Review of: Yastrebov А. О., archpriest. Shrines of Venice. An Orthodox Historical and Art Guide to the Basilica of St. Mark and Other Churches of Venice. Мoscow: Poznanie, 2019. 397 p. ISBN 978-5-906960-80-1

Abstract

The book "The Sanctuaries of Venice" by Archpriest Alexei Olegovich Yastrebov is already well known to readers. Its first edition was published back in 2010 in Padua, Italy, and already in 2011 the guide received the award in memory of Metropolitan Macarius of Moscow and Kolomna, which highlighted not only the educational, but also the scientific merits of the author.

The second edition was also published abroad in 2013, but the needs of the Russian reader were still unsatisfied. This is understandable - the book was still only available in Italy. It is all the more encouraging that in 2019 Poznaniye Publishing House has undertaken a third, this time Russian edition of the book. The Shrines of Venice saw the light of day in the autumn, and on 10 December 2019 the official presentation of the volume took place in the conference hall of the St Cyril and Methodius All-Church Postgraduate and Doctoral School.