{"id":11251,"date":"2020-02-23T21:11:30","date_gmt":"2020-02-23T18:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mpda.ru\/?post_type=news&p=11251"},"modified":"2020-03-05T17:29:09","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T14:29:09","slug":"pochil-o-gospode-professor-mda-aleksej-ivanovich-sidorov","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/mpda.ru\/en\/news\/pochil-o-gospode-professor-mda-aleksej-ivanovich-sidorov\/","title":{"rendered":"Aleksey Ivanovich Sidorov, Professor of the Moscow Theological Academy, passed away."},"content":{"rendered":"

This morning after a lingering illness, Alexei Ivanovich Sidorov, PhD in church history, Professor of the theology department and a patrologist, has fallen asleep in the Lord<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1975, Alexey Ivanovich graduated from the History of the Ancient World and Ancient Languages department of the Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov. After his graduation he did research at the Russian History Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. At the same time, he graduated from the correspondence post-graduate course of the General History Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences and in 1981 defended his thesis on the topic \"The problem of Gnosticism and Syncretism in the Late Antiquity\". <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From 1993 to 2008, he worked at the World Literature Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences as a leading researcher and a head of the Byzantine literature research group. Over the 30-year period of scientific and pedagogical activity in the Moscow Theological Academy and Sretensky Theological Seminary, Alexei Ivanovich published more than 140 scientific works, a significant part of which are translations of the Holy Fathers of the Church and ancient church writers works, accompanied with extensive introductory articles and massive comments. His books about works of the Monk Maximus the Confessor, Abba Evagrius of Pontus, the blessed Theodorite of Cyrus, the Monk Anastasius of Sinait, St. Gregory Palamas, ancient monuments of ascetic and monastic writing were also published in the same classic commentary-translation genre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alexei Ivanovich was an author of 11 monographies:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. \tSidorov A.I. Monk Maximus the Confessor\u2019s works. Book I. Theological and ascetic treatises. Introductory article, translation and comments. Moscow,1993.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. \tSidorov A.I. Selected Monk Maximus the Confessor\u2019s writings. Moscow, 2004.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. \tSidorov A.I. Monk Maximus the Confessor\u2019s works. Book II. Questions and answers to Falassia. Part 1. Questions I-LV. Introductory article, translation and comments. Moscow, 1994.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. \tSidorov A.I. Ava Evagrius\u2019s works. Ascetic and theological treatises. Introductory article, translation and comments. Moscow, 1994.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. \tSidorov A.I. Blessed Theodorite of Cyrus History of God-lovers. Introductory article, translation and comments. Moscow, 1996.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. \tSidorov A.I. A course of patristics. The creation of church writing. Moscow, 1996.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. \tSidorov A.I. Ancient ascetic fathers\u2019 works. St. Ammon, St. Serapion of Tmuit, Rev. Macarius of Egypt, St. Gregory of Nyssa, Stefan of Thebaid, Bliss. Hyperechus. Translation, introductory article and comments. Moscow, 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. \tSidorov A.I. Ancient Christian asceticism and the birth of monasticism. Moscow, 1998.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. \tSidorov A.I. Origins of a culture of holiness. Monuments of the ancient ascetic and monastic writing. Introductory article, translation and comments. Moscow, 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10. Sidorov A.I., Nikiforov M.V. Rev. Anastasius of Sinai. Selected writings. Introductory article, translation and comments. Moscow, 2003.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11. Sidorov A.I. St. Gregory Palamas. One hundred and fifty chapters. Introductory article, translation and comments. Krasnodar, 2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to his teaching and scientific work of Alexei Sidorov inspired and was a senior editor of five book series:<\/p>\n\n\n\n