Старобългарската служба за св. Аполинарий Равенски от Климент Охридски
The Old Bulgarian Service for St. Apollinarius of Ravenna by Clement of Ohrid

Summary/Abstract: The article publishes and analyses a newvly discovered service for St. Apollinarius of Ravenna the canon of which contains an acrostic indicating the name of its author – Clement of Ohrid. Its structure is examined, attention being focused on the metrical and stylistic-linguistic particularities of the canon. After an analysis of the textual tradition that takes into account the hymnographic context of the sources, some problems concerning the history of the early Slavonic Menai are examined. The spread of the commemoration of St. Apollinarius in Byzantine and Slavonic practice is outlined on the basis of various liturgical sources. As a result of the analysis it is concluded that the hymnographic work and the Slavonic translated life of the Ravenna Saint offer valuable data for the study of the peculiarities of the Old Bulgarian calendar of saints on the basis of early liturgical practice in Bulgaria. The newly discovered service is not only of importance because it enlarges the body of Old Bulgarian hymnography but also because it reveals the rich repertoire of hymnus for martyrs revered by the whole church that were created in peripheral areas of Byzantium.

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