Svyatye v istorii. Zhitiya svyatyh v novom formate. VIII-XI veka

Tret'ya kniga serii ohvatyvaet period VIII- XI vekov. V VIII veke Vostochnaya Cerkov' stolknulas' s eres'yu ikonoborchestva. Eto protivostoyanie, dlivsheesya pochti poltora stoletiya, sposobstvovalo ne tol'ko razvitiyu bogoslovskoy mysli v Vizantii, no i poyavleniyu novyh svyatyh, otstaivavshih chistotu very. Ukorenivshis' na territorii Rimskoy imperii, hristianstvo v etot period aktivno vyhodit za ee predely, i v lono Vselenskoy Cerkvi vlivayutsya vengry, skandinavy, slavyanskie narody. Kreschenie Rusi stalo povorotnym momentom v istorii strany, vklyuchennoy v orbitu vizantiyskoy hristianskoy kul'tury.