Professional paper
The Strossmayer restoration project of the Saints Cyril and Methodius heritage
Milica Lukić
; Filozofki fakultet Sveučilišta Josip Juraj Strossmayer u Osijeku, Osijek, Hrvatska
Abstract
Josip Juraj Strossmayer (1815-1905), the bishop of Đakovo and Syrmia, a politician and a benefactor marked a new period in struggle for establishment of heritage of the Saints Cyril and Methodius in the entire Croatian national area, particularly in his domicile diocese. Strossmayer’s success in supporting the Saints Cyril and Methodius heritage problem area reflected in his circular letters addressed to those dealing exclusively with this area of interest and those in which the Saints Cyril and Methodius content is mentioned just in passing (invariable places referring to the following: the St. Apostles life and work interpretation, encouraging unity of the Churches and Slavic nations, restoration of the Old-Church-Slavic language in liturgy and its expansion to the entire Southslav area), as well as in rich correspondence with a number of contemporaries in particular with Franjo Rački (their correspondence having commenced in 1860 and ended in 1894 when Rački died, comprises more than thousand letters accesible to scientific public in publications by the historian Ferdo Šišić in the early 20 century; his correspondence with the Vrhbosna Diocese archbishop Josip Stadler (their correspondence from 1881 till 1902 did not include the Saints Cyril and Methodius issues as much as his correspondence with Rački, but it is compelling for its volume; his correspondence with the archbishop of Split Marko Kalogjera, Viennese nuncio Serafin Vannutelli, Dragutin Antun Parčić, Montenegro duke Nikola I Petrović Njegoš and his chancellor Jovan Sundečić and others.
Keywords
Josip Juraj Strossmayer; the Saints Cyril and Methodius heritage; the Saints Cyril and Methodius circular letter; correspondence; Franjo Rački; Josip Stadler; Antun Parčić; Pope Leo XIII; encyclical Grande Munus; Panslavic pilgrimage
Hrčak ID:
144974
URI
Publication date:
25.4.2014.
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