Priest Mikhail Zheltov. "The Word of St. Gregory on the Holy Liturgy"

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Mikhail Sergeevich Zheltov

(born February 13, 1976) - Russian liturgist, author of works on the history of worship and church regulations, priest of the Russian Orthodox Church. Author of scientific publications, candidate of theology. He has published scientific and theological articles in the Great Russian Encyclopedia, the Orthodox Encyclopedia, Theological Works, the Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate, and other church and secular academic publications. Secretary of the Inter-Council Presence Commission for Divine Services and Church Art[1].

Biography[ | ]

Born on February 13, 1976 in the village of Kilmez, Kirov Region (according to the passport, the city of Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region)[2]. In 1983-1993 he studied at special secondary school No. 1287 in Moscow with in-depth study of the English language.

On January 1, 1993, he was baptized in the Church of Mitrofan of Voronezh in Moscow. The name was given in honor of St. Michael of Klopsky. Since 1993, he served as a bell ringer, singer, and guide at the churches of Mitrofan of Voronezh and the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Petrovsky Park, as well as at other churches in Moscow.

In 1993 he entered the Faculty of Physics of Moscow State University.

In 1994 he entered the theological and pastoral faculty of the Orthodox St. Tikhon's Theological Institute (PSTIB).

From 1996 until his ordination as a deacon, he served as an altar boy in the Moscow Church of the Great Martyr George the Victorious in Starye Luchniki.

Since 1997 - assistant, since 1998 - teacher at the department of liturgics of PSTBI.

In 1999, he graduated from both universities (the physics department of Moscow State University - in the department of computer methods of physics; the theological faculty of PSTBI - in the department of liturgics).

Since 1998 - senior lecturer at the department of liturgics of PSTBI, since 2000 - deputy head of the department.

Since 2000, he has been the head of the editorial office of Divine Services and Liturgics of the Church Scientific as a leading editor.

In 2002-2003, he taught a course in liturgics to students of the philosophical and theological faculty of the Russian Orthodox University of the Holy Apostle John the Theologian.

Since 2004 - head of the department of liturgical theology at PSTGU.

In 2004-2005, he taught a special course “Byzantine liturgy and art” to students of the history department of Moscow State University.

On February 18, 2005, he was ordained a deacon, with the blessing of Patriarch Alexy II, by Bishop Benjamin of Lyubertsy at the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Epiphany in Yelokhov. At the end of his liturgical practice, by decree of the Patriarch, he was appointed supernumerary deacon of the Church of the Great Martyr George the Victorious in Starye Luchniki.

In 2006, he taught a course in liturgics to 2nd year students at the Moscow Theological Academy (MDA). He has repeatedly taken part in scientific conferences, both Russian and Ukrainian, and Western European, and also participated in the organization of several conferences.

In 2006-2007, with the blessing of Patriarch Alexy II and on behalf of Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk, Philaret was included in the organizing committee of the V International Theological Conference “Orthodox Teaching on the Church Sacraments.”

In 2006 he received a PhD in Theology. In 2006, after being awarded the degree of candidate of theology, he was awarded the title of associate professor.

Since 2007 - Associate Professor of the Department of Church and Practical Disciplines of the Moscow Academy of Sciences. She teaches liturgics, special courses “The Liturgical Tradition of Old Testament Israel” and “The Hymnographic Heritage of the Church Fathers.”

On October 14, 2008, he was ordained a priest, after which he served in the Church of the Great Martyr George the Victorious in Starye Luchniki.

Since 2009 - head of the department of church-practical sciences of the church-wide postgraduate and doctoral studies named after Saints Cyril and Methodius.

In 2009, he was included in the Synodal Biblical and Theological Commission and the Inter-Council Presence of the Russian Orthodox Church.

In 2014, he was included in the Synodal Liturgical Commission of the Russian Orthodox Church.

On March 8, 2015, he was transferred to the staff of the Church of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God in Kurkino, Moscow[3].

On June 14, 2021, he was released from obedience as a cleric of the Vladimir Church in Kurkino and appointed acting rector of the Church of the Nativity of Christ in Mitino, Moscow[4]

Priest Mikhail Zheltov. "The Word of St. Gregory on the Holy Liturgy"

Medieval revelation-interpretation of the Divine Liturgy

Among the various medieval commentaries on the Divine Liturgy, “The Word of St. Gregory about St. liturgy." This commentary was written in the 12th century using earlier stories from the patericon[1]. Its translation is widely represented in ancient Russian manuscripts and, in particular, was included in Chrysostom, one of the books of statutory liturgical readings[2]. As N.F. Krasnoseltsev, the great Russian scientist of the late 19th century, proved, “The Word of St. Gregory" is the basis of the "Explanatory Service" - the most popular Donikon commentary on the liturgy[3], which even had semi-canonical status, since it was included in the Helmsman's books.

Images from “The Words of St. Gregory" were included in the iconographic programs of some Russian churches[4]. The text of the commentary is rarely found in Greek manuscripts, since it is still clearly apocryphal. According to one of them (Paris, Coisl. 296), several years ago we published it in its entirety for the first time [5], although fragments of the Greek text of the commentary served as captions for a series of book miniatures in the Vatican manuscript. gr. 2137, were published by A. Mai back in the middle of the 19th century[6].

The Divine Liturgy in the commentary is revealed as a mystical secret act performed in the temple by angels in parallel with the visible rites. Among the elements of the rite of the liturgy, the following are mentioned: proskomedia, peaceful litany, three antiphons, small entrance, prokeimenon, Apostle, alleluia, Gospel, litany of the catechumens, great entrance, Eucharistic prayer (anaphora), “Our Father”, exclamation of the priest “Holy to holies” ( which the compiler of the commentary, following the more ancient patericon stories, gives a very special meaning), communion and the end of the liturgy.

Below is our translation of the commentary into modern Russian from the Paris, Coisl manuscript. 296, using the text of another Greek manuscript from the Escorial collection[7]. The translation is accompanied by miniatures from the Vatican. gr. 2137[8].

Disclosure[9] of the Holy Liturgy

1. [Once] the venerable fathers, having gathered with Saint Gregory the Theologian, said to him: “Reverend Father, teach us [that] that [pertains] to the Church, and how the Divine and intuited and bloodless Sacrifice is offered in heaven.”

Saint Gregory the Theologian with questioners. Fragment of the Vatican manuscript. gr. 2137

2. And Gregory the Theologian, answering, said: “Listen, my brothers.

3. [When] the priest, performing the proskomedia[10] of the Holy Gifts, said: “Let us pray to the Lord,” then I heard a voice from heaven calling and saying: “Which of you [among you] made church offerings according to the disposition of your heart?”[11] And an angel flew down from heaven and stood at the outer gate of the church vestibule.

4. And when the deacon says: “Forgive me! [12] Let us pray to the Lord in peace,” set your hearts [directly], to the fear of God, to the liturgy.

Beginning of the Divine Liturgy

5. And when [1st antiphon] is sung: “It is good to confess to the Lord,” I heard the angel say: “Rejoice [13] everyone and focus on the fear of God and on the liturgy.”

