического православия и идеалов российского дворянства в современном обществе.
The following of the diaconal burial: according to one of the cases of the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church of 1917–1918, stored in the State Archive of the Russian Federation
Authors: Попов А.Д.
Published: March 2023

Настоящее исследование важно с исторической точки зрения. Во время работы Поместного Собора Российской Православной Церкви 1917–1918 гг. был составлен чин диаконского погребения. Уникальность работы заключается в том, что известные данные об этом последовании значительно дополнены материалом из дела, хранящегося в Государственном архиве Российской Федерации (ГАРФ). В качестве дополнения приводятся сведения из книги протоиерея Николая Балашова «На пути к литургическому возрождению». С точки зрения литургической науки проект последования диаконского погребения представляет из себя уникальный чин, который до этого не рассматривался из-за неизвестности его в годы советской власти. Настоящая работа объединяет в себе исследования и с исторической, и с литургической точек зрения. В приложении указаны проект чина диаконского погребения и последование отпевания в Коптской Церкви в переводе на русский язык, которую использовали при составлении последования во время работы Поместного Собора Российской Православной Церкви 1917–1918 гг., взятые из того же дела, хранящегося в ГАРФ. Эти приложения также важны для литургической и исторической науки как письменный памятник.

During the work of the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church in 1917–1918, the rank of deacon burial was compiled. The uniqueness of this study lies in the fact that the known data on this sequence are significantly supplemented by material from the case file stored in the State Archive of the Russian Federation. As an addition, information from the book of Archpriest Nikolai Balashov «On the way to liturgical Revival» is given. The appendix contains the draft of the service and the rank of the funeral service in the Coptic Church, which was used in the compilation of the sequence during the work of the Cathedral.
Pectoral cross of the dean of Belev, Archpriest Mikhail Burtsev: History of the monument, late 19th — first quarter of the 21st century
Authors: Дьячков Г.
Published: March 2023

Статья посвящена истории и искусствоведческому описанию памятника русского ювелирного искусства конца XIX — начала XX в. — наперсного креста благочинного г. Белёва Тульской епархии протоиерея Михаила Феодоровича Бурцева.

The article is devoted to the history and art history description of the late 19th — early 20th century monument of Russian jewellery art, the pectoral cross of the archpriest Michael Feodorovich Burtsev, dean of Belev, Tula diocese.
Manifestations of archaic religiosity in the images of northern Russian fools in the Middle Ages (XIII–XIV centuries)
Authors: Корытко О.В.
Published: March 2023

St. Sergius of Radonezh lived at a crucial time for formation of Russian Orthodox religiosity. This period is characterized not only by the growing popularity of the monastic system of life according to the model set by the founder of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, but also by the appearance of bright personalities who carried the feat of foolishness for Christ (St. Procopius of Ustyug, St. Nikolay Kochanov and St. Theodore of Novgorod). Being an alternative way of ascetic order of religious life, foolishness expressed at the same time as the most understandable and evoked the sympathy and respect of the people of the gospel qualities (self-denial, asceticism, testimony of the truth of God, denunciation of social injustice), and rather archaic ideas of holiness, dating back to the pre-Christian period of the existence of the Slavs and associated with the idea of an excess of vital forces. Such a paradoxical combination of two ideological systems in the phenomenon of foolishness, one of which — Christianity — continued to be professed by the people, and the second — paganism — remained in the consciousness and everyday life of people, revealed a special «cultural dialect» of Russian Orthodoxy. Foolishness became a type of holiness, the closest to the archaic worldview. Being largely a legacy of religious beliefs and practices of previous eras, it was a wild branch, grafted by the labors of many ascetics of faith to the tree of Christian tradition and became a «community of the root and juice of the olive tree» (Rom. 11, 17) of the Gospel Truth.
To the question of the place of birth Archimandrite Leonid (Kavelin)
Authors: Макаров А. И.
Published: March 2023

Целью настоящего исследования было выявление места рождения видного церковного деятеля и учёного архимандрита Леонида (Кавелина) (1822–1891) и тем самым устранение разночтений по этому вопросу в справочной литературе. Исследование приурочено к отмечаемому в 2022 г. 200-летнему юбилею со дня рождения архимандрита Леонида. Для решения поставленной задачи впервые были обобщены и проанализированы многочисленные сведения, взятые из различных архивных и опубликованных источников, полученные в устных беседах с родственниками (автор статьи состоит в дальнем родстве с архимандритом Леонидом) о предках архимандрита по линиям Кавелиных и Нахимовых, их имениях, роде деятельности, о родительской семье архимандрита, о его братьях и сёстрах. В ходе работы установлен ряд новых родственных связей Кавелиных и Нахимовых. Для удобства восприятия информации о многочисленных родственных связях текст снабжён специально разработанной родословной схемой. Безусловным выводом исследования является то, что отец Леонид родился в одном из имений Нахимовых на Смоленщине. С бóльшей долей вероятности это имение Городок Вяземского уезда. Статья также призвана привлечь внимание общественности к необходимости сохранения мемориальных мест в современной Смоленской области, связанных с именами архимандрита Леонида (Кавелина), адмирала П. С. Нахимова, других известных деятелей.

