ORDER OF FRIARS MINOR IN THE HISTORY OF SAINT PETERSBURG (FOLLOWING THE INTERVIEWS WITH THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE EXHIBITION “SEVEN CONVERSATIONS WITH FRANCISCANS”, DECEMBER 19TH 2014 - FEBRUARY 3RD 2015)
The article analyzes the interviews gathered for the exhibition “Seven Conversations with Franciscans” (The State Museum of the History of Religion) devoted to the life and activity of the Franciscan Order in Saint-Petersburg nowadays. The exhibition took place from December 2014 to February 2015. It focuses the self-representation of Franciscan community within the museum space, their ideas about the place and role of the Order in the city’s history.