Queerness in the Early Modern Russian Orthodox Church

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Nick Mayhew

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Palgrave Macmillan
25 October 2025

History of religion; Orthodox & Oriental Churches; Christian aspects of sexuality, gender & relationships; Gender studies, gender groups; Gay & Lesbian studies

Series: Genders and Sexualities in History

Representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church today often frame queer genders and sexualities as perverse deviations from ‘tradition’. While historians often assume the Church has always condemned homosexuality, this book reassesses the supposed incompatibility of Russian Orthodoxy and queerness. Focusing on a range of primary sources from canonical texts to unpublished archival materials, it shows that the Russian Orthodox Church consistently permitted and celebrated non-normative genders and sexualities, including the veneration of transmasculinity in hagiography, the liturgical consecration of same-sex unions, and the Church’s broad lack of interest in policing homosexuality. Paradoxically, Queerness in the Early Modern Russian Orthodox Church highlights how patriarchy breeds queerness.

By: Nick Mayhew
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm,
ISBN: 9783032036780
ISBN 10: 303203678X
Series: Genders and Sexualities in History
Pages: 227
Publication Date: 25 October 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction.- Part I. Questioning Tradition.- 2. Unstable Notions of Marriage.- 3. Conceiving and Raising Children.- Part II. Queer Traditions.- 4. Transgender Saints.- 5. Subversive Marriage.- 6. Spiritual Brotherhood Ceremonies.- 7. Gay Sex.- 8. Conclusion.

Nick Mayhew is Lecturer in Russian at the University of Glasgow, UK. His research explores queerness in Russophone and Church Slavonic cultures, and his publications have appeared in academic journals including Palaeoslavica, Slavonic and East European Review, Feminist Critique: East European Journal of Feminist and Queer Studies, Transgender Studies Quarterly, and The Medieval History Journal.

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Queerness in the Early Modern Russian Orthodox Church

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