The purpose of this study was to identify the birthplace of the prominent church figure and scientist Archimandrite Leonid (Kavelin) (1822–1891) and thereby eliminate discrepancies on this issue in the reference literature. The study is timed to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the birth of Archimandrite Leonid, celebrated in 2022. To solve this problem, for the first time, numerous information taken from various archival and published sources, obtained in oral conversations with relatives (the author of the article is distantly related to Archimandrite Leonid), about the archimandrite’s ancestors along the Kavelin and Nakhimov lines, their estates, occupation, about the archimandrite’s parental family, about his brothers and sisters. In the course of the work, a number of new family ties of the Kavelins and Nakhimov were established. For the convenience of perceiving information about numerous family ties, the text is provided with a specially developed pedigree scheme. The unconditional conclusion of the study is that Father Leonid was born in one of the Nakhimov estates in the Smolensk region. With a greater degree of probability, this is the estate of Gorodok of the Vyazemsky district. The article also draws public attention to the need to preserve memorial sites in the modern Smolensk region associated with the names of Archimandrite Leonid (Kavelin), Admiral P. S. Nakhimov, and other famous figures.
Mitropolitan Philaret (Vahromeyev) as a student and inspector of Moscow Theological Schools
Authors: Кечкин И. Э. свящ. Кечкин И. Э. свящ. , Рязанов И. С.
Published: March 2023

Митрополит Филарет (Вахромеев) (1935–2021) — выдающийся архиерей Русской Православной Церкви, занимавший ответственные административные посты, а в последние годы многолетний экзарх Белоруссии. Цель статьи заключается в анализе периода становления владыки Филарета в Московских духовных школах как студента и преподавателя. Важнейшим и еще неизученным источником является личное дело владыки Филарета, хранящееся в архиве Московской духовной академии. В личном деле содержатся наиболее ценные документы, раскрывающие становление будущего митрополита.

Metropolitan Pfilaret (Vakhromeev) (1935–2021) was an outstanding bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, who held responsible administrative posts, and in recent years was exarch of Belarus for many years. The aim of the article is to analyze the period of bishop Filaret education at the Moscow Theological Schools, as a student and teacher. The most important, yet unexplored source is the personal file of bishop Pfilaret, preserved in the archives of the Moscow Theological Academy. The personal file contains the most valuable documents revealing the formation of the future Metropolitan.
The Greek Church and the Papacy in Italy in the Middle Ages and Modern Times
Authors: Пшибышевский В. И. диак.
Published: March 2023

Данная публикация посвящена выявленным в архивном фонде Поместного Собора 1917–1918 гг. документам, содержащим обращения отдельных лиц и целых сообществ в адрес Собора, Святейшего Синода, министра исповеданий и иных инстанций с протестом против возможного изъятия изучения религии из школы. Поводом для появления данных обращений стали действия Временного правительства в июле 1917 года, завуалированно направленные на вытеснение из школьной системы преподавания одного из главных предметов — Закона Божия, что вызвало неоднозначную реакцию у православного населения в виде обращений с просьбами о защите их прав обучать детей основам Православия, адресованных к разным инстанциям, одним из которых стал Поместный Собор. Письма на Собор о Законе Божием изменили план работы Собора, его устав, повлияли на активность соборян. Хронологически весь массив обращений делится на две части, которые зависят от источника обеспокоенности Церкви: до декабря 1917 года — в связи с июльским законом о «Свободе совести» и после 20 января 1918 года — в связи с декретом «Об отделении церкви от государства и школы от церкви». В обращениях отражена общая картина того времени, выражена точка зрения мирян на происходящее в стране, и содержатся практические рекомендации по повышению эффективности преподавания основ Православия. Публикуемые материалы были выявлены в фонде Собора № 3431, хранящегося в Государственном архиве Российской Федерации.

