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folklorica-15693	Clay, J. Eugene	Folklore and Conspiracy Theories of a COVID Dissenter: The Life and Sermons of Father Sergii (Romanov)	2021	28	.pdf	application/pdf	12554	920	63	In the hands of a skillful narrator, such as the notorious “COVID dissident” and excommunicated Russian monk Sergii (Nikolai Vasil’evich Romanov, b. 1955), a myth is not simply a static “pragmatic charter of primitive faith and moral wisdom,” as Bronislaw Malinowski argued Over two decades, Father Sergii (Romanov), a convicted murderer who turned to religion while in prison, has used myth to shape his public persona, legitimize his spiritual leadership, cultivate the loyalty of his followers, and articulate a vision of holy Russia that seeks to reconcile the Soviet and imperial pasts.	cache/folklorica-15693.pdf	txt/folklorica-15693.txt