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The data for this article is borrowed for the most part from the “Historical Note on the State of the Kazan Theological Academy after its transformation. 1870–1892." Prof. S.A. Ternovsky. Page 385–388. Kazan. 1892 and from the “Orthodox Theological Encyclopedia”, ed. Ed. Prof. A.E. Lopukhina. T. IV. Pillar. 1105–1108. Petrograd. 1903 Alexey Afanasyevich Dmitrievsky was born in Astrakhan in the mid-50s of the 19th century. He received his primary education at a local theological school, and his secondary education at the Astrakhan Theological Seminary, where he graduated from the course in 1878 as a second student. In the same year, 1878, he entered the Kazan Theological Academy, where he was a member of the church-practical department, studied homiletics in the 4th year, and graduated from the course in 1882 with a candidate's degree in theology and with the right not to take a new statutory test when seeking a master's degree. In the same year, 1882, on November 13, after delivering trial lectures and defending his dissertation pro venia legendi, he was allowed to lecture at the same academy with the rank of private assistant professor at the department of liturgics. In the same year, on September 2, he presented his master's essay to the Academy Council, and in 1883, after publicly defending his essay on December 11, he was awarded a master's degree, in which he was approved on the 14th of the same December. In addition to teaching liturgics with the rank of private assistant professor, A. A. Dmitrievsky, from April 25, 1883, also held the position of assistant librarian of the Kazan Theological Academy. In 1884 he moved to serve at the Kyiv Theological Academy as an assistant professor in the department of church archeology and liturgics. According to the petition of the Council of the Kyiv Theological Academy, he was sent, with the permission of the Holy Synod, to the east for scientific purposes from September 1, 1887 to September 1, 1888. In 1896, the Council of the Kyiv Theological Academy awarded the degree of Doctor of Church History and from the same year he became an ordinary professor at the same academy. In theological literature, Professor A. A. Dmitrievsky is known for many works, mainly of a historical, liturgical and archaeological nature. While still a student of the 4th grade of the Astrakhan Theological Seminary, he, on the basis of some printed manuals, as well as documents for 1801–1825, stored in the archives of the Astrakhan Theological Consistory, compiled an article: “On the state of sectarianism in the Astrakhan region during the reign of Alexander the Blessed” and read it publicly on December 12, 1877 in the assembly hall of the seminary in a ceremonial meeting on the occasion the centenary of the birth of the late Sovereign Emperor Alexander I (this article was published in “Astrakhan. Diocesan. Vedom.” 1878, No. 22). In 1882 and 1883, he published his work in the Orthodox Interlocutor under the title: “Divine services in the Russian Church for the first time in five centuries.” - In 1883, he published his article in the Orthodox Review: “Deacon Ivan Fedorov, the first printer” - In 1884, his master’s thesis was published in Kazan: “Divine services in the Russian Church in the 16th century. Part 1. Services of the seventh and annual circle and the order of the sacraments. Historical and archaeological research with notes." The author began working on this topic while still a student at the academy. His Ph.D. essay entitled: “Orthodox worship in the Russian Church in the 16th century.” attracted the attention of the academy council with its merits and was awarded a cash prize from Metropolitan Joseph of 165 rubles. In his master's thesis, the author set himself the task of describing all the features of the liturgical rites of the 16th century and explaining the historical origin of these features; For this purpose, the manuscripts of the Solovetsky, Synodal, Typographical libraries, the Rumyantsev Museum, the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, the Volokolamsk Monastery and the Moscow Theological Academy were examined with rare diligence. Thanks to his hard work, the author “managed to process both subject elements of his topic with quite sufficient completeness and thoroughness”; This work provides a lot of new and very valuable information for science and worship. And in general, this work is “a very solid contribution to the science of archeology in general and the archeology of Orthodox