Foreigners in Russia: the Fate of the Slavic Translation Stichera

The article examines several stichera to fi nd errors that appeared in hymnographic texts as a result of translation from Greek into Slavic or those that arose during the existence of texts on Slavic soil. The article traces the changes that appeared in the stichera during the 11th — 21st centuries. It is concluded that a) some stichera were brought to ful compliance with the Greek original by the 21st century; b) others containe some inaccuracies that do not correspond to the original Greek text, are absent in the most ancient lists and were borrowed from late 17th century manuscripts, even though the inaccuracies only slightly affect the meaning of the stichera; c) and, fi nally, some modern, edited hymns actively used in the liturgical services hymns, which sometimes are farther from the Greek original than most ancient translations, where the meaning of the text is signifi cantly distorted.

Keywords

Slavic translated hymnography, stichera, hymnographic manuscripts of the 12th — 17th centuries, “Green” Menaia

Acknowledgment

This research is supported by the RFBR grant No. 19-012-00113 “Linguistic study and critical edition of Old Russian ecclesiastical writing monuments of the pre-Mongol period”.

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26.06.2021

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26.06.2021

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GOST	Puzina M. Foreigners in Russia: the Fate of the Slavic Translation Stichera // Russkaya Rech’ – 2021. – Issue 2 C. 83-99 [Electronic resource]. URL: http://ras.jes.su/rusrech/s013161170014712-2-1-en (circulation date: 25.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S013161170014712-2
MLA	Puzina, Maria "Foreigners in Russia: the Fate of the Slavic Translation Stichera." Russkaya Rech’ 2 (2021):83-99. DOI: 10.31857/S013161170014712-2
APA	Puzina M. (2021). Foreigners in Russia: the Fate of the Slavic Translation Stichera. Russkaya Rech’ (2), pp.83-99 DOI: 10.31857/S013161170014712-2

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