The publication is devoted to the documents discovered in the archival fund of the Local Council of 1917–1918 which contain appeals of individuals and entire communities to the Council, the Holy Synod, the Minister of Confessions and other authorities with a protest against the possible withdrawal of religion lessons from school. The reason for the appearance of such appeals was the actions of the Provisional Government in July 1917, privately aimed at exclude one of the main subjects, the Law of God, from the school system. As a result, the law «On Freedom of Conscience» received a negative reaction from the Orthodox population who requested for the protection of their rights to teach the basics of Orthodoxy to children, from various authorities, one of which was the Local Council. Letters to the Council about the Law of God studies changed the Council work plan and its charter as well as they influenced the activity of the Councilors. Chronologically, the entire array of appeals is divided into two parts, which depend on the source of the Church's concern: before December 1917 — in connection with the July law «On Freedom of Conscience» and after January 20, 1918 — in connection with the decree «On the Separation of Church from State and School from the Church». Appeals reflect the general picture of that time, express the point of view of the laity on the state of things in the country, and contain practical recommendations for the effectiveness of teaching Orthodoxy. The published materials were found in the fund of the No. 3431, stored in the State Archives of the Russian Federation.
The Saying «Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out» (Proverbs of Solomon 20, 5) in the Context of Wisdom Literature and the Tradition of the Church
Authors: Скобелев М.А.
Published: March 2023

В статье рассматривается афоризм из книги Притчей Соломона 20, 5. Данный афоризм уникален, поскольку у него нет прямых аналогов ни в Священном Писании в целом, ни в книге Притчей в частности. Кроме того, ни в Масоретском тексте, ни в переводе Семидесяти нет ясного указания на то, что нужно сделать с помыслом, о котором здесь идёт речь, избавиться от него или реализовать? Вместе с тем отсутствует ясное указание на содержание помысла, каков он, добрый или злой? Исследование этих вопросов составляет проблематику статьи. Чтобы дать на них ответ, авторы используют текстологический анализ, внутрибиблейские параллели и церковную экзегезу. Сравнение помысла с глубокими водами — достаточно редкое для Ветхого Завета, параллельным местом к Притч. 20, 5 является единственный афоризм Притч. 18, 4. Проведённое исследование показывает, что, согласно церковной экзегезе (Ориген, святитель Амвросий Медиоланский, Древний патерик), сопоставление автором притч сердца мудрого мужа с глубокой водой указывает на его духовную зрелость и опыт богопознания. В статье высказывается предположение, что духовная наука — различение помыслов — за много веков до появления христианской аскетической практики получила рождение в дидактической письменности (литературе Премудрости) Древнего Израиля.

The article deals with an aphorism from the Book of the Proverbs of Solomon (chapter 20, verse 5). This aphorism is unique in that it has no direct parallels either in the Book of Proverbs or in the Holy Scripture as a whole. Besides, neither the Masoretic text nor the Septuagint point clearly to what is to be done with the «counsel» in question — should it be gotten rid of or should it be implemented? The saying also lacks any clear indication as to the content of the «counsel» — is it good or evil? An inquiry into these questions constitutes the subject of the present article. In order to answer the questions posed, the authors make use of text-critical analysis, of internal scriptural parallels as well as of ecclesiastical exegesis. The comparison of the «counsel» with deep water made by the author of the book is quite rare in the old Testament; there is only one aphoristic parallel to the text under scrutiny— this is the saying in Proverbs 18, 4. The research conducted by the authors shows that, according to the ecclesiastical exegesis (origen, St Ambrose of Milan, the Sayings of the Fathers of the Desert), the analogy drawn by the biblical author of a man’s heart to deep water points to his spiritual maturity and to his experience in the knowledge of God, while the drawing out of the water is symbolically understood by the tradition of the Church as repentance. The authors of the article hypothesize that the spiritual science of differentiating the thoughts was born in the didactic Wisdom literature of the ancient Israel many centuries before the emergence of the Christian asceticism.
The Book of Prophet Jeremiah in the Vulgate and the Commentaries of Saint Jerome
Authors: Штаудингер Р.
Published: March 2023

Настоящая статья посвящена проблеме сопоставления перевода книги пророка Иеремии в Вульгате с переводом этой книги в комментарии, составленным блаженным Иеронимом. Используя метод лингвистического анализа текста и языковых единиц, автор выявляет большую степень независимости перевода книги пророка Иеремии в Вульгате от греческих источников: Септуагинты, ревизий Акилы, Симмаха и Феодотиона. Обращение же к ревизиям в Вульгате в нескольких случаях не позволяют сделать заключение о зависимости Иеронима от этих источников. Компаративный метод анализа переводов книги пророка Иеремии Вульгаты и комментарии позволил автору сделать выводы, с одной стороны, о том, что использование ревизий в комментарии было обусловлено потребностью передачи эмоционального окраса образа, представленного в тексте, а также для построения экзегетической картины обсуждаемого пророческого стиха. С другой стороны, в переводе книги Иеремии в комментарии выявлена определенная тенденция обращения к тексту Септуагинты.