6. And when [2nd antiphon] is sung: “The Lord reigns,” the angel said: “And now he reigns!” Christian race, rejoice and be glad, for Christ reigns for endless centuries. The devil is no longer able to fight against man, for he is completely broken.”

7. And when the [3rd antiphon] is sung: “Come, let us rejoice in the Lord,” then I saw an angel at the royal and holy gates of the church.

8. And then the priest entered the altar and took the Gospel, and the deacon took the censer, and the sextons lit the candles and, passing, went out to the pulpit.

9. And when they said [at the small entrance], “Come, let us bow and fall,” I saw an angel stretch out his wings and embrace [them] the priest, and take him, and lead him inside the altar.

Small entrance

10. And when [the priest] placed the Holy Gospel on the holy throne, the angel lowered his wings and stood next to him and said: “Look how you stand at the Last Judgment.”

11. And when [the priest] moved to the pulpit [in the high place], Michael said: “Wisdom,” and Gabriel: “Let us attend,” and the Lord: “Peace to all,” and everything in the world was revealed. This is what [happens when] a priest teaches peace (that is, “Peace to all”) in the church, [so] stand everyone in peace, and let no one turn his head to meet [his gaze] with [another] person.

Shouts before the reading of the Apostle

13. And when the Apostle is read, [the Apostle himself] Paul teaches. And one hears: “Let [you all] know this.”

14. And when [the time] came for the holy [singing] “Alleluia,” David exclaims and says: “God will come, our God, and will not remain silent [14]; Fire will come before Him, and His enemies will burn all around[15] and the lightning of the evangelists will illuminate His universe[16].” And I heard an angel saying: “The Son of God is coming, broken in pieces and distributed to the faithful.”

15. And when [the time for reading] the Holy Gospel came, then I saw that the roof of the church opened, and the sky appeared [through it], and every word of the Gospel was like fire and reached to the sky.

Reading the Gospel

16. And when the deacon said: “The Catechumens,” I saw a man standing in the holy gates of the church, with sharp, arrow-like teeth and bloodshot eyes, and he was grinding his teeth on those standing in the church, as if to throw him out from the church of each of them.

17. And when the deacon said: “No one from the catechumens,” I saw the angel spread his wings and push that [man with sharp teeth] into the outer fire, saying to him: “Why are you standing here, not having a wedding garment?” - and [adding]: “You have no power here.”

18. And when the priest went to transfer the Holy [Gifts], I heard the angel say: “Holy Father, send Your secret guides, the angels, to minister the Divine mysteries.”

Great Entrance

19. And when the deacon said: “Let us become kind,” let us become fearful! - because what is happening is terrible.

20. And when the priest said: “Singing a song of victory,” then I saw that the roof of the church opened, and the sky appeared [through it], and a flash of flame came down, and after the flash many angels descended; and after the angels I saw two beautiful faces, the beauty of which cannot be described in words, for their radiance was like a flash of flame. And the angels spread their wings around the altar, and their six-winged faces around the holy throne. And in the midst of those [I saw] the Child [shining] like a flash of flame, and [this] flame descended on the priest, and [the] priest himself became a flash of flame, from head to nails.

Eucharistic prayer

21. And when the time for “Our Father” came, I heard the angel say: “Good and faithful fathers, if any of you was with his wife on [the past] Saturday, whether in reality or in a dream, he is not worthy of the most pure Body and the revered Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ."

22. And when the priest said: “Holy to holies,” then I saw that the mentioned faces became as if an altar, and I saw angels with knives in their hands, and they slaughtered the Child, and poured His Blood into the holy chalice, and cut the body into pieces [placed] on top of the bread. And the bread became the Body, and the wine and water in the chalice became the Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ.

23. And the people came up and received communion, and those who did not say: “Amen” are unworthy of the Son of God.

Communion

24. And when the deacon said: “We will go out in peace,”[17] then I saw how the Divine mysteries ascended to heaven, and the church offerings ascended.”

25. And, having heard this and having experienced great shock, [the venerable fathers] were strengthened [in the faith] for endless centuries. Amen.

End of the Divine Liturgy

Priest Mikhail Zheltov Pravoslavie.ru December 2, 2020

[1] For more details, see: Zheltov M. The Disclosure of the Divine Liturgy by Presudo-Gregory of Nazianzus: Edition of the Text and Commentary // Bollettino della Badia Greca di Grottaferrata. Roma, 2015 [actually 2016]. Vol. 14. P. 215–235.

[2] See: Afanasyeva T.I. Apocryphal “Word of St. Gregory on the liturgy" in the Slavic manuscript tradition // Bulletin of St. Petersburg State University. Ser. 9. 2011. Issue. 4. pp. 95–106; Zheltov M., priest. “The Revelation of St. Gregory the Theologian on the Liturgy”: research, text and its Slavic translations // Bulletin of PSTGU. Series III: Philology. M., 2018. Issue. 54. pp. 9–26.

[3] Krasnoseltsev N. Ѳ. “Explanatory service” and other works related to the explanation of worship in ancient Rus' before the 18th century (Bibliographical review) // Orthodox interlocutor. 1878. Part 2. T. 5. pp. 3–43.

[4] Pokrovsky N. [V.] Wall paintings in ancient Greek and Russian temples. M., 1890. pp. 132–136, 150–151, 160–161.

[5] Zheltov. The Disclosure…

[6] Maius A. Novae Patrum Bibliothecae. Roma, 1853. T. 6. 585–592; text reprinted in PG 99. Col. 1689–1692, not. eleven.

[7] Our edition of the text and this manuscript, which contains interesting discrepancies regarding Paris, Coisl, is currently being prepared. 296.

[8] Images published on the Vatican Library website: https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.gr.2137.

[9] Greek: Διάλυσις, literally “solution.”

[10] Greek πρόθεσις - Proposal.

[11] Here is a play on words: the Greek expression πρόθεσις καρδίας from the Septuagint (Prov. 16.1) echoes the name of the rite of proskomedia (πρόθεσις).

[12] Here it means: “faithful!”

[13] Here again there is a play on words - the call: “Rejoice...” (Ἀγαθυνθεῖτε...) plays on the first word of the antiphon (Ἀγαθὸν...).

[14] Ps. 49:3.

[15] Ps. 96:4.

[16] Paraphrase of Ps. 76:18.

[17] Now this exclamation is pronounced by a priest, but in Byzantium and Rus' before Patriarch Nikon these were the words of a deacon.

