«NOTES OF THE ORDER OF ST. BASIL THE GREAT» (SECTION ІІ, 1949–1996) – INTELLECTUAL CHRONICLE OF UKRAINIAN HISTORICAL SCIENCE

Abstract

In the second half of the 20th century, the scientifi c core in Rome, Italy became the center of historical research activities of the Order of Saint Basil the Great. The monks of the Basilian Order carried over not only the organizational structure to Western Europe, but also the traditions of scientifi c knowledge of the history of spirituality of the Ukrainian people, its outstanding fi gures, cultural, and artistic heritage. The article analyzes the organizational development, content and thematic structure, as well as main historiographic trends of Section ІІ, Part II of the «Analecta Ordinis S. Basilii Magni» (notes of the order of st. Basil the Great), a non-periodical scientifi c journal published in Rome in 1949–1996, which became an intellectual phenomenon of the post-war Ukrainian historical science.Part ІІ of the «Analecta Ordinis S. Basilii Magni» consisted of three sections: the Works, the actual «Analecta», and the «Documents from the Roman Archives». Scientifi c tempering of the Basilians was represented in Section II with the matter of history of the church in Eastern Europe, namely the unionizing processes in Ukraine and Belarus, as well as the history and activities of the Order of St. Basil the Great. The post-war volumes (each volume consisted of four issues) of the «Analecta», were edited by Atanasii Velyky, Irynei Nazarko, Mykhailo Vavryk, Atanasii Pekar. Structurally, the scientifi c journal was comprised of articles (Articulli), documents (Documenta) and Miscellanea, published in Latin, Ukrainian, English, German, French, and Italian. The total of 15 volumes of the journal was published in Section II of the II Part of the «Analecta Ordinis S. Basilii Magni».Renowned Ukrainian historians, art critics, and culture theorists Oleksander Ohloblyn, Ilko Borshchak, Borys Zhuk, Volodymyr Sichynskyi and others contributed to the formation of the thematic structure of the «Analecta». The subjects of their publications concerned the political history of Ukraine, national historical sources, art studies, and the history of sacred architecture. The major part of the published material were the studies of the Basilians dedicated to the issue of the church union and its leaders, such as hieromartyr Josaphat Kuntsevych, Metropolitan Joseph Velamin-Rutski, and religious activist Meletius Smotrytsky. Proving the unionistic nature of the Ukrainian Church, the Basilians did not always comprehensively consider the political factors of the union processes. They made a signifi cant contribution to prosopographic researches, reconstruction of parochial and monastic life.