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Healing Practices Performed by St. Gregory of Agrigentum in his Vita by Leontius Scripta & e-Scripta vol. 21, 2021 floyd Fri, 11/19/2021 - 14:06
Лечебните практики, прилагани от св. Григорий Акрагантийски в неговото житие от Леонтий

Christian hagiographic literature chooses as its heroes’ people whose feeble flesh is in stark contrast to the greatness of the spirit. The saint is endowed with supernatural knowledge, works miracles, foretells, protects and heals people. The author discusses the healing practices in the Slavic translation of the Vita of St. Gregory of Agrigentum, as presented in a 15th-century copy of a Reading Menaion composed according to the Jerusalem typikon (Tărnovo type orthography, Moldavian provenance, kept in the Dragomirna monastery (Drag 706/1795), Romania). St. Gregory of Agrigentum is a senior clergyman and the goal of his healing skills is to show God’s grace and the power of Christian teaching from one side and the authority of his position as bishop from the other.

Subject: Philology Linguistics palaeoslavic studies Keywords: St. Gregory of Agrigentum healer Slavic translation of the Vita Tărnovo orthography
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