worship in particular, both in terms of news and the abundance of processed material, and in the nature of the processing of this material, quite scientific” (which is why Associate Professor N. Krasnoseltsev). Before defending his dissertation, the author gave a speech entitled: “methods of determining the time of writing a manuscript without specific dates in general and liturgical manuscripts in particular,” and then published it in the “Orthodox Interlocutor” in 1884. In 1885. He published the following articles: “Greek Nizhyn churches and their capital contribution to the church-archaeological museum at the Kyiv Theological Academy” in the “Orthodox Review”; “a description of the Nizhyn manuscripts received by the Church Archaeological Museum at the Kyiv Theological Academy,” and a number of articles in the “guide for rural pastors” under the following headings: “the rite of hiding newlyweds” (in No. 2). - “reading the Gospel on the 6th and in the first three days of Passion Week” (in No. 8). - “Carrying out the shroud at Vespers on Great Friday” (in No. 9). – «Выход священнослужителей на середину храма перед плащаницей для пения непорочных в Великую субботу на утрени» (в № 10). – «Вынос плащаницы и Евангелия на утрени в Великую субботу и хождение с ним кругом храма» (в № 10) – «Начало утрени в первый день Пасхи и крестный ход кругом храма и перед этим началом» (в № 11). – “The time of the liturgy on the first day of Easter” (in No. 13); – «Чтение Евангелие в первый день Пасхи на разных языках и обряды, сопровождающие это чтение» (в № 13). – «Вечерня в первый день Пасхи накануне праздника благовещения Пресвятой Богородицы» (в № 13). – «Снятие плащаницы с престола в день отдания Святой Пасхи и обряды, совершаемые при этом в Малороссии» (в № 20). - “September 5. Services of the Holy Prophet Zechariah and Holy Righteous Elizabeth" (in No. 44). - “Feast in honor of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos and magnification for it” (in No. 46). - “Who is to blame?” (in nos. 49 and 50). – В 1886 году: «Поминки преосвященного Порфирия Успенского и профессора Московской Духовной Академии И. Д. Mansvetov” – in “Proceedings of the Kyiv Theological Academy”; “A bibliographic note on the acts of the Greek Nezhin brotherhood, published by Professor Fedotov-Chekhov” in the same “Proceedings”, and articles in the “Guide for Rural Shepherds” under the following headings: What should you drink instead of the stichera: “We have seen the true light,” on Saturday before Trinity in the afternoon?” (in No. 10). – “Evening lamp prayers” (B nos. 33 and 36). – “Morning prayers of the lamp” (in No. 42). – “Arbitrary identification of the priest’s stole with the bishop’s omophorion” (in No. 29). – In 1888: “Critical analysis on behalf of the educational committee on the book of prof. I.D. Mansvetova: “Church charter (typical), its formation and fate in the Greek and Russian churches. M. 1885" – in “Christian Reading” Nos. 9 and 10. – “From the Diary of a Pilgrim” in the January and February issues of the newspaper “Kyiv Slovo”. – “Russian (Amoftevskaya) school in Cairo” in the “Church and parish school” for November – “Reverend Savva the consecrated and his spiritual testament as a monk of the Lavra. A newly discovered monument based on a manuscript in the Sinai library of the 12th century" - in the "Guide for Rural Shepherds" Nos. 27, 31, 32 and 35. - "What is κανων της ψαλμοδιας the so often mentioned biography of St. Savva the Sanctified?” - in the same place, in No. 38. - From the same 1889, the printing in the “Orthodox Interlocutor” of the monument began and continued continuously until 1894: “Divine services of Passion and Easter Week in Jerusalem in the 9th-10th centuries” with numerous archaeological and literary notes by A. A. Dmitrievsky (department. Kazan 1894). - In 1890: “Earthquake in Sinai (December 18, 1889) and its consequences for the Sinai monastery” - in “Church Departments” No. 25. - “a trip to the East and its scientific results. Report on a foreign business trip in 1887/8 with appendices" in "Proceedings of the Kyiv Spirit. Academy" and separately - Kyiv. 1890. - In 1891: “Fire in the Simon-Petrovsky Monastery on St. Mount Athos" in "Church Gazette" No. 30. - "Bewilderment about bewilderment (response to an anonymous reviewer)" in "Proceedings of the Kyiv Spirit. Academy" No. 8. - "Modern worship in the Orthodox East. Historical and archaeological research. Issue 1 (introductory).” – In 1892: “Libraries of manuscripts in Sinai and Athos.” – “The Greek paleographer John