Publications[ | ]

Articles in magazines and collections

• Proverbs of the Nativity of Christ // Annual Theological Conference of the PSTBI: Materials of 1999. M., 1999. - pp. 71-92.
• The rite of consecration of the temple and the position of holy relics in the Byzantine Euchologia of the 11th century // Relics in the art and culture of the Eastern Christian world. M., 2000. - P. 111-126.
• Manuscripts of the Russian National Library. Soph. 1056 and 526 as sources on the history of the formation of the Russian bureaucratic clergy // History of the Church in the scientific traditions of the 20th century: Materials of the scientific-church conference dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the death of V. V. Bolotov. St. Petersburg, 2000. - pp. 70-71.
• Features of anaphoras of Egyptian liturgies // Ancient Egypt and Christianity: Materials of a scientific conference. M., 2000. - P. 46.
• At the origins of the Jerusalem Charter. Part 1: Will of St. Savva // Theological collection. M., 2001. No. 7. - P. 184-192.
• Divine service of Egyptian monasticism // History of Egyptian monks. M., 2001. - P. 107-116.
• Russian bishop's formulary of the liturgy and its relationship with the priestly // Annual theological conference of PSTBI: Materials of 2000. M., 2001. - pp. 117-122.
• Orthodox rite of church consecration in history // PSTBI Annual Theological Conference: Materials of 2001. M., 2001. - pp. 88-97.
• Review of the history of the Orthodox rite of consecration of the temple // Moscow Diocesan Gazette. M., 2001. - No. 11-12. — P. 70-76.
• Greek liturgy of the 4th century in the Barcelon papyrus. Papyr. 154b-157b // Theological collection. M., 2002. - No. 9. - P. 240-256.
• Ancient anaphoras of the Alexandrian Church // Cultural heritage of Egypt and the Christian East: Materials of international scientific conferences. M., 2002. - P. 123-128.
• The bishop's rite of the Divine Liturgy: history, features, relationship with the ordinary (“priestly”) rite // Theological collection. M., 2003. - No. 11. - P. 207-240.
• Ancient Alexandrian anaphors // Theological works. M., 2003. Sat. 38. - pp. 269-320.
• Liturgical data contained in the “Act of Tax” (Praxis de tributo) of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker (on the question of possible dating) // “The Rule of Faith and the Image of Meekness...”: The Image of St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra, in Byzantine and Slavic hagiography, hymnography and iconography. M., 2004. - P. 111-124.
• Is the Pope the author of the Byzantine liturgy? On the question of the authorship of the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts // Byzantium and the West (950th anniversary of the schism of the Christian Church, 800th anniversary of the capture of Constantinople by the Crusaders): Abstracts of the XVII All-Russian Scientific Session of Byzantinists. M., 2004. - pp. 61-63.
• Introduction to the book: Uspensky N. D. Works on liturgics. Volume 1: Orthodox Vespers. The rite of the all-night vigil. M., 2004. - pp. XXIII-XLVI.
• Marriage and Eucharist: History of the Orthodox wedding rite // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 2004. Issue. 11. - pp. 44-53.
• Cave temples of Taurica: On the problem of typology and chronology // Russian Archeology. M., 2005. No. 1. - P. 72-80. (co-authored with A. Yu. Vinogradov, N. E. Gaidukov)
• Asia Minor worship of the beginning of the 7th century. according to the Life of St. Theodore Sikeot// Life of our Venerable Father Theodore, Archimandrite of Sikeon, written by George, his disciple and abbot of the same monastery/ Translation from Greek, preface. and comm. D. E. Afinogenova. M., 2005. - P. 173-183.
• Two Byzantine prayers for the transfer of St. relics // Theological works. M., 2005. - Sat. 40. - pp. 122-127.
• Bernatsky M. M., Zheltov Mikhail, deacon. Questions and answers from Metropolitan Elijah of Crete: Testimony about the peculiarities of the celebration of the Divine Liturgy in the beginning. XII century// Bulletin of PSTGU I: Theology and philosophy [Proceedings of the Department of Liturgical Theology]. M., 2005. - Issue. 14. pp. 23-53.
• Orders of ordination according to the oldest Slavic list: Manuscript of the Russian National Library. Soph. 1056, XIV century // Bulletin of PSTGU I: Theology and philosophy [Proceedings of the Department of Liturgical Theology]. M., 2005. - Issue. 14. - pp. 147-157.
• The rite of wedding and the sacrament of the Eucharist: The relationship of successions // PSTBI Annual Theological Conference: Materials of 2004. M., 2005. - P. 156-165.
• Church blessing of remarriages // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 2005. - Issue. 8. - pp. 72-79.
• Two Byzantine prayers for the transfer of holy relics // Theological works. M., 2005. - No. 40. - P. 122-127.
• Anaphora ap. Thomas from the Euchology of the White Monastery // ΚΑΝΙΣΚΙΟΝ: Anniversary collection in honor of the 60th anniversary of prof. I. S. Chichurova. M., 2006. - P. 304-317.
• New source on the history of Russian worship: Quoted copy of “Officer of the Bishop’s Service” 1677 // Bulletin of Church History. M., 2006. - No. 2. - P. 235-239.
• Thrones of cave temples of the South-Western Crimea // Black Sea region, Crimea, Rus' in history and culture: Materials of the III Sudak international scientific conference. Kyiv; Sudak, 2006. T. 2. - pp. 76-85. (co-authored with N. E. Gaidukov)
• Relics in Byzantine rites // Relics in Byzantium and Ancient Rus': Written sources / Ed.-comp. A. M. Lidov. M., 2006. - P. 67-108.
• The Rite of the Last Supper in the views of modern liturgists // PSTGU Annual Theological Conference: Materials of 2005. M., 2006. - T. 1. - P. 66-74.
• Byzantine Ecclesiastical Marriage: A history of the rite // Proceedings of the 21st International Congress of Byzantine Studies / Ed. by F. K. Haarer and E. Jeffreys. Aldershot, 2006. Vol. 3: Abstracts of communications. - P. 238-240.
• Preface to the book: Uspensky N. D. Works on liturgics. Volume 2: Byzantine liturgy. Anaphora. M., 2006. - P. VL.
• Comments on the book: Consecration of the Temple. Collection / Moscow Patriarchate Publishing House. M., 2006. - P. 343-413.
• Canons of the Mother of God in the daily prayer rule of an Orthodox Christian // Theotokos: Canons of the Mother of God for every day. M., 2006. - P. 501-510.
• Report of the Yuryev governor, Prince I. A. Khilkov, on the organization of an Orthodox cathedral in honor of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos in Yuryev (Dorpta) // Bulletin of Church History. M., 2007. - No. 1 (5). - pp. 249-255. (co-authored with B. N. Florey)
• The rite of the Divine Liturgy in the most ancient (XI-XIV centuries) Slavic Service Books // Theological works. M., 2007. - Sat. 41. - pp. 272-359.
• Descriptions of the Heavenly Liturgy in the Eucharistic prayers of the ancient Church // Eschatological teaching of the Church: Materials. M., 2007. - P. 388-403.
