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Lexicography may seem to be nothing more than drudgery. However, there are many unexpected treasures waiting to reward the researcher. The context of 'pictura doctoricia' (instructive painting) in the 'translatio Severini' written in 902 by deacon John of Naples illustrates the authority of images and the function of iconography. The same theme recurs in the legend of the emperor Constantine and Pope Silvester, well-known throughout the Middle Ages. The recurrence of beautiful quotations from the homiliae in evangelia of saint Gregory the Great demonstrates how widely used this treatise was. Consideration of textual variants in excerpting can lead to the discovery of a new lemma, as in the case of exhereditas, and may highlight the transmission of rare words and the reception of texts.
Konštantínove listy
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2020
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vol. 13
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issue 1
167 - 176
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The subject of the study is the analysis of the use of deictic expressions in the beginning of the sermon written by Juraj Fándly Concio Historico – Panegyrica de Sanctis Slavorum Apostolis, Cyrillo, & Methodio dedicated to Saint Constantine and Methodius, published as part of the two-volume edition of Fándly‘s Príhodné Swátečné Kázňe (Trnava 1795 – 1796). Attention is focused on the area of personal and temporal deixis, on the analysis of means by which the sermon refers to the participants of the communication and their status, role and actual present situation. The study asks whether there is a correlation between the compositional division of sermon and the distribution of deictic expressions, and how deixis participates in the process in which the subject of the Cyrillo-Methodian mission becomes an actual part of the obedient lecture-oriented discourse.
Konštantínove listy
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2016
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vol. 9
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issue 1
29 – 38
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The main goal of the article is to deepen knowledge of ceremonies and audiences of Constantine and Methodius with the 9th century Popes in their capital city, Rome, and in their residences. The abovementioned brothers namely visited Pope Hadrian II (867 – 872) and John VIII (872 – 882). The author of the article takes a look at the possible activities, ceremonies of a reception, and further acting of Constantine and Methodius in Rome. The authors tries to fill the gap in existing primary literary sources by help of indirect primary literary sources and knowledge obtained by architectural research. The Salonica brothers could have officially met with the Popes in the representative places, i.e. in the Vatican Complex, Lateran Palace, or in the important churches of Rome.
Konštantínove listy
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2013
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vol. 6
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issue 6
69 – 92
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The Byzantine missionaries, Constantine and Methodius, were sent to Khazars and the Great Moravia by the Byzantine court of Michael III. Later, Methodius probably visited the court of Basil I where some of his disciples - who visited the court of his successor, Leo VI the Wise as well - could likely come. The “Solun Brothers” and some of their disciples might have met the emperors in the presence of their family, courtiers, servants and guards in the Chrysotriklinos in the 860s – 880s. The primary sources on the ceremonies of the Byzantine court are De ceremoniis aulae Byzantinae, Kletorologion and Vita Hadriani II and the iconographical sources for the examined period are the Homilies of Gregory of Nazianzus and the Khludov Psalter.
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PRAKTICKÁ FILOZOFIA V ŽIVOTE KONŠTANTÍNA A METODA

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Konštantínove listy
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2016
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vol. 9
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issue 1
149 – 157
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Constantine and Methodius were well educated and they could speak several languages. They were deeply religious men, leading strict and ascetic way of life, in accordance with Byzantine teachings and traditions. Although the names of both brothers are mainly connected with liturgy in Old Church Slavonic, their mission was of far greater significance. They both disseminated the Byzantine Christian thought by their lifestyle and participation in public life. The paper provides specification of terms related to Constantine’s definition of philosophy and discusses the importance of practical philosophy in the lives of Constantine and Methodius. Furthermore, it focuses on the explanation of the meaning of the knowledge of truth in Byzantine Patristic context. It also focuses on explanation of meaning of knowledge of God the way Constantine and Methodius viewed this issue via theses of significant thinkers, mainly via theses of Gregory the Theologian, one of the most prominent Byzantine authors of the fourth century.
