A Syllabus for Hagiology by Georgy Fedotov

Publication of a syllabus for hagiology by Georgy Fedotov (1886–1951), a famous fi gure of the Russian Diaspora, historian and philosopher. It is well known that Georgy Fedotov gave the course on hagiology at the Theological Institute in Paris in the second half of the twenties to late thirties of the XXth cent., but its structure and content were not known. The publication of the syllabus allows to understand more clearly the composition and content of the course, which was a kind of «creative laboratory» of Fedotov, and related directly or indirectly to his monographies of «Paris period», such as «Saints of Medieval Russia» and «Spiritual Poetry». The publication is followed by the extensive commentaries. One of their tasks is a comparison the syllabus with the works of Gеоrgy Fedotov, where he concerns issues raised in the course.