Sakelion and his catalog of Patmos manuscripts” in “Bibliographical Notes” No. 4 – “On the occasion of the celebration in Rome in honor of the archaeologist G. B. De Rossi” in “Proceedings of the Kyiv Spirit. Academy" No. 6. - From the same 1892, the publication of a number of articles in "Strannik" began and continued continuously until 1895, under the title: "Russians on Mount Athos. Essay on the life and work of the abbot of the Russian Panteleimon Monastery, Holy Archimandrite Macarius Sushkin” (department of St. Petersburg, 1895 with two appendices and two phototype maps of portraits of Athos figures). – In 1893: “Ancient Jewish synagogue and its liturgical forms in relation to the ancient Christian temple and its liturgical forms.” Kzan. – “Modern Russian pilgrimage to the Holy Land.” Kyiv - In 1894: “Patmos Sketches. From a trip to the island of Patmos in the summer of 1891." Kyiv. - “Euchologion of the 4th century of Serapion, Bishop of Tmuite.” Kyiv. – “Forget-me-nots” on the grave of Archbishop of Astrakhan Pavel Subbotovsky (1825 – 1832) from his homeland” – in “Astra. Eparch. Led." No. 5. – In 1895: “Description of liturgical manuscripts stored in the libraries of the Orthodox East. T.I. Typika. Monuments of patriarchal charters and monastic charters.” Kyiv. - “The order of cave action. Historical and archaeological study" in the "Byzantine Temporary". – “Pandokratorsky Monastery of Constantinople, XII century. and his Typik, given by Emperor John Komnenos" in "Proceedings of the Kyiv Spirit. Academy" No. 8. - "Concerning the publication in the light of several treatises and letters of Archbishop Nikifor Feotoki" in "Astras. Eparch. Led." No. 8. – “On the question of the preaching works of Nikifor Feotoki when he was Archbishop of Astrakhan and Stavropol” in “Astra. Eparch. Led." No. 14. – In 1896: “Typikon” in “Proceedings of the Kyiv Theological Academy” No. 12. – in 1897: “Orthodox Russian pilgrimage to the west (to Bargrad and Rome) and its urgent needs” in “Proceedings of the Kyiv Spirituality. Academy and department Ott. – “Open Letter” in “Astras. Eparch. Led." No. 14. – In 1898: “Arseniy of Elassonsky Archbishop and his newly discovered historical memoirs” in “Proceedings of the Kyiv Spirit. Academy" I et seq. (and department from the city of Kyiv). – “New honorary member of the Church-Archaeological Society of the Kyiv Spirit. Academy" in "Astra. Eparch. Led." No. 5 – In 1899: “On the history of the Kyiv Three Hierarchs Church for the second half of the 13th century” in “Proceedings of the Kyiv Spirit. Academy". - “To the unforgettable memory of professors A. S. Pavlov and N. F. Krasnoseltsev” in the same “Proceedings of K. D. A.” – “Addition to the Klyucharyov Chronicle” in “Astras. Eparch. Led." No. 1. – In 1900: “Newly elected Patriarch of Alexandria Photius Peroglu (according to personal memories)” in “Proceedings Kyiv. D. Academy" - "The last days, death and burial of the Most Reverend Ioannikios, Metropolitan of Kyiv and Galich" in the same "Proceedings". – In 1901: “Description of liturgical manuscripts stored in libraries of the Orthodox East. T. P. Euchologia". Kyiv. - “The Ancient Patriarchal Typicons: Jerusalem and Constantinople” in “Proceedings of the Kyiv D. Academy”. – “The shortcomings of modern church and religious education and the reasons that gave rise to them” in the same “works”, and a special publication of the Kyiv Religious and Educational Society. - “In memory of the deceased Fr. Archpriest of the Gostinno-Nikolaevskaya Church G. G. Pokrovsky (on the day of his anniversary)" in "Astras. Eparch. Led." No. 15. – In 1902: “The book “Trebnik” and its significance in the life of an Orthodox Christian (Concerning the latest views on this book)” in “Proceedings of the Kyiv Theological Academy” and a special publication of the Kyiv Religious and Educational Society. – “New data for the history of the Typikon of the Great Church of Constantinople” in “Proceedings Kyiv. D. Academy". - In 1903: “The Mysterious Book-Book (Concerning judgments about it in the latest fiction)” in “Proceedings of the Kyiv Theological Academy” and a special publication of the Kyiv Religious and Educational Society. – “Modern Russian pilgrimage to the Holy Land” in “Proceedings of the Kyiv Theological Academy.” - “For the three-hundredth anniversary of the Astrakhan diocese (Life and exploits and the repose of our father Theodosius, Archbishop of Astrakhan and Terek - from the collection of manuscripts of Undolsky No. 385)” in “Proceedings of the Kyiv Theological Academy” and