International Symposium of Byzantologists

NIŠ AND BYZANTIUM XIX

"In Praise of Truth or the Resurrection of Byzantium"

S U M M A R Y

June 3

- 17,30 - Opening Ceremony (Master of Ceremony Mrs. Ivana Jocic)

• Introduction - dr Misa Rakocija
• Blessing - Niš Bishop Mr. Arsenije
• Welcome speech – Mayor of Niš Darko Bulatovic
• Address word by Niš University vice-rector Vesna Lopičić, PhD
• Symposium opening – Elizabeta Dimitrova, PhD (Skopje)
• Promotion of the Proceedings No. 18 - dr Jasmina Ćirić (Kragujevac)
• Disscussion: Chairman dr Nebojša Stanković (Niš)

1. dr MIGUEL GALLÉS, Barcelona
   NUNC DIMITTIS WHEN THE OLD BECAME NEW
2. ALEKSANDRA DAVIDOV TEMERINSKI, Beograd
   PERSONIFICATIONS OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS IN THE CHURCH OF THE VIRGIN LJEVIŠKA
3. dr ROZMERI BASIC, The University of Oklahoma
   RESURRECTION OF BYZANTINE STYLE IN 13TH CENTURY CITY OF ZADAR, CROATIA
4. dr ILARIA PAGANI, Roma
   CONSTANTINE AND HELEN. MODELS FOR CHRISTIAN REGALITY IN THE XV CENTURY ICONOGRAPHY
5. VLADIMIR BOŽINOVIĆ, University of Istanbul
   CHURCH OF THE VIRGIN BELGRADKAPI (BELGRADKAPI) IN ISTANBUL IN THE LIGHT OF RECENT RESEARCHY
6. dr ALENKA CEDILNIK, Ljubljana
   EUDOXIUS OF CONSTANTINOPLE AND THE PRO-ARIAN BISHOPS OF ILLYRICUM. CONTRIBUTION (III) TO THE CHRISTIAN PROSOPOGRAPHY OF THE DIOECESIS THRACIARUM
7. МARKO DABIĆ, Barselona
   PNEUMATOLOGY OF SAINT NIKITA REMESIAN
8. dr ARIADNA VORONOVA, Мoscow
   THE FIRST FOUNDATION IN MOSCOW - MONASTERY OF SALVATION AND TRANSFIGURATION ON THE PINE IN THE KREMLIN - AND SIMILAR ELEMENTS FROM RUSSIAN AND BALKAN ARCHITECTURE OF THE XIV CENTURY
9. dr JASMINA S. ĆIRIĆ, Belgrade
   FLOOR IN THE NARTHEX OF THE HOLY TRINITY CHURCH: THE PATH TO JERUSALEM
10. dr ELIZABETA DIMITROVA, ORHIDEJA ZOROVA, Skoplje
    OLD TESTAMENT ABRAHAM AND HIS JOURNEY THROUGH ICONOGRAPHY OF MEDIEVAL MACEDONIA
11. dr KONSTANTIN VAFIJADIS, Аthens
    COMMENTS ON THE SCHEDULE OF PAINTING IN THE OLD TEMPLE OF THE GREAT METEORON MONASTERY
12. dr ANĐELA GAVRILOVIĆ, Belgrade
    CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF THE SCENE OF MEETING OF CHRIST IN BYZANTINE AND SERBIAN MEDIEVAL ART, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE SAME SCENE IN THE HOLY TRINITY CHURCH IN SOPOCANI (AROUND 1265)
13. dr IOANNIS SISIOU, Kastoria
    Η ΚΑΛΛΙΤΕΧΝΙΚΗ ΣΧΟΛΗ ΤΗΣ ΚΑΣΤΟΡΙΑΣ
14. dr МIŠA RAKOCIJA, Niš
    STUDY OF BYZANTINE AND POST-BYZANTINE CHURCHES OF THE CITY OF NIS
15. dr ROBERT MIHAJLOVSKI, Melbourn; LJILJANA MANDIĆ, MILOJE MANDIĆ, Uzice
    A TOMBSTONE EPITAPH AT THE ANNUNCIATION CHURCH IN KARAN
16. DEJAN S. RADISAVLJEVIĆ, Belgrade
    ON THE TRACE OF A MEDIEVAL TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTION IN JAKOVLJE (ALEKSINAC)
17. IVAN VASILEV, Sofia
    THE “DISCOVERY“ OF THREE POST MEDIEVAL CHURCHES BY THE FRESCO-HUNTING EXPEDITION IN NISHAVA REGION, BULGARIA