This article is devoted to the problem of comparing the translation of the book of the prophet Jeremiah in the Vulgate with the translation of this book in the commentary compiled by Blessed Jerome. Using the method of linguistic analysis of the text and linguistic units the author reveals a greater degree of independence of the translation of the book of the prophet Jeremiah in the Vulgate from Greek sources: the Septuagint and revisions of Aquila, Symmachus, and Theodotion. Referring to revisions in the Vulgate in several cases does not allow us to conclude that Jerome was dependent on these sources. The comparative method of analyzing the translations of the book of the prophet Jeremiah in the Vulgate and the commentary allowed the author to conclude, on the one hand, that the use of revisions in the commentary was due to the need to convey the emotional colouring of the image presented in the text, as well as to build an exegetical picture of the prophetic verse under discussion. on the other hand, in the translation of the book of Jeremiah, a certain tendency of referring to the text of the Septuagint was revealed in the commentary.
Metaphysics of All-Unity and God-Manhood in the Theology of St. Justin (Popovich)
Authors: Павлюченков Н.Н.
Published: March 2023

В статье рассматривается один из наиболее важных аспектов богословского творчества архимандрита Иустина (Поповича) — канонизированного в Сербской Православной Церкви прп. Иустина Челийского. Составляя свод православной догматики на сербском языке, прп. Иустин активно использовал термины «всеединство» и «Богочеловечество», характерные для философии В. С. Соловьёва и для вызвавшей известную полемику богословской системы протоиерея С. Булгакова. В статье раскрывается оригинальный смысл, вкладываемый прп. Иустином в эти понятия, и отмечается связь их употребления с его экклесиологией. Обращается внимание на то, что прп. Иустин построил предельно христоцентричную систему, в которой на реальности Боговоплощения основано не только бытие Церкви, но и бытие самого человека. Выделяется основная идея прп. Иустина, согласно которой вся тварь имеет онтологическое единство в человеке и получает единство с Богом в Боговоплощении. Именно в этом смысле в системе Поповича всеединство есть Христос и всеединство есть Церковь как Его Богочеловеческий организм. Указывается, что такая концепция делает излишней софиологию, что, наряду с вполне ортодоксальным учением Поповича об источнике мирового зла и невозможности апокатастасиса, отличает его представление о всеединстве и Богочеловечестве от аналогичных представлений В. С. Соловьёва и протоиерея С. Булгакова.

The article deals with one of the most important aspects of the theological work of Archimandrite Justin (Popovich), canonized in the Serbian orthodox Church, St. Justin of Chele. St. Justin compiled an exposition of the foundations of orthodox dogma in Serbian and actively used the terms «all-unity» and «God-manhood». These terms are typical for the philosophy of V. S. Solovyov and for the theological system of Fr. S. Bulgakov, which caused a well-known controversy. The article reveals the original meaning, which St. Justin invested in these concepts and the connection between their use and his ecclesiology is noted. Attention is drawn to the fact that St. Justin built an extremely Christ-centered system in which not only the existence of the Church, but also the existence of man himself is based on the reality of the Incarnation. The main idea of the St. Justin, according to which the whole creation has its ontological unity in man and receives its unity with God in the Incarnation. It is in this sense that, in Popovich's system, all-unity is Christ, and all-unity is the Church as His God-human organism. It is pointed out that in such a concept, sophiology is redundant. The main conclusion is made that Popovich’s idea of unity and God-manhood differs significantly from similar ideas of V.S. Solovyov and Fr. S. Bulgakov.
Design and Establishment of Church Areas by the All-Russian Church Council of 1917–1918
Authors: Звонарёв С.
Published: March 2023

Осенью 1918 г. Всероссийский Церковный Собор рассмотрел проект учреждения церковных округов. Начало церковной дискуссии на эту тему было положено ещё Предсоборным Присутствием в 1906 г. Предсоборное Совещание в апреле 1912 г. кратко обратилось к теме митрополичьих округов и солидаризировалось со взглядом Присутствия на округа как на объединения существующих епархий в пастырско-миссионерских целях. Несмотря на проделанную предсоборными органами большую работу, решение Собора об учреждении округов было кратким по объёму и декларативным по содержанию. По причине ожидавшегося скорого прекращения соборной работы сочтено необходимым предоставить Священному Синоду и Высшему Церковному Совету во главе с Патриархом определить число округов и произвести распределение по ним епархий. Предполагалось, что за центральной церковной администрацией останется и наладка деятельности новоучреждённых округов. В 1928 и 1934 гг. была предпринята попытка создать церковные области во главе с областными архиереями применительно к административно-территориальной реформе в советском государстве. Однако со временем проект потерял актуальность, в том числе в связи с новой волной гонений на Церковь и попытками советских властей разрушить церковную организацию.

