The Slavonic Text of “Chapters with Acrostich” by Gregory Sinaita Cover Image

Славянският текст на „Глави с акростих“ от преп. Григорий Синаит
The Slavonic Text of “Chapters with Acrostich” by Gregory Sinaita

Author(s): Petko Petkov
Subject(s): History, Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Cultural history, Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life, Middle Ages, South Slavic Languages, 13th to 14th Centuries, Philology
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: Old Church Slavonic; Church Slavonic; hesyhasm; Gregory Sinaita

Summary/Abstract: “Chapters with acrostich” is the main treatise of Gregory Sinaïta, one of the pillars of Hesychasm in the 13th and 14th centuries. The text was composed on Mount Athos or in Paroria and was probably translated into Slavonic before the death of the hermit. It is preserved in a number of copies, one of the earliest is in manuscript no. 214 from the Zographou Monastery Library. A typical feature of the Slavonic version is that the text is divided into 142 chapters while the Greek version has 137. The Slavonic version has served as the basis for the text published by Paisii Velichkovski in his Dobrotolyubie (Philokalia).