Liturgics at St. Petersburg Teological Academy at the Turn of the 20<sup>th </sup>Century (for the Centennial of the Repose of Professor Nikolay Pokrovsky)
In this article, the author considers the research of Nikolai Vasilyevich Pokrovsky, Professor of St. Petersburg Teological Academy (1848-1917). His main works are examined, the contents of the lecture notes on church archeology and liturgy are analyzed, and an evaluation of his pedagogical activity is offered. Te uniqueness and relevance of his scholarly works is revealed by the author, as well as the contribution that N. Pokrovsky made to the development of church archeology and liturgy as a scholarly field at the turn of the 20th century. Special atention is paid to the analysis of the content and main conclusions of the scholar’s scientific dissertations: his Master’s Tesis “Te Origin of the Early Christian Basilica” and his Doctoral Tesis “Te Gospel in Monuments of Iconography, Mostly Byzantine and Russian”. Te author particularly notes the fact that under the guidance of N. Pokrovsky during the entire period of his teaching at St. Petersburg Teological Academy more than 130 Candidate’s theses were writen and defended. Te most worthy successors of the work of Pokrovsky were such graduates of the Academy as D. Grigorov, N. Spirovsky, I. Karabinov, and N. Malitsky.