• Marriage: biblical understanding and church rites // Sacraments of the Church: Materials of the preparatory seminars of the International Theological Conference of the Russian Orthodox Church “Orthodox teaching on the Church Sacraments.” M., 2007. - P. 198-206.
• The Anaphora and Thanksgiving Prayer from the Barcelona Papyrus: An Underestimated Testimony to the History of the Anaphora in the Fourth Century // Vigiliae Christianae. Leiden, 2008. Vol. 62. - P. 467-504.
• Prayers during communion of clergy in the Old Russian Missals of the 13th-14th centuries // Ancient Rus': questions of medieval studies. M., 2009. - No. 35. - P. 75-92.
• Unity of Nature of Mankind: Theological Aspects and Scientific Insights // Faith and Philosophy. Charlottesville [VA], 2009. Vol. 26: 5 [= Science and Human Nature - Russian and Western Perspectives.]. P. 571-575.
• Historical and liturgical aspects of sacramentology // Orthodox teaching on the Church Sacraments: Materials of the V International Theological Conference of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow, November 13-16, 2007) / Priest. M. Zheltov, ed. M., 2009. - T. 1. - P. 124-133.
• Review of the history of the rites of blessing marriage in the Orthodox tradition // Orthodox teaching on church sacraments: Materials of the V International Theological Conference of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow, November 13-16, 2007) / Priest. M. Zheltov, ed. M., 2009. - T. 3. - P. 109-126.
• The composition of the ranks of betrothal and wedding in the most ancient Slavic manuscripts // Ancient Rus': questions of medieval studies. M., 2009. - No. 37. - P. 41-42.
• The Sanctus and the First Epiclesis in the Anaphoras of the Egyptian Type // Studia Patristica. Leiden, 2010. Vol. XLV. P. 105-113.
• A Slavonic Translation of the Eucharistic Diataxis of Philotheos Kokkinos from a Lost Manuscript (Athos Agiou Pavlou 149) // TOXOTHC: Studi per Stefano Parenti / D. Galadza, N. Glibetić, G. Radle, eds. Grottaferrata, 2010. (Analekta Kryptoferres; 9). - P. 345-359.
• Saint Nicholas of Myra in Byzantine hymnography// Good helmsman. Veneration of St. Nicholas in the Christian world / A. V. Bugaevsky, comp. and general ed. M., 2010. - P. 208-221.
• Betrothal and wedding rites in the most ancient Slavic manuscripts // Palaeobulgarica. Sofia, 2010. - No. 1. - P. 25-43.
• The Moment of Eucharistic Consecration in Byzantine Thought // Issues in Eucharistic Praying / Maxwell E. Johnson, ed. Collegeville (MN), 2010. - P. 263-306.
• Follow-up of the funeral requiem in the ancient Russian Service Books of the 14th century// Death and burial in Judeo-Christian literature. Sofia, 2011. (= Studia mediaevalia Slavica et Byzantina. T. 1). — P. 220-231.
• The Rite of the Eucharistic Liturgy in the Oldest Russian Leitourgika (13-14 cc.) // Journal of Eastern Christian Studies. Leuven, 2012. - Vol. 12. - P. 293-309.
• The rites of Vespers and Matins in the Old Russian Service Books of the Studio era // Theological works. M., 2012. - Issue. 43-44. — P. 443—470.
• Preface // Borner R. Byzantine interpretations of the 7th-15th centuries on the Divine Liturgy / Trans. A. Goyal, ed. priest M. Zheltova. M., 2013.
• Greek manuscripts of the Divine Liturgy of the Apostle Mark // Sretensky collection. Scientific works of SDS teachers. - M., 2013. - Issue. 4. - pp. 123-150.
• The Byzantine Manuscripts of the Liturgy of Mark in the Sinai New Finds // ΣΥΝΑΞΙΣ ΚΑΘΟΛΙΚΗ: Beiträge… für Heinzgerd Brakmann zum 70. Geburtstag. Wien, 2014. - S. 801-808.
• Liturgical tradition of the West of Byzantium in the most ancient Russian Service Books // Kirilometodievskata tradition and Macedonian-Ruskite ecclesiastical and kulturni vrski": Collection on the work of the International Scientific Collection / I. Velev et al., ed. Skopje, 2014. - pp. 249-254.
• Syriac (or Palestinian?) Rite of Baptism in the Greek manuscript Sinait. NE MG 93 // Bulletin of Church History. M., 2014. - Issue. 1-2 (33-34). — P. 116-126.
• “Testament” of Metropolitan Constantine I of Kyiv and the canon “for the outcome of the soul” // Slovčne - Slověne: International Journal of Slavic Studies. M., 2014. - No. 3:1. — P. 43-71. (co-authored with A. Yu. Vinogradov)
• Unpublished canons of the Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, I: canon by the hymnographer Herman // Sretensky collection. M., 2014. Issue. 5. - P. 3-41.
• Canons of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, part I: an unpublished canon by the hymnographer Herman // Sretensky collection. Scientific works of SDS teachers. 2014. - No. 5. - P. 101-139.
• The rite of the bishop's liturgy in the Russian Church in the middle of the 16th century: the testimony of the great Menaion and St. Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow // Sretensky collection. Scientific works of SDS teachers. 2015. - No. 6. - P. 141-178.
• “Apocryphal” inscription from Mangup and rituals of “exposing a thief”: magic and law between Antiquity and the Middle Ages // Slověne. 2015. T. 4. - No. 1. - P. 52-93. (co-authored with A. Yu. Vinogradov)
• Orthodox service of Maundy Thursday: origin and features // Church and Time. 2021. - No. 3 (76). — P. 169—192.
• Canons of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, part II: unpublished canon from the manuscript paris, gr. 341 // Sretensky collection. Scientific works of SDS teachers. 2021. - No. 7-8. - pp. 315-328.
• The conflict of ascetic practices in Rus' in the middle of the 12th century // Ancient Rus'. Questions of medieval studies. 2021. - No. 3 (69). - pp. 26-27. (co-author with A. Yu. Vinogradov)
• Historical and canonical foundations of the unity of the Russian Church // Church and Time. 2021. - No. 3 (84). — P. 29-95.
• “The Revelation of St. Gregory the Theologian on the Liturgy”: research, text and its Slavic translations // Bulletin of the Orthodox St. Tikhon Humanitarian University. Series 3: Philology. 2021. - No. 54. - P. 9-26.
• Stichera of the Sunday Octoechos in Ancient Tropologia // Christian Reading. 2021. - No. 3. - P. 94-111. (co-authored with D. V. Bulaev)
• Little-known Byzantine commentary of the 11th (?) century. for the Divine Liturgy // Byzantine Temporary. 2021. - No. 102. - P. 352-360.
• “The first heresy in Rus'”: Russian disputes in the 1160s about the abolition of fasting on holidays // Ancient Rus'. Questions of medieval studies. 2018. - No. 3 (73). — P. 118-139. (co-author with A. Yu. Vinogradov)
• Church policy of the Patriarchate of Constantinople under Manuel I Komnenos and the crisis of the Russian metropolitanate in 1156-1169 // Electronic scientific and educational journal “History”. 2021. - No. 9 (83). (co-author with A. Yu. Vinogradov)
• Life and death of Theodore of Vladimir: law or reprisal? // Electronic scientific and educational journal “History”. 2021. T. 10. - No. 10 (84). (co-author with A. Yu. Vinogradov)

