Boris Rothemund

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Boris Rothemund , born as Herbert Josef Rothemund (* 1930 - September 19, 2015 at Autenried Castle in Bavaria ) was a German Orthodox clergyman and initially Bishop of the Orthodox Church of Germany , later Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Orthodox Metropolis of Aquileia and Western Europe , neither of the other Orthodox churches recognized as canonically recognized. He was the author of several books on icon art .

Life

Herbert J. Rothemund grew up in a Catholic family. He briefly attended a Catholic seminary and then turned to the Orthodox Church. He studied Orthodox theology and art and has published numerous publications on icon art since 1954.

In 1959 he was ordained bishop of the Orthodox Church of Germany . With his support, Autenried Castle in Bavaria was acquired for the community and an icon museum was created jointly with the Slavic Institute Munich e. V. founded. In the following decades the collection was expanded considerably. Bishop Boris Rothemund was committed to the castle, the Orthodox community and the icon collection throughout his life.

After 1984 he became Archbishop of the Diocese of Munich, the Orthodox Metropolis of Aquileia and Western Europe.

Publications

  • Icon art. A manual . Slavic Institute Munich 1954
  • Icons and arts and crafts from Eastern churches . Slavic Institute Munich 1954
  • Ethiopian painting . Slavic Institute Munich 1956
  • Icon booklet . Slavic Institute Munich 1956
  • Church art in the east . Slavic Institute Munich 1958
  • Old portrait icons . Slavic Institute Munich 1959
  • Small devotional pictures . Munich 1959
  • Byzantine and Russian ecclesiastical embroidery . Slavic Institute 1961
  • Icons . Berghaus-Verlag, Munich 1962
  • Our Lady icons . Slavic Institute Munich
  • The Eastern Church image of Christ. Theology, cult, art history . Slavic Institute Munich 1965
  • Directory of Russian gold and silver brands . Slavic Institute Munich 1967
  • Autenried. Village, castle and church . Konrad, Weißenhorn 1970
  • The icon painting of the Russian Old Believers. Catalog of the Palech exhibition . Slavic Institute Munich 1978
  • Baroque monastery work . Autenried book publishing house 1982
  • Handbook of Icon Art . Slavic Institute Munich 1985

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Remarks

  1. ↑ P. Jakobus Puckett: 25 years of the orthodox parish Ichenhausen-Autenried . Festschrift. Orthodox parish Ichenhausen-Autenried 1984.
  2. ↑ Bishops of the Metropolitan Region of Aquileia (Italian)
personal data
SURNAME Rothemund, Boris
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rothemund, Herbert Josef (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Orthodox clergyman, Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Aquileia and Western Europe
DATE OF BIRTH 1930
DATE OF DEATH 19th September 2015
Place of death Autenried Castle , Bavaria