Synaxarion of Constantinople
The Synaxarion of Constantinople (or Synaxarion of the Great Church)feast. Each notice contains a short biography and the date and location of the commemoration (synaxis). It also contains descriptions of liturgical processions in the city.[1] It was commissioned by the Emperor Constantine VII during his sole reign (944–959) and compiled by the deacon and librarian Evaristos.[1][b] It is an important source for the urban topography of Constantinople.[1]
The notices are
martyrdom. The latest saint included is Patriarch Antony II of Constantinople, who died in 901. Some recensions of the Synaxarion from the 12th century and later included verses from the hagiographical poems of Christopher of Mytilene.[3] There are over 300 manuscript copies of the Synaxarion.[4] An Arabic translation was produced in the 11th century for the Melkite community. It contains some additional Melkite saints.[5] Joseph, a deacon of Constantinople, is said to have made an Armenian translation in 991–992, which formed the basis for an expanded Armenian synaxary composed around 1240. In the 13th and 14th centuries, Church Slavonic translations were produced.[6]
The Synaxarion of Constantinople was often transmitted with liturgical rubrics to assist in the celebration of the
menaia.[8] The largest number of manuscripts, however, do not contain any such rubrics and represent the "pure" Synaxarion.[7]
Notes
References
- ^ a b c Anderson 2018.
- ^ a b Flusin 2011, p. 575.
- ^ a b Taft & Ševčenko 1991.
- ^ Luzzi 2014, p. 202 n. 26.
- ^ Luzzi 2014, p. 203.
- ^ Luzzi 2014, p. 204.
- ^ a b Luzzi 2014, p. 198.
- ^ Flusin 2011, p. 574.
Bibliography
- Anderson, Benjamin (2018). "Synaxarium Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae". In Nicholson, Oliver (ed.). ISBN 978-0-19-881625-6.
- Flusin, Bernard (2011). "Synaxarion of the Great Church". In David Thomas; Alex Mallett; Juan Pedro Monferrer Sala; Johannes Pahlitzsch; Mark Swanson; Herman Teule; John Tolan (eds.). Christian-Muslim Relations: A Bibliographical History. Vol. 3 (1050–1200). Leiden: Brill. pp. 574–585.
- Luzzi, Andrea (2014). "Synaxaria and the Synaxarion of Constantinople". In Stephanos Efthymiadis (ed.). The Ashgate Research Companion to Byzantine Hagiography, Volume II: Genres and Contexts. Ashgate. pp. 197–208.
- Taft, Robert F.; Ševčenko, Nancy Patterson (1991). "Synaxarion". In ISBN 0-19-504652-8.