18. dr LARS RAMSKOLD, Stockholm
    THE AVGVSTVS / CAESAR AND CAESAR / XX SILVER MEDALLIONS FROM THE INRERREGNUM 337 CE
19. dr SVETLA PETROVA, Sofia
    FOR THE ROUTE OF AN UNIQUE ANCIENT SARCOPHAGUS
20. dr HALÛK ÇETINKAYA, Istanbul
    CHURCHES OF NICAEA
21. dr VANIA POPOVA, Sofia
    EARLY CHRISTIAN PERSONINIFICATIONS
22. MARINA PERSENG, Varna
    ICONOGRAPHIC AND STYLISTIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE EUCHARISTIC IMAGES IN THE FLOOR MOSAICS ON THE BALKANS DURING THE EARLY CHRISTIANITY
23. dr VIKTOR LILČIĆ ADAMS, Skopje
    THE PROBLEM OF THE DIRECTION OF THE EARLY BYZANTINE SIGNAL SYSTEM IN THE VARDAR RIVER VALLEY (AXIUS)
24. dr GRAHAM JONES, Oxford
    SUNBURST, STARLIGHT AND MOONGLOW: HELENA’S ICONOGRAPHY AND NARRATIVE IN THE CONTEXT OF DIVINE COSMOLOGY
25. DUŠAN RAŠKOVIĆ, Vienna
    HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE CENTRAL MORAVA VALLEY IN THE EARLY BYZANTINE PERIOD
26. dr LJUBIŠA VASILJEVIĆ, Kruševac
    ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AND FINDINGS RELATED TO HEALING SPRINGS IN SOUTHERN SERBIA
27. NEMANJA PETROVIĆ, Belgrade
    PROCESSION CROSS FROM MEDIEVAL SVRLJIG AREA: ORIGIN AND ROLE IN RELIGIOUS PROCESSIONS
28. GORAN JANJIĆIJEVIĆ, Belgrade
    IMPLICATIONS OF TRUTH AND ITS IMANNITY IN ARTISTIC CREATIONS AS A FOCUS OF ICONOLOGICAL, STRUCTURALISTIC AND HERMENEUTIC INTERPRETATIONS
29. dr IVICA ČAIROVIĆ, Belgrade
    REVIEW OF THE THEOLOGICAL-HISTORICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN THE CONSTANTINOPLE AND FRANCISCAN FATHERS OF THE CHURCHES IN THE 9TH CENTURY
30. dr EIRINI ARTEMI, Athens
    THE THEOLOGICAL AND DOGMATIC TEACHING OF GREGORY PALAMAS ON HIS WRITING “THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ACCORDING TO CHRIST”
31. JELENA DABIĆ, Barselona
    THE PILGRIMAGE OF JELENA AUGUSTA AND THE FINDING OF THE HOLY CROSS
32. MILOŠ MIŠKOVIĆ, Belgrade
    ORTHODOX VIEW OF ADOPTIONISM IN THE CORRESPONDENCE OF ALKUIN WITH FELIX FROM URGEL AND ELIPAND FROM TOLED
33. MILOŠ PAVLOVIĆ, Niš
    ORTHODOXY AND LATIN HERESY IN THE STATE-POLITICAL IDEOLOGY OF THEODOSIUS FROM HILANDAR
34. SLAVIŠA TUBIN, Belgrade
    SOLDIERS-HOLY MARTYRS: BACKGROUND OF THE REQUEST FOR CANONIZATION AND THE CULT OF FALLEN WARRIORS IN THE AGE OF NIKEPHOROS II PHOKAS
35. dr SÁNDOR FÖLDVÁRI, Debrecen
    THE ‘THEOTOKOS’ (MOTHER OF GOD) AS PATRON OF THE STATE IN BYZANTIUM AND FOLLOWERS OF BYZANTINE CULTURE:THE HUNGARIAN NARRATIVE OF ‘DEVOTION THE HOMELAND TO VIRGIN MARY’ AND ITS BYZANTINE BACKGROUND AND PARALLELS
36. DRAGANA FRFULANOVIĆ ŠOMOĐI, MILENA SAVIĆ, Leskovac
    THE HEADDRESS ON THE KTETOR'S PORTRAIT OF NOBLEWOMEN IN THE 14TH CENTURY: SERBIA-BULGARIA
37. dr IVANA LEMKUL, Belgrade
    “APUD NAISSUM GENITUS”: CONSTANTINE IN THE MATHESIS OF FIRMICUS MATERNUS
38. dr ANDIJANA GOLAC, Beograd
    THE IMAGE OF RIGHTEOUS JOB IN THE MONASTERY OF ZRZE