Konštantínove listy
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2022
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vol. 15
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issue 1
3 - 10
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Before their arrival in Great Moravia, the Thessalonian brothers from Thessaloniki Constantine and Methodius lived in the Polychron monastery at Bithynian Olympus, which belonged to the most prominent monastic centres of the Byzantine Empire in the 9th century. There, they became acquainted with the Byzantine Hesychastic tradition, which served as the foundation for their own work and which they passed down to their disciples. The relative shortness of Constantine and Methodius’ stay in Great Moravia precluded the organizing of a monastic way of life in this territory. For this reason, Byzantine Hesychastic tradition only entered the Slavic cultural space with the help of their pupils, who transposed it to the Bulgarian Empire, where first monasteries appeared in the 10th century and became the centres of spiritual and cultural life. The first Slavic translations of ascetic texts The Longer Responses and The Ladder of Divine Ascent are directly linked to the period of establishing the monastic way of life in Bulgaria, on which Constantine and Methodius’ disciples significantly participated. These texts would become the practical handbooks on ascetic way of life for monks. Byzantine monastic practice and ascetic tradition had a marked impact not only on monks, but also on pious laypeople. For them ascetic texts became the models of virtuous life.
Filozofia (Philosophy)
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2013
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vol. 68
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issue 9
790 -799
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The importance of philosophical contribution of Byzantium has been strengthened after the World War II by V. Tatakis, professor of philosophy at the Aristotle University in Tessaloniki, Greece. His book La Philosophie Byzantine published in Paris in 1949 is considered a pioneer work in the field. It was also the first general introduction to Byzantine philosophy to appear. It brought the term “Byzantine philosophy” into academic field and was the first systematic work on Byzantine philosophy; it was a significant landmark from the international perspective of the later study of Byzantine philosophy. Before Tatakis’ book was published, neither Western, nor Greek historiography acknowledged the existence of the philosophical thinking in the East Roman (Byzantine) Empire, which lasted 11 centuries. The term “Byzantine philosophy” was officially introduced in 1975 as a name for the international research and study. The Byzantine philosophy is not explored sufficiently in Slovakia. This article wants to contribute to the study of Byzantine philosophy in Slovak academic milieu.
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This article is interdisciplinary. It concerns the research area of communication and media studies, theology and history. The authors analyze papal documents issued in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, which concerned the distribution of the so-called avvisi - handwritten ephemeral writings, commonly regarded as prototypes of modern press. The authors put forward the hypothesis that the criticism of avvisi at that time was mainly based on an immediate political need, while arguments of theological nature had less influence on this attitude. Nevertheless, such an attitude should be regarded as conservative and withdrawing. The authors juxtapose it with a diametrically different approach to the issue of communication, which the Church presented in relation to the mission of Cyril and Methodius. The courageous and trusting attitude of inculturation and treating the language of the Slavic peoples as an instrument of evangelization allowed for more effective missionary activities.
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Contemporary Slavic studies and Byzantology records many important researchers dealing with Byzantine-Slavic relations, who brought new knowledge in the given area and significantly advanced the research of the Slavic cultural environment in relation to the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire and the perception of the depth of the heritage of the Thessaloniki brothers Constantine-Cyril and Methodius for the whole Slavic world. One of the most important personalities that deserve attention is Antónios-Emílios N. Tachiáos, professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, whose contribution to the research of Byzantine-Slavic relations and the related Cyrillic-Methodist issue is significant and unquestionable in scientific circles. In this study, we will analyse the life and work of this important personality, who can be classified as a Slavist or a Byzantologist. Some of his works have been translated into several languages, but the texts he published in his native Greek remain inaccessible to the international scientific community. On the basis of his most important studies, which resonated the most in Greek and international scientific circles in recent decades, we will approach four main areas of research that Professor Tachiáos has devoted himself to in depth during his academic career: the influence of Byzantine hesychasm on the spiritual life of the Slavs, the Athos state and monasticism, Byzantine-Slavic relations and the Christianization of the Slavs through the missionary work of Constantine-Cyril and Methodius. He perceived the values of the cultural heritage of the Thessaloniki brothers and their sustainability in a broader context, which enabled him to bring a new dimension to the understanding of the relations between Byzantium and Great Moravia.
