ეფრემ მცირის ლიტურგიკული მოღვაწეობის შესახებ
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2024-02-14
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ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტის გამომცემლობა
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Ephrem Mtsire rendered a great service to the development of Georgian
philosophical and theological thought. Like Euthymius and George
the Athonites, Ephrem Mtsire displayed his skill in every branch of ecclesiastical
literary work. Ephrem Mtsire’s versatile activities are scientific
by nature in the modern meaning of the word. His numerous translations
have been investigated only partially. Particularly scarce is the information
about his activities in the sphere of liturgy.
The study of Georgian liturgical manuscripts has made it evident
that one of the redactions of important liturgical collections – “Triodion”-
was compiled by him.
This redaction has been compiled with the “Triodion” by George the
Antonite. At the same time, it contains numerous hymns, the majority of
which must have been translated by Ephrem Mtsire.
The innovations connected with the new redaction of “Triodion”
contain all kinds of hymns. Among them are hymns belonging to the outstanding
representatives of Byzantine hymnography. To the Georgian
translations of these hymns are added the titles in which the authors,
translators, as well as the nature of the translation, the liturgical rule
used while creating them and in some cases the names of the people
who ordered them are indicated. Such kind of exactness is typical for
Ephrem Mtsire.
According to 18th-century Georgian writer and historian Ioane Batonishvili,
Ephrem Mtsire composed “vespers” to be performed throughout
the entire Lenten period, which implies a collection of small-form hymns.
The primary innovation Ephrem Mtsire brought about in this collection is
the small-form hymns. This collection contains 542 small-size hymns some of which entered
from the “Triodion” under George Athonite’s redaction and others were
translated from Greek. Their Georgian translations are perfect from the
artistic point of view. To them are added liturgical servises of Holy Thursday,
Holy Friday and John the Baptist’s beheading, which made the important
elements of the liturgy.
The identification of “Triodion” under the redaction of Ephrem Mtsire
allows us to identify a number of Georgian manuscripts.
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თბილისის უნივერსიტეტის დაარსებისადმი მიძღვნილი სამეცნიერო კონფერენცია. თსუ 106, თეზისები, 2024, გვ.: 104-107 / Scientific conference dedicated to the foundation of Tbilisi University. TSU 106, Abstracts, 2024, pp.: 104-107