Articles in the Orthodox Encyclopedia

• Divine services of the Russian Church of the X-XX centuries;
• Aaron's blessing;
• Agape;
• Agiasma;
• Lamb, in Orthodox worship;
• Adam;
• Aquileian Rite;
• Aquila and Priscilla;
• Axios;
• Accessus ad altare;
• Alavaster;
• Alexandrian worship;
• Alleluiariy; Hallelujah;
• Almazov A.I.;
• Alphabetical stichera;
• Alba;
• Alpha and Omega;
• Pulpit;
• Amikt;
• Amen;
• Anamnesis;
• Anaphora;
• Anna, daughter of Phanuel;
• Antimins;
• Antiochian service;
• Antiphon;
• Apostle (book);
• Apostles;
• "Apostolic Constitutions";
• Armenian rite;
• Artos;
• Archdeacon;
• Bishop's service;
• Archimandrite;
• Athos;
• Canopy;
• Barberini Euchologius;
• Barcelona papyrus;
• White Monastery of Euchologii;
• Bible songs;
• Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary;
• Prayers of thanksgiving after Communion;
• Marriage;
• Varlaam Khutynsky Service Book;
• Velatio;
• Good Friday;
• Holy Saturday;
• Great Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday;
• Lent;
• Maundy Thursday;
• Great Doxology;
• Marriage ceremony;
• Vespers;
• Supper;
• Vima;
• Water blessing;
• Exaltation of the Holy Cross;
• Air;
• Wax paste;
• Sunday;
• Daily antiphons;
• All-night vigil;
• Meeting of the bishop;
• Second marriage;
• Entrance;
• Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem;
• Entrance prayers;
• Entrance verse;
• Georgiy Mtatsmindeli Typikon;
• Hymnography;
• Head-bending prayer;
• Gregory, bishop Akragantian;
• Grigory Dvoeslov;
• Gregory the Theologian;
• Gregory Dekapolit: Hymnography;
• Gregory Palamas;
• St. Gregory Sinait;
• “Let our lips be filled”;
• Deir Balayzi papyrus;
• Deacon;
• Diakonikon;
• Deaconess;
• Liturgical dialogues;
• Dikiriy; Dogmatist;
• Whit Monday;
• Evergetian Typikon;
• Eucharist;
• Euchologius;
• Litany;
• Bishop;
• Victim;
• Pledge;
• Hieromnimon;
• Enthronement;
• Institute;
• Canon;
• Karabinov I. A.;
• Confusion;
• Cyril of Jerusalem.

Articles in the Great Russian Encyclopedia

• Agiasma;
• Lamb;
• Akathist;
• Alleluiariy;
• Hallelujah;
• Worship;
• Lent;
• Vespers;
• Exaltation of the Holy Cross;
• Ascension of the Lord;
• All-night vigil;
• Entrance;
• Eucharist;
• Litany;
• Easter.

Articles in online publications

• Feast of the Placing of the Belt of the Blessed Virgin Mary // Patriarchia.ru, 09/12/2005.
• First week of Lent, Triumph of Orthodoxy: History of the holiday // Patriarchia.ru, 03/11/2006.
• Charter for combining the services of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Holy Saturday: Historical background // Patriarchia.ru, 04/06/2007.
• The rite of enthronement of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus': history and modernity. Part 1. Enthronement of bishops and patriarchs in the ancient Church and in Byzantium // Bogoslov.ru, 01/25/2009.
• The rite of enthronement of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus': history and modernity. Part 2. Enthronement of Metropolitans and Patriarchs of All Rus' // Bogoslov.ru, 01/29/2009.
• General composition of the services of Holy Week // Bogoslov.ru, 04/15/2009.
• Divine Liturgy of Great Thursday and special rites of this day: consecration of the world, washing of St. altar, general consecration of oil, washing of feet // Bogoslov.ru, 04/15/2009.
• Composition of the service of the 12 Gospels (Matins of Good Friday) // Bogoslov.ru, 04/16/2009.
• Canons of Great Saturday // Bogoslov.ru, 04/17/2009.
• Easter Vigil: Contents of the rites of Vespers and the liturgy of Great Saturday and Bright Matins // Bogoslov.ru, 04/23/2009.
• Pentecost is a key event in the history of mankind // Tatyana’s Day, 05/22/2010.
• Review of the history of Orthodox liturgical science until the end of the 20th century // Bogoslov.ru, 08/17/2011.
• Greek chants of the Nativity of Christ // Bogoslov.ru, 01/07/2012.
• The origin of the Follow-up to Holy Communion // Pravoslavie.ru, 09/15/2013.
• Origin and content of the rite of the great consecration of water on the feast of the Epiphany // Pravoslavie.ru, 01/18/2015.
• About the Feast of the Renewal of the Temple // Pravoslavie.ru, September 25, 2020

Reviews

• Vinogradov A. Yu., Zheltov M. S.
  Book review:
  Roca-Puig R.
  Anafora de Barcelona i altres pregаries: Missa del segle IV. Barcelona, ​​1994 // Christian East. - St. Petersburg, 2002 [M., 2006]. - T. 4. - P. 565-586.
• Zheltov M. S. Book review: Taft RF (A History of the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. Vol. 5:) The Precommunion Rites. R., 2000. (series Orientalia Christiana Analecta; 261) // Byzantine timebook. M., 2002. P. 218-223.
• Zheltov Mikhail, deacon. Book review: Dmitrievsky A. A. Correction of books under Patriarch Nikon and subsequent patriarchs / prep. text and publication A. G. Kravetsky. M., 2004 // Vest. PSTGU I: Theology and Philosophy [Tr. department liturgical theology]. M., 2005. Issue. 14. pp. 191-195.
• Zheltov Mikhail, deacon. Book review: Daley BE Gregory of Nazianzus. L.; NY: Routledge, 2006. (The EarlyChurch Fathers; sn) // PSTGU Bulletin I: Theology and Philosophy [Proceedings of the Department of Liturgical Theology]. M., 2007. Issue. 18. pp. 162-165.

