Eirini Kasapi 
Historical Section
Department of Theology NKUA
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Education

• BA, MA, PhD National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Profile

Eirini Kasapi is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Theology (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), where she teaches courses in History of Slavic Churches. Her research interests include History of the Russian Orthodox Church, Slavic Hagiology, Early and Medieval Slavic Church History, Heretics and Persecution in the Slavic Churches, Religious Minorities in the Slavic World. She has published various articles and two books: The Stance of the Russian Church towards Heretics (14^th-15^th cc.) (in greek), Athens 2020 and The Canonization of Saints in the Russian Church during the last decade of the 20^th century (in greek), Ed. Ouranos, Athens 2009. Currently she is working on a book manuscript entitled “The Old Believers. Tradition and Identity”, which focuses on the evolution of the schism of the Old Believers in the Russian Church and its intertemporal implications.

Selected publications

1. Eirini El. Kasapi, “Monasticism in the ‘Enlightener’ by Iosif Volotski” (in greek), in Monasticism. Historical and Theological Aspects, ed. A. P. Zachariou, [Theological Interventions-6], Idalio, Cyprus 2022, pp. 313-329.
2. Eirini Kasapi, “Admiral Feodor Ushakov. Russian National Hero or Saint of the Russian Church?” (in greek), in 2^nd Conference of the Ecclesiastical Academy of Athens “Priesthood, War of Independence, Contemporary Life”, ed. K. Ch. Karagounis, Spyridoula Gr. Kostara, Athens 2022, pp. 177-188.
3. Eirini Kasapi, “The Treatment of Witchcraft Cases in Kievan Rus’” (in greek), in Byzantium and Kievan Rus’ (882-1240), ed. G. Th. Kardaras, [Byzantium Today-8], National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens 2020, pp. 215-232.
4. Eirini Kasapi,The Stance of the Russian Church towards Heretics (14^th-15^th cc.) (in greek), Athens 2020.
5. Eirini Kasapi, “St. Herodion in the Hagiological Sources” (in greek), Conference "St. Herodion and his veneration in Ypati and Greece (25^th November 2016)",  (2016) 159-169.
6. Eirini Kasapi, "The Mission of Ss Cyrill and Methodius to the Khazars of Crimea and the Problem of the Russian Letters" (In greek), Conference "Ss Cyrill and Methodius and the Formation of Cultural and Religious Identity in Europe as a Factor of Unity and Cooperation" (2015) 49-60.
7. Eirini Kasapi, The Canonization of Saints in the Russian Church during the last decade of the 20th century (in greek), Ed. Ouranos, Athens 2009.

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