In the autumn of 1918, The All-Russian Church Council considered the project of establishing Church areas. The beginning of the discussion on this topic in the Church was laid by the Pre-Council Presence in 1906. The Pre-Council Meeting in April 1912 briefly addressed the topic of metropolitan areas and agreed with the view of the Presence on the areas as associations of existing dioceses for pastoral and missionary purposes. Despite the great work done by the precouncil bodies, the Council’s decision on the establishment of areas was brief in scope and declarative in content. As the council’s work was expected to be completed soon, it was deemed necessary to allow the Holy Synod and the Supreme Church Council, headed by the Patriarch, to determine the number of areas and distribute dioceses among them. It was assumed that the central church administration would also be responsible for setting up the activities of the newly established areas. In 1928 and 1934, in relation to the administrative and territorial reform in the Soviet state, an attempt was made to create Church areas headed by regional bishops. However, over time, the project lost its relevance, among other things, because of the new wave of repressions against the Church and attempts by the Soviet authorities to destroy the Church organization.
The Concept of «Altered States of Consciousness» and Criticism of Meditative Practices
Authors: Гуляев Д.А.
Published: March 2023

Данная статья посвящена понятию «изменённые состояния сознания», используемому апологетами против медитативных практик. В некоторых исследованиях авторы утверждают, что медитация вводит человека в такое состояние, что может указывать на ложность духовного опыта и опасность для психического здоровья практикующего. Цель статьи — показать, почему сложно использовать понятия «изменённые состояния сознания» для критики медитативных практик. В работе проводится анализ основных аргументов за и против применения данного понятия, указаны слабые места такого рода аргументации и предлагается направление, в котором можно построить дальнейшую критику. В начале автор даёт общее определение изменённых состояний сознания, основанных на понятии базисного состояния. Далее указывает основные сложности: малоизученность темы, использование учёными различных моделей её описания, указание ряда исследований на пользу таких состояний, в том числе медитации, факт отнесения исследователями некоторых духовных переживаний святых к изменённым состояниям сознания. Автор приходит к выводу, что изменённые состояния сознания должны использоваться как аргумент против медитативных практик с осторожностью и применяться вместе с другими видами обоснования. Доводы при диспуте с практикующими медитацию предлагаются автором с учётом конкретной цели, вида практики и мировоззрения человека.

This article is devoted to the concept of «altered states of consciousness» used by apologists against meditative practices. In some studies, the authors claim that meditation puts a person in such a state, which may indicate the falsity of the spiritual experience and the danger to the mental health of the practitioner. The purpose of the article is to show the complexity of using the concept of «altered states of consciousness» to criticize meditative practices. The paper analyzes the main arguments for and against the use of this concept, identifies the weak points of this kind of argumentation and suggests a direction in which further criticism can be built. At the beginning, the author gives a general definition of altered states of consciousness based on the concept of a basic state. Further, the article points out the main difficulties: the lack of knowledge of the topic, the use by scientists of various models for its description, the indication of a number of studies on the benefit of such states, including meditation, the fact that researchers attribute some spiritual experiences of saints to altered states of consciousness. The author comes to the conclusion that altered states of consciousness should be used as an argument against meditative practices with caution and applied along with other types of justification. Arguments in a dispute with practitioners of meditation are offered by the author, taking into account the specific goal, type of practice and worldview of a person.
Bluth Company: An Adobe Acrobat Case Motivated by Practitioner Feedback
Authors: Hayes David C. , Irving James H. , Kerler William , Lee Lorraine
Published: March 2023

