Object

Group publication title:

Almanach Historyczny

Abstract:

The article deals with the founding myth of the Pechersk Lavra as it is preserved in the Kiev- Pechersk Paterik, one of the most important sources for understanding the history of the monastic movement in the Ruthenian lands. The article focuses on the problem of the creation of the founding myth and its function in the construction of a specific message about the Pechersk Lavra. By studying the texts of the Paterik and comparing them with the founding myths known from the European area, I have speculated that an integral part of the original story of the beginnings of the above-mentioned monastery was the legend of the relics it could boast of: the golden belt and the crown of Simon the Varangian. This legend, found in the Life of Anthony, became the nucleus of the later myth of the initium loci, which linked the origins of the monastery to the “Varangian thread”. The complex history of the Pechersk Lavra, full of dramatic twists and turns, resulted in a significant transformation of the founding myth. The place of the founder of the monastic community, Anthony, was taken by the second Pechersk Ihumen, Theodosius, with whose work the later authors of the Paterik and The Rus’ chronicles accounts linked most of the stories about the beginnings of the monastery, which they knew from the Life of Anthony and the monastic histories.

Place of publishing:

Kielce

Physical description:

s. 37-58

ISSN:

1642-4530

Publisher:

Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jana Kochanowskiego w Kielcach

Date issued:

2023

Identifier:

doi:10.25951/11120

Language:

angielski

Is part of:

Almanach Historyczny

Has part:

t. 25

Type:

tekst

Format:

application/pdf