СЛУЖБА ЗА МЕТОДИЙ ОТ КОНСТАНТИН ПРЕСЛАВСКИ И СЛУЖБА ЗА ТЕКЛА – ЕДНА ВЪЗМОЖНА ВРЪЗКА
SERVICE FOR METHODIUS BY KONSTANTIN PRESLAVSKY AND SERVICE FOR TEKLA – A POSSIBLE CONNECTION

Summary/Abstract: The article comments on the possible connection between Service for Methodius by Konstantin Preslavsky and Service for Tekla (based on a transcript from RGADA – No. 84 and 85). The grounds for such a supposition is the mention of St Tekla’s name in Service for Methodius by Konstantin Preslavsky, as well as in the intertextual connection within the framework of The Holy Virgin’s trope of the 6th song in Service for Methodius and the 3rd antiphon of 9th song in Service for Tekla based on transcript No. 84 from RGADA. On the basis of all this it is assumed that the translator was Konstantin Preslavky. This hypothesis is confirmed after deciphering the acrosignatures in Service for Tekla. In song 9 of Service for Tekla one could read the initials К and Н, which can be deciphered as Kliment or Konstantin. The connection between Service for Methodius and Service for Tekla can be found in two ways: hymnographic – through the probable signature of Konstantin and through intertextual connection between the two services (within the framework of The Holy Virgin’s trope of the 6th song in Service for Methodius and the 3rd antiphon of 9th song in Service for Tekla. Other probable decipherings of the acrosignatures in Service for Tekla – those of Naum and Kliment – have also been proposed.

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