International Accounting Accreditation Standard A5, issued by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), requires that information technology competencies be integrated into accounting program curricula. Lee et al. (2018) describe specific software tools used in the accounting profession. As expected, accounting professionals rated Microsoft Excel as the most frequently used software tool. Surprisingly, these professionals rated Adobe Acrobat as the second most frequently used software tool. In a follow-up survey of 286 accounting professionals unique from the respondents in Lee et al. (2018), respondents confirmed the importance of Adobe Acrobat knowledge for accounting graduates entering the profession. This case introduces accounting students to the Adobe Acrobat functions rated most useful to accountants. Students using the case significantly increased their knowledge of the 10 Adobe Acrobat functions accounting professionals rated most important.
RETRACTED: A novel predicting students performance approach to competency & hidden risk factor identifier using a various machine learning classifiers
Authors: Sathya V. , Mahendra Babu G.R. , Ashok J. , Lakkshmanan Ajanthaa
Published: March 2023

This article has been retracted. A retraction notice can be found at https://doi.org/10.3233/JIFS-219433.
The Consequences of Political and Economic Choices: Exploring Disaster Vulnerability with the Structure, Resource, and Behaviour Change model (SRAB)
Authors: Nguyen-Trung Kien , Tuan Le Anh
Published: March 2023

The Vietnamese Mekong Delta (VMD) has experienced a series of unprecedented disasters in the last decade, resulting from a combination of drought and saline intrusion in the 2015-2016 and 2019-2020 dry seasons. These events have severely impacted the region's agricultural sustainability and people's livelihoods, prompting an urgent need to explore their root causes and derive lessons for future prevention. Despite a growing body of literature on disaster vulnerability, little has been done to address these questions in the Vietnamese context. This article seeks to bridge this gap by critically examining Vietnam's food politics and agricultural modernisation policies in relation to changes in water resource management, disaster risk management and farming practices. Through a case study of Tan Hung commune in Soc Trang province, the article argues that the current vulnerability to disasters, exemplified by the unsustainable system of triple rice cultivation, is an unintended consequence of Vietnam's agricultural reform and biased water management approach, which relies heavily on large-scale irrigation infrastructure.
Language as a form of existence of Ukrainian culture
Authors: Maryna Lysyniuk
Published: March 2023

The purpose of the article is to find out the role of language in the development of national culture, to reveal its significance in national-cultural identification on the example of the Ukrainian language. Methodology. The most significant for the study is the phenomenological approach, which allowed to consider the language as a cultural phenomenon, and culturological-historical - to study the changes that took place in the field of speech in a certain cultural-historical period; as well as general scientific methods (analysis and synthesis, formalization, abstraction, etc.) used to form a clear idea of language as a form of cultural existence. The scientific novelty of the obtained results is that the role of the Ukrainian language in the process of national self-determination was first outlined during the XIX century, and the essence of the interaction of civilization as a social system and language as the most important communicative and informative means of human activity was clarified. Conclusions. In particular, it is emphasized that the history of the Ukrainian language, in particular, the period of preconditions for its development as a literary language, is a clear example of the formation of literary language and increasing its social prestige as a necessary condition for national and cultural identity. It is emphasized that on the territory of Ukrainian sub-Russian lands in the XVIII-XIX centuries. Imperial language policy was aimed at consolidating the official status of the Russian language as the state language and its exclusive right to function in the field of education, judiciary, and administration while implementing a policy of discrediting the Ukrainian language. The consequence of such a language policy was a decrease in the social status of the Ukrainian language, which in the nineteenth century. perceived as a language of "low" prestige, associated with peasant life and used in family life, partly in literature. The church, school, army, court, and administrative structures were outside the sphere of functioning of the Ukrainian language.
The creative works of A. I. Minzhulin in the context of the reconstruction of ancient jewelry technologies
Authors: Igor Remizovsky
Published: March 2023

The purpose of the article is to analyze the technology of making original jewelry by the Ukrainian artist, jeweler, restorer Alexander Minzhulin (1941-2013), to reveal the master's artistic innovations in combination with the lost methods of making jewelry, in particular, in the grain technique. The methodology is the use of art history analysis, methods of systematization, comparison, and generalization. The scientific novelty consists of the identifying technological and stylistic features of A. Minzhulin's author's jewelry from 1986-1988 and carrying out a graphical analysis of his jewelry set. Conclusions. Analysis of the shape and technology of making A. Minzhulin's author's jewelry, with the aim of processing them in art history, made it possible to determine that not only the art of Kievan Rus but also ancient Greece, Scythia, as well as Byzantium had a significant influence on the master's work. The artist successfully combined ancient artistic symbolic forms in his creative works in combination with new technological jewelry techniques.
The role and significance of musical and choreographic drama in the creation of highly artistic stage works
Authors: Viktor Lytvynenko
Published: March 2023