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In Part III, the author examines the significance of Methodius’s role in the negotiations with Pope John VIII in Rome during the issue of Papal Bull Industriae tuae, an important document of the national history of Slovakia. The article attempts to assess the political context of the issue of the papal bull and its political significance for the consolidation of the international position of Svatopluk‘s empire as a politically equal state unit in the European arena and describes Methodius’s Christianisation efforts among the Slavic tribes. Furthermore, it examines his definition of the moral principles of Svatopluk’s temporal rule as a political factor which at that time significantly contributed to the international stability of the Great Moravian State, and analyses efforts of the German clergy in the person of Wiching to undermine Methodius’s influence on the Great Moravian church organization. In the final part, the author assesses Methodius’s efforts to secure the continuation of their mission, Gorazd’s appointment as the successor to the mission of the Thessalonian brethren, and the political context and implications of the papal charter issued by Stephen V on the prohibition of the Slavic liturgy on the Great Moravian territory.
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The study examines the political context of the presence of the Thessalonian brothers Constantine and Methodius in our territory prior to 868. Although outwardly the purpose of their mission was christianization and education, its actual nature was political. The educational, cultural and spiritual aspects of Constantine and Methodius’s activity merely reflected the political bottom line. Their political efforts resulted not only in the creation of the first Slavic writing system and in the translations of parts of the Bible into Old Church Slavonic, but also in the establishment of the first nationwide Slavic educational institution and the first written language, literature and culture of the Slavs. The political role of the Thessalonian brothers strengthened the sovereignty of Great Moravia’s statehood and laid the foundations of the Cyril and Methodius tradition, which has been an integral part of the national history of the Slovaks and Slovak statehood.
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SLOVANIA ARCIBISKUPA METODA NA MORAVE A V PANÓNII

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Konštantínove listy
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2018
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vol. 11
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issue 1
40 - 50
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The paper deals with the Moravian and Slavic identity of the so-called Great Moravia inhabitants (9th century) in the early Middle Ages in central Europe. It is based on three presumptions: firstly, identity is not a “natural”, existing status independent from consciousness of individuals; secondly, written sources confirm that the ethnonym “Slovien” means Slavic, as this ethnonym exceeds the region of “Great” Moravia and was used for the Slavs in Pannonia, or in the Byzantine Empire; thirdly, the question of ethnicity of the Nitra region of Moravia has no relation to our subject and the question of Slavinity. Even if ethnicity is an identity phenomenon and therefore cannot be derived directly from objective attributes like language, territory, religion or culture, these attributes bring about a feeling of proximity and can create gens. The paper analyses the meanings of the ethnonym Moravian and later the ethnonym Slav and the adjective Slavic, especially in hagiographic texts like Life of Constantine and Life of Method. The differences observed between these texts are interpreted as an attempt to support “Slavic” church province in Moravia and the archbishopric of Method.
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The paper is concerned with the contribution of the mission of the Thessalonian brothers Constantine (Cyril) and Methodius for the Slavonic world in terms of three important points: 1) Brothers Cyril and Methodius worked in the Slavonic world as mediators of the cultural values of the Byzantine Empire. 2) They created not only a means of expression in the form of writing, but also a literary language that had not existed before. 3) They created all the conditions necessary for the free development of national Slavonic cultural life and for the formation of the self-consciousness necessary for its continuation. These three points express not only the contribution of Cyril and Methodius to the development of the culture and national consciousness of the Slavs, but also the cultural message of Byzantium to the Slavs.
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