sec. Ott. – “The arrival of the Eastern Patriarchs Paisius of Alexandria and Macarius of Antioch to Astrakhan and the associated establishment of a metropolitanate here” in “Astra. Eparch. Vedomosti" Nos. 11 and 12 (This speech, delivered by the author on May 19, 1903 at a solemn act on the occasion of the 300-year existence of the Astrakhan diocese at the local theological seminary, was subsequently supplemented and in this form placed in the "Proceedings of the Kyiv Theological Academy" 1904 No. 3. There are also separate ot.) - In 1904 year: “Protege. A manual for clergy and those elected to bishops, during their consecrations, initiations and awards of spiritual distinctions, with a detailed explanation of all rituals and prayers.” Kyiv. - “The Lenten Triod is a school of piety. (About fasting)” in “Proceedings Kyiv. D. Academy" and a special publication of the Kyiv Religious and Educational Society. – “Archimandrite Antonin (Kapustin), head of the Russian spiritual mission in Jerusalem, as a figure for the benefit of Orthodoxy in the East and in particular in Palestine (on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of his death)” in “Proceedings Kyiv. Spirit. Academy" and a special publication of the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society in St. Petersburg. With a portrait and 9 drawings. In addition, prof. A. A. Dmitrievsky in 1885 and in the following years published several critical articles on books of liturgical content on the pages of the Theological Bibliographic List, published under the “Guide for Rural Shepherds”: Lebedeva, Fr. Nechaev (now Bishop Vissarion), Ivan Dmitrievsky, Mansetov, Krasnoseltsev and others. Some of the above works by Prof. A. A. Dmitrievsky were awarded honorary reviews and monetary awards. Thus, for the essay: “Divine services of Passion and Easter weeks in St. Jerusalem according to the charter of the 9th – 10th centuries.” The author was awarded the anniversary prize by Rev. Makari in 1000 rubles, for the essay: “Patmos Sketches” - Makariev Prize in 800 rubles, and so on. In general, Prof. A. A. Dmitrievsky is one of the most active and talented workers in the fields of church archeology and liturgics, and his works in these areas bear the stamp of solid erudition. Recently, the attention of people of science has been drawn to Alexey Afanasyevich’s major work on the study of the Orthodox East, under the title: “Description of liturgical manuscripts stored in the libraries of the Orthodox East” (two huge volumes were published: in 1895, Vol. I - Typical, in 1901 - Euchology, and there is scientific material for several more volumes). This work of the professor is the fruit of extensive and thorough research carried out by him during his repeated travels around the East, which he undertook first on a business trip from the Kyiv Theological Academy, and then more on his own initiative, mainly during the vaccination months. Some of these journeys took longer. The field of research of Prof. A.A. Dmitrievsky had a library of Athos, Athens, Patmos, Chalki, Jerusalem, Sinai, Cairo, as well as Vienna, Rome, Turin and other places in Italy. His main goal was to search and describe handwritten monuments related to the history of the church charter or typikon. The commission, which examined the scientific materials collected by the professor and presented by him upon his return from a business trip, reported to the Council of the Kyiv Theological Academy that “they contain a description of 120 Greek euchologies, almost 100 Greek typikons, more than 250 various other liturgical Greek manuscripts and up to 60 South Slavic manuscripts of the same content, found by him in book depositories in the east. Moreover, almost all the manuscripts of Sinai, the laurel of St. Athanasius of Athos and Saint Sava, the library of the Holy Sepulcher in Constantinople and the monasteries on Athos: Vatopedi, Panteleimon and Evsigmensky, are not only described in detail, but also in view of the truly scientific importance of the rites and prayers contained in them, after comparing them with the editions of Goar, Gobert and others, are given in extensive extracts. The publication of such a description will take at least 140 printed sheets, and since it will primarily be an edition of the Greek text, it will require approximately 3,500 rubles. Nevertheless, the Commission cannot but admit that by publishing such materials the goal of scientific trips to study our Orthodoxy in its very cradle would be fully achieved” (Protocols of the Kiev D. Academy 1890, pp. 