Essays

Articles in scientific journals and collections

• The rite of consecration of the temple and the position of holy relics in the Byzantine Euchologia of the 11th century // Relics in the art and culture of the Eastern Christian world. M., 2000. pp. 111–126.
• At the origins of the Jerusalem Charter. Part 1: Will of St. Savva // Theological collection. M., 2001.No.7. pp. 184–192.
• Divine service of Egyptian monasticism // History of Egyptian monks. M., 2001. pp. 107–116.
• Greek liturgy of the 4th century in the Barcelon papyrus. Papyr. 154b–157b // Theological collection. M., 2002. No. 9. pp. 240–256.
• The bishop's rite of the Divine Liturgy: history, features, relationship with the ordinary (“priestly”) rite // Theological collection. M., 2003. No. 11. P. 207–240.
• Ancient Alexandrian anaphors // Theological works. M., 2003. Sat. 38. pp. 269–320.
• Liturgical data contained in the “Act of Tax” (Praxis de tributo) of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker (on the question of possible dating) // “The Rule of Faith and the Image of Meekness...”: The Image of St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra, in Byzantine and Slavic hagiography, hymnography and iconography. M., 2004. pp. 111–124.
• Vinogradov A. Yu., Gaidukov N. E., Zheltov M. S. Cave temples of Taurica: On the problem of typology and chronology // Russian Archeology. M., 2005. No. 1. P. 72–80.
• Asia Minor worship of the beginning of the 7th century. according to the Life of St. Theodore Sikeot // Life of the Venerable Father Theodore, Archimandrite of Sikeon, written by George, his disciple and abbot of the same monastery / Translation from Greek, preface. and comm. D. E. Afinogenova. M., 2005. pp. 173–183.
• Two Byzantine prayers for the transfer of St. relics // Theological works. M., 2005. Sat. 40. pp. 122–127.
• Bernatsky M. M., Zheltov Mikhail, deacon. Questions and answers from Metropolitan Elijah of Crete: Testimony about the peculiarities of the celebration of the Divine Liturgy in the beginning. XII century // Bulletin of PSTGU I: Theology and philosophy [Proceedings of the Department of Liturgical Theology]. M., 2005. Issue. 14. pp. 23–53.
• Orders of ordination according to the oldest Slavic list: Manuscript of the Russian National Library. Soph. 1056, XIV century // Bulletin of PSTGU I: Theology and philosophy [Proceedings of the Department of Liturgical Theology]. M., 2005. Issue. 14. pp. 147–157.
• Anaphora ap. Thomas from the Euchology of the White Monastery // ΚΑΝΙΣΚΙΟΝ: Anniversary collection in honor of the 60th anniversary of prof. I. S. Chichurova. M., 2006. pp. 304–317.
• A new source on the history of Russian worship: Quoted copy of “The Official of the Bishop’s Service” of 1677 // Bulletin of Church History. M., 2006. No. 2. P. 235–239.
• Gaidukov N. E., Zheltov Mikhail, deacon. Thrones of cave temples of the South-Western Crimea // Black Sea region, Crimea, Rus' in history and culture: Materials of the III Sudak international scientific conference. Kyiv; Sudak, 2006. T. 2. pp. 76–85.
• Relics in Byzantine rites // Relics in Byzantium and Ancient Rus': Written sources / Ed.-comp. A. M. Lidov. M., 2006. pp. 67–108.
• Florya B.N., Zheltov Mikhail, deacon. Report of the Yuryev governor, Prince I. A. Khilkov, on the organization of an Orthodox cathedral in honor of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos in Yuryev (Dorpta) // Bulletin of Church History. M., 2007.No. 1 (5). pp. 249–255.
• The rite of the Divine Liturgy in the most ancient (XI-XIV centuries) Slavic Service Books // Theological works. M., 2007. Sat. 41. pp. 272–359.
• The Anaphora and Thanksgiving Prayer from the Barcelona Papyrus: An Underestimated Testimony to the History of the Anaphora in the Fourth Century // Vigiliae Christianae. Leiden, 2008. Vol. 62. P. 467–504.
• Prayers during communion of clergy in Old Russian Missals of the 13th–14th centuries. // Ancient Rus': questions of medieval studies. M., 2009. No. 35. P. 75–92.
• Unity of Nature of Mankind: Theological Aspects and Scientific Insights // Faith and Philosophy. Charlottesville [VA], 2009. Vol. 26: 5 [= Science and Human Nature - Russian and Western Perspectives.]. P. 571–575.
• The Sanctus and the First Epiclesis in the Anaphoras of the Egyptian Type // Studia Patristica. Leiden, 2010. Vol. XLV. P. 105–113.
• A Slavonic Translation of the Eucharistic Diataxis of Philotheos Kokkinos from a Lost Manuscript (Athos Agiou Pavlou 149) // TOXOTHC: Studi per Stefano Parenti / D. Galadza, N. Glibetić, G. Radle, eds. Grottaferrata, 2010. (Analekta Kryptoferres; 9). P. 345–359.
• Saint Nicholas of Myra in Byzantine hymnography // Good helmsman. Veneration of St. Nicholas in the Christian world / A. V. Bugaevsky, comp. and general ed. M., 2010. pp. 208–221.
• Betrothal and wedding rites in the most ancient Slavic manuscripts // Palaeobulgarica. Sofia, 2010. No. 1. pp. 25–43.
• The Moment of Eucharistic Consecration in Byzantine Thought // Issues in Eucharistic Praying / Maxwell E. Johnson, ed. Collegeville (MN), 2010, pp. 263–306.
• The sequence of the funeral requiem in the Old Russian Service Books of the 14th century. // Death and burial in Judeo-Christian literature. Sofia, 2011. (= Studia mediaevalia Slavica et Byzantina. T. 1). pp. 220–231.
• The Rite of the Eucharistic Liturgy in the Oldest Russian Leitourgika (13–14 cc.) // Journal of Eastern Christian Studies. Leuven, 2012. Vol. 12. P. 293–309.
• The rites of Vespers and Matins in the Old Russian Service Books of the Studio era // Theological works. M., 2012. Issue. 43–44. pp. 443–470.
• Greek manuscripts of the Divine Liturgy of the Apostle Mark // Sretensky collection. M., 2013. Issue. 4. pp. 123–150.
• The Byzantine Manuscripts of the Liturgy of Mark in the Sinai New Finds // ΣΥΝΑΞΙΣ ΚΑΘΟΛΙΚΗ: Beiträge… für Heinzgerd Brakmann zum 70. Geburtstag. Wien, 2014, pp. 801–808.
• Liturgical tradition of the West of Byzantium in the most ancient Russian Service Books // Kirilometodievskata tradition and Macedonian-Ruskite ecclesiastical and kulturni vrski": Collection on the work of Mehunarodniot scientific collection / I. Velev et al., ed. Skopje, 2014, pp. 249–254.
• Syriac (or Palestinian?) Rite of Baptism in the Greek manuscript Sinait. NE MG 93 // Bulletin of Church History. M., 2014. Issue. 33–34. pp. 116–126.
• Vinogradov A. Yu., Zheltov M. S. “The Testament” of Metropolitan Constantine I of Kyiv and the canon “for the outcome of the soul” // Slovne: International Journal of Slavic Studies. M., 2014. No. 3:1. 43–71.
• Unpublished canons of the Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, I: canon by the hymnographer Herman // Sretensky collection. M., 2014. Issue. 5. pp. 3–41.

