Woman Church State. Cults of the Female Saints in the Writings of Serbian Orthodox Church

As female cults in Serbian culture have continued to play an important role in shaping religious and personal attitudes, in creating spirituality and national identity, the presentation of nine saints in the book, with a discussion of their lives and legends, primarily on the basis of a corpus of hagiological texts (vitae, offices, akathistas), provides an extremely interesting panorama of the spiritual life of Serbia over the centuries in close connection with the history of the country and the nation. These cults, as Dominika  Gapska describes them, may serve as signs which help to recognise and understand the uniqueness of Serbian culture through the perspective of faith and attachment to tradition, which are its cornerstones.

From the review by Aleksander Naumow



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Content / Spis treści

Introduction
Part one
Chapter I: St. Anastasija (Ana Nemanjić) – June 21
Chapter II: St. Helen of Anjou (Jelisaveta) – October 30 and February 8
Chapter III: St. Јеvgenija-Euphrosine/Jefrosinija (Princess Milica) – July 19
Chapter IV: St. Angelina Branković (of Serbia, Mother Angelina) – July 30 and December 10
Chapter V: St. Paraskеva-Petka (of Serbia, of Belgrade, of Epivates, of Tarnovo, of Bulgaria, of Jassy, the Young, of the Balcans) – October 14
Chapter VI: St. Zlata (Chrysa) of Meglen – October 13, 18

Part two
Chapter VII: St. Helen of Dečani – May 21
Chapter VIII: St. Jelisaveta-Jevgenija (Helen of Bulgaria, Stracimirović-Nemanjić, Mother Of Uroš V) – December 2
Chapter IX: St. Jelisaveta (Jelena Štiljanović) – October 4

Conclusion
Bibliography