Academic interests
I study the history of Eastern Christian worship with a focus on the Slavonic Byzantine Rite tradition. More broadly I am interested in Greek and Slavonic manuscripts and old printed books, their production, content, dissemination and conservation. At the University of Oslo I am writing a dissertation on the history of the Byzantine Daily Office in its Slavonic translations, as reflected in the various versions of the Chasoslovets (the Book of the Hours in Slavonic).
Education
- 2019: PhD (kandidat nauk) in Theology, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia Dissertation: The Reform of the Hirmologion in Moscow in the 17th Century. Thesis advisor: Tatiana Afanasyeva, D.Sc. in Philology https://go.spbu.ru/19a3001
- 2009 - 2012: M.Sc. in Economics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
- 2004 - 2008: B.Sc. in Mathematics, B.Sc. in Economics, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Duke University, Durham, NC
Background
I received a Bachelor of Sciences degree from Duke University (class of 2008) and a Master of Sciences degree from the University of North Carolina (2012). In 2019 I received a kandidat nauk (PhD) in Theology from St. Petersburg State University for my dissertation titled The Reform of the Hirmologion in Moscow in the 17th Century. I have taught Eastern Orthodox Liturgics, Greek Paleography, Church Slavonic, History of Slavic Worship, and History of Russian Liturgical Music at various institutions.
Publications
- A. Andreev. A new source for childbirth prayers in the Byzantine Rite. Scrinium 2022 (18): 3–21, 2022. doi: 10.1163/18177565-bja10057: https://brill.com/view/journals/scri/18/1/article-p3_2.xml
- A. Andreev and Hieromonk Dalmat (Yudin). Kata stichon hymnography in the East Slavic tradition. Religions 2022 (13.1). doi: 10.3390/rel130100 https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/13/1/40
- A. Andreev. The Slavonic Sabbaite Horologion: a preliminary review of the sources. Археографски прилози = Mélanges archéographiques 2022 (44): 11–45,https://nb.rs/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/AP-44_01_Andrejev.pdf
Here is a link to my page on Academia where you can find all my publications: Aleksandr Andreev | The Orthodox Pastoral School - Academia.edu