Publications in collections of scientific conference materials

• Proverbs of the Nativity of Christ // Annual Theological Conference of the PSTBI: Materials of 1999. M., 1999. pp. 71–92.
• Manuscripts of the Russian National Library. Soph. 1056 and 526 as sources on the history of the formation of the Russian bureaucratic clergy // History of the Church in the scientific traditions of the 20th century: Materials of the scientific-church conference dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the death of V. V. Bolotov. St. Petersburg, 2000, pp. 70–71.
• Features of anaphoras of Egyptian liturgies // Ancient Egypt and Christianity: Materials of a scientific conference. M., 2000. P. 46.
• Russian bishop's formulary of the liturgy and its relationship with the priestly // Annual Theological Conference of PSTBI: Materials of 2000. M., 2001. pp. 117–122.
• Orthodox rite of consecration of the temple in history // Annual Theological Conference of PSTBI: Materials of 2001. M., 2001. pp. 88–97.
• Ancient anaphoras of the Alexandrian Church // Cultural heritage of Egypt and the Christian East: Materials of international scientific conferences. M., 2002. pp. 123–128.
• Is the Pope the author of the Byzantine liturgy? On the question of the authorship of the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts // Byzantium and the West (950th anniversary of the schism of the Christian Church, 800th anniversary of the capture of Constantinople by the Crusaders): Abstracts of the XVII All-Russian Scientific Session of Byzantinists. M., 2004. pp. 61–63.
• The rite of wedding and the sacrament of the Eucharist - the relationship of successions // Annual Theological Conference of PSTBI: Materials of 2004. M., 2005. pp. 156–165.
• The Rite of the Last Supper in the views of modern liturgists // Annual Theological Conference of PSTGU: Materials of 2005. M., 2006. T. 1. pp. 66–74.
• Views on the image of the transfiguration of the Holy Gifts in the works of Russian theologians of the 20th century: Report at the XVI Annual Theological Conference of the PSTGU “Eucharist of East and West” (Moscow, October 9–11, 2005).
• Byzantine Ecclesiastical Marriage: A history of the rite // Proceedings of the 21st International Congress of Byzantine Studies / Ed. by F. K. Haarer and E. Jeffreys. Aldershot, 2006. Vol. 3: Abstracts of communications. P. 238–240.
• Descriptions of the Heavenly Liturgy in the Eucharistic prayers of the ancient Church // Eschatological teaching of the Church: Materials. M., 2007. pp. 388–403
• Marriage: biblical understanding and church rites // Sacraments of the Church: Materials of the preparatory seminars of the International Theological Conference of the Russian Orthodox Church “Orthodox teaching on the Church Sacraments.” M., 2007. pp. 198–206.
• Historical and liturgical aspects of sacramentology // Orthodox teaching on church sacraments: Materials of the V International Theological Conference of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow, November 13–16, 2007) / Priest. M. Zheltov, ed. M., 2009. T. 1. P. 124–133.
• Review of the history of the rites of blessing marriage in the Orthodox tradition // Orthodox teaching on church sacraments: Materials of the V International Theological Conference of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow, November 13–16, 2007) / Priest. M. Zheltov, ed. M., 2009. T. 3. pp. 109–126.
• The composition of the ranks of betrothal and wedding in the most ancient Slavic manuscripts // Ancient Rus': questions of medieval studies. M., 2009. N 37. pp. 41–42.

Reviews

• Book review: Roca-Puig R. Anafora de Barcelona i altres pregаries: Missa del segle IV. Barcelona, ​​1994 // Christian East. St. Petersburg, 2002 [M., 2006]. T. 4. P. 565–586 (together with A. Yu. Vinogradov).
• Book review: Taft RF The Precommunion Rites. [A History of the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. Vol. 5]. Roma, 2000. (series Orientalia Christiana Analecta; 261) // Byzantine Temporary. T. 62. M., 2002. pp. 218–223.
• Book review: Dmitrievsky A. A. Correction of books under Patriarch Nikon and subsequent patriarchs / Preparation of the text and publication by A. G. Kravetsky. M., 2004 // Bulletin of PSTGU I: Theology and Philosophy [Proceedings of the Department of Liturgical Theology]. M., 2005. Issue. 14. pp. 191–195.
• Book review: Daley BE Gregory of Nazianzus. London; New York: Routledge, 2006. (The Early Church Fathers; sn) // PSTGU Bulletin I: Theology and Philosophy [Proceedings of the Department of Liturgical Theology]. M., 2007. Issue. 18. pp. 162–165.

Articles in encyclopedias (including co-authored ones)

• "Great Russian Encyclopedia":
• Agiasma
• Lamb
• Akathist
• Alleluia
• Hallelujah
• Divine service
• Lent
• Vespers
• Exaltation of the Holy Cross
• Ascension of the Lord
• All-night vigil
• Entrance
• Eucharist
• Litany
• Easter

• "Orthodox Encyclopedia":
• Divine service of the Russian Church of the 10th–20th centuries.
• Aaron's blessing
• Agape
• Agiasma
• Lamb
• Adam: hymnography
• Aquileian Rite
• Aquila and Priscilla: hymnography
• Axios
• Accessus ad altare
• Alavaster
• Alexandrian worship
• Alleluia
• Hallelujah
• Almazov A. I.
• Alphabetical stichera
• Alba
• Alpha and Omega
• Pulpit
• Amikt
• Amen
• Anamnesis
• Anaphora
• Anna, daughter of Phanuel
• Antimens
• Antiochian service
• Antiphon
• Apostle (book)
• Apostles: hymnography
• "Apostolic Constitutions"
• Armenian rite
• Artos
• Archdeacon
• Bishop's service
• Archimandrite
• Athos
• Canopy
• Barberini Euchologius
• Barcelona papyrus
• White Monastery of Euchologii
• Bible songs
• Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
• Prayers of Thanksgiving after Communion
• Divine service
• Marriage
• Varlaam Khutynsky's Service Book
• Velatio
• Good Friday
• Holy Saturday
• Great Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
• Lent
• Maundy Thursday
• Great Doxology
• Marriage
• Vespers
• Supper
• Vima
• Water Blessing
• Exaltation of the Holy Cross
• Air
• Wax mask
• Sunday
• Daily antiphons
• All-night vigil
• Meeting of the bishop
• Deuteramy
• Entrance
• Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem
• Entrance prayers
• Entrance verse
• Georgiy Mtatsmindeli Typikon
• Hymnography
• Bowing Prayer
• St. Gregory, bishop Akragantian: hymnography
• St. Gregory I the Great
• St. Gregory the Theologian
• St. Gregory Dekapolite: hymnography
• St. Gregory Palamas: hymnography
• St. Gregory Sinait
• "Let our lips be filled"
• Deir Balayzi papyrus
• Deacon
• Diakonikon
• Deaconess
• Liturgical dialogues
• Dikiriy
• Dogmatist
• Whit Monday
• Evergetian Typikon
• Eucharist
• Euchologius
• Litany
• Bishop
• Victim
• Pledge
• Hieromnimon
• Enthronement
• Institute
• Canon
• Karabinov I. A.
• Confusion
• Cyril of Jerusalem