The purpose of the article is to clarify the features and significance of the synthesis of folk stage choreography and instrumental music, the merger of which in the dramatic action of dance compositions contributes to the creation of highly artistic works. The research methodology is the use of comparative and art history methods. The indicated methodological approach allows us to reveal and analyze the features of the creative production of the choreographer-director, during which the dance and music, entering into an alliance with each other, gain greater clarity and visual effectiveness. The scientific novelty of the work is to expand the creative possibilities of the choreographer in collaboration with the composer, the musical material of which after instrumental processing becomes even more expressive and, retaining its originality, raises it above the original source, helping the choreographer to create stage artistic images. Conclusions. Carrying out stage production of folk stage dance, the choreographer, possessing all the expressive means of dance, should well understand that music, without saying anything, can tell everything and with its sound “finish” the choreography of the inner mental state of the stage heroes, as well as convey the atmosphere time.
The Impact of Electricity Consumption to Human Development Index in Asian Countries: Analysis Panel Vector Error Correction Model
Authors: Suryanto Suryanto , Gravitiani Evi , Diswandi Diswandi , Arintoko Arintoko
Published: March 2023

This study answers the question of the effect of the level of electricity consumption (LEC) on the level of human welfare both in the short and long term. Recently, many studies that investigated the impact of LEC to economic growth has been conducted. Most of them argued that electricity consumption have positive impact to economic growth. However, the study that analyzes LEC's impact on the Human Development Index (HDI) and Happiness Index (HI) still needs to be completed. The research data uses secondary data sourced from the worldbank from 2012-2019. The number of countries as sample of this study were 38 countries in Asia. We choose and analyze the countries that have complete data for all variables until 2019. The analysis tool used is the Panel Vector Error Correction Model (PVECM). We analyzed data using PVECM because we wanted to understand the impact of LEC on HDI and HI both in the short and long run. The results revealed the relation between LEC and human welfare indicators. Finally, we found in the long run, there are no variables that have a significant effect on electricity consumption. Meanwhile, based on the short-term equation, it was found that in model 1 with the LEC dependent variable, it was found that only the previous period's LEC variable was significant. In Model 2, with the HDI dependent variable, it is known that the previous period's HDI variable has a significant effect. These results are also similar to the HI and LAK variables. The HI and LAK variables are only influenced by HI and LAK variables in the previous time lag. The implication of this study is increasing of electricity consumption would not direct impact on human development index and happiness index.
The Impact of Energy Prices on Precious Metals: A Comparison of the SARS-COV2 Period and Prior Period
Authors: Akbulaev Nurkhodzha
Published: March 2023

Commodities are defined as goods that are traded. Thousands of different items are sold on international markets, but strategically important commodities such as gold, silver, and oil are used far more frequently in the real estate industry and financial markets. Oil and these metals are employed in numerous industrial applications throughout the economy, but they also draw substantial investment. The purpose of this study is to investigate the causal connections between the prices of gold and silver, two precious metals, and oil and natural gas, the two most often used energy sources. This was accomplished by comparing the weekly prices of Brent Petroleum (BRENT), Crude Oil (WTI), Natural Gas (NG), and the weekly data of Gold and Silver during and before the SARS-CoV2 epidemic. The study employed the Distributed Delayed Autoregressive Bound Test (ARDL) approach to examine the relationship between the prices of energy (natural gas, Brent oil, and crude oil) and precious metals (silver and gold). The ARDL test showed that the prices of WTI, Brent, and NG had a big effect on the prices of silver and gold during and before the SARS-COV2 pandemic.
Modeling and Mediating the Interaction between Oil Prices and Economic Sectors Advancement: The Case of Middle East
Authors: Aladwan Mohammad , Almaharmeh Mohammaad , Samara Husni
Published: March 2023

This paper analyzes the impact of international oil price influence on the different economic sectors and GDP in middle east region for the period 2007 to 2021. The study also empirically analysis the mediation role for oil price on various economic sectors and on GDP. The empirical analysis involved testing the direct effect for oil prices on sectors by correlation, simple and multiple regression through Ordinary Least Square (OLS) in addition to screen graphically this effect on all sectors including GDP. The main findings may be summarized as follows: employing the causality examination for the interaction among oil prices and economic sectors growth confirmed the significant adverse effect for oil prices on all sectors and total GDP. On other hand outcomes of multiple regression fail to discover the adverse influence of oil values on the combined impact of all sectors on GDP. The results of multiple regression revealed that the major sectors that only contributes significantly to GDP are; the agriculture, industrial, trading and real estate sectors.
The Vector Auto Regression Analysis of the Link between Renewable Energy Consumption and Economic Development for Turkey and Kazakhstan
Authors: Saiymova Meiramkul , Troyanskaya Marija , Shalgimbayeva Kulyash , Babazhanova Zhanat , Jumabekova Roza
Published: March 2023

