New Athos

Why the priest will lead the “Chersonesos Tauride”. Short

On July 29, Governor of Sevastopol, Sevastopol, appointed Archpriest Sergius Khalyut, director of the National Reserve Tauride. He explained his choice by the fact that Chersonesos is a holy place that the pilgrims should attract, and it is better if the priest leads to them. The personnel permutations were negatively perceived in the museum community; The essence of fears boils down to the fact that scientific research may stop in the historical and archaeological reserve, which were the most important part of the work in Chersonesos. Medusa briefly talks about the new director of Tauride Chersonesos and disputes around his destination.

New Director. The appointment of Sergius of Khalyuta, according to Governor of Sevastopol Sergei Devyailo, was supported by the Russian Ministry of Culture and after the blessing of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Cyril. The Khaluta, the Dean of the Sevastopol District of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, is the rector of the Holy-Vladimir Cathedral, located on the territory of the reserve. Kommersant reports that Father Sergius Khalyuta graduated from high school, a medical school, an exterior - the Odessa Theological Seminary, in absentia - the Moscow Theological Academy.

Reasons and tasks. Chanyilo, presenting the leader, directly stated that Chersonesos was not only a tourist place, but also a worship; Now the hawute, appointed instead of a scientist Andrei Kulagin, will make New Athos from Chersonesos. The governor, explaining the personnel permutations, also indicated that there are “certain contradictions” between the museum and the temple in the reserve. True, representatives of the museum community believe that in Khersones Tauride, on the contrary, a rare balance between the scientific institution and the church was reached. The head of Sevastopol later said that he initiated an audit of the economic and financial activity of the reserve, because some employees of the administration are “suspected of fraud”. The Investigative Committee previously instituted several criminal cases on the fact of the illegal allocation of the land of the Tauride Khersones.

Reaction. The Chersonesos Tauride team opposed the position of the director of the museum historical and archaeological complex to be a representative of the clergy. Employees are afraid that all scientific activities will stop on the territory of the reserve. In addition to the employees of the reserve, the director of the State Hermitage Mikhail Piotrovsky, as well as the main keeper of the Hermitage, Svetlana Adaksina, took a tough position, in addition to the employees of the reserve. The Hermitage has been engaged in archaeological research in Khersones for many years; Now - in the midst of the archaeological season - a museum expedition works in the ancient settlement. Negatively, the presidential adviser to the President of the Russian culture Vladimir Tolstoy, who called the decision of Chanyilo was erroneous, also reacted to the appointment of the president. In addition, Tolstoy said that the appointment of a rabbit with the Ministry of Culture was not agreed.

Another country. Chersonesos along with his Khoroy was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2013 - at the time when Crimea belonged to Ukraine. After the attachment of the peninsula to the Russian Federation, international experts had doubts about the safety of the ancient complex, which did not receive the status of the State Museum in Russia. In 2014, the authorities of the Russian Federation talked about how important it is to preserve the UNESCO monument; There was no talk of a change of activity (with a museum to the spiritual and educational). In January 2015, the governor Chanipilo subordinated Chersonesos to the city and included him in the Museum-Reserve of the History of Sevastopol: in fact, Chersonesos lost independence, but did not acquire the necessary funding. Now the fate of the ancient monument is also concerned about the Russian museum community, which does not share the desire of local authorities to make from the world scientific center on the Heracles Peninsula, where excavations have been conducted since the mid -19th century, the place of pilgrimage.