An eleventh-century liturgical homiliary : the Evergetis 'Katechetikon'
The Katechetikon, a liturgical homiliary composed by Paul (â 1054) 'higoumenos' and founder, in 1048-49, of the monastery of the Theotokos Evergetis near Constantinople, is an unpublished collection of monastic catecheses dating to the middle of the eleventh century. The collection is divided in two tomes. The first part is extant in two manuscripts, 'Marcianus graecus' App. II. 40 and 'Atheniensis graecus' 215, probably dating around the end of the eleventh or the beginning of the twelfth century. The second part is extant in codex Athos, 'Esphigmenou' 45, dated by its colophon to 1108 and used at the monastery of Christ Philanthropos in Constantinople. Single catecheses are also preserved in the fragments of Athos, 'Vatopedi' 1216, and among the catecheses of Theodore Studite in 'Atheniensis graecus' 295, 'Serdicensis graecus' Dujcev 222 and in 'Sinaiticus graecus' 482. Codex Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. 'Cromwell' 22, signed by the hieromonachos Mark and dated 1315, bears the only explicit attribution of the catecheses to Paul of Evergetis. In it, the catecheses are adapted for a feminine audience. The 'Katechetikon' provides liturgical readings for the morning office for each day of the year and functions
Crostini, Barbara
Paul, of Evergetis, active 11th century. Katechetikon
An eleventh-century liturgical homiliary : the Evergetis 'Katechetikon'. The Katechetikon, a liturgical homiliary composed by Paul (â 1054) 'higoumenos' and founder, in 1048-49, of the monastery of the Theotokos Evergetis near Constantinople, is an unpublished collection of monastic catecheses dating to the middle of the eleventh century. The collection is divided in two tomes. The first part is extant in two manuscripts, 'Marcianus graecus' App. II. 40 and 'Atheniensis graecus' 215, probably dating around the end of the eleventh or the beginning of the twelfth century. The second part is extant in codex Athos, 'Esphigmenou' 45, dated by its colophon to 1108 and used at the monastery of Christ Philanthropos in Constantinople. Single catecheses are also preserved in the fragments of Athos, 'Vatopedi' 1216, and among the catecheses of Theodore Studite in 'Atheniensis graecus' 295, 'Serdicensis graecus' Dujcev 222 and in 'Sinaiticus graecus' 482. Codex Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. 'Cromwell' 22, signed by the hieromonachos Mark and dated 1315, bears the only explicit attribution of the catecheses to Paul of Evergetis. In it, the catecheses are adapted for a feminine audience. The 'Katechetikon' provides liturgical readings for the morning office for each day of the year and functions
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