The relationship between economic growth and renewable energy (RE) consumption has received enormous attention in the literature. However, there are diverse views about the Granger causality and nature of this relationship. The purpose of this empirical study is to investigate how RE consumption on electricity generation is affected by economic growth and electricity prices using data from 1990 to 2021 with the vector auto regression (VAR) approach. This is done by using case study countries (Turkey, and Kazakhstan), which have different levels of economic development, are located in diverse regions in the world, but with common effort of encouragement in term of policy implementations in RE use recently. Findings in this paper show RE consumption, for the period under consideration, is significantly determined by income and electricity price in the long run.
Corporate Energy Management Disclosure : Empirical Evidence from Indonesia Stock Exchange
Authors: Meiryani Meiryani , Huang Shi-Ming , Lindawati A. S. L. , Purnomo Agung , Fahlevi Mochammad , Salim Gazali
Published: March 2023

Energy is one of the vital needs for humans. Indonesia as a developing country faces problems in ensuring the availability of energy. The aim of this research is to explore the development of practice energy management disclosure in accordance with GRI 302 (energy) in energy sub-sector companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) through disclosures issued by each company. This study uses secondary data collected from reports published by energy sub-sector companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) and can be accessed online. Data analysis was carried out using the data analysis model of Miles and Huberman (1992), namely data reduction, data presentation, drawing conclusions, and verification. The results of this study indicate that only thirty-six out of 74 energy subsector companies (49%) report energy management disclosure according to GRI 302 (energy) for three consecutive years (2020-2022). Nineteen out of thirty-six companies attach a GRI Index Reference to their GRI 302 (energy) reports. Meanwhile, the other thirty-eight companies did not attach the GRI Index Reference in their reports. The company is expected to develop a power plant that uses renewable energy as its energy source. By using renewable energy, companies can reduce consumption of non-renewable energy, and play a role in reducing CO2 emissions in the environment.
Assessing the Connection between Nuclear and Renewable Energy on Ecological Footprint within the EKC Framework: Implications for Sustainable Policy in Leading Nuclear Energy-producing Countries
Authors: Ivan A. Duran  , Saqib Najia , Haider Mahmood
Published: March 2023

Numerous Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations can't be completed without switching to alternative energy sources. Countries need to find common ground between energy security, affordability, accessibility, and environmental sustainability if they are to lay the groundwork for competition and success. Considering the connection between economic growth, nuclear power generation, renewable energy consumption, and non-renewable energy usage, this study examines the ecological footprints of leading nuclear energy-producing countries (

the United States, France, China, Russia, Japan, South Korea, Canada, the Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and Germany)

from 1990 to 2020. In order to perform such a thorough empirical investigation, this study makes use of advanced econometric methods. According to the long-term cointegration study, environmental quality is negatively impacted by economic growth and the use of non-renewable energy, while it is positively impacted by the square of economic growth, the use of nuclear energy, and the use of renewable energy. The study found that the ecological footprint is directly correlated with both nuclear power and economic growth. Meanwhile, both renewable and non-renewable energy sources were found to have an effect on the ecological footprint in a causal manner. The findings of this study emphasize the significance of the world's major nuclear energy producing countries harmonizing their energy policies and developing a common energy strategy that includes equitable distribution of key components of the global nuclear energy sector.
Voltaire et les jésuites
Authors: Guichard Olivier
Published: March 2023

La relation de Voltaire et de ses maîtres a très tôt été réduite à un cri de guerre, tout droit sorti de Candide : « Mangeons du jésuite, mangeons du jésuite » ! Foin des caricatures, le présent travail rend justice à l’une des aventures intellectuelles les plus emblématiques du siècle des Lumières et en rappelle, à l’appui d’une documentation en partie inédite, et une logique d’entrées fidèle aux traités voltairiens (« Catéchismes », « Apostasies », « Écritures ») les principaux enjeux. Il s’attarde, par-delà les provocations de l’un, et les archaïsmes des autres, sur leur rôle respectif dans la défense d’un humanisme et d’un classicisme hérités de la Renaissance et leur prévention commune contre le matérialisme et la société du spectacle naissante. Issue d’une thèse en littérature soutenue à l’Université de Genève, cette étude restitue pour la première fois les détails de l’éducation reçue par Voltaire chez les jésuites. Il établit le rôle majeur de Voltaire dans le renouveau de la pensée aristotélicienne au XVIIIe siècle et revient sur le refus de ses maîtres d’en partager les thèses.