Popular articles

• Review of the history of the Orthodox rite of consecration of the temple // Moscow Diocesan Gazette. M., 2001. No. 11–12. pp. 70–76.
• Marriage and Eucharist: History of the Orthodox wedding rite // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 2004. Issue. 11. pp. 44–53.
• Church blessing of remarriages // Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. M., 2005. Issue. 8. pp. 72–79.
• Feast of the Placing of the Belt of the Blessed Virgin Mary // Patriarchia.ru. 09/12/2005. [electronic resource].
• First week of Lent, Triumph of Orthodoxy: History of the holiday // Patriarchy.ru. 03/11/2006. [electronic resource].
• Canons of the Mother of God in the daily prayer rule of an Orthodox Christian // Theotokos: Canons of the Mother of God for every day. M., 2006. pp. 501–510.
• Charter for combining the services of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Holy Saturday: Historical background // Patriarchia.ru. 04/06/2007. [electronic resource].
• General composition of the services of Holy Week // Bogoslov.ru. 04/15/2009. [electronic resource].
• Divine Liturgy of Great Thursday and special rites of this day: consecration of the world, washing of St. altar, general consecration of oil, washing of feet // Bogoslov.ru. 04/15/2009. [electronic resource].
• Canons of Great Saturday // Bogoslov.ru. 04/17/2009. [electronic resource].
• Easter Vigil: Contents of the rites of Vespers and the liturgy of Great Saturday and Bright Matins // Bogoslov.ru. 04/23/2009. [electronic resource].
• Pentecost is a key event in the history of mankind // Tatyana’s Day. 05/22/2010. [electronic resource].
• Review of the history of Orthodox liturgical science until the end of the 20th century // Bogoslov.ru. 08/17/2011. [electronic resource].
• Greek chants of the Nativity of Christ // Bogoslov.ru. 01/07/2012. [electronic resource].
• The Origin of Following to Holy Communion // Pravoslavie.ru. 09.15.2013. [electronic resource].
• The origin and content of the rite of the great consecration of water on the feast of the Epiphany // Pravoslavie.ru. 01/18/2015. [electronic resource].

Prefaces and comments

• Afterword to the book: Baptismal Liturgy / PSTGU Publishing House. M., 2002.
• Introduction to the book: Uspensky N. D. Works on liturgics. Volume 1: Orthodox Vespers. The rite of the all-night vigil. M., 2004. pp. XXIII–XLVI.
• Preface to the book: Uspensky N. D. Works on liturgics. Volume 2: Byzantine liturgy. Anaphora. M., 2006. S. V–L.
• Comments on the book: Consecration of the Temple. Collection / Moscow Patriarchate Publishing House. M., 2006. pp. 343–413.
• Preface to the book: Borner R. Byzantine interpretations of the 7th–15th centuries on the Divine Liturgy / Trans. A. Goyal, ed. priest M. Zheltova. M., 2015.

Editing

• Arranz M. Eucharist of East and West / PSTGU Publishing House. M., 1999.
• Arranz M. “The Eye of the Church”: reworking the experience of the LDA 1978. “History of the Typikon” / PSTGU Publishing House. M., 1999.
• Orthodox encyclopedia. T. 1–19. M., 2000–2009.
• Materials of the Department of Liturgical Theology. (= “Bulletin of the Orthodox St. Tikhon Humanitarian University. Series I: Theology.” Issue I: 14. M., 2005).
• Sacraments of the Church: Materials of the preparatory seminars of the International Theological Conference of the Russian Orthodox Church “Orthodox teaching on the Church Sacraments.” M., 2007.
• Orthodox teaching on church sacraments: Materials of the V International Theological Conference of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow, November 13–16, 2007) / Priest. M. Zheltov, ed. M., 2009. T. 1–3.
• Borner R. Byzantine interpretations of the 7th–15th centuries on the Divine Liturgy / Trans. A. Goyal, ed. priest M. Zheltova. M., 2011.
• Baptismal Liturgy / PSTGU Publishing House. M., 2011.

Notes[ | ]

1. Journals of the meeting of the Holy Synod of November 20, 2021. Magazine No. 86 (unspecified)
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   Official website of the Moscow Patriarchate
   (11/20/2020). Date accessed: November 20, 2021.
2. Priest Mikhail Zheltov | Vyatskaya Crossing
3. “Decree No. U-02/29 of March 8, 2015,” official website of the Moscow (city) diocese, March 11, 2015
4. “Decree No. U-02/117 of June 14, 2021” // official website of the Moscow (city) diocese, June 14, 2018

biography

On January 1, 1993, he was baptized in the Church of Mitrofan of Voronezh in Moscow.

Since 1993, he served as a bell ringer, singer, and guide at the churches of Mitrofan of Voronezh and the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Petrovsky Park, as well as at other churches in Moscow.

In 1993 he entered the Faculty of Physics of Moscow State University.

In 1994 he entered the Theological and Pastoral Faculty of the Orthodox St. Tikhon's Theological Institute. In 1995-1996, he attended a course of lectures given by Miguel Arranz in Moscow.

From 1996 until his ordination as a deacon, he served as an altar server in the Moscow Church of the Great Martyr George the Victorious in Starye Luchniki.

Since 1997 - assistant at the department of liturgics of PSTBI.

Since 1998 - teacher at the Department of Liturgics of PSTBI.

In 1999, he graduated from both universities (Moscow State University Physics Department, Department of Computer Methods of Physics; Faculty of Theology, PSTBI, Department of Liturgics).

Since 1998 - senior lecturer at the Department of Liturgics of PSTBI.

Since 2000 - Deputy Head of the Liturgics Department of PSTBI.

Since 2000 - head of the editorial office of Divine Services and Liturgics of the Church-Scientific as leading editor.

In 2002–2003, he taught a course in liturgics to students of the Philosophical and Theological Faculty of the Russian Orthodox University of the Holy Apostle John the Theologian.

Since 2004 - head of the department of liturgical theology at PSTGU.

In 2004–2005, he taught a special course “Byzantine liturgy and art” to students of the Faculty of History of Moscow State University.

February 18, 2005 - ordained deacon. At the end of his liturgical practice, by decree of the patriarch, he was appointed supernumerary deacon of the Church of the Great Martyr George the Victorious in Starye Luchniki.

In 2006, he taught a course in liturgics to 2nd year students at the Moscow Theological Academy. He has repeatedly taken part in scientific conferences, both Russian and Ukrainian, and Western European, and also participated in the organization of several conferences.

In 2006–2007, with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Rus' and on behalf of Metropolitan Philaret of Minsk and Slutsk, he was included in the organizing committee of the V International Theological Conference “Orthodox Teaching on the Church Sacraments.”

In 2006, he received a PhD in Theology.

In 2006, after being awarded the degree of candidate of theology, he was awarded the title of associate professor.

Since 2007 - Associate Professor of the Department of Church and Practical Disciplines of the Moscow Theological Academy. Teaches liturgics, liturgical tradition of Old Testament Israel (special course), hymnographic heritage of the Fathers of the Church (special course).

October 14, 2008 - ordained a priest, after which he served in the Church of the Great Martyr George the Victorious in Starye Luchniki.

Since 2009 - Head of the Department of Church-Practical Sciences of the All-Church Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies named after Sts. Equal-to-the-Apostles Cyril and Methodius.

In 2009, he was included in the Synodal Biblical and Theological Commission and the Inter-Council Presence of the Russian Orthodox Church.

In 2014, he was included in the Synodal Liturgical Commission of the Russian Orthodox Church.

March 8, 2015 - transferred to the staff of the Church of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God in Kurkino, Moscow.

Author of scientific publications, candidate of theology. During 2000–2007, both independently and in co-authorship, he published about 120 scientific and theological articles in the Great Russian Encyclopedia, the Orthodox Encyclopedia, Theological Works, the Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate, and other church and secular academic publications