332–333). Having heard the Commission's response, the Academy Council, recognizing the scientific value of the materials collected by Mr. Dmitrievsky, decided to petition the Holy Synod to allocate the amount required for publication. The petition was accepted favorably, and funds for publication were granted. Then the knowledge and diligence, hard work and patience of the publisher himself, prof. Dmitrievsky can only be credited with the fact that he managed to overcome a number of difficulties associated with such a matter as the publication of ancient Greek manuscripts. The first volume of “Descriptions of Liturgical Manuscripts” contains a description of Greek typikons and has a very impressive volume, containing over 900 pages of Greek text and over nine sheets of Russian preface, in which the publisher collected critical-bibliographical and critical-historical explanations for the published monuments of the volume. “Leaving (says the reviewer in “Church Vedom.” 1895 No. 47) special bodies of scientific literature and specialists in the science of liturgics to find out the value and scientific significance of the new edition, to what extent this value and significance is reflected in its first book, for our part we will say that when reading the Greek text of the “Description” one feels that the publisher of the monuments and the translator had to overcome great difficulties in order to fulfill their task. This is one of those parts of Mr. Dmitrievsky’s enormous work, in which both his hard work and his long-term experience in reading and studying Byzantine manuscripts were especially expressively reflected.” The following review is given about the second volume of the “Description” in the “Orthodox Theological Encyclopedia” (volume V, columns 254–255): “Prof. Dmitrievsky gave a particularly rich collection of euchologies in the second volume of “Descriptions of Liturgical Manuscripts.” 162, published by him, the euchology sets out the composition of the service and various successions of the Eastern Church from the first half of the 11th century. to the 16th century They introduce the liturgical practice not only of the three eastern patriarchs of Constantinople, Alexandria, and Jerusalem, but also of some of the most important monasteries of ancient Byzantium. Presenting an amazing wealth of liturgical material, they are also important in that they contain rites hitherto unknown. Professor A. A. Dmitrievsky is an active member of the Church-Historical and Archaeological Society at the Kiev Theological Academy, the Epiphany Brotherhood for assistance to employees at the Academy and its students, the Trust for the splendor of the seminary church and for the poor students of the Astrakhan Theological Seminary, the Russian Archaeological Institute in Constantinople, the Kiev Historical Society of Nestor Chronicler, Historical and Philological Society at the Imperial Novorossiysk University, Petrovsky Society of Researchers of the Astrakhan Region and the Constantinople Greek Historical Society, and an honorary member of the Smolensk Church-Archaeological Committee and the Society of Lovers of Education on the island of Patmos. The high merits of the scientific activity of Prof. A. A. Dmitrievsky attracted the attention of the highest scientific institution in Russia - the Imperial Academy of Sciences, and recently it elected him to its corresponding members. This is a high honor, which is awarded to rare men of science for particularly solid specialized knowledge and for particularly outstanding scientific activity. It is with pleasure that we write about this election on the pages of the Astrakhan Diocesan Gazette, especially in view of the fact that Alexey Afanasyevich is closely connected with our Astrakhan: he was born here, here he studied at the theological school and at the theological seminary, and his close relatives live here. And our noble fellow countryman, a resident of Astrakhan, not only does not break his ties with his homeland, but, if possible, tries in every possible way to support and strengthen them, which is partly evident from some of the facts we cited above in this article. We cordially welcome the highly respected Professor Alexei Afanasyevich Dmitrievsky with his very flattering election as a corresponding member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences and from the bottom of our hearts we wish him many years of strength and complete success in his arduous and fruitful activities for the benefit of